TV Blackbox & McKnight Tonight – Details, episodes & analysis

A look at Seven's programming for 2025 with special guest Brook Hall, Seven's Chief Content Officer.

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In exciting news for TV lovers, Shaun Micallef has a brand new show coming out on SBS. In this interview Shaun talks about being serious and revealing his true personality for the first time and reacts to 10's remake of Talkin' 'Bout Your Gen.

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Here we go, friends. It's another extremely frest episode of the TV Blackbox podcast wtth Rob, Robbo, and Molk...all completely livestreamed live, with audio as-live.

Every Tuesday night in season from 8pm AEDT/7pm AEST/etc., you can join us live on the TV Blackbox Facebook page or YouTube channel. We'd absolutely love it if you joined in - as many keep doing - by commenting on the livestream...which allows us to include a broad sample in the episode to help punctuate our conversation. For those that join us live-thanks for playing along, friends!

So what did we talk about? How about all of this:

• Nine's National News Director Darren Wick steps away in kind of awkward circumstances, and nobody can agree on what's actually happening;
• Rob has a chat with Nine's director of programming Hamish Turner about their best start to the year (and that's saying something), and how that positions the network for the rest of 2024;
• In news absolutely everyone saw coming Paramount Global confirmed Beverley McGarvey as stand-alone CEO to run the ANZ business all by herself like a proper grown-up and everything;
• There is controversy (look, not really) at the new airdate (release time) of popular (with some) series Doctor Who (they are on first) now that it's part of Disney's content family (regimented programming) and this is what happens when capitalism overtakes public broadcasting (naturally).

We finish this ep with our traditional TV BINGEBOX segment, full of endorsements and warnings (some upmolks here and some downmolks there).

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Plus, we farewell a beloved member of the TV Blackbox team. All that and more in this episode of TV Blackbox.

• 2:42 - 10 announces new hosts and judges
• 7:27 - ABC archives get the axe
• 10:54 - Is The Project "fair and balanced?"
• 16:59 - MAFS star suffering PTSD from the show
• 27:23 - Our Logies predictions
• 31:57 - Hatches and dispatches
• 33:10 - Ratings
• 37:53 - TV Bingebox

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It was a night full of emotion as Farmer Dave was evicted from the Big Brother house and now he sits down with TV Blackbox to reveal:

• Why it was actually a good thing Trevor was evicted after his mistake
• Tim's pupeteering
• His love of Reggie
• The Rebel Wilson 'outing' controversy
• PLUS so much more - this is a MUST for any true BIG BROTHER fan!

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Seven’s outspoken CEO has his sights set on content quotas and overnight ratings… and he might just be right in his thinking!

In this episode:

·     5.50 – James Warburton says no more overnight ratings and no content quotas for streamers

·     21.01 – Big changes for channel 10’s The Masked Singer

·     27.37 – A nude romp has ABC staffers clutching their pearls

·     34.02 – David Walliams joins Channel 7’s Australia’s Got Talent

·     37.50 – Hatches & Dispatches

·     46.15 – TV Bingebox

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Sam chats about:

• Big Brother not being what she expected
• Whether she knew Josh would be in the Big Brother house
• Her application (?) to Big Brother
• How she felt about Josh using Big Brother as an opportunity to confess his feelings
• Current status with Josh
• What drew Sam to Drew (nice pun!)
• The cancelled eviction
• Making connections with other housemates other than Drew
• Conflict with Tim
• Status of relationship with Drew now
• Complications of having Tully in the house
• Own business on the outside
• What is next?

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Lulu appeared to be a floater in the house, caught between the newbies and the OG's - however that could not be further from the truth in this revealing interview.

Lulu also opens up about her fears in the panic room with Tim and whether the cancelled eviction with Sam made the house feel cheated.

Lulu chats about:

• Being up against Sam in the eviction room
• Whether she was in the OG or newbie alliance
• Pressure in being identified as a floater in the house
• The panic room
• Dealing with the drama in the house
• Who she would like to see win
• Whether she figured out Brenton's game plan
• Big Brother in Brazil 

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It’s a deep dive into some serious issues this week but we’ll still manage to have some laughs along the way.

In this episode:

·     3.12 – The cause of TV presenter Erin Jayne’s death and the lessons for people who work in the media

·     11.07 – Is THE BLOCK really starving contestants?

·     14.36 – Calls for Ricky Gervais to be banned over his Netflix special

·     22.12 – The new boss of WEEKEND TODAY

·     26.10 – The Oz says the TV industry isn’t looking so good

·     39.10 – Hatches & Dispatches

·     41.03 – Ratings Wrap

·     46.46 – TV Bongebox

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Trev chats about:

• Why he didn't scramble for votes to save himself
• Why he told Aleisha that he had to vote for him
• Being in the nomination chair for the first time
• The physical challenges that involve him pulling his own weight
• Dealing with the drama in the house
• Who he would like to see win
• His original $1,000,000 prize
• Life after Big Brother 2.0

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