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Watching the Big Brother Live Stream is an unexpected delight.

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Why I can’t stop tuning into the Big Brother live stream

This week we’re admitting our love for the new Big Brother, feeling depressed about The Death Of Bunny Munro, catching up with Jimmy Barnes, checking out the ARIAs and watching Train Dreams.

Clare Rigden

The Death Of Bunny Munroe, starring newcomer Rafael Mathe and a shapeshifting Matt Smith, is coming to Binge.

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The Death Of Bunny Munroe, Return To Paradise, Working Class Man, Wicked: One Wonderful Night and He Had It Coming: here’s what we’re watching this week.

Clare Rigden

There’s much to like about the first episode of the new SBS drama Reckless.

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New Aussie drama puts Fremantle on the map

This week we’re embracing a new local drama, checking out Claire Danes’ latest TV project, eyeballing the new Big Brother, blushing at a raunchy French drama, and embracing the insanity of Palm Royale.

Clare Rigden

Being Eddie is coming to Netflix.

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Being Eddie, Big Brother Australia, Reckless, The Beast In Me and Palm Royale season two: here’s everything we’re dipping into on TV this week.

Clare Rigden

Stranger Things season five returns on November 27.

EntertainmentCommentsWATCH: First five minutes of new Stranger Things

Stranger Things fans can now watch the first five minutes of the new season online, ahead of the final fifth season going to air on November 27.

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Rachel Sennott’s I Love LA is coming to HBO Max.

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Influencer culture skewered in great new HBO comedy

Rachel Sennott’s new comedy I Love LA is one for the ages. Here’s what else our Screen Queen Clare Rigden is watching this week.

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Plur1bus is coming to Apple TV Plus.

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Vince Gilligan’s Pluribus, Rachel Sennott’s I Love LA and a return to acting for Succession star Sarah Snook: here’s what we’re peeping on the small screen this week.

Clare Rigden

Down Cemetery Road, starring Emma Thompson, is coming to Apple TV Plus — and it’s well worth your time.

Screen QueenLoving Slow Horses? You won’t want to miss this new drama

Down Cemetery Road, It: Welcome To Derry, The Block finale, Son Of A Donkey and The Witcher: here’s everything our Screen Queen Clare Rigden is checking out this week.

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Watch out, kids — he’s coming for you. It: Welcome To Derry is coming to Max.

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This week we’re scaring ourselves senseless with It: Welcome To Derry, heading Down Cemetery Road, peeping The Block finale, enjoying The Art Of and seeing if Liam Hemsworth is worth our while on The Witcher.

Clare Rigden

Boots is streaming now on Netflix — and it’s a delight.

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Boots is the Netflix comedy/drama you didn’t know you needed

Boots, the second season of Nobody Wants This, Harlan Coben’s psychological thriller Lazarus, Mr Scorsese and The Golden Bachelor: here’s what we’re watching and enjoying this week.

Clare Rigden

Harlan Coben’s Lazarus is streaming on Prime.

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Everything worth watching on TV this week

Harlan Coben’s Lazarus, Nobody Wants This, The Golden Bachelor, Talamasca: The Secret Order, End Game With Tony Armstrong: here’s everything we’re watching this week.

Clare Rigden

The Diplomat is back for a third season.

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Rejoice! The best drama on Netflix is back

Fans of The Diplomat: assemble! Netflix’s excellent drama is back. This week, our Screen Queen is also dipping into The Chair Company, Tell Me What You Really Think and Murdaugh: Death In The Family.

Clare Rigden

Tell Me What You Really Think is coming to SBS.

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Tell Me What You Really Think, The Chair Company, Loot, Murdaugh: Death In The Family and The Diplomat season three: here’s everything we’re dipping into on the box this week.

Clare Rigden

The Secret Lives Of Mormon Wives will be streaming on 7Bravo and 7Plus.

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Should a scandal-loving reality star be Bachelorette?

This week Jade Jurewicz is debating whether The Secret Lives Of Mormon Wives’ drama-prone Taylor Frankie Paul should be platformed on primetime, and is watching Netflix’s new Keira Knightley thriller.

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Glen Powell stars as Chad Powers in a new series coming to Disney Plus.

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Glen’s Powell’s silly new TV show is worth your time

This week Screen Queen Clare is checking out Chad Powers, belatedly discovering High Potential, avoiding the new Ryan Murphy series and dipping into Watching You on Stan.

Clare Rigden

Creepy much? Laurie Metcalf and Charlie Hunnam star as mother and son in Monster: The Ed Gein Story.

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Monster: The Ed Gein Story, Wayward, Off The Grid, Chad Powers and Billy The Kid: here’s what we’re watching this week on Aussie TV.

Clare Rigden

Jimmy Kimmel's monologue on his return to late night TV had been seen nearly 19m times on YouTube. (AP PHOTO)

TV ReviewsVideoCommentsRecord views for Kimmel's emotional return despite blackouts

Jimmy Kimmel’s first show back on ABC attracted more than four times his usual audience, despite being blacked out on 23 per cent of US TV households by some affiliates.

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The Hack is coming to Stan.

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UK phone hacking scandal explored in unmissable TV series

This week Screen Queen Clare is dipping into the exceptional new series The Hack, packing her bags for Pemberton for the darkly atmospheric Mystery Road: Origin, and hoping the Slow Horses get some therapy …

Clare Rigden

Gary Oldman is back as Jackson Lamb in Slow Horses.

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Everything worth watching on TV this week

Slow Horses, The Assembly, The Hack, Tulsa King, Mystery Road: Origin and The People Vs Robodebt: here’s what we’re watching and enjoying this week.

Clare Rigden

Jude Law as Jake, Jason Bateman as Vince in Black Rabbit.

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Two of Hollywood’s biggest stars front Netflix series

This week Screen Queen Clare is inhaling a Jude Law/Jason Bateman Netflix series, going deep on Erin Patterson, getting her form guide out for the Emmys, and testing her gen X knowledge with Anne Edmonds.

Clare Rigden

Revealed: Death Cap Murders is streaming on Stan.

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Everything worth watching on TV this week

Revealed: Death Cap Murders, Talkin’ ’Bout Your Gen, Morning Wars, Black Rabbit and Great British Railway Journeys: here’s what we’re watching and enjoying this week on TV.

Clare Rigden

The Summer I Turned Pretty’s final season is streaming on Prime Video.

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Why this teen series has such a stranglehold on fans

This week Screen Queen Clare is counting down the days till the #TSITP finale, picking her jaw off the floor after watching Unknown Number, getting excited for Only Murders and checking in with Charlie Sheen.

Clare Rigden

The Paper is coming to Binge.

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Why does everyone hate a spin-off?

This week our Screen Queen is dipping into The Paper, checking out Wednesday: Part 2, catching up with NCIS: Tony & Ziva, and getting her sleuth on with Grosse Pointe Garden Society.

Clare Rigden

AKA Charlie Sheen is streaming on Netflix.

Must-seeAll the best stuff coming to streaming this September

September is jam-packed with must-see TV, from the return of fan-favourites Slow Horses and Only Murders in the Building to star-studded dramas like Black Rabbit — there’s something for everyone.

Clare Rigden