2014 has been a great year for television with new dramas, the biggest sporting events and season finales keeping us glued to the television all year.
Next year is billed to be the best in entertainment history, with more people watching HD programming thanks to the new wave of antenna installations, as well as people watching catch-up television online, there has never been a larger audience.
Some of the best series from last year will make a return in 2015, whilst others will not. Modern classics such as the period drama House of Hancock will make its debut as we follow the lives of Gina Rinehart and her family as they deal with everyday business in the olden days.
Gallipoli is one drama that has gotten people interested as the inspiration for the screenplay makes its 100th anniversary.
Reality television is still as popular as ever, with multiple shows and even channels dedicated to reality programming. Whilst the viewing figures for some of the older steadfast shows such as Big Brother have declined dramatically in recent years, there is still room for another series set to be launched later in 2015.
New reality TV shows are set to launch, such as Married at First Sight, which is exactly what it sounds like, as relative strangers are matched together and married on television.
We may see a slight increase in divorce rates by the end of the year, but just in time to see one of the new entrepreneurial television shows arrive in the form of Shark Tank.
Similar to Dragon’s Den, Shark Tank will pit the public against a team of savvy businessmen with a chance to invest in their entrepreneurial ideas and pitches. We will wait to see if it turns out any better than the sometimes hilarious Dragon’s Den or not.
Sport is set for a bumper year in 2015, with a ton of super events set to launch throughout the year. From tennis finals, Cricket and the new season on AFL, you can bet the big sporting channels are set to launch their annual advertising blitzkrieg onto your eyes.
The AFC Asian Cup will be hosted in 2015 – the biggest footballing event to be held in this country, as well as the ubiquitous Australian Tennis open. The ICC Cricket World Cup is to be hosted around the country, making for great weekend television viewing on multiple channels.
Add to those the State of Origin, the Australian F1 Grand Prix, the Bledisloe Cup, and the AFL finals series and you will be in for a treat!
With some of the best television ever to be screened coming up in 2015, this coming year is set to be the most entertaining yet. Feast your eyes on new dramas, the latest episodes of your favourite soaps, including Neighbours’ 30th anniversary, the best is truly yet to come!
Do you ever find yourself glued to the television for no apparent reason? Do you ever feel like you want to go out and do something worthwhile but they are selling half-price ladders on the shopping channel? Well, you could be suffering from one of the many bad television habits that have arisen in this age of multi-channel broadcasting. Let’s take a look at some of the worst habits and how to avoid them.
One of the worst offenders when it comes to bad TV habits has to be channel hopping. You have hundreds of television channels, a multitude of series options and yet there is nothing on that piques your interest. You spend a good hour skipping through channels, five seconds at a time only to round-robin the channel list and start again in the hope that you didn’t miss something good.
If you ever feel like there is truly nothing on the television, why not create a few back-up shows on your PVR to watch at a later date. Choose a nice movie to watch that will be enjoyed by the whole family and not just you - or take a punt at something new and find yourself surprised.
Escapism is one of the great lures of television when it comes to gripping dramas or entertaining series’. Many people use the format of television to transport themselves into another world of police detectives, action heroes and even mystery thrillers. But if you find yourself gaining escapism from menial daily soap operas where the only interesting thing is the cardboard sets, then you may be suffering from a bad TV habit.
The television plays a big part in many people’s lives on a daily basis. Many people come home from work and stick the goggle box on to relax, unwind, hear the news and watch a footy match. But it is when your television becomes a major player in your family that you start to delve into one of the worst habits TV can have on you.
Using the television as a nanny for the kids may seem like a good idea, but unless you have parental control activated on your box, then something a little more productive for the little ones is surely a better idea. Sure, there are well-made, educational programmes for children on at respectable hours, but using the television as the main interface between children and society is one of the worst TV habits out there.
From using the television as company for a lonely night in, to series record abuse where you record a series you know you are never going to watch - the bad TV habits of the nations’ television audience keeps growing.
With the introduction of spectacular dramas, HD picture quality and surround sound being broadcast, are you truly bored with television enough that you may even break the habits you’ve built up and do something more productive?
With Television This Good, Why Not Stay In This Weekend!?
There used to be every reason to go out on an evening, what with the poor state of television in recent years, but the promise of multi-channel television providing thrilling and engrossing viewing may have finally paid off. Today’s television is filled with some of the best drama productions ever written, thrilling and immersive entertainment and feature-packed sports presentations that you can really get your teeth into.
About a decade ago, there was a revolution in television that gave many of us the chance to star on screen and share a little bit about our lives with the viewers at home. This new form of reality television gave birth to a rise of so called reality TV stars that the audiences grew to tire of, sparking a little more innovation in the television production offices around the globe.
After this short run of rather contrived reality television faded away, a more sincere, truer form of reality television rose to become the backbone of many prime time channels’ line-up. Reality competition shows such as Masterchef have proved to be popular not only for their on-screen drama, but in edutainment philosophies, too.
Nail-biting, true-to-life dramas unfolded on our screens as we watched our favourite contestants compete to earn a spot in the limelight. Watching our favourite baking or cooking shows has allowed us to grow our knowledge and skills along with the contestants on screen each week.
Such is the quality of television these days; your entertainment can start with an early evening screening of your favourite American crime series. Scatter a choice episode of one of the many gritty Scandinavian dramas that have taken modern television by storm and you are almost done for the evening. Even often boring procedural dramas seem to have been boosted in production value in recent years.
Whilst the meaty Sherlock may have overtaken your senses every week to keep you glued to the screen, the fanciful shenanigans of the Crawley family over at Downton Abbey offers a chance to balance out the pace. The sights, sounds, wardrobe and the level of acting in these high-brow series are right up there with the stage and screen.
Gone are the days of the daytime dramas with actors that were more cardboard than the sets they filmed in. If the early part of the 19th century was the golden age of cinema, 2014 is surely the golden age of television. With access to multiple channels of top quality television, your PVR is going to take one hell of a beating!
Not only have English and American shows displayed a marked improvement over earlier years, home-made television has steadily risen to become some of the most-watched series in the nation. Shows like Nowhere Boys and Puberty Blues. Aussie-version reality shows are also at an all-time high in the ratings wars, making for a tough decision when it comes to what to watch.
Sport has played a huge role in the increasing attractiveness of television to the masses, and with so many more AFL, Soccer and Cricket matches being televised than ever before, you can see why televised sport has risen to become one of the most popular weekend pursuits of the public.
All in all, with the choice available to us currently, there are no more excuses to go out on the town and enjoy a little drink down the pub. All of your needs are met with a batch of programming on any given night to round off an evening of cheers, tears, surprises and shocks. This season in television promises to be the best yet with a prime time that will make for an interesting chat with workmates the next day.