TV

SCRUBS - Zach Braff stars as John "J.D." Dorian in the ABC Television Network's "Scrubs." (ABC/BOB D'AMICO)

Are nostalgia-fuelled revivals ever a good idea?

Do you really want to know what a middle-aged Cher from Clueless is doing? Or what J.D. from Scrubs is like as a dad with two teenage kids?

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The second season of Nine Perfect Strangers is on Prime Video.

Kidman returns in TV drama that’s a whole lot of nonsense

Nine Perfect Strangers returns for its second season and chief among the many questions is ‘why?’.

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Stanley revels in the artistry of the food in the picturesque Tuscan region. He tries lampredotto while in Florence.

Stanley Tucci is back eating his way through Italy

Stanley Tucci is on the road again, tasting the culinary delights of Italy but it’s the smaller stories he discovers along the way that tickle the feel-good glands.

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Wendy McMahon resigned saying CBS and her ‘do not agree on a path forward’.

CBS CEO resigns amid $1b Trump lawsuit

The CBS CEO has quit after Donald Trump launched a billion-dollar lawsuit against their flagship news magazine show 60 Minutes.

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Nicole Kidman is back playing the enigmatic Masha in Nine Perfect Strangers, which returns to Prime Video for a second season.

Everything worth watching on TV this week

Nine Perfect Strangers, Tucci In Italy, Sirens, The One That Got Away and Fountain Of Youth: here’s what’s worth watching on TV this week.

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David Zaslav, HBO The Nightly

Controversial Hollywood boss’s embarrassing backdown

The argument was that HBO was a brand for elites and would turn off “everyday” people who didn’t worship at the altar of premium scripted series.

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Natasha Lyonne in Poker Face season two.

Poker Face creator was ‘hungry’ for comfort food TV

Poker Face is the fun, familiar and clever show it is because creator Rian Johnson knew exactly what kind of TV series he wanted to watch.

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Bridgerton has been renewed for a fifth and sixth season.

Bridgerton will go on forever among big upfronts reveals

The US upfronts season just wrapped up and there are lots of announcements for Australian audiences.

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John F. Kennedy, Jr. editor of George magazine, gives his wife Carolyn Bessette Kennedy a kiss on the cheek during the annual White House Correspondents dinner May 1, 1999 in Washington, D.C.

Doomed Kennedy romance to get the Ryan Murphy treatment

John F. Kennedy Jr and Carolyn Bessette were the it couple of the mid-90s, until it all ended in tragedy.

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The Siegfried and Roy story is about to be dramatised with Jude Law and Andrew Garfield.

Everyone loves a good story about magic

The Siegfried and Roy story is about to be dramatised with Jude Law and Andrew Garfield. It’s surprising there haven’t been more magician stories given the history between cinema and illusionists.

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Apple TV+ series Murderbot.

Murderbot is not the TV show you think it’s going to be

It may call itself Murderbot but this soap opera-loving cyborg played by Alexander Skarsgard is no homicidal maniac.

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Duster is streaming on Max

Duster is an adrenaline-fuelled homage to 1970s crime capers

WENLEI MA: J.J. Abrams’ first TV show in over a decade is an over-the-top and rubber-burning thriller that’s undeniably fun.

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Mr Bates Vs The Post Office is screening on Seven.

Mr Bates beats out Baby Reindeer to claim top BAFTA prize

Baby Reindeer was the unassailable juggernaut around the world but at home, a social drama about a post office scandal emerged top dog.

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