MTV UK announced plans this week for a new flagship channel which will, hold the front page, play music videos. The new channel is to be called MTV Music and, according to the network’s David Lynn, will break new artists …
OTR is not usually prone to quoting reality TV star and car salesman Bill Cullen, but that quote caught my eye. In an interview wrapping up the current run of The Apprentice, Cullen bemoaned what he saw as the softness …
Yep, all the rumours and speculation seem to have been on the money: OTR has learned that The National will definitely play this year’s Other Voices series which begins in St James’ Church, Dingle, Co Kerry on December 4. Other …
Tale o’ the times in TV-land. Southland debuted on NBC in April 2009 to strong reviews and acceptable audience ratings for the current state of US network TV. A police drama set in Los Angeles, Southland follows a bunch of …
Oh to have been a fly on the wall as those who unsuccessfully applied for the job of RTE’s Washington correspondant in 2008 watched the closing minutes of Charlie Bird’s American Year last night. There was the bould Charlie, giving …
Treme is a brand new drama written by the man behind The Wire, David Simon, set to air in April. Set in the New Orleans’ hood of the same name and featuring a very tasty cast-list, Simon describes the show …
Despite my best intentions, I accidentally saw a bunch of Irish comedians on various TV shows over Christmas. It was as if RTE got a job-lot of them in return for a few boxes of broken biscuits and some stale …
As part of an overhaul of the newspaper, the Observer Music Monthly has been axed. While the supplement did take some time to find its feet, I thought it had improved vastly in recent times, though they never quite got …
