Published: August 23, 2018
Ten’s week of exclusively male-led comedy show pilots ranges from bland to tedious to outright offensive
Director Sidney Lumet’s classic 1976 film Network foretold of the last vestiges of decency and tact in broadcast television, as the medium spiralled uncontrollably towards inevitable self-destruction. Its race to the bottom was egged on by an assortment of vested interests, grubby producers and two-bit show ponies.
There is more than a whiff of Network’s depravity in Ten’s Pilot Week initiative, with its motley assembly of guests and hosts, ranging from a disgraced politician (Sam Dastyari) to an insufferable shock jock (Kyle Sandilands) to a stand-up comedian (Harley Breen) tasked with making jokes about people with disabilities.
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