Cleverman - Australian Drama Incoming

I watched the first episode of Cleverman when it first aired and then got caught up on my other US shows, Wentworth and Secret City sent the bar for Aussie drama to a new high on Australian subscription TV and Sunday night I finally revisited Cleverman episode 2.

It was a lot more engaging and Ryan Corr bless his socks is like the new Ben Mendelsohn where he always plays a character who is just so damn dirty and always feels seconds away from being self destructing.

Hunter Page-Lochard is brilliant as the lead, attractive, serious and alongside fellow Secret City stars Marcus Graham & Miranda Tapsell. I'm just surprise Dan Wyllie is not in Cleverman as he seems to be in everything else!

The show isn't reaching the millions here, but being on Sundance TV in the US is also getting an airing there. It's also already been renewed for a second series. The first episode almost drew half a million viewers (who knows how many more on iView) however the latest episode last week only drew 257,000 viewers (158,000 in the USA) this is directly following Rake in it's fourth season raking in 605,000 viewers for it's fourth episode.

Australians right now are spoiled for choice for Aussie drama with Channel 9 finally airing season three of Love Child, channel 7 having Home and Away on four nights a week and we are hanging out for series two of 800 Words. Well I am not but some are. Channel Nine will also have another season of House Husbands and after a long wait Channel Ten has resurrected Offspring with Asher Keddie.

The ABC across there platforms is holding the line share of Aussie dramas with Miss Fishers Murder Mysteries still up in the air, Doctor Black Mysteries, Rake (now airing), The Code (returning soon), Cleverman, Tomorrow When the War Begun (ABC3), Nowhere Boys (ABC3), Janet King and Jack Irish.

Not to mention Stan delivering an excellent film to TV series of Wolf Creek and I am sure they will have more titles on the way.

Australian drama is healthy right now, so let's support and it and support local stories. God knows it's better than another season of the Briefcase, am I right?