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On Hiatus

By David Knox on December 6, 2009 / Filed Under News 64

hiatusFrom today TV Tonight begins a summer hiatus.

The ratings year is over, news already started trickling down last week and the sun is shinin’….

But fear not, the site is not grinding to a complete halt. There will still be coverage, news, interviews and keeping an eye on the box (but only one). Think of it as changing gears…

The annual TV Tonight Awards will also begin voting later this month -your chance to speak up on the good, bad and ugly television that has transpired this year.

You patience in comment approval is appreciated during this period.

And in case you’re wondering, the site will begin to pick up pace again sometime in January.

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64 Comments »

  1. David Knox January 16, 2010 at 12:09 am -

    For a Hiatus I’ve been blogging an awful lot. So far however there hasn’t been enough constant news to warrant a conclusion yet!

  2. anthony January 15, 2010 at 7:23 pm -

    time to get back to work david! hiatus over!

  3. mark zanker December 22, 2009 at 1:01 pm -

    Thanks for your work david. I hope you have a great christmas break. Also thanks for bringing up an old school performance my class had to do back in junior primary. ha ha ha all the best.

  4. Lyn December 16, 2009 at 8:26 pm -

    Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you & yours, David.
    Enjoy your hiatus :)
    Thanks for the Best TV Blog online. :)

  5. snapper jack December 16, 2009 at 8:59 am -

    Thanks david for an informative and fun website that i check several times a day. really enjoy the comments and if it wasn’t for you I prob would have missed the zombie series on SBS. Have a good one

  6. Shelly December 10, 2009 at 2:03 pm -

    Thanks again for all your hard work this year David – couldne’t have gotten through the mine-field without you. Happy Holidays!

  7. Ash Long December 9, 2009 at 4:39 pm -

    Thanks for a great year, David. Happy Hiatus.
    Please keep the Advance Guides going over summer, if you can without it infringing your break.

  8. Secret Squïrrel December 7, 2009 at 10:55 pm -

    David, thanks for a fantastic site! I have found your articles to be timely, informative, succinct, well-written, and most importantly, accurate (unless lead astray by sources :-) . You occasionally get to chuck some humour in there even if it’s just an awful pun…

    Enjoy your well-earned break.

  9. Raza December 7, 2009 at 5:29 pm -

    @tomothy – a show is in the works. It is set to start next year sometime when the ratings period begins again. No channel has been announced yet.

  10. K December 7, 2009 at 4:52 pm -

    Just want to say a big thank you for all your time and effort you put into the website David. We all appreciate the work you do. Have a great break, you deserve it!

  11. tomothy December 7, 2009 at 3:56 pm -

    Thanks for all the great work this year. Perhaps you should consider pitching your own version of Entertainment Tonight / E! news on TV. I’d watch every night.

  12. luke December 7, 2009 at 3:51 pm -

    happy holidays David!! All the best for 2010.

  13. moog December 7, 2009 at 1:46 pm -

    David, I have really enjoyed the site this year – have a terrific break and see you back in 2010. Cheers mate.

  14. Gil December 7, 2009 at 9:06 am -

    Cheers David

  15. Reality Raver December 7, 2009 at 6:16 am -

    Have a great “break”.

  16. Nelson Aspen December 7, 2009 at 12:05 am -

    Happy Holidays mate and best wishes for a healthy 2010.

  17. critic December 6, 2009 at 11:08 pm -

    thanks for all the helpful and interesting news this year this is the best television based website for us Aussies

  18. brisvegas December 6, 2009 at 11:05 pm -

    thanks for a great year david – wishing you and yours a great xmass and new year.

  19. Trent December 6, 2009 at 10:55 pm -

    Thankyou for reporting the television news, programming and ratings to an extensive rate. This site continues to be my number one source for the latest in television news.

  20. Survivor_Fan December 6, 2009 at 10:48 pm -

    Have a great break-its well deserved.

    Thanks for keeping me informed on the erratic Survivor programming.

