This fall’s best new comedy might not be on your television—yet. It’s called Please Like Me, and it premiered last month on Pivot, a new network geared toward Millennials that broadcasts to 40 million homes across the country. (Click here to find out if it’s available in yours. Pivot will marathon all six episodes on Saturday, October 5 from noon to 4:30pm Et, and single episodes will begin airing weekly that day at 9pm Et.) Of course, if you’re a good Millennial, you’ve already watched it on iTunes and tweeted about how you’re now obsessed with its very charming,...
- 9/25/2013
- by Melissa Maerz
- EW.com - PopWatch
Production starts today in Melbourne on an ABC comedy written and starring comedian Josh Thomas.
The six-episode, 30-minute sitcom called Please Like Me is produced by Todd Abbott, producer of Rove, Judith Lucy’s Spiritual Journey and The Dream with Roy & H.G and directed by Matthew Saville, who directed episodes of The Slap, Cloudstreet and We Can Be Heroes.
As well as Thomas, the series stars Debra Lawrance of Home & Away, David Roberts of Offspring, Judi Farr of Unfolding Florence and Caitlin Stasey of Tomorrow, When the War Began.
The series is “about growing up quickly, and about realising that your parents are not heroes, but dopes with no idea what’s going on – just like you,” according to the ABC.
Debbie Lee, ABC head of comedy, said: “We’re so happy to be bringing Josh’s world to ABC TV in what promises to be such a funny and surprising series.
The six-episode, 30-minute sitcom called Please Like Me is produced by Todd Abbott, producer of Rove, Judith Lucy’s Spiritual Journey and The Dream with Roy & H.G and directed by Matthew Saville, who directed episodes of The Slap, Cloudstreet and We Can Be Heroes.
As well as Thomas, the series stars Debra Lawrance of Home & Away, David Roberts of Offspring, Judi Farr of Unfolding Florence and Caitlin Stasey of Tomorrow, When the War Began.
The series is “about growing up quickly, and about realising that your parents are not heroes, but dopes with no idea what’s going on – just like you,” according to the ABC.
Debbie Lee, ABC head of comedy, said: “We’re so happy to be bringing Josh’s world to ABC TV in what promises to be such a funny and surprising series.
- 3/19/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
'Fence,' 'Water' top Aussie film nods
MELBOURNE, Australia -- Rabbit-Proof Fence has taken out top honors in the Australian Film Institute awards, which were announced at a Saturday ceremony in Melbourne. The Phillip Noyce-directed drama, which chronicles the true story of three half-aboriginal girls in 1930s Australia who defied a government policy that removed them from their families, was competing against three other indigenous-themed dramas in the best film category. It also won awards for sound and for Peter Gabriel's music score. But while Rabbit-Proof Fence scored the evening's main prize, it was the bittersweet contemporary comedy Walking on Water that ended up with the highest number of awards, picking up gongs in five categories: best actress (Maria Theodorakis), supporting actor and actress (Nathaniel Dean and Judi Farr), original screenplay (Roger Monk) and editing (Reva Childs).
- 12/9/2002
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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