Christmas Day night - it's just begging for a Kath & Kim special, but with Fountain Lakes' foxy morons seemingly otherwise occupied these days, thank goodness for Carols by Candlelight.
Andrew talks with Ruth Ritchie (The Sydney Morning Herald) and Richard Clune (The Sunday Telegraph) about which shows they'll be wishing for / hiding from over the Christmas break.
Contrary to conventional dramatic wisdom, David Lynch was reluctant to ever reveal Laura Palmer's murderer. He regarded the ongoing investigation into her death as an infinite continuum of mystery. Network execs at ABC felt differently and so Lynch was forced to solve the crime.
In a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly he likened this resolution to killing the goose that laid the golden egg, and he no doubt has a point. Viewers tuned out of Twin Peaks in droves, Lynch lost interest and it was widely perceived that from that point on the quality of the show declined. HOWEVER, the fans still clung to the series, right 'til the bitter end, resisting the urge to ditch it for the other favourite show of the day, Cheers.
With Showcase's 20th Anniversary screening now at this controversial tipping point, Andrew thought it might be time to check in with fellow Twin Freak Di Butler (News Limited) and too-young-to-have watched-it-the-first time Byron Cooke (Triple M).
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Australian TV guide show hosted by Andrew Mercado provides a critic's eye view of the stuff worth watching. Features reviews and previews of the best (and worst) of the box.
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