TV Blackbox & McKnight Tonight

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TV Blackbox is the website people who work in the TV industry get their news. The companion podcast looks back at the stories from the past week, drops exclusive stories and tackles the big talking points.Filled with interviews, opinions and inside information, TV Blackbox has become THE podcast the industry turns to.Featuring:
• Rob McKnight - A media executive with over 25 years in the business
• Steve Molk - The viewer's advocate
• David 'Robbo' Robinson - Journalist and media bon vivant

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S09E12 Grief porn, THE BIGGEST LOSER, and BLUEY gives us the sign of things to come

Apr 16 2024 77 mins

This week there was not enough time for us to adequately cover the full breadth and depth of even these topics:As quickly as the horror unfolded at what became the tragedy of WESTFIELD BONDI JUNCTION, so too the TV networks leapt into rolling coverage. Well, most did. The ABC ignored it, and Seven had the horses to finish running (with the latter managing to name the wrong person a

S09E11 SPOTLIGHT returns (for now); MICHAEL PELL pulls his payroll plug; and is this the untimely end of BLUEY?!

Apr 09 2024 63 mins

You almost could have predicted what we we going to talk about this week:Seven confirm that, despite the growing public displeasure with the behind the scenes shenanigans coming out as a part of the Lehrmann/Channel 10 defamation case, 7NEWS SPOTLIGHT will return this week...but they have not confirmed that executive producer MARK LLEWELLYN will maintain his role; Continuing with S

S09E10 LEHRMANN's (alleged) links; DING DONG's for beer pong; and ROVE make Rob livid over live (tv)

Apr 02 2024 57 mins

Brand new things we talked about this week:Rob delivers an exclusive update on the Bruce Lehrmann defamation case with Channel 10;Denise 'Ding Dong' Drysdale lands sprout-deep in the I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! Australia jungle, which allows Rob and Robbo to wax lyrical about the taping of that infamous Christmas segment;Seven brings home the goods in the second week of t

S09E09 New ABC Chair KIM WILLIAMS decrees; MARCIA, Marcia, Marcia; BROOKE BONEY(s) herself

Mar 26 2024 54 mins

Relax, fella. The ratings don't matter this week. Come over here and give me a cuddle.It's a steaming fresh pile of stuff you may be interested in:New ABC Chair and the one filling the biggest stillettos in the business Kim Williams fires a shot across the entire collective ABC staff's bow to ensure they know he means business when it comes to impartiality (no matter what The Austr

S09E08 THE DOCTOR is out (and in?); Nine's HAMISH TURNER talks their great start to 2024; McGarvey in charge (of our days and nights...again)

Mar 19 2024 60 mins

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

S09E07 Vale MIKE McCOLL-JONES; Streaming steps up; Nine Perth getting tippy with it

Mar 12 2024 46 mins

The end of an era in Australian comedy writing offers an answer to the classic "Why did the chicken cross the road?"..."To pay tribute to Mike McColl-Jones"So what did we talk about? Check this out:It finally happened...streaming has overtaken linear broadcast TV as the predominant way we watch television (and it happened last year!);Channel 9 Perth (yes, it exists WA - that's the

S09E06 META doesn't mince words; Seven seek to sway the public; and bad news for NZ

Mar 05 2024 55 mins

The boys are back in town - Rob, Robbo, and Molk are locked and loaded to deliver you another massive podcast. Just be careful what you wish for (in both livestreamed video and audio formats).We punch out the livestream every Tuesday night in season from 8pm AEDT/7pm AEST/etc., you can watch live on the TV Blackbox Facebook page or YouTube channel. We'd absolutely love it if you jo

S09E05 The Prominence presentations; Vale Jesse Baird; and Foxtel's Hubbl almost launched into orbit

Feb 27 2024 63 mins

A little bit of kumbya goes a long way when you have to present to a joint Parliamentary committee, asking them to help save your struggling business model. Hello darlings - Robbo is out sick this week, so Rob and Molk welcome back super-sub and producer to the stars Abbey to the podcast! Also, despite all the encouragement we've returned in simultaneous video and audio format with

S09E04 10 Co-CEO exits, Melbourne Cup now on Nine, and are you ready to HUBBL?!

Feb 20 2024 51 mins

One half the co-CEO duo at 10Paramount gets the chop as Paramount Global boss Bob Bakish downsizes everything (again), and the Wilkinson/10 trial takes an interesting turn as Bruce Lehrmann weighs in by filing a complaint on one of 10's lawyers. We dive into hypothesizing on Lisa Wilkinson's future media opportunities and...look, we think they're not great.Nine seals the new Melbou

S09E03 Wilkinson WAS fired, streaming crybabies lawsuit, and…wait — the AACTAs were on?!

Feb 13 2024 48 mins

Also, the Super Bowl was massive in the US and here in Australia…but was it reasonable?Rob, Robbo, and Molk return talking all things TV trends, trials, and tribulations (and we tried a new thing…but more on that later).The huge news was the affidavit from Lisa Wilkinson proving she was pushed from THE PROJECT as her court case with Channel 10 started today, and it should send

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