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Andrew Mercado

Joined 2016338 posts
Andrew Mercado
Andrew Mercado has built a multimedia career in front of the camera and behind it. He is probably best known for being the first VJ on the music TV channel Max and for many years of talking movies with Kerri-Anne Kennerley. He now juggles media commitments while running his first ever business, the South West Roxy Cinema in Northern NSW. He has been a contributor to many publications over the years including The Sunday Telegraph and TV Week. Mercado writes a regular Friday column for the Mediaweek Morning Report and co-hosts the Mercado & Manning Mediaweek TV podcast.
Mercado on TV: Happy Halloween with thrills, suspense and horror
Television

Mercado on TV: Happy Halloween with thrills, suspense and horror

Seven’s Grace, Fires finale, Invasion, Day of the Dead, Dragula, and Elvira

by Andrew MercadoOct 21, 2021

Mercado on TV: Veneno is visually stunning, reverberates with authenticity and is a wild ride
Television

Mercado on TV: Veneno is visually stunning, reverberates with authenticity and is a wild ride

Don't miss ABC's Big Deal from comedian Christiaan Van Vuuren and director Craig Reucassel. Brilliant

by Andrew MercadoOct 15, 2021

Mercado on TV: The murder, corruption and snobbery of New Gold Mountain
Television

Mercado on TV: The murder, corruption and snobbery of New Gold Mountain

• Plus: Celebrity Masterchef, Dog House Australia, Love Island, Real Housewives and CSI

by Andrew MercadoOct 8, 2021

Mercado on TV: Squid Game is like It’s A Knockout crossed with Saw
News

Mercado on TV: Squid Game is like It’s A Knockout crossed with Saw

Plus the latest from Steve Coogan and new L Word: Generation Q

by Andrew MercadoOct 1, 2021

Mercado on TV: Fires is another brilliant Aussie drama so far this year
Television

Mercado on TV: Fires is another brilliant Aussie drama so far this year

Wedding of the year bragging rights: Rosehaven or Home and Away?

by Andrew MercadoSep 24, 2021

Johnny Young returns to primetime for 50th anniversary of Young Talent Time
Television

Johnny Young returns to primetime for 50th anniversary of Young Talent Time

Johnny Young to Andrew Mercado: ‘I may not be as rich as Mike Walsh or Daryl Somers’

by Andrew MercadoSep 22, 2021

Mercado on TV: Back to the Rafters is safe and familiar…all it needs to be
Television

Mercado on TV: Back to the Rafters is safe and familiar…all it needs to be

Plus in case you hadn’t noticed, drag is taking over television with Brady Bunch and Beyond Salem

by Andrew MercadoSep 17, 2021

Mercado on TV: ‘Unlikeable and nasty’…and it’s not The Block cheats
Television

Mercado on TV: ‘Unlikeable and nasty’…and it’s not The Block cheats

Plus the latest nihilistic sitcom and the intense Scenes from a Marriage

by Andrew MercadoSep 9, 2021

Mercado on TV: Juanita Nielsen, Sexiest Tradie, Fat Pizza & Suranne Jones in Vigil
Television

Mercado on TV: Juanita Nielsen, Sexiest Tradie, Fat Pizza & Suranne Jones in Vigil

Plus the latest from Ryan Murphy – Impeachment: American Crime Story

by Andrew MercadoSep 2, 2021

Mercado on TV: Aussie nostalgia, All My Friends Are Racist, Reservation Dogs
Television

Mercado on TV: Aussie nostalgia, All My Friends Are Racist, Reservation Dogs

One to watch: Kevin Can F**k Himself reveals itself to be a much darker show

by Andrew MercadoAug 27, 2021

Mercado on TV Extra: Wentworth final series – The pitch that rebooted Prisoner
Television

Mercado on TV Extra: Wentworth final series – The pitch that rebooted Prisoner

Foxtel's Wentworth will go down in TV history as the best ever Australian remake

by Andrew MercadoAug 24, 2021

Mercado on TV: Freaky Friday – From Nine Perfect Strangers & Evil to Back to Nature
Television

Mercado on TV: Freaky Friday – From Nine Perfect Strangers & Evil to Back to Nature

So many shows have tried and failed to be the next Big Little Lies

by Andrew MercadoAug 20, 2021

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