Benjamin Neutze

Now that the Emmy Awards have wrapped up it’s only a few weeks from the start of the American 2014-15 major ratings period.

To the hundreds (maybe thousands) of Offspring fans who took to social media overnight demanding that Ten order another season of their favourite Australian drama: do you really want to see Nina get screwed over again? Do you really want to see Billie and Mick break up again? Do you want to see Geraldine and Darcy in another feud over 40-year-old indiscretions? Do you really want there to be another medical crisis involving one of the main characters’ “offspring”? Because that’s basically what series creator Debra Oswald would have to do to justify another season.

If Australian television has left you disappointed this year and never really set your heart ablaze, there are still a few chances for you to change your mind.

As Netflix was staking out a place for itself as a content producer in 2013, it had several high profile original series, including the return season of cult comedy hit Arrested Development and the Kevin Spacey-led political thriller House of Cards.

When September comes around in the United States and February arrives in Australia, TV fans are stuck with a dilemma: how can one person possibly watch all the television they want to? How can you take chances on all the promising new shows while keeping up with your old favourites? Being a couch potato can be awfully hard work in the Golden Age of Television.

Foxtel’s LifeStyle channel has been one of the pay TV service’s most popular since it launched in 1997.

Now that the Emmy Awards have wrapped up it’s only a few weeks from the start of the American 2014-15 major ratings period.

To the hundreds (maybe thousands) of Offspring fans who took to social media overnight demanding that Ten order another season of their favourite Australian drama: do you really want to see Nina get screwed over again? Do you really want to see Billie and Mick break up again? Do you want to see Geraldine and Darcy in another feud over 40-year-old indiscretions? Do you really want there to be another medical crisis involving one of the main characters’ “offspring”? Because that’s basically what series creator Debra Oswald would have to do to justify another season.

If Australian television has left you disappointed this year and never really set your heart ablaze, there are still a few chances for you to change your mind.

As Netflix was staking out a place for itself as a content producer in 2013, it had several high profile original series, including the return season of cult comedy hit Arrested Development and the Kevin Spacey-led political thriller House of Cards.

When September comes around in the United States and February arrives in Australia, TV fans are stuck with a dilemma: how can one person possibly watch all the television they want to? How can you take chances on all the promising new shows while keeping up with your old favourites? Being a couch potato can be awfully hard work in the Golden Age of Television.

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