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Channel	7.30pm	8pm	8.30pm	9pm	9.30pm	10pm	10.30pm
ABC Victoria	7.30	A Taste of Landline	DCI Banks			The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
SBS Melbourne	MythBusters		Treasures of Ancient Rome		Apocalypto
Channel Seven Melbourne	Better Homes and Gardens Summer		Think Like a Man
Channel Nine Melbourne	One Day Series - Australia v India					Law Abiding Citizen
Network TEN Melbourne	The Living Room		The Graham Norton Show		Joel Creasey's Comedy Offensive		Almost Famous

TV and Radio

The Family Law: authentic comedy with universal appeal

MICHAEL IDATO 11:45pm The riffs in Benjamin Law's brilliant sitcom are uncomfortably familiar to anyone who remembers the agony of surviving their parents' peculiar foibles.

Chandler, Matthew Perry, will not be at Friends reunion, may 'tape something'

Mary Ward 10:33am The one where Chandler pulls a Victoria Beckham.

What's on TV Friday: Almost Famous

BEN POBJIE 12:15am Surely no movie is better than Cameron Crowe's rock'n'roll love letter at simply making you feel happy, satisfied, and that the old human race may not be so bad after all.

Radio star returns

Chrissie Swan talks critics and truth ahead of launch of new breakfast radio show

EBONY BOWDEN The gregarious and much-loved radio personality talks about returning to the airwaves and dealing with the trolls.

Star man

Neil deGrasse Tyson's StarTalk secret

NICK GALVIN Neil deGrasse Tyson has long enjoyed a reputation as one of the true rock stars of contemporary science – a distinction he shares with the likes of Bill Nye, Brian Cox and Chris Hadfield.

What's On TV Thursday: The Family Law

BEN POBJIE Benjamin Law is practising his clarinet assiduously in preparation for the school talent show. His desperation to win is driven by a desire to for once gain a victory over the too-perfect kids from across the road, but there's an added wrinkle: he's hoping that if he can get his father along to the show, it will help build bridges in his parents' increasingly strained marriage. Big talent show; frustrated kid; wily schemes; it's standard sitcom fare. But The Family Law (SBS1, 8.30pm) is not a standard sitcom. There's something more complex and familiar lurking here. Maybe it has something to do with the unapologetic Australianness of it all: the suburban Queensland setting, the school hall, the low-key, restrained emotions; they owe very little to US sitcom tradition and everything to a very recognisable real-life Australia. Which is as it should be, given the show is adapted by Law from his acclaimed memoir of growing up the son of Chinese immigrants on the Sunshine Coast.

What's On TV Wednesday: Would I Lie To You

BEN POBJIE On Would I Lie To You, mendacity is raised from a sin to an art form.

Close to the edge

Golden Globes 2016: Ricky Gervais as host is crude, rude and very nearly off the rails

MICHAEL IDATO The measure of any awards show host is revealed in the opening volley. It's a love affair with the audience which is won or lost in a moment. That's why Billy Crystal, and the pairing of Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, are remembered with reverence. And why Seth McFarlane doesn't get asked back any more.

Golden Globes 2016 live ceremony: winners and results

BHAKTHI PUVANENTHIRAN Hollywood's award season kicks off with all the glamour and fuss of the Golden Globes. Stay tuned for highlights, winners, losers the latest from host Ricky Gervais.