Australian sex worker Rachel Wotton works with many clients who have disabilities. Her work has become the subject of the latest documentary from award-winning director Catherine Scott and producer Pat Fiske.
1 THE BLOCK -WINNER ANNOUNCED Network 9 0:07:06 3,370,000 1,052,000 1,102,000 618,000 314,000 284,0002 AUSTRALIA’S GOT TALENT-THE WINNER ANNOUNCED Network 7 0:10:06 2,980,000 914,000 928,000 510,000 327,000 301,0003 UNDERBELLY: RAZOR -EP1 Network 9 1:01:21 2,794,000 988,000 815,000 491,000 232,000 266,0004 MASTERCHEF AUSTRALIA – THE WINNER ANNOUNCED Network TEN 0:16:00 2,745,000 798,000 912,000 428,000 273,000 334,0005 THE BLOCK -AUCTION Network 9 0:45:50 2,736,000 836,000 893,000 516,000 255,000 236,0006 THE 2011 MELBOURNE CUP CARNIVAL: MELBOURNE CUP-THE RACE Network 7 0:06:05 2,667,000 616,000 1,343,000 396,000 127,000 185,0007 TEN’S AFL FINALS 2011: GRAND FINAL COLLINGWOOD V GEELONG Network TEN 3:02:30 2,641,000 263,000 1,389,000 320,000 302,000 368,0008 STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE QLD V NSW 3RD – MATCH Network 9 1:50:58 2,492,000 1,086,000 340,000 919,000 68,000 78,0009 MASTERCHEF AUSTRALIA – FINALE NIGHT Network TEN 1:01:34 2,402,000 712,000 806,000 373,000 241,000 269,00010 UNDERBELLY: RAZOR -EP2 Network 9 1:01:16 2,352,000 817,000 681,000 418,000 202,000 234,00011 THE BLOCK -GRAND FINAL Network 9 1:07:10 2,309,000 715,000 738,000 463,000 206,000 186,00012 STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE QLD V NSW 1ST – MATCH Network 9 1:41:24 2,245,000 1,065,000 298,000 823,000 31,000 28,00013 RUGBY LEAGUE GRAND FINAL Network 9 1:51:01 2,172,000 1,093,000 362,000 569,000 54,000 94,00014 STATE OF ORIGIN RUGBY LEAGUE NSW V QLD 2ND – MATCH Network 9 1:44:00 2,165,000 1,022,000 291,000 776,000 40,000 36,00015 MY KITCHEN RULES-WINNER ANNOUNCED Network 7 0:10:00 2,127,000 547,000 719,000 366,000 232,000 264,00016 THE X FACTOR – THE WINNER ANNOUNCED Network 7 0:08:00 2,026,000 625,000 581,000 340,000 248,000 231,00017 THE 2011 MELBOURNE CUP CARNIVAL: MELBOURNE CUP-RACE PRESENTATIO Network 7 0:33:27 1,967,000 382,000 1,054,000 295,000 98,000 138,00018 AUSTRALIA’S GOT TALENT-TUE Network 7 1:34:32 1,936,000 558,000 589,000 346,000 221,000 222,00019 THE 2011 GRAND FINAL PRE GAME Network TEN 0:20:58 1,914,000 139,000 1,095,000 226,000 199,000 255,00020 DOWNTON ABBEY Network 7 1:11:48 1,906,000 496,000 619,000 349,000 205,000 236,000
via The Block winner tops 2011 :TV Tonight.
Of the top 20 shows on Australian TV this year, I watched 4. The AFL Grand Final, The Melbourne Cup, and the first two episodes of Underbelly : Razor. Of those four, I watched the two sporting events live in a pub, and downloaded the two Underbelly episodes, so even if I did have a ratings box in my house, all four wouldn't have been counted.
There's no point to this post, I just find it fascinating.
Terriers is not an easy show to market. When you eventually hear the concept in its most bare-bones construction – two low-rent private investigators solve cases while engaging in odd-couple dynamics in a beachside town – it sounds like approximately every other procedural that has ever been on television. Your Bones, your Mentalists, your Criminal Investigation Naval Security Committee Bayside Protection Units. But it isn’t like any of those shows.
The differences are subtle, though. Terriers is very funny, without ever drawing any attention to its jokes. It’s exciting, but never sleek. There are moments of violence, but they arrive unexpectedly, never at the beats in the story we’ve been conditioned for, and they’re sloppy and awkward and look patently un-choreographed, fights between people who don’t know how to fight. There are self-contained weekly cases and an ongoing narrative.
Here's a nice simple drinking game to make the election coverage tomorrow night a little more enjoyable. It's all based on the amount of times Eden Monaro is mentioned by the TV pundits.
BackgroundEden Monaro is a big arse seat in southern NSW that stretches from the Southern Coast to The ACT. Because of this, it covers almost every demographic and swing voter in the land, from surfers to miners to farmers to loggers to hippies to working class Queenbeyan residents and middle class ACT beauracrats. Since 1972 the good people of Eden Monaro have always voted in the overall winner of the federal ballot, making it darling of federal election TV coverage.
Beginners
Or those wishing to remember tomorrow night, should drink whenever these facts are brought up, Eden Monaro is mentioned as the 'bellwether' seat, or pundits laugh and say things like "As Eden Monaro votes, so does Australia". More recently the phrase "Australia's Florida" can be added to the drinking list.
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Or heavy drinkers should simply drink whenever Eden Monaro is mentioned. Remember; it's a big arse seat, it takes a long time for all booths to send in their results, you will drink all night and often.
Good luck tomorrow and may the best woman win.
