Topics in this episode include: - The plan to give Police easy access to your home security cameras - The actors of the new Harry Potter TV series facing a big backlash - Defending Sarah Harris from the critics - A big week in media Support this show by buying Rob a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/mcknighttonight Leave a comment so that we can feature it on the show! Support this show by buying Rob a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/mcknighttonight Leave a comment so that we can feature it on t...
Jun 29, 2025•47 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Topics in this episode include: - Was Anthony Albanese really snubbed by President Trump, or is this just petty politics? - Should David Walliams be cancelled for doing the Nazi salute? - Tracy Vo from 9NEWS shares her experiences of being a news reporter Support this show by buying Rob a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/mcknighttonight Leave a comment so that we can feature it on the show! Support this show by buying Rob a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/mcknighttonight Leave a comment so that...
Jun 22, 2025•49 min•Season 2Ep. 6
Topics in this episode include: Should politicians be able to leave the party that helped them get elected? The show replacing The Project has been named Why little people hate Peter Dinklage Support this show by buying Rob a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/mcknighttonight Leave a comment so that we can feature it on the show! Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/tv-blackbox . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jun 08, 2025•51 min•Season 2Ep. 5
Topics in this episode include: - Why we need to stop worrying about recreational drugs in sport - Defending smacking - The ham sandwich ban (yes, this is a real thing) Support this show by buying Rob a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/mcknighttonight Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/tv-blackbox . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
May 22, 2025•49 min•Season 2Ep. 2
We're back for season 2 and Rob is ready to rant! Support this show by buying Rob a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/mcknighttonight Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/tv-blackbox . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
May 11, 2025•47 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Tonight’s topics: - That vile antisemitic video by two nurses at Bankstown Hospital - Why disabled people should be able to pay for sex workers using the NDIS - Idiotic plans to drop the speed limit to 30kph in Sydney - Rob’s rant against sovereign citizens and protesters - A new twist in the case of convicted serial killer Lucy Letby - Channel 10 taking viewers for a ride by lying about the I’m A Celebrity finale - We meet the two Aussie animators who appeared on Saturday Night Live recently wi...
Feb 17, 2025•52 min
This is an audio recording of McKnight Tonight, which originally streamed on Saturday 8 February 2025. Topics include: Sam Kerr called a police officer 'stupid and white' and played the racism card, showing her true side. Why Tesla drivers are worse than Volvo drivers Sympathy for the Adelaide mum who threatened a schoolgirl in a classroom Renters upset about a note telling them to pay on time What will happen if Trump actually follows through on his tariff threats Are you using toilet paper the...
Feb 09, 2025•45 min•Season 1Ep. 1
TV Blackbox's Rob McKnight & Steve Molk return for one more podcast chat before the end of 2024 to wrap things up and look into the future, now that the Upfront season is complete. There's so much to catch up on given they've been away for so long, and with so much happening, including: The press releases from the 2024 ratings year where Seven, Nine, and 10 all claim to have won something (Spoilers: they may not have won what they claim to win); A sharp turn into the state of the Australian ...
Dec 03, 2024•1 hr 11 min
A look at Seven's programming for 2025 with special guest Brook Hall, Seven's Chief Content Officer. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/tv-blackbox . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Nov 13, 2024•23 min
In exciting news for TV lovers, Shaun Micallef has a brand new show coming out on SBS. In this interview Shaun talks about being serious and revealing his true personality for the first time and reacts to 10's remake of Talkin' 'Bout Your Gen. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/tv-blackbox . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 23, 2024•23 min
Here's another episode of the TV BINGEBOX podcast to tide you over in the absence of the TV BLACKBOX podcast. ----- SURPRISE! This week we're gonna spend some time having a chat about the 2024 Logies nominations too... Once more into the breach, fellow travellers. This week we've three big new shows PLUS we'll divert into some conversation about the 2024 LOGIES nominations that will include who deserves it, who was overlooked, and what a farce the Logies continues to be. Strap in and gird your l...
Jul 02, 2024•1 hr 5 min•Season 4Ep. 4
Here's another episode of the TV BINGEBOX podcast to tide you over in the absence of the TV BLACKBOX podcast. ----- SURPRISE! Again... Well, it's no real surprise, is it? But the reviews of the shows might be! Here we go again, friends. Molk delivers four reviews (buckle up!), 5 Up/DownMolk suggestions, and a there's a bunch of great recommendations from the TV BINGEBOX community. Surely your list is as long as Molk's now. Shows covered in this episode: • After The Party (6 eps), starring Robyn ...
Jun 24, 2024•59 min•Season 4Ep. 3
Here's another episode of the TV BINGEBOX podcast to tide you over in the absence of the TV BLACKBOX podcast. ----- SURPRISE! It's a Wednesday, not a Tuesday record this week (oh well) but that only means BIGGER, BETTER, and somehow MORE INTERESTING things. Four new shows, community recommendations, and a bunch of new UpMolk and DownMolk quick-ish-fire suggestions to keep you on your toes and have your bingelists continuing to grow! Shows covered in this episode: • Top Gear Australia S05 (8 eps)...
