The 10:30 Slot

I'm a confessed Slotaholic. I tell myself that there are worse things I could be addicted to, but fear for my mental health should the show not be renewed for another season. I'm not even bitter about the number of no-shows this year. As I seem to be having trouble translating my love of the show into readable english I'll simply say watch it. Particularly if you own a ratings box.

I'm not sure the reasons why the two reviewers below found the show so enjoyable, but I had not seen "Recovery" so this was my introduction to a Dylan Lewis-hosted variety program.

Something was wrong across the board, morale was extremely low from the first episode. Lewis was never in a positive or confident frame of mind and to quote Sampson himself on his attitude toward the show, "my talents are wasted here".

The guests were interesting and redeemed the show somewhat, but I think the fact that they were only there for a five-minute interview kept the negative atmosphere from sinking in. Along with The Big News and The Late Report, The 10:30 Slot was another bad chapter in Australian late-night variety for me, I can't even watch Sideshow (which uses the same set) because of the associations with this show.

The 10:30 Slot was such a great program, with a mix of fantastic live music and comedy - why was it canceled?! Dylan and Angus are brilliant and it was really unfortunate that this program had to say goodbye. Lets hope that it makes a comeback, I thoroughly recommend The 10:30 Slot - funnily enough it was usually on at around 10:45.