David Knox
David Knox runs TV Tonight, a daily television news and commentary site that focuses on Australian programming, ratings and industry developments. He distinguishes himself by treating television as an industry beat, tracking the decisions, schedules and people behind shows rather than only recapping what airs. His coverage combines fast, detailed news updates with interviews, set visits, awards coverage and historical features, building a long-running archive that now spans tens of thousands of posts.
TV news, ratings and scheduling
Knox uses TV Tonight as a rolling news desk for television, updating readers on network moves, newsroom changes and channel carriage decisions.
His report on ABC Sydney relocating its newsroom, for example, focuses on the operational shift and timing of the move rather than only the on-air implications. Coverage of TRT World’s channel move from Foxtel to Flash is similarly concise and factual, noting the cut-off date and where the channel continues to be available. The article on WIN screening the same news bulletin twice treats a playout error as news, recording what went wrong in the scheduling and how it played out for viewers, reflecting his focus on broadcast operations as part of the beat.
Beyond discrete news items, Knox positions ratings and programming information as core content for TV Tonight. The site’s description emphasises TV news, ratings and programming information alongside reviews and other coverage, underscoring his role as a central reference point for television scheduling and performance.
That framing means stories about timeslots, format tweaks and channel strategy sit alongside more feature-style pieces, giving communications teams a sense of how their shows and talent are contextualised within broader network decisions.
Free to air programming and subscription TV / streaming
Knox’s coverage cuts across free-to-air broadcasters and subscription or streaming platforms, with regular reporting on changes in both spaces. The TV Tonight description explicitly lists Free to Air programming and Subscription TV / Streaming as key pillars, and the homepage mixes schedule notes with program listings across multiple services. In “The Chase adds Mega Money Spinner,” he flags a specific new format element, the launch date and slot, treating a quiz show tweak as notable programming news.
His piece on TRT World moving from Foxtel to Flash tracks channel availability across platforms, reflecting his attention to how audiences access services rather than only what they watch.
Reality and factual entertainment also feature prominently in his recent work. “Travel Guides is ‘a gift of a show’” centres on Denise Scott’s voice-over role and her ongoing work on the series, even as she undergoes treatment, tying a personal story to the continuity of a long-running travel format. “Crafting the Andy Allen look” profiles the MasterChef winner turned judge, focusing on his evolution into a resident judge and how his on-screen style has been shaped to match his persona. These pieces show Knox handling personality-driven features within the frame of television production, treating styling and narration decisions as part of how programs present themselves to audiences.
Interviews, set visits and personality features
Interviews and on-set reporting are a defining part of Knox’s work on TV Tonight.
The site description notes that he talks to executives, stars, publicists and programmers on a daily basis, and that his interviews span a wide range of both local and international talent. “Gallery: Wentworth set visit” demonstrates that access, with coverage built around a visit to the Wentworth set, timed to the filming of Series 7 and tied to the show’s return to Showcase and its run on ABC.
Visual and logistical details from the set are treated as editorial material, illustrating how the show is made and positioned across different outlets.
Personality-focused pieces sit alongside these production visits.
The feature on Andy Allen approaches him as both talent and collaborator, looking at the way his look has been “crafted” to match his casual persona as a MasterChef judge. In the Travel Guides article, Knox gives space to Denise Scott’s account of continuing voice-over work during cancer treatment, blending a health update with commentary on a returning series.
Together, these stories show that his interviews and features aim to illuminate how people work within television – narrators, judges and actors as contributors to a show’s tone and identity – rather than treating them only as celebrities.
Knox’s interviews and commentary have also appeared in a range of other print, broadcast and online platforms, extending his television analysis beyond TV Tonight into mainstream and specialist media. That broader presence underscores that he is treated as a television commentator whose expertise is recognised outside his own site, even as TV Tonight remains his primary home for daily coverage.
Awards, retrospectives and TV history
Knox devotes regular attention to awards and craft recognition, documenting winners and the communities around them. His report on the Australian Cinematographer Awards 2024 lists winners and acknowledges emerging talent, highlighting technical achievement behind the camera.
TV Tonight also runs its own reader-voted awards; “TV Tonight Awards: Best of 2020” presents results alongside reader comments that thank the site for its role during a difficult year, showing how he uses the platform to reflect audience sentiment back to the industry.
Retrospectives and history pieces extend this interest in legacy. The “Special: Australian TV History timeline Pt. 1” traces milestones in local television history, co-credited and presented as a structured timeline rather than a nostalgic opinion piece. “Friday Flashback: Phil Emmanuel” looks back on the career of the late guitarist, with comments framing his work as a “brilliant career, ended way too soon,” linking music history to its television presence. These articles show Knox balancing present-tense news with backward-looking context, making TV Tonight a place where current programming decisions sit alongside the stories of how the industry and its personalities have developed.
Across these strands – daily news, programming updates, platform moves, personality features, awards and history – Knox maintains a consistent focus on television as an ecosystem of decisions and careers rather than a string of isolated shows. That breadth and continuity, combined with deep industry access, mark TV Tonight as a specialist outlet whose coverage is shaped by his long-standing engagement with the television sector.
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