Is there TOO much Australian Drama for March, 2019???

With Netflix, Stan (owned by Channel 9), Amazon Prime and god knows what other streaming services dishes us up a serious amount of drama, do the latest commercial (ABC and Foxtel) Australian dramas stack up?

Ms Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries commences this week, whilst Secret City - Under the Eagle begins in March and The Heights starts Friday nights (off time for a local drama). I did take a look at Bad Mothers which aired it's first episode on Monday.

And oh boy was it bad.

Why on Earth would Melissa George return for this? Like other recent series, Bite Club, some one about terrorism that got canned after one season, the first season will run for a compact 8 episodes.

Oh that other Channel Nine drama was Hyde and Seek remember that? Well you could think Bad Mothers is the same show, Mandy McElhinney has yet again been cast on Nine (formerly part of the long running Love Child) and a death occurred in episode one.

It's very easy to compare this trashy drama to Channel Ten's Playing for Keeps last year. Mothers/Wags add murder to the mix with a back drop of Melbourne. Fingers crossed for the Bad Mothers crew like Playing For Keeps it may get a second series. Channel Nine currently only has one other drama on the books Doctor Doctor with incoming reboot Seachange to air later this year.

Honestly Secret City - Under the Eagle is our best hope on Foxtel at a decent new drama. With reboots like the Ms Fisher's thing on Channel Seven and ABC's The Heights, I have the highest hopes for Secret City after the first fantastic six episode season.

Secret City commences with a double episode on March 4th. In a compact second season, the conclusion will air April Fools Day.

I may have been a fool as I have not had a chance to check out The Cry on iView yet, however want to. It has had good reviews and my own parents binged it in one weekend. Bless.

I welcome the drama back to Australian TV, but please as a self confessed enemy of average, please keep the quality high. Channel Nine you seldom make many dramas anymore so come on. Your strike rate ain't great lately, Channel Ten, I still have no idea why CBS brought this one trick Bachelor pony and Channel Seven (AKA Liberal propaganda network news network) let's hope the ABC spin off gamble works.

Whilst the reality giants remain Married at First Sight, My Kitchen Rules and Dancing with the Stars. Anything other than white people crying in a kitchen, cooking or otherwise is always welcome. So come on Networks don't disappoint. If all else fails you can make a drama about One Nation and Pauline's hunt for cane toads or the blood on her Canberra office, oh drama!