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By: Belinda

Belinda — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 06:03:18 +0000

@Jason, did MusicMAX play the full Black or White video with Michael’s panther “fit” at the end? Rage ended with The Simpsons bit.

Rage will have a proper Michael Jackson special later in the year. Hopefully they dig through the archives and find some gems.

By: mac

mac — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 05:50:37 +0000

no worries Mac lol

By: Mac

Mac — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:08:55 +0000

(@mac: I’m quite happy with you and I sharing the same name – you spell yours without a captial ‘m’ so we’s is different ).

By: Quentin

Quentin — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:39:36 +0000

Yes, I watch a bit of it and thought it was rushed! Clumsy indeed – especially that part when Wilky paid Karl out on a Moonwalking night during the logies. tsk tsk — I can see that Wilky wants Karl’s job! LOL!

Then again, they’re the only channel that was able to turn an MJ tribute overnight. I know Australian talent isn’t as great as the one they have in the US, but I like what Nine did…Though rushed & clumsy, they risked it! They’re walking the talk – “You get your breaking news first with Nine…”

Seven is too polished to run something like this; and Ten is disciplined when it comes to showing their shows…They stick to their schedule, which is good (and bad).

By: mac

mac — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 02:41:30 +0000

1:32am is a different mac than 12:00pm, probably best david to not allow more than one user to use the same username to avoid confusion .

By: TV tragic

TV tragic — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 02:36:58 +0000

Seeing Karl S smiling throughout the show gave me the irrates. Why do nine persist with him. He is wrong for this type of show. Wilkins also got on my nerves. annoying that’s what they were on the night…………

By: Sarah

Sarah — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 02:34:02 +0000

I agree with the criticism about the special – taking a shot at Wilkins is easy but at least he knows the music and can talk about him with knowledge. What did Lelia McKinnon add to the program? Nothing. Maybe she was there to be the “female” influence. They didn’t need 4 hosts – 2 would have been fine. It was half a tribute, half an update on the story. Only playing two songs in full is pretty poor – people wanted to see the music clips. I am surprised they didn’t drag out Richard Reid……….

By: David Knox

David Knox — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 02:30:24 +0000

JB check out this answer which covers your question....

By: mac

mac — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 02:00:26 +0000

@pt ryan: many networks(including overseas) reported jeff goldblums death, although it was still pretty slack, all media outlets that did report it could have easily checked to see if there where other sources that did not quote the original source, even when i heard it i was sceptical. over all i think nines coverage was good that morning was good though.

By: christa

christa — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:25:10 +0000

omg it was shocking, too much rabbiting on and not enough music
Rage did a much better job!

By: callas

callas — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:05:30 +0000

That 80′s footage of Richard Wilkins on the couch with those tight stonewash jeans exposing his crotch like that (ewww) should have come with a parental guidance warning !!!…..does anyone know why the gorgeous Tom Steinfort is reporting from the states now… has he moved there permanently ??

By: Jason

Jason — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 23:40:54 +0000

On Saturday afternoon MusicMAX played a 50 clip marathon for MJ’s songs including the full length versions of Thriller, Bad, You Rock My World and Black or White, various Jackson 5 songs, We are the World and even his performance at the Mowtown Awards (which was the debut of the moonwalk)

I feel sorry for you if you don’t have cable – they had the better tributes on Saturday.

By: PT Ryan

PT Ryan — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 23:32:14 +0000

Glad I skipped this. I can’t believe Nine haven’t benched Wilkins for a while after that Jeff Goldblum fiasco. Then again, this is Nine we’re taking about….

By: No article?

No article? — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:57:20 +0000

There’s no article?

By: Mac

Mac — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 15:32:45 +0000

@JB : This is a blog. As such, David can write what the hecky-thump he likes and the rest of us can love, hate or be indifferent to it as we see fit – our responses seem very much appreciated by the author. Just so happens this is one of the most genuinely insightful blogs around.

I look forward to agreeing and disagreeing with you more in the future, David! On this MJ ‘special’ though, I wholeheartedly agree.

By: JB

JB — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 13:35:28 +0000

As much as I agree with you and love this site, can you please add an “opinion” tag and section to the site? A lot of the reporting lately seems to be blurring the lines, and I think a better distinction between reporting and opinion would be good for the site.

Just some constructive criticism, still love your work.