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Olympian Scott Miller tells his story in the ABC documentary Deep End: The Scott Miller Story.

‘I know I’m not a bad person’: Scott Miller opens up about drugs, prison and Alan Jones in ABC documentary

The former Olympian was so stung by his last media appearance that he initially said no to the two-part series.

  • Bridget McManus

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Zach Galifianakis in This Is a Gardening Show.

Cold weather getting you down? Escape to TV’s happy place

Zach Galifianakis gives Costa a run for his money in this delightful new Netflix series.

  • Debi Enker
Josh McConville, Emma Harvie, Dylan Murphy, Sam Pang and Lucy Durack in Ground Up.

How do you make a comedy about a subject that very few people find funny?

The fact that Tasmania is a state divided by its new AFL stadium was more of a help than a hindrance for Ground Up.

  • Louise Rugendyke
Best shows to come: The Airport Chaplain, Harry Potter, Colin From Accounts, The Killings at Parish Station and Black Doves.

TV shows we can’t wait to see: 25 new titles – and 10 returning hits – to keep an eye out for

The first half of the year in television has been consistently rewarding – and the good news is that there is more to come.

  • Craig Mathieson
Nicole da Silva as new doctor Amelia on Home and Away.

Chris Hemsworth watched her first screen kiss, now this star is back in Summer Bay

It’s been 20 years since Nicole da Silva was on Home and Away – but it’s another role that has fans excited.

  • Bridget McManus
Quinn Everly in new Stan reality series Turned On: Dirty Sexy Money.

Sex work is all over TV right now. Which shows are telling the real story?

New Aussie reality series Turned On is about sex work in the same way The Real Housewives of Sydney is about real housewives that live in Sydney.

  • Lucie Bee
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Santo Cilauro and Ed Kavalee are bringing their football World Cup show back to its original home.

There’s no Sam Pang, but this World Cup hit is back at its spiritual home

Santo Cilauro and Ed Kavalee have returned to the broadcaster where it all began for Cup Fever!

  • Paul Kalina
Best TV shows this year (so far): Celia Pacquola in Dog Park; Madeleine Sami and Kate Box in Deadloch; Kylie Minogue in her Netflix documentary; Peter Claffey and Dexter Sol Ansell in A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms; and Noah Wyle in The Pitt.

The best TV shows of the year (so far)

While big hitters such as The Pitt delivered, there have also been a few genuinely delightful surprises.

  • Meg Watson, Louise Rugendyke, Craig Mathieson, Debi Enker, Kylie Northover and Karl Quinn
Journalist and filmmaker Dan Goldberg, whose film The Hunt For Australia’s Last Nazis is on SBS.

He was making a film about our shameful Nazi past – then the present intervened

Dan Goldberg had almost finished his SBS documentary The Hunt For The Last Nazis – then the Bondi massacre happened.

  • Karl Quinn
Dr Jeni Haynes tells her story in We Are Jeni.

Dr Jeni Haynes has 2682 people in her mind. She’s now telling how she lives with her ‘alters’

In the groundbreaking SBS documentary, the academic dispels myths about what it’s like to live with dissociative identity disorder.

  • Bridget McManus