Monthly Archives: February 2008 »
Airdate: Conviction
TEN has rescheduled the Dick Wolf drama Conviction that it originally intended to air in January. It has moved it to the TEN HD Channel premiering at 11:30pm Tuesday March 11. The series about
Read More »SBS drops outsourcing broadcaster
SBS has dumped plans to outsource its broadcasting facility via UK broadcast facility Red Bee Media. In 2006 SBS embarked upon a process to assess how best to replace its aging broadcasting facilities. Red
Read More »M*A*S*H: 25 years on
It was 25 years ago today, February 28 1983, that M*A*S*H bid farewell, after its amazing eleven seasons. ‘Goodbye, Farewell and Amen’ was an emotional, feature length episode, directed by Alan Alda. It is
Read More »Airdate: Sinchronicity
SBS is to launch the UK drama Sinchronicity at 10pm Monday March 10. The six part series, looking at a romantic triangle between three friends, replaces Skins after next week. Sinchronicity, set in Manchester,
Read More »More crazed rantings from Gary Busey
And here’s one more moment of Mr Gary Busey on the Oscars Red Carpet. After already harrassing Ryan Seacrest, take a look at what happened with an 11yo reporter for the website starzlife.com “I
Read More »McFadden for It Takes Two
Former Westlife member and current fiance to Delta Goodrem, Brian McFadden, will perform on It Takes Two next week. McFadden will five a live performance of his new single “Like Only a Woman Can.”
Read More »King of the Demo
Martial arts expert Fred Simmons appeared yesterday on Late Night with Conan O’Brien and right off the bat this interview went dreadfully. The guy had no idea of talk show etiquette, and insulted previous
Read More »TEN corporate resignation
Network TEN’s head of corporate communications, Margaret Fearn, today announced her resignation. Fearn has been with TEN for seven years. “Over her tenure she has significantly grown her role, and the corporate communications team,
Read More »WIN drops The Mint
WIN Television has dropped Channel Nine’s The Mint from its late-night schedule. A spokesperson for the regional network said, “WIN merely wants to provide entertainment to its viewers and in doing so removed The
Read More »Amazing shows take a race pit stop
Some of Seven’s biggest shows are about to conclude, prior to the Easter non-ratings period. Border Security, The Force, The Amazing Race, The Zoo and Bush Doctors all conclude in the week beginning March
Read More »TEN Perth appoints news presenter
Channel TEN Perth will appoint the city’s only Aboriginal TV reporter Narelda Jacobs to the role of presenter of the News at Five bulletin. Jacobs, a graduate of broadcasting at the WA Academy of
Read More »Seven profit down
On Wednesday the Seven Network posted an 18.7 per cent drop in net profit for the six months ended December 31 to $126.3 million. But it noted that decline reflected the impact of a
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