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Money talks on TT
As a financial tidal wave sweeps the globe, it was good to see Today Tonight tackle the subject tonight, a breakaway from the usual bout of celebrity, diet, sensationalist stories that have flooded our 6:30pm timeslot.
It’s rare the commercial public affairs shows take us behind the headlines anymore, much to the lament of many in the industry.
Seven conducted a studio discussion on the crisis and how it affects the Australian market. A Current Affair tonight had a story on slum landlords (as did TT), Oprah’s make up expert, a bloke who …
30 CRock. Seven bumps Tina Fey finale.
Fans of 30 Rock are about to be disappointed with word that Seven has bumped the season finale due tonight by one week.
Instead it will air a Seven News special on the financial woes in the US at 11:30pm AEST.
Seven is planning a news special hosted by Chris Reason which will cross live to the opening of Wall Street. Michael Pascoe will be in studio for analysis.
The switch is a shame given the finale, “Cooter”, guest stars Matthew Broderick and won Tina Fey an Emmy for series comedy writing just last …
‘Charlie everywhere’ bringing new season
With all this Sheen around Nine it’s easy to lose track of where new episodes of Two and a Half Men fall in between repeats.
Nine will soon fasttrack (depending on your definition of the term) the sixth season of the CBS comedy, which started in the US last week.
“Taterhead is Our Love Child” screens Tuesday October 14 at 8:30pm on Nine. Guest starring Rena Sofer (24) and Martin Mull (Roseanne), the plot indicates Charlie discovers an ex has a child that looks remarkably like him.
In the week of October …
The Boss for Super Bowl 09
The Boss has been locked in as half-time entertainment for the 2009 NFL Super Bowl, which screens on TEN from next year.
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will rock it out at Tampa, Florida on February 1, 2009 (US). They follow Prince who got the gig last year and Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers in 2008. TEN has previously indicated this will air live on the main TEN channel as well as on TEN-HD.
Super Bowl last aired to a staggering 148 million viewers in the US alone. It is …
TEN’s tears for Idol
Cheer up Tom Williams, Channel TEN is crying a lot more than you today after Australian Idol’s lousy Monday performance in the ratings.
TEN finished fourth again (it seems to be pretty regular for Mondays) with just 15.5% share for the evening. Only 893,000 viewers tuned in for the verdict show. Not only was it beaten by The Force, Border Security, Top Gear Australia and Australian Story -it was even beaten by Top Gear Australia in the all important 16 - 39 demographic.
Worse was to follow with 90210 attracting only 616,000, but …
Airdate: ABC News Breakfast
The ABC will launch ABC News Breakfast programme on Monday November 3rd -a day before the US presidential election.
The new look morning programme will air live on ABC2 from 6 - 10am. It also streams live online.
Hosted by Virginia Trioli, Barrie Cassidy and Joe O’Brien the programme will cover news, analysis, debate, finance, sport and weather, and draw upon the vast resources of ABC newsrooms and radio programmes.
The broadcaster has spent the past few months installing cameras into its radio studios to provide visual footage of its many radio interviews. ABC …
Matthew White to anchor Today Tonight
Seven will return a male anchor to Today Tonight when sports presenter Matthew White replaces Anna Coren, it has been announced.
He will be the first male presenter in for the programme since Stan Grant vacated the chair for Naomi Robson in 2000.
The announcement of White for the role is a surprise name, most of the rumours were looking elsewhere as to Coren’s replacement, with many tipping Samantha Armytage would take the role. Most recently White was part of Seven’s Olympic team, filling in on Sunrise, presenting sports on Seven’s Sydney bulletin …
Returning: Louis Theroux
Great to hear British journo Louis Theroux is coming back with his investigative specials.
Theroux always tackles touchy subjects, sometimes with interviews that make your skin crawl. His interview with Joe Jackson, and another with the Westboro Baptist Church were gob-smacking television.
Upon his return, Theroux will be looking at the White Aryan Resistance movement in America, the KKK and Nazi’s who believe in ethnic cleansing.
Bound to be unsettling and uncompromising.
It airs on Seven 11:00pm Monday October 13.
Press Release:
On this week’s LOUIS THEROUX special, Louis travels to Fallbrook, California, to meet Tom Metzger, …
Woof. Wilfred’s comin’ back.
Bong-smoking dogs across Australia rejoice. Your favourite mutt is heading back into production.
Jason Gann and Adam Zwar are returning to their comedy series about a talking dog, Wilfred.
The SBS comedy in which Gann wears a mangey dog suit screened last year.
Wilfred is the pet of Sarah (Cindy Waddingham) who doesn’t take kindly to her new boyfriend, Adam (Adam Zwar). The layered dynamic between the three central characters was one of the charms of the show, along with the ridiculously zany premise of a talking dog.
Gann, who most recently appeared on Mark …
Vale: Brian Courtis
Melbourne television critic Brian Courtis, a former editor of the Green Guide, died yesterday after a long battle with cancer. He was 63.
Courtis most recently wrote for The Sunday Age, but began under the Age banner as far back as 1973.
He was the daily television columnist for The Age from the late 1970s to the mid-1980s, editing the Green Guide in the late ’90s and later becoming the TV critic for The Sunday Age until 2007.
He had a love of music, especially jazz, movies and travel.
Columnist Debi Enker notes that Courtis’ …
Paul Newman tribute
This Friday night Movie Extra will screen three Paul Newman films: Cool Hand Luke (1967), Color of Money (1986) and The Towering Inferno (1974).
Press Release:
Responding to the sad news of Paul Newman’s passing, MOVIE GREATS is producing a tribute to the great actor’s life by screening a selection of his finest films this Friday.
The amended programme schedule for this Friday’s tribute is as follows:
PAUL NEWMAN TRIBUTE – Friday 3rd October on MOVIE GREATS
6.20pm: Paul Newman Tribute: Cool Hand Luke (1967)
8.30pm: Paul Newman Tribute: Color of Money (1986)
10.30pm: Paul Newman Tribute: …