From today TV Tonight will take a mid-year hiatus.
During this time the site will see a temporary shift in delivery of news and information from on-going to once a day.
As many of you would know during the months of April-May there has been a flurry of television news and events. During this time we have seen programme launches or finales for So You Think You Can Dance Australia, The Biggest Loser, MasterChef Australia, Dirt Game, Thank God You’re Here, Talkin’ ‘Bout Your Generation, Merlin, homeMADE, Sea Patrol, Recruits and Top Gear Australia.
Major event reporting has also included the Logie Awards, ASTRA Awards and Eurovision. Several major news stories have broken during this time, which on top of interviews, set visits, reviews and programming changes has amounted to the busiest time of year. So it’s time for a circuit breaker….
For a little over two weeks the site will report news as it did over the Xmas-NY period: once a day.
Ratings will continue to be reported daily, but the delivery time may be affected. Moderated comments may take up to 24 hours for approval (your patience is appreciated). There will be no news on weekends during the time aside from ratings results. The exception to all of this is ‘big breaking news.’
It is not a complete standstill: the site still has plans for exclusive interviews with stars and production personnel across this period and to continue all elements of the blog, including Programming changes.
Only this week TV Tonight posted its 7000th story on the site and was referenced by The Australian, MediaWeek and the Sunday Telegraph. Your comments and contributions to the site continue to be noted by media, network executives and production personnel with regularity.
Enjoy the passion.
David its now thursday and the guides are still not up so when will they be up please?
They normally go up mid week, a bit late last week with Hiatus!
David Will the guides be up for the week starting 15-19th june?
See above, it’s in the article. Cheers.
Well Deserved, But how “Short” is Short
Guides have now been added -yes a few sections are a little slower in Hiatus obviously. Thanks for being patient.
Does that mean that there will be no tv guides up?
Apart from comments taking longer to appear, I hardly notice the difference! This site is still the daily fix of TV info even in hiatus!
Thank you, as always, David.
Congratz on the 7000th post milestone and enjoy your break! I’ve appreciated every one of them (posts, that is!).
Thats a great idea Jonathan. If I could do any internship as a part of my journalism/media course, it would be ideally with a website like this.
Ever considered taking on some media/journalism students to take on the basic reporting stories in downtime? Or even when you are in normal periods,it could allow you to focus on more features and interviews?
Why?? Where or how am I going to get my weekly tv news fix? I love this site, I’ve been reading this blog for nearly a year.
Congrats David, you deserve a rest though.
Are you still going to report on the off-ratings shows?
Thanks David, as you can tell this site is much appreciated!!
the site will be dearly missed for this time, what do i look at now 3-4 times a day at work? guess i’ll do actual work…arghhh
@ ryan – how do you not get it? David runs this site by himself, and he wants a bit of a break. Everyone needs some time off you know.
enjoy the break, your work is very much appreciated.
Thanks guys (“crew,” what crew?)!
No word yet on new Safran, would be perfect after Chaser ends in 10 weeks though….
Thank you for all of your hard work on the site. I’m glad I found it because I visit all the time now. Enjoy the break!
Enjoy the break David and crew. The work is appreciated.
Well done on the milestone.
David, would you be please be able to find out for me when the new project of John Safran, John Safran’s Race Relations is coming to the ABC? As I find him quite entertaining, but am sick of seeing repeats of Speaking in Tongues on SBS and listening to best of shows of his radio show on Triple J.
Have a good break mate, I just did .
I go back to work this week :…(
Congrats – take a break David, you deserve it!
great work on blogging for sbs during eurovision, ahh i love when eurovision happens – feels like im in europe
David your blog is amazing! The break is very well deserved!!
Enjoy the break, David. And skip a day or two if you must – we’ll survive… somehow!
Its a great blog. I like to visit it everyday that I am online. Enjoy the break and come back as hard hitting as ever.
Congrat’s on the 7000th post! I’ve read nearly every one of them… Enjoy your break David
Thanks for continually providing a great read and provoking some intriguing comment-debates, David!
Congrats on the 7000th post David. Enjoy your break.
Enjoy a very well deserved break (of sorts). Your hard work is appreciated by many !
Nooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!
You deserve a break and if we only get updates once a day that is still pretty fast even for holiday mode. enjoy the rest if you can. thanks for all that you have done – happy 7000th!
Congrats on the milestone David.
This site is the best. As an aspiring Journalism and Communications student it is my favourite website to continually visit (often up to 3 or 4 times a day), I have even sourced this site in academic essays like on the Digital Television Switchover, the info is that good. Enjoy the break David, keep up the great work.
‘Only this week TV Tonight posted its 7000th story’
Congratulations, well done David. Enjoy the ‘mid-year’ hiatus.
Your work and efforts with this site is fantastic and I for one visit more than once a day.
Enjoy your hiatus. You have earned it!
As always, your work on this site is very much appreciated, David – enjoy the break, presuming it’s not for work or unwelcome personal reasons.
i dont get it, why? still plenty to talk about and happening