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Las Vegas
Last ever episode of the casino drama, with a cliffhanger that will never be resolved…. 10:30pm Sunday on Seven.
Rainforest: The Secret of Life
Bones
Who Do You Think You Are?
Electric Dreams
Australian Idol
Call to close anti-siphoning’s “loophole”
Seven, Nine and TEN have called on the government to close a loophole that allows Pay TV channels to acquire sports events before free to air broadcasters.
The claim is submitted by Free TV Australia to the review of the anti-siphoning list. There were 322 submissions received, which are available for reading here.
In 2005 FOX Sports purchased rights to the Ashes series prior to any free to air broadcasters. Free TV says it is the channel providers who bid for sports rights, not the platform operators.
Amongst its other claims the commercial …
Time for Young Talent Time again?
Everything old is (apparently) new again, with word today that Johnny Young is in discussions with Network TEN for a revival of Young Talent Time.
The family show was a contemporary of the revived Hey Hey it’s Saturday, running on air from 1971 until 1988. Variety is the current buzz word at the moment after Hey Hey’s success and the popularity of A Tribute to Don Lane.
The series, produced and presented by Young, was pivotal to the career starts of Debra Byrne, Tina Arena, Dannii Minogue, Phillip Gould and Jamie Redfern. Some …
Sharyn sticks with Seven
Brisbane newsreader Sharyn Ghidella has signed a lucrative deal with Seven said to be worth close to $600,000 a year.
Ghidella, who reads the weekend news, is believed to have been at the centre of a fierce bidding war between Seven and Nine, according to news.com.au.
It notes she was offered the 6pm daily role on Nine to replace Andrew Lofthouse, but the claim is denied by Nine.
“Andrew is doing a fantastic job, we are very happy with his performance,” a spokesperson said. “The Nine Network discussed a multitude of opportunities with …
Don Lane Memorial
A memorial celebration for Don Lane will be held at 11.30am next Thursday at Souths Juniors Rugby League Club in Kingsford, Sydney.
Close friends to speak will include comedian Brian Doyle and Lane Show gag writer, Mike McColl Jones.
Rhonda Burchmore will perform New York, New York.
A statement released by son PJ Lane, who appears on Seven’s Sydney Weekender, said the service at Souths club was “all about what Dad would want.” -his passion for Souths is famous.
Ttckets will be free, but people attending will be asked for a donation to Alzheimer’s NSW.
Source: …
Four Corners: Facing Dennis Ferguson
Monday night’s Four Corners promises a highly contentious episode, looking at the case of convicted paedophile Dennis Ferguson.
It asks “what does the community do with convicted child sex offenders when they’ve done their time?”
Last week Insight also looked at child sex abusers and the justice system.
Reporter Liz Jackson even speaks to Ferguson for the episode.
The program looks at Ferguson’s life and his crimes and asks if he is sorry for what he’s done and how he believes he should be treated.
The program talks to politicians, doctors and activists about the …
Former TEN exec joins FremantleMedia Australia
Tim Clucas, formerly Network TEN’s Head of Production and Development has joined FremantleMedia Australia as Director of Programming.
Clucas’ career spans reality, lifestyle, and information-based programs with TEN, Beyond Productions and Nine, including securing the format, development and production of Big Brother.
He will oversee the production slate for FMA while also pursuing new formats, facilitate FMA’s client base and support new CEO, Ian Hogg.
“After taking some time to recharge my batteries I am incredibly excited to be joining FMA and taking on this challenging role,” he said.
“FMA’s production slate is the most …
Music on ONE
What’s this? Music on ONE?
Last night’s Baseball World Series Game 2 on ONE featued Jay Z and Alicia Keys performing at Yankee Stadium -which is repeated today at 10am.
Tomorrow night at 10pm AEDT The Black Eyed Peas, Beyonce and No Doubt perform in concert for the Formula 1 crowds at Singapore’s night Grand Prix. It will be hosted by Lindsay Lohan, no less.
Then at 2am Monday the cast of Glee will perform the National Anthem before the match between Philadelphia and the New York Yankees.
It will also be repeated at 4:15pm …
Movie: The Thing from Another World
A group of scientists stationed on the North Pole gets spooked in this classic 1951 sci fi. 10:15pm Saturday on ABC2.
Dexter
Movie: Toy Story
Movie: Psycho
RocKwiz
Hope Springs
ABC: Good Gamer “made life difficult”
ABC TV has issued a further statement in the light of the online feud that has spilled out from behind ABC2’s Good Game.
It denies statements made by Jeremy ‘Junglist’ Ray (pictured, left) that he was replaced because of gender and blames his behind the scenes performance allegedly making life “difficult for the rest of the team.”
Ray made comment on the Good Game message board following a joint statement issued by the members of the team that he has been replaced was because “they wanted a girl on the show.”
A …
60 Minutes turns camera on Ray
It’s art imitating life this Sunday on 60 Minutes, as Ray Martin becomes the subject of a Charles Wooley interview.
Martin publishing his autobiography will form the backbone of the story, with comments on his childhood.
“These were hard years, marked by poverty and the emotional turmoil of living with a drunken, violent father. But Ray transcended those early difficulties and become a huge star on the television screen and, as Charles Wooley reports, an even bigger star behind the scenes,” publicity notes detail.
But if Martin is to be the subject of a …
Class over for 5th Grader?
In its 2010 programme launch, TEN neglected to include Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader?
The Roving Enterprises show has had a tough year, underperforming for the network on a Monday night.
Not every show on the network schedule was included in this week’s 2010 showreel (for instance 9AM with David and Kim, Before the Game, or Meet the Press etc), but given this has been a primetime show its absence does leave it open for speculation.
One of the reasons may have been the network is undecided about its fate.
A statement from …