S07E10 Are reality TV Shows worthy of Government grants?

The Queensland Government has funded the new series of The Bachelor and that’s got us wondering whether that’s a good use of taxpayer dollars.

There’s always a lot to discuss on the TV Blackbox podcast and you never quite know where the discussions will go.

There are calls for a new quota system to include indigenous stories and we try to work out whether that will actually lead to better stories being told.

Plus the bold idea to put the Olympics behind a paywall.

In this episode:

· 2.52 – The Bachelor moves to Queensland… with the help of taxpayer dollars

· 6.42 – Amazon’s plays with the idea of bidding for the Olympics

· 14.48 – Can Will Smith survive the Oscars ‘slapping’ controversy?

· 18.47 – Calls for quotas to be introduced to tell more indigenous stories

· 29.36 – Remembering the late Ernie Carroll

· 33.49 – Ratings

· 41.29 – Hatches & Dispatches

· 43.43 – TV Bingebox

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