During the course of Better Things’ first five episodes, someone goes on a rant about how hilarious Sam Fox is. However, this is something that never truly comes to fruition on screen.
Like so many FX comedies before it, including the network’s most recent launch, Atlanta, Better Things is a good story about a normal person trying to do the best she can in life, but to say it’s funny would be false.
Following the launch of Louie in 2010, comedy on television went through a drastic shift that saw it become popular to not actually be funny. However, these shows, while good, don’t fully fit on the other side of the spectrum as 30-minute dramas. Instead, they live somewhere in between - telling dramatic stories in off-beat ways while completely forgoing humor as a concept. In this context is where we find FX’s Atlanta.
Dr Hugh Knight (Rodger Corser) has a problem. Actually he's got more than one problem, but the biggest problem facing him is his ego.
As a successful heart surgeon in Sydney he's been living the high life and literally holding patient's lives in his hands. To help manage this daily reminder of mortality he parties as hard, ultimately leading to his undoing.
Taking place just months after the events of season one, the six episodes of The Code again centres on the Banks brothers of Jesse (Ashley Zukerman) and Ned (Dan Spielman).
The premise is pretty simple; two teams of well-known faces show off their music knowledge over six rounds of questions. All of which are of course musical based with the loosing team forced into humiliation by ending out the show with a dance off.
Code Black follows the hectic work lives of doctors and interns at Angels Memorial Hospital in Los Angeles where on numerous occasions the patients outnumber the staff and resources available – hence the title Code Black.
Network Ten are leaning heavily on their new series Australian Survivor with good reason - it's cost them an absolute packet. Was the money worth it?
Take 12 contestants.
Add 2 hosts, both legends in their field.
Spice it up with a dash of Brazillian assistant.
Mix/promote thoroughly and rest in the blast chiller until the evening the Olympics ends.
There have been many movies and TV shows about drugs or the war on drugs. Most often they’re told from the law enforcement side of the business. Occasionally from the other side of the law and almost always it’s the male perspective.
There’s a sense of dread when watching HBO’s new drama mini-series, The Night Of. Not because it’s bad, far from it. It’s an excellent piece of TV and exactly what we’d expect from HBO.