  21. Rutzie December 6, 2009 at 10:43 pm -

    I don’t know how many shows I would have missed if it wasn’t for this site David. I’m also sure I’m not the only one that has TV Tonight as their homepage. Cheers for all the hard work and have a safe and merry holiday.

  22. mer December 6, 2009 at 10:41 pm -

    Thanks David have a great break. Hopefully will be back with great news about Prime and 7TWO – fingers crossed

  23. Baggygreen December 6, 2009 at 9:33 pm -

    Goes without saying, but great effort again this year David. Enjoy any break you get.

  24. Mac December 6, 2009 at 6:54 pm -

    Thanks for a terrific year, David. TVTonight has become part of my daily ‘net routine alongside Facebook, Moviehole.net, failblog.org and notalwaysright.com .

    Thanks for providing great stories, insights, opinions, and allowing us to share ours.

    Have a great Christmas and New Year! :)
    (Same to my fellow readers – and some regular names, such as the other mac, Craig, Bindi, Knoxoverstreet and all the others who regularly keep stoking the fires.)

  25. Mike Retter December 6, 2009 at 6:53 pm -

    Have a nice trip. I hope your wired for sound too.

  26. Jordan December 6, 2009 at 6:51 pm -

    Been quite a transformational year new channels and episodes of shows that are being seen. You do deserve your break being able to keep up with this year would have you deserve your break even more.

    Well done for a fantastic 2009 David

  27. Peter Ford December 6, 2009 at 5:59 pm -

    Hi David, enjoy the hiatus. TV Tonight just gets better and better. You have great knowledge and you put the work in. In a genre of reporting that,sadly,has become all about gush and faux celebs you rise above the pack and analyse the game so well.
    Peter

  28. Stan December 6, 2009 at 5:57 pm -

    Thanks, David for your TV blog. It was pleasure to read it. Is this video a hint where you’re going for summer holiday? Is it France? wink, wink…

  29. hcstewie December 6, 2009 at 5:18 pm -

    The site gets better each year…lost track of how long I have been getting updates from your site.

    Enjoy the wild comments from the community as much as the stories you post.

    Have great Xmas break!

  30. michaeltv December 6, 2009 at 5:12 pm -

    Happy hiatus David!
    thanks for all this year!
    Cant go without my daily fix of tvtonight!

  31. shaun December 6, 2009 at 5:08 pm -

    I would like to thank you david for all the hard work you do into this site with ratings, breaking news and everything else i was lucky to come across this site at the start of the year and haven’t looked back thanks for all the hard work you put in all year even with juggling another job great work so enjoy your holiday break you deserve it and have a great christmas and can’t wait to see you and the site running full turbo when the ratings start back in 2010.

  32. Michael December 6, 2009 at 5:06 pm -

    Thank you David.

  33. JenC December 6, 2009 at 3:15 pm -

    Thanks David for all your hard work on providing us with all the info we need.
    Hope you enjoy your much deserved break over summer.

  34. SJ December 6, 2009 at 3:08 pm -

    nooooooooooooooooooo!

    Thanks for all the great stories!

  35. michael brearly December 6, 2009 at 2:30 pm -

    David, you need staff! What am I going to do over summer?

  36. Thanks December 6, 2009 at 1:55 pm -

    Thanks for another great year David – you continued to present the most comprehensive TV blog in AUS – enjoy your well-deserved break

  37. bindi December 6, 2009 at 12:41 pm -

    have a great break david, i hope nothing big happens in tv land over christmas to cut your break short coz you deserve a long one for all your hard work.

  38. Jake December 6, 2009 at 12:32 pm -

    A well deserved hiatus. Glad to hear there will still be trickles of news and ratings tho :)

  39. Bass December 6, 2009 at 12:17 pm -

    Congrats David, another successful year!

