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The Tudors
Classy, sexy performances with production values to die for. Third series premiere 8:30pm Wednesday on Showcase.
The Chaser’s War on Everything
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Airdate: Michael Jackson: What Really Happened?
Uh oh. Nine is venturing down the road of a last minute Jacko special hosted by Richard Wilkins again…
This one simply promises: “With the world still in disbelief at the death of Michael Jackson, tonight Richard Wilkins hosts a special presentation that focuses on the controversy that plagued his life.”
As to which controversy that is, who knows (plastic surgery, child molestation case, marriages, parenting skills, unusual habits etc.)?
The title of the one hour special hints it might focus on the final days, but the synopsis suggests otherwise.
On Saturday Wilkins co-hosted a …
‘Apprentice’ boss facing apprehended violence order
The man plucked by Nine for its local adaptation of The Apprentice, Sydney businessman Mark Bouris, is today reported to be the subject of an AVO following an alleged disagreement over a barking dog, according to the Daily Telegraph.
Peter Anthony McGrath, 58, has applied for an apprehended violence order against Bouris, former Wizard Finance boss, following an early morning scuffle in their Watsons Bay street.
McGrath claims a labrador belonging to Bouris’s girlfriend has been “barking incessantly” for the past six months, disrupting his sleep and leaving him unable to watch TV …
Foxtel dumps interactive games
Foxtel has dropped its interactive games service, Gamesworld, effective from today.
On Channel 555, it offered three genres of games, Kids Family, Brainteaser Trivia and Casino Sport as an additional fee-based service between $6.95 – $16.95 per month. It had also partnered with the Australian organisation TwoWayTV for its Brainteaser Trivia games.
Foxtel issued a brief statement saying: “From Tuesday 30 June 2009, Gamesworld will no longer be available as part of Foxtel’s service. After carefully considering Gamesworld’s place in Australia’s growing games market, Foxtel has decided to remove the service and use …
Hargitay and Meloni sign with SVU
Finally an outcome…. actors Mariska Hargitay and Christopher Meloni have finalised negotiations with to return to Law & Order: SVU for its 11th season.
Thank goodness for that. It just wouldn’t have been the same without Olivia and Elliot.
The two actors had been with a mexican standoff with producers for a pay hike, and it had been dragging on for weeks. NBC even called their bluff by renewing the procedural, with or without the two on board.
The Hollywood Reporter indicates both have inked one-year deals with an option for a second …
Modest debut for Nine’s new arvo
First figures are in for THIS afternoon and they are modest: 321,000 viewers.
The debut of the new show was beaten by The Bold and The Beautiful / TEN News at Five (543,000/ 1.08m) and Seven News at 4:30 / MASH (430,000 / 584,000).
The good news is it improved on Nine’s position. Last Monday Nine Afternoon News took 263,000 for its half hour edition.
Interest was strongest in Sydney (109,000) followed by Melbourne (95,000). In Brisbane, where Extra became a casualty of the new show, it took 60,000.
The new show also now gives …
Little Britain in doubt
First The Mighty Boosh, now Little Britain?
UK comics David Walliams and Matt Lucas have ruled out filming more episodes of their hit series, in order to work on two new projects instead.
A source close to the pair told the News of the World: “David and Matt feel the Little Britain format could be a little bit old now.
“They are now keen to concentrate on solo projects and then work on different TV ideas together.
“They’re not sure if, or when, they will bring back Little Britain. And no new series has been …
The Tudors
He’s the rock and roll king, the velvet goldmine ruler, the sex god monarch.
Showtime’s Henry VIII, as gloriously personified by Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, is back for his third lascivious season in The Tudors.
Once again all the hallmarks of this franchise are lavishly evident on the screen: stunning costumes, elaborate settings, sumptuous locations, passionate performances and sexed-up storytelling. If medieval England was to have its very own Days of Our Lives, this would be it (one character even sports an eyepatch). Power, greed, lust, envy, romance -it’s all here in spades.
Having eliminating his …
Foxtel survey hints at new channels
Foxtel is currently conducting consumer surveys with online research site YourOpinion.com.au that hints at future channels.
Leaked on the website SneakPeek there is the suggestion it could soon be offering six HD movie channels, including HD versions of existing channels FOX8 HD and W HD.
Showtime could also be split into themed channels: Showtime Action, Drama and Comedy.
New Movie Network channels are called StarPics and FMC (Family Movie Channel)
It also lists channels dubbed Style Network, Nat Geo Wild, Kids Co, Sky News Local, Lifestyle You and Discovery Turbo. 13th Street is …
Reviews: The Philanthropist
American reviews are in for the new NBC drama, The Philanthropist, a series starring (another) British actor James Purefoy. This is a series which Seven was said to have acquired the rights to in 2008, although it only his US screens last week.
Purefoy plays billionaire Teddy Rist whose life changes when he rescues a boy during a hurricane in Nigeria. Its executive producers include Barry Levinson and Tom Fontana (Oz, Homicide: Life on the Street, St. Elsewhere), and the premiere was directed by Peter Horton, onetime heartthrob of the too, too …
Airdate: Melbourne International Comedy Debate 2009
“Money: the root of all evil,” is the theme of the 2009 Great Debate.
Moderator Corinne Grant tells the teams, “Economists are the failed priests of our generation, but why do we all have to be the altar boys?”
On the affirmative side American comic Arj Barker, English comic Stephen K. Amos, and Paul McDermott are said to have acknowledged that their team was “pushing shit uphill.”
On the negative side are Americans Rich Hall and Janeane Garafalo, and Irishman Jason Byrne.
It airs 8:30pm Monday July 13 on TEN.
Avenue Q hosts rude animation
“When I heard we were hosting Animania I got a little excited”, says Lucy the Slut. “There’s nothing I love more than a night of hot, animated men.”
Yup, those rude puppets from the stage musical Avenue Q have teamed up with The Comedy Channel to host equally wicked adult animation, Animania.
The Wednesday night comedy block will be presented by Lucy the Slut, Trekkie Monster and The Bad Idea Bears from tomorrow night at 8:30pm
It kicks off with features two episodes of South Park (including the subscription TV premiere of series 12), …