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What's on TV
Real story of Ghislaine Maxwell’s family is Succession on steroids
What struck me most about The House of Maxwell is – why hasn’t this been turned into a glossy HBO drama?
- by Louise Rugendyke
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Meet the Aussie actress with the mind-blowing role in Amazon’s The Boys
The superhero parody may be called The Boys, but some of the most spectacular moments have belonged to Aussie woman Claudia Doumit.
- by Karl Quinn
The 15 best TV shows of the year (so far)
We’ve been overwhelmed by cracking television in 2022. Here are our top picks to add to your must-watch list for the winter months.
- by Craig Mathieson
Not all cocaine and super yachts: Busting the myths of the modelling world
Chloe Maxwell, Khadija Gbla and Elaine George open up about their experience as models in an upcoming episode of You Can’t Ask That.
- by Bridget McManus
How SBS is changing the course of TV history
For the first time, news bulletins and programs from international broadcasters in more than 35 languages are airing around the clock.
- by Bridget McManus
The best TV shows for you to stream in June
From the return of Stranger Things to a reboot of Queer As Folk, there are plenty of new shows for you to binge as the winter chill sets in.
- by Thomas Mitchell
Advertising can be like witchcraft: Gruen panellist Karen Ferry
Award-winning creative and Gruen regular Karen Ferry says advertising isn’t only about selling, it can change people’s opinions on important matters.
- by Ben Pobjie
Taylor Sheridan is making some of today’s best TV – and he’s just getting started
He started out as a jobbing actor, but the 52-year-old Texan deserves a place on any list of the leading lights of American TV over the past 50 years.
- by Tom Ryan
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Documentaries
Superb film shows the real toll on Julian Assange’s wife and father
It is Julian Assange’s case - not the man himself - that’s at the heart of the powerful two-part documentary Ithaka.
- by Karl Quinn
‘Nothing’s off limits’: The TV series that makes Avengers look like child’s play
Superhero saga The Boys is a study in riotous excess and every time you think it’s gone too far, real life reels it in.
- by Craig Mathieson
Bon appetit! Julia is a sweet treat about an unlikely TV star
As played by Sarah Lancashire in a new HBO drama, Julia Child was an unlikely TV star, defying conventional wisdom and prejudices about TV, women and their social roles.
- by Debi Enker