McKnight Tonight & Media McKnight

McKnight Tonight & Media McKnight

McKnight Tonight brings you a hot take on news events every Monday, Wednesday & Thursday at 9pm AEST at youtube.com/@mcknighttonight. Media McKnight delvs into the world of media every Tuesday night at 9pm AEST. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/tv-blackbox. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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July 17, 2025 33 mins

It's tipsy Thursday so get your drinks ready! In this episode: - Cancer labels on food.. but not in Australia - Auto-renewal scams - NDIS funding cuts - The Aussie teen sensation selling products around the world Support this show by buying Rob a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/mcknighttonight Leave a comment so that we can feature it on the show!

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Welcome to the first episode of Media McKnight, where Rob brings you exclusive insights into the world of media. In our show that looks at the media: - Why is the TODAY show allowing political advertising on for free? - Sunrise gets a story wrong and social media goes into a panic - That royal prank scandal from 2012 is back in the headlines - Dave Cameron leaves SCA... what's all that about? - Tony Jones thrown under the bus by Ni...

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Special guest Dimity Clancey from 60 Minutes

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Rob is back after a week off and he's ready to rant! Hot Topics will be updated on the day of the stream.


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Topics in this episode include: - The plan to give Police easy access to your home security cameras - The actors of the new Harry Potter TV series facing a big backlash - Defending Sarah Harris from the critics - A big week in media Support this show by buying Rob a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/mcknighttonight Leave a comment so that we can feature it on the show! Support this show by buying Rob a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.c...

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Topics in this episode include: - Was Anthony Albanese really snubbed by President Trump, or is this just petty politics? - Should David Walliams be cancelled for doing the Nazi salute? - Tracy Vo from 9NEWS shares her experiences of being a news reporter


Support this show by buying Rob a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/mcknighttonight Leave a comment so that we can feature it on the show! Support this show by buying Rob a cof...

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Topics in this episode include:

  • Should politicians be able to leave the party that helped them get elected?
  • The show replacing The Project has been named
  • Why little people hate Peter Dinklage

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Topics in this episode include:

- Why we need to stop worrying about recreational drugs in sport

- Defending smacking

- The ham sandwich ban (yes, this is a real thing)

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We're back for season 2 and Rob is ready to rant! Support this show by buying Rob a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/mcknighttonight

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Tonight’s topics:

-      That vile antisemitic video by two nurses at Bankstown Hospital

-      Why disabled people should be able to pay for sex workers using the NDIS

-      Idiotic plans to drop the speed limit to 30kph in Sydney

-      Rob’s rant against sovereign citizens and protesters

-    &n...

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February 9, 2025 45 mins

This is an audio recording of McKnight Tonight, which originally streamed on Saturday 8 February 2025.

Topics include:

  • Sam Kerr called a police officer 'stupid and white' and played the racism card, showing her true side.
  • Why Tesla drivers are worse than Volvo drivers
  • Sympathy for the Adelaide mum who threatened a schoolgirl in a classroom
  • Renters upset about a note telling them to pay on time
  • What will happen if Trump actually follo...
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December 3, 2024 71 mins

TV Blackbox's Rob McKnight & Steve Molk return for one more podcast chat before the end of 2024 to wrap things up and look into the future, now that the Upfront season is complete.

There's so much to catch up on given they've been away for so long, and with so much happening, including:

  • The press releases from the 2024 ratings year where Seven, Nine, and 10 all claim to have won something (Spoilers: they may not have won what...
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A look at Seven's programming for 2025 with special guest Brook Hall, Seven's Chief Content Officer.

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In exciting news for TV lovers, Shaun Micallef has a brand new show coming out on SBS. In this interview Shaun talks about being serious and revealing his true personality for the first time and reacts to 10's remake of Talkin' 'Bout Your Gen.


 

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Here's another episode of the TV BINGEBOX podcast to tide you over in the absence of the TV BLACKBOX podcast.


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SURPRISE! This week we're gonna spend some time having a chat about the 2024 Logies nominations too...

Once more into the breach, fellow travellers. This week we've three big new shows PLUS we'll divert into some conversation about the 2024 LOGIES nominations that will include who deserves it, who was overlooked,...

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Here's another episode of the TV BINGEBOX podcast to tide you over in the absence of the TV BLACKBOX podcast.


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SURPRISE! Again... Well, it's no real surprise, is it? But the reviews of the shows might be!

Here we go again, friends. Molk delivers four reviews (buckle up!), 5 Up/DownMolk suggestions, and a there's a bunch of great recommendations from the TV BINGEBOX community. Surely your list is as long as Molk's now.

S...

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Here's another episode of the TV BINGEBOX podcast to tide you over in the absence of the TV BLACKBOX podcast.


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SURPRISE! It's a Wednesday, not a Tuesday record this week (oh well) but that only means BIGGER, BETTER, and somehow MORE INTERESTING things.

Four new shows, community recommendations, and a bunch of new UpMolk and DownMolk quick-ish-fire suggestions to keep you on your toes and have your bingelists continuing t...

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SURPRISE!


You might love the TV Bingebox component of the (sadly now retired) TV Blackbox podcast...well here's Molk with an entire episode full of what you could/should be watching! Join him Tuesdays 8pm AEST for the live recording or simply enjoy it as it drops into the podcast feed here... :)


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We're back for a short, sharp, invigorating season four and this time we're live 8pm AEST every Tuesday on the TV Blackbox ...

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This week there was not enough time for us to adequately cover the full breadth and depth of even these topics:

  • As quickly as the horror unfolded at what became the tragedy of WESTFIELD BONDI JUNCTION, so too the TV networks leapt into rolling coverage. Well, most did. The ABC ignored it, and Seven had the horses to finish running (with the latter managing to name the wrong person as the perpetrator). AND THEN they milked it for...
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You almost could have predicted what we we going to talk about this week:


  • Seven confirm that, despite the growing public displeasure with the behind the scenes shenanigans coming out as a part of the Lehrmann/Channel 10 defamation case, 7NEWS SPOTLIGHT will return this week...but they have not confirmed that executive producer MARK LLEWELLYN will maintain his role;
  • Continuing with Seven, budget cuts are affecting programs an...
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