    Have a great break

  40. Luk December 6, 2009 at 12:17 pm -

    I only recently discovered your site and have enjoyed it very much, great work!
    Have a Merry Xmas and a great New Year…Hurry Back…..:)

  41. Guy December 6, 2009 at 11:50 am -

    Happy Holidays everyone!!

    Enjoy the Summer David!

  42. Lou December 6, 2009 at 11:40 am -

    Well done David in 2009!

  43. mac December 6, 2009 at 11:26 am -

    congratulation on another year well done david, i don’t remember how i discovered this site but i am so much more informed since i did. have a great break.

  44. Mark December 6, 2009 at 11:24 am -

    Habe a great holiday David..thanks for all the hard work and fantastic website

  45. Darrell Tohi December 6, 2009 at 11:23 am -

    Hi David,
    Even though I have been visiting the TV Tonight website for a short time I wanna say thankyou for such a great site, great reporting etc etc and I look forward to seeing you back on deck soon.

    All thats left for me to say is to You and your Team have a great Christmas and a Properous and Joyful New Year

  46. Michael K December 6, 2009 at 11:17 am -

    Enjoy David – make sure you take a decent break this time – last Summer I recall you still posted quite regularly for someone on hiatus…. :)

  47. MJ December 6, 2009 at 10:56 am -

    Thanks David, for a fantastic site. I don’t know how else I would have kept up with Survivor’s erratic schedule (and stayed spoiler free at the same time) without your speedy updates. Have a great break.

  48. Bogues December 6, 2009 at 10:35 am -

    Let’s hope the networks don’t keep you too busy with programming changes through out the summer :-)

    Thanks for another fantastic year David.

  49. Rick December 6, 2009 at 10:32 am -

    Damn! Well enjoy the summer. A website like this is definitely needed in Australia though considering the way the networks are programmed here!

  50. mikeys December 6, 2009 at 10:26 am -

    And happy Festivus!

  51. mikeys December 6, 2009 at 10:26 am -

    No worries David – you work hard, and we all thank you for it! Enjoy your break :)

  52. Benno December 6, 2009 at 10:17 am -

    Thanks for all your hard work this year David, much appreciated.

  53. postcard December 6, 2009 at 9:58 am -

    …oh, and may I suggest a New Year’s Resolution – get TVTonight on twitter :-)

  54. postcard December 6, 2009 at 9:56 am -

    Really could have done Without Cliff Richard first thing Sunday, but you’re forgiven David because your blog is such a vital cog in the wheel of our TV biz. Thanks for another great year and have a relaxing break.

  55. Mushi07 December 6, 2009 at 9:52 am -

    Thanks for a great site David, IMO the best TV news site around….bar none!

    Thanks for a great year’s worth of TV news as well and have a great break!

  56. Drogo December 6, 2009 at 9:40 am -

    David, you do such an excellent job (this is one of my must read sites each day). Have a fabulous break.

  57. Leon December 6, 2009 at 9:40 am -

    You earned it David, its been a hard year.. Thank you for keeping all of us updated in 2009 :)

  58. Mandy December 6, 2009 at 9:39 am -

    thanks for another great year David, your work here is incredible and you totally deserve your break but i do miss you when you’re on the beach

  59. Craig December 6, 2009 at 8:09 am -

    I seem to remember that last time you went on a break David some big news broke ;)

    Have a good Hiatus.

  60. steven g December 6, 2009 at 8:02 am -

    Merry christmas D, thanks for a great year !

  61. Johnson December 6, 2009 at 8:01 am -

    It has been another eventful year on Australian TV and a great year for your website. Enjoy the summer break, you truly deserve it.

  62. kerry December 6, 2009 at 7:52 am -

    Oh no – what will we do – have a great summer break and looking forward to a full site when you get back – we all need a break have fun

  63. Peter Siebler December 6, 2009 at 7:19 am -

    Have a good break. You deserve it!

  64. ryan December 6, 2009 at 5:43 am -

    Nooooo! lol.
    Just wanna say thanks heaps david for updating us with all info possible and being a kool host! have a happy xmas and new yr:)

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