Vinyl: teaser
First look at Vinyl, a new drama series from Martin Scorsese, Mick Jagger and Terence Winter. Coming to HBO in 2016. Looks very cool.
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Awww… Game of Thrones may be late April
Usually Game of Thrones begins in late March or early April each year, but it may be a few weeks later next year. HBO has announced February premiere dates for Martin Scorsese’s 70s drama Vinyl, along...
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Foxtel: Summer Highlights
Foxtel has announced a range of new and returning titles for Summer 2015- 16. Amongst the local highlights are Selling Houses Australia, The Sleeping Beauty, Shaynna’s World Of Design, The Real...
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A new trailer has been released for HBO’s 1970s rock drama, Vinyl. It will air on Showcase, expected in early 2016. From Martin Scorsese, Mick Jagger and Terence Winter, this new HBO drama series for...
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Airdate: Vinyl
New HBO drama Vinyl, co-produced by Martin Scorsese and Mick Jagger, will be fast-tracked to Showcase on Monday, February 15th. The drama explores the drug and sex-fuelled music business of the 1970s,...
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Programmer’s Wrap 2016: Foxtel
EXCLUSIVE: Interview with Foxtel Director of Television Brian Walsh Big year in NRL New dramas The Kettering Incident and The Secret City. Bevan Lee returns to A Place to Call Home HBO premieres:...
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Vinyl
Vinyl is to television what Velvet Goldmine was to cinema: an excessive, theatrical and raw opus to the 1970s. HBO’s 10 part miniseries takes place in New York predominantly in 1973, but there are...
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Renewed: Vinyl
New HBO drama Vinyl has been renewed for a second season after just one episode. Created by Mick Jagger & Martin Scorsese & Rich Cohen and Terence Winter, premiered with a modest 764,000...
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HBO to step up original programming
HBO is planning to increase its number of original titles, by 50% to nearly 600 hours. HBO invests $2 billion in programming, half of it in original TV and movies and the other half used to license...
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“David Bowie” appears in HBO’s Vinyl
Tomorrow’s episode of Vinyl will feature a young “David Bowie” in the storyline. Noah Bean (12 Monkeys, Nikita) plays Bowie, circa 1973-74, during the “Diamond Dogs” phase of his career. The HBO...
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Showrunner departs Vinyl
Vinyl co-creator and co-executive producer Terence Winter is departing 70’s rock opus Vinyl, citing creative differences. Scott Z. Burns (The Bourne Ultimatum) has been named showrunner and exec...
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Returning: Teen Wolf
Season 5 of Teen Wolf finally returns to FOX8 this weekend. This is the second of its 2×10 blocks. Perplexingly this aired in the US in January, which is disappointing for Australian fans. Foxtel has...
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Axed: Vinyl
Well this is disappointing….. HBO has axed 70s rock drama Vinyl after just one season. The series, co-produced by Mick Jagger and Martin Scorsese, was actually renewed for a second season shortly...
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Roadies
A few months ago I was lucky enough to win a backstage tour at Madonna’s Rebel Heart Tour. Behind the scenes at Rod Laver Arena I saw a mini-city that had been trucked in with rigging, staging,...
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Westworld off to promising start
New US drama Westworld launched with a ‘US simulcast’ yesterday on Showcase, screening on a public holiday in some states. OzTAM rankings indicate it was the best non-sports performer on Pay TV...
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I’m Dying Up Here
We’ve been getting a fair few period dramas that delve into the underbelly of American art. Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip dissected variety television, Vinyl ripped the 70s music industry apart,...
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The Deuce
In the last 18 months we’ve seen 2 sprawling period dramas attempted by US cable, both set in New York in the 1970s. While HBO’s Vinyl tackled the music industry, Netflix series The Get Down sunk its...
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Doctor Doctor brings Tina Bursill full circle
When Tina Bursill was cast as Meryl Knight in Doctor, Doctor it was, in a way bringing her full circle. “The first TV job I ever had was at Channel Nine on a show called The People Next Door for...
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