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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: Foxtel’s gothic masterpiece that will leave you gasping
Television

Mercado on TV: Foxtel’s gothic masterpiece that will leave you gasping

• Lambs of God is a brave and audacious endeavour

by Andrew MercadoJul 19, 2019

Mercado on TV: Mystery about murder, Adam Goodes, Home & Away
Television

Mercado on TV: Mystery about murder, Adam Goodes, Home & Away

• Aussie murder mysteries are a bit hit and miss when it comes to survival.

by Andrew MercadoJul 12, 2019

Mercado on TV: Stephen Peacocke, Squinters, Wayne Blair & Robbie Hood
Television

Mercado on TV: Stephen Peacocke, Squinters, Wayne Blair & Robbie Hood

• Squinters must be ripe for an international adaptation soon

by Andrew MercadoJul 5, 2019

Mercado on The TV Week Logies: Sunday night’s highs and lows
Television

Mercado on The TV Week Logies: Sunday night’s highs and lows

• Fix the red carpet show, how the TV Week readers got it right

by Andrew MercadoJul 1, 2019

Mercado on TV: Crime acronyms, skaters, bedrooms and Roger Ailes
Television

Mercado on TV: Crime acronyms, skaters, bedrooms and Roger Ailes

• UK audiences love a biopic and who better to watch last Christmas Day than the story of Torvill and Dean?

by Andrew MercadoJun 28, 2019

Mercado on TV: Blaming the box – Bramston, Big Brother & Bolt
Television

Mercado on TV: Blaming the box – Bramston, Big Brother & Bolt

• Today’s harshest TV critics are radio shock jocks and newspaper columnists

by Andrew MercadoJun 21, 2019

Mercado on TV: Pushing the limits in most explicit teen drama ever
Television

Mercado on TV: Pushing the limits in most explicit teen drama ever

• Euphoria owes a nod to those that blazed the way for it.

by Andrew MercadoJun 14, 2019

Mercado on TV: Big Little Lies 2 facing stiff drama competition
Television

Mercado on TV: Big Little Lies 2 facing stiff drama competition

• Lianne Moriarty should have been given more time to write series

by Andrew MercadoJun 7, 2019

Mercado on TV: The trash, the turgid and the very satisfying
Television

Mercado on TV: The trash, the turgid and the very satisfying

• Harry & Meghan, What/If, Deadwood & Perpetual Grace

by Andrew MercadoMay 30, 2019

Mercado on TV: Biopics from BoRhap to Rocketman to Fosse/Verdon
Television

Mercado on TV: Biopics from BoRhap to Rocketman to Fosse/Verdon

• Bob Fosse’s “working style” with his female dancers wouldn’t pass muster in today’s #metoo environment

by Andrew MercadoMay 24, 2019

Mercado on TV: Programs for the leaders on big GoT weekend
Television

Mercado on TV: Programs for the leaders on big GoT weekend

10 axed Pointless for the same reason that the Liberal Party dumped Malcolm Turnbull.

by Andrew MercadoMay 17, 2019

Mercado on TV: New 10 drama Five Bedrooms plus Harrow returns
Television

Mercado on TV: New 10 drama Five Bedrooms plus Harrow returns

• It would be nice if 10 made an edgy Aussie drama one day but for now, Five Bedrooms is fresh, diverse and off to a sweet start.

by Andrew MercadoMay 10, 2019

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