Monthly Archives: November 2007 »
TEN newsreader found dead
TEN’s Perth newsreader Charmaine Dragun has died after an incident at The Gap in Sydney this afternoon. “Police are investigating an incident at Watsons Bay,” a police spokesman told the Daily Telegraph. “Shortly before
Read More »World of Animalia
Animalia, the highly successful illustrated books by children’s author Graeme Base, will have its premiere on TEN next weekend. But the Australian-made animated series has been given a low-profile timeslot of 12pm Sunday afternoons,
Read More »Nine in Food Fight
Nine is developing a new reality show, Food Fight, in which two local family-run restaurants compete for an overhaul. Described as “a rehash of My Restaurant Rules, with a dash of Gordon Ramsay’s trouble-shooting
Read More »Morning stars on song
Hungry for a taste of Take That’s reunited success, the Backstreet Boys (minus Kevin) were back on the NBC Today Show this week, with their new single, “Inconsolable.” It’s probably a good time to
Read More »ABC bounces live netball final
The ABC has come under fire for making viewers in Victoria, NSW Tasmania and the ACT miss live coverage of the upcoming World Netball Championship on November 17. With daylight saving viewers in those
Read More »UK’s TV winners
David Tennant picked up the Best Male Actor and Doctor Who scored Best Drama at Britain’s National Television Awards held at the Royal Albert Hall this week. Who beat out tough competition from Life
Read More »Extra lifts lid on Chaser sketch
It’s not a complete expose by any means, but one of the extras in The Chaser’s “Jesus poo” sketch this week has detailed her involvement in a fairly unflattering light. Still as anyone who
Read More »Today springs into Melbourne
Dropped into the launch of the Today show’s Melbourne Spring Carnival visit tonight. All the team was there: Karl Stefanovic, Lisa Wilkinson, Georgie Gardner, Richard Wilkins, Steve Jacobs, Cameron Williams and Hollywood goss guy
Read More »NBC halts Heroes spin-off
One of Channel Seven’s hopes for 2008, Heroes: Origins may be a long way off. NBC has shelved the 6 part series indefinitely. Although it hasn’t been axed altogether, the spin-off, which is to
Read More »Foxtel adds Business Channel
Foxtel and Austar have announced a new Business Channel to operate from early 2008. Sky News Business will include 16 hours of locally-produced content each day combined with programming from FOX Business Network in
Read More »3 years jail for Prison Break star
This is all too tragic to be using phrases like “life imitates art.” Actor Lane Garrison, who played “Tweener” in Prison Break has been sentenced to 3 years 4 months for a drink driving
Read More »Nine snares UK shows
The Nine Network has picked up three new UK shows: Secret Diary of a Call Girl stars Billie Piper, based on the blogs of London call girl Belle de Jour. Life in Cold Blood,
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