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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: The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart the next big Logie winner?
Television

Mercado on TV: The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart the next big Logie winner?

Plus Mercado’s plan to improve the Logies by splitting the broadcast in two

by Andrew MercadoAug 4, 2023

Mercado on TV: From War on Waste to the best of British on BBC First
Television

Mercado on TV: From War on Waste to the best of British on BBC First

Four good series: War on Waste, Fifteen-Love, The Catch plus The Bear is back

by Andrew MercadoJul 28, 2023

Mercado on TV: Charming new Aussie telemovie The Appleton Ladies' Potato Race
Television

Mercado on TV: Charming new Aussie telemovie The Appleton Ladies' Potato Race

'The time is always ripe for such a show, because Aussie country TV towns have often been big hits'

by Andrew MercadoJul 21, 2023

Mercado on TV: Marta Dusseldorp's Bay of Fires – great cast playing peculiar people
Television

Mercado on TV: Marta Dusseldorp's Bay of Fires – great cast playing peculiar people

Don't miss Stephen Curry playing the dodgiest rural real estate agent since Green Acres’ Mr Haney

by Andrew MercadoJul 13, 2023

Mercado on TV: Mitch McTaggart's television history, NAIDOC Week & Limbo
Features

Mercado on TV: Mitch McTaggart's television history, NAIDOC Week & Limbo

Limbo: "Haunting...says more with an occasional glance or stare than most TV series manage in an entire season"

by Andrew MercadoJul 6, 2023

Mercado on TV: Colonial comedy with Gold Diggers, mid-air drama with Hijack
Television

Mercado on TV: Colonial comedy with Gold Diggers, mid-air drama with Hijack

Covering all TV bases with comedy, drama and an overwhelming menu of reality

by Andrew MercadoJun 30, 2023

Mercado on TV: Warnie will please cricket fans with a 20-1 of his biggest scandals
Television

Mercado on TV: Warnie will please cricket fans with a 20-1 of his biggest scandals

Plus 10's mystery thriller Riptide and ABC's ridiculous yet hilarious Queen of Oz with Catherine Tate

by Andrew MercadoJun 23, 2023

Mercado on TV: Funny Woman is full of laughter, love, and a great show about TV
Television

Mercado on TV: Funny Woman is full of laughter, love, and a great show about TV

"Instead of being about a stand-up comic, it’s about the making of a British sitcom."

by Andrew MercadoJun 8, 2023

Mercado on TV: The Clearing on Disney+ and Platonic on AppleTV+
Television

Mercado on TV: The Clearing on Disney+ and Platonic on AppleTV+

Miranda Otto as master manipulator, evil acolyte Guy Pearce and some hideous housemaids

by Andrew MercadoMay 25, 2023

Mercado on TV: Getting it right for reality TV audiences is harder than it looks
Television

Mercado on TV: Getting it right for reality TV audiences is harder than it looks

"Every network has had its share of notorious reality duds"

by Andrew MercadoMay 18, 2023

Mercado on TV: Don't miss Ten Pound Poms and David Field as a terrifyingly racist yobbo
Television

Mercado on TV: Don't miss Ten Pound Poms and David Field as a terrifyingly racist yobbo

Plus Five Bedrooms returns, the orgasmic Slip and British crime drama A Town Called Malice

by Andrew MercadoMay 12, 2023

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