TV, less disposable than before: Zwar

Adam Zwar, creator of the new ABC comedy series Lowdown, says that the way audiences are watching TV on DVD has made television ‘less disposable’ as a medium than it used to be.

“I’ve really enjoyed writing TV over the last few years, and the people that I really like in a comedic sense are doing work on TV,” Zwar told Encore.

Starting tonight at 9pm on ABC1, Zwar will play a tabloid columnist struggling to get the latest celebrity gossip for his ailing newspaper in Lowdown. The project was originally conceived by Zwar and director Amanda Brotchie as a feature film, but the lack of funding made them re-think it as a television series.

“It takes five or more years to get a feature film made in Australia, and by that time a lot of the jokes are a bit tired if it’s a comedy.