Monthly Archives: May 2008 »
TV musicals take to the stage
Melissa Gilbert will star in a US stage musical of Little House on the Prairie in July. The musical is based on Laura Ingalls Wilder’s stories about her homesteading family. The actress who portrayed
Read More »Holden ‘mum’ on new TV projects
Mark Holden is working on a new TV project. “I’ve written a format for a new music show which is receiving very strong interest at the moment and is close to my heart,” he
Read More »That’s a lot of hairspray, Chris….
The breaking news of the Corby defamation must have really thrown Seven into a spin on Thursday night. While setting up a live cross, Seven News in Sydney inadvertently took viewers behind the scenes
Read More »BB: Where’s Travis?
It’s an eye that is the symbol of Big Brother and an eye that has resulted in Travis taken out of the house, after a practical joke led to body wash being squirt in
Read More »Returning: Gossip Girl
Gossip Girl returns to FOX8 soon with five new episodes produced following the end of the writers’ strike. They return to FOX8 from 8:30pm Tuesday June 17. In forthcoming storylines, Georgina Sparks (Michelle Trachtenberg
Read More »Half a Bert
Has Bert been on a trimming campaign? Could it be attributed to network cutbacks? Have David Gyngell and Michael Healy decided to slice Nine’s network programming in two? Whatever the logic, we’re about to
Read More »Ausiello quits TV Guide
The man who knows all, TV Guide columnist Michael Ausiello (pictured, right) is leaving to join Entertainment Weekly. TV Guide (the magazine) was recently taken over and set to be re-sold in a split
Read More »Vale: Harvey Korman
Comic actor Harvey Korman (pictured, right), best known for his role as Hedley Lamarr in the movie Blazing Saddles, has died, He was 81. He died of complications from an abdominal aortic aneurysm that
Read More »Returning: Medical Emergency
Just days after scheduling NZ factual Borderline into Tuesday nights, Seven has replaced it with Aussie-made Medical Emergency. The observational series, narrated by Christopher Gabardi returns 9:30pm Tuesday June 3rd. It will be followed
Read More »Seven settles with Mercedes
Press Release: Statement on Mercedes Corby The Seven Network has concluded a confidential settlement with Mercedes Corby’s lawyers this afternoon. There will be no further statements as the terms of the settlement preclude either
Read More »Newsreader’s son killed in plane crash
Matt Naylor, the son of former GTV9 newsreader, Brian Naylor (pictured), was killed in an ultra-light aircraft crash yesterday. Naylor, 40 of Kinglake West, was travelling in a two seater aircraft, which came down
Read More »Giaan Rooney to host Battlefronts
Giaan Rooney is hosting a new lifestyle show to be produced by Endemol Southern Star for the Nine Network. Battlefronts sees two neighbouring homes given front lawn makeovers by a team of renovators and
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