Jun 18, 2024•51 min•Season 4Ep. 2
SURPRISE! You might love the TV Bingebox component of the (sadly now retired) TV Blackbox podcast...well here's Molk with an entire episode full of what you could/should be watching! Join him Tuesdays 8pm AEST for the live recording or simply enjoy it as it drops into the podcast feed here... :) ----- We're back for a short, sharp, invigorating season four and this time we're live 8pm AEST every Tuesday on the TV Blackbox Facebook page, YouTube channel, and Insta! Come along and join us live, or...
Jun 11, 2024•50 min•Season 4Ep. 1
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 as the perpetrator). AND THEN they milked it for all it was worth through Sunday and Monday. Nothing like a bit of ...
Apr 16, 2024•1 hr 18 min•Season 9Ep. 12
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 Seven, budget cuts are affecting programs and staffing...that means the end of the former EP of Sunrise MICHAEL PELL...
Apr 09, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Season 9Ep. 11
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 the the Easter non-ratings period (so does it matter if it's non-ratings?); Rove mentions that "people will watch ...
Apr 02, 2024•57 min•Season 9Ep. 10
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 Australian thinks they can define "impartiality" as); How can Channel 10 solo-CEO Beverley McGarvey axe the same show.....
Mar 26, 2024•55 min•Season 9Ep. 9
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 livestream...which allows us to include a broad sample in the episode to help punctuate our conversation. For t...
Mar 19, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Season 9Ep. 8
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 channel between 8 and 10) shake up their afternoons in a programming tipping point; Molk manages to wedge in som...
Mar 12, 2024•47 min•Season 9Ep. 7
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 joined in - as many keep doing - by commenting on the livestream...which allows us to include a broad sample in th...
Mar 05, 2024•55 min•Season 9Ep. 6
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 the livestream. You allegedly wanted it - we finally did it! Livestreamed every Tuesday night in season from 8pm AE...
Feb 27, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Season 9Ep. 5
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 Melbourne Cup deal, and it's not without intricacies (and a lack of care by many). Has the race that used to stop the na...
Feb 20, 2024•52 min•Season 9Ep. 4
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 shivers down the spine of every executive and every piece of on-air talent around. In short – it confirms you’re only ...
Feb 13, 2024•48 min•Season 9Ep. 3
There's real news about the fate/future of Paramount+/10Paramount that concerns even us! This week it's Rob(erto), Robbo, and Molk lining up to discuss and dissect the week in Australian TV (and attached bits). As Paramount's US boss Bob Bakish looks to be preparing Paramount Global for sale, what will this mean for 10Paramount down under? Is their recent shelving of an array of Australian original series a sign of what is to come, or simply bad timing as they seek to eek out additional revenue ...
Feb 06, 2024•55 min•Season 9Ep. 2
Oh, we're back friends, and boy do we have stuff to talk about Rob, Abbey, Robbo, and Molk return for another massive year of the TV BLACKBOX podcast - fresh from our mouths to your earholes (ew). There is literally heaps to talk about tonight, from Antoinette Lattouf's firing from the ABC for a retweet to ABC boss David Anderson losing the support of the entire ABC, the impact of entirely new metrics with the VOZ daily ratings, changes at 60 Minutes, Tracy Grimshaw being coaxed back on-screen a...
Jan 30, 2024•56 min•Season 9Ep. 1
t's the most fundamental change in OzTAM reporting since it began over twenty years ago...so what does it all mean?! TV Blackbox the podcast is back for 2024 with a special edition from TVBB editors Rob , Kevin , and Molk to discuss the changes for OzTAM reporting that start Monday 29 January 2024. Out with the old, and in with the new - all the old reports (and data!) are gone, expunged from the OzTAM website, in preparation for two new daily VOZ Total TV reports landing at 11:35am, and an addi...
Jan 27, 2024•29 min
We take a look back on the year that was! Plus, will the Melbourne Cup be taken off free-to-air TV? In this episode: 2.29 - Industry streaming demands 8.50 - The Melbourne Cup deal no network wants 16.12 - Amazon Prime Video to introduce ads 21.35 - Our 2023 TV highlights 31.47 - Could Millionaire Hotseat be back sooner than later? 35.12 - We open the TV Bingebox Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/tv-blackbox . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Nov 28, 2023•43 min•Season 8Ep. 39
As we celebrate World Television Day there's a lot to talk about when it comes to our favourite industry! In this episode: 2.30 - World Television Day 7.45 - The new shows coming to our screens that haven't been announced 12.13 - 9 News Melbourne presenter Peter Hitchener moves to weekends 17.47 - The producers behind Planet Earth III share the secrets of filming the iconic series 33.01 - A new twist in the 'prominence' debate 43.45 - A MAJOR change to Doctor Who divides fans 55.07 - TV Bingebox...
Nov 21, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Season 8Ep. 38
After the sad news that Channel 10 has dropped its morning TV show, Rob, Robbo and Abbey share their memories of working on the now-defunct program. In this episode: 2.19 - Our reaction to the axing of Studio 10 17.49 - Channel 10 set for its worst ratings year - EVER! 27.07 - FOXTEL upset over plans to give the free-to-air networks 'prominence' on smart TVs 39.11 - Now that Upfront season is over, we share our thoughts on what is on offer for 2024 41.56 - TV Bingebox Support this show http://su...
Nov 15, 2023•50 min•Season 8Ep. 37
