Louise Rugendyke

Sydney

Editor, S and TV Liftout at Sydney Morning Herald

Sydney Morning Herald and The Sun-Herald. Editor of S, host of the SMH and Age podcast The Televisionaries.

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Articles

The White Lotus, The Pitt, Adolesence, Andor

1 week ago | smh.com.au | Louise Rugendyke |Meg Watson |Kylie Northover |Karl Quinn

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. From returning favourites to the resuscitation of Noah Wyle’s medical career, and the completely mad mind of Nathan Fielder, this year’s TV offerings have been a mix of the familiar and the thrillingly unexpected. Sure, we were all excited that The White Lotus was coming back, but it was Adolescence that overtook the conversation. So what’s worth watching?
And just like that, the Sex and the City spin-off has rediscovered its zing

1 week ago | smh.com.au | Louise Rugendyke

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Ladies and gentlemen, I have not come to bury And Just Like That…, I have come to praise it. If you want a critical assessment of the Sex and the City spin-off, go elsewhere.
Without pregnancy cravings, the Dubai chocolate bar wouldn’t have been born

2 weeks ago | smh.com.au | Sharon Bradley |Barry Divola |Louise Rugendyke |Melanie Kembrey

By Deborah Cooke, Sharon Bradley, Barry Divola, Frances Mocnik, Louise Rugendyke and Melanie Kembrey May 24, 2025 — 5.00am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. This story is part of the May 24 edition of Good Weekend.See all 17 stories. Who doesn’t love a pregnancy-craving success story?
The ‘nonsense’ that became a cult game show even border security guards love

2 weeks ago | theage.com.au | Louise Rugendyke

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. There is a line that stretches out the door at the ABC studios in Sydney’s Ultimo. Young and old, they are here to see a recording of last year’s surprise hit Guy Montgomery’s Guy Mont Spelling Bee. One man has flown over from Perth for the day to catch the recording, while two young women have made T-shirts bearing the show’s logo.
Getting Muriel’s Wedding made Matt Day a household name. It’s still one of the best days of his life

4 weeks ago | smh.com.au | Louise Rugendyke

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Matt Day jokes that he’s “part of the furniture”. His early start came as a teenager on TV classic A Country Practice, where he clocked up more than 200 episodes, before he was cast in the iconic film Muriel’s Wedding and the romcom Love and Other Catastrophes.
ABC election analyst Antony Green on calling his last federal election

1 month ago | smh.com.au | Louise Rugendyke

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. For more than 90 state and federal elections, Antony Green has been a fixture on the ABC. But as he prepares to call his last election on Saturday night, the 65-year-old is as modest as ever. “I don’t particularly feel anything, to be honest,” he says. “It’s just another election for me.
ABC election analyst Antony Green on calling his last federal election

1 month ago | watoday.com.au | Louise Rugendyke

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The project that brought Aussie star Jacob Elordi back home

1 month ago | smh.com.au | Louise Rugendyke |Melanie Kembrey |Barry Divola |Damien Woolnough

By Louise Rugendyke, Melanie Kembrey, Deborah Cooke, Barry Divola, Frances Mocnik and Damien Woolnough April 12, 2025 — 5.00am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. This story is part of the April 12 edition of Good Weekend.See all 12 stories. It’s always interesting to see what actors choose to do next after they’ve had a major hit.
‘A teenage dream come true’: The email from a hero that brought Jacob Elordi home

1 month ago | smh.com.au | Louise Rugendyke

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Jacob Elordi is tall. There is no getting around it. He looks tall on screen, all 195 centimetres of him towering over his co-stars, but somehow he’s even taller in person, especially as he bends to shake my hand. The 27-year-old Brisbane-born actor is hot property right now.
‘A teenage dream come true’: The email from a hero that brought Jacob Elordi home

1 month ago | watoday.com.au | Louise Rugendyke

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