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A new coat of paint is coming…
Ok guys, version 3.0 of TV Tonight is imminent -just in time for the ratings year.
It’s been just over 3 years since the site was refreshed, so it’s time to add a few extra features.
All the things you are familiar with will remain: News, Programming, Pay TV, Reviews, Ratings etc. Your feedback during the recent TV Tonight Awards has assisted in this.
I’m very aware that we are often reluctant to embrace change so I have sought to update without going overboard.
The new site will also require you to register an ID with …
Excess Baggage set to be trimmed?
Speculation is running rife that Nine is set to move Excess Baggage from its 7pm timeslot.
Ad News, the Herald Sun and The Australian are all tipping the show to be removed from its timeslot after only three episodes have aired.
TV Tonight has also heard very strong rumours the show will not make it to the first week of ratings, beginning February 12th.
The weight-loss show started with 880,000 on Monday but finished with 555,000 by Thursday. By contrast The Biggest Loser finished the week with 734,000 viewers.
There are even …
TEN chairman: Gina Rinehart doesn’t influence editorial
TEN Network chairman, Brian Long, says Gina Rinehart has not interfered in editorial content or programming at the network.
His statement follows media reports that Australia’s richest person was seeking to gain editorial influence as part of a bid for shares in Fairfax.
”I need to set the record straight,” Long said. ”Much of the comment is about the presumed motivation of Gina influencing the editorial content at Fairfax … what worries me is almost every article makes the implied or explicit suggestion that her investment in TEN was motivated by the same thing, …
Revenue down by 5% in TV ad spend
Advertising revenue for Nine and TEN dropped in the second half of 2011, compared to the same period for 2010.
Total revenue was down by 5% in all cities in the last six months of 2011, but Sydney still leads the spend with over $557m in television advertising.
Only in Regional South Australia was spending up, compared to the same period in 2010.
July to December 2011 (July-Dec 2010)
Seven 38.10% (37.53%)
Nine 34.87% (34.96%)
Ten 27.03% (27.50%)
TOTAL 100.00%
Metropolitan (+/- July-Dec 2010)
Sydney $577,597,088 -7.10%
Melbourne $434,129,053 -6.76%
Brisbane $283,258,091 -1.12%
Adelaide $117,750,735 -4.31%
Perth $174,983,262 -0.88%
TOTAL $1,587,718,229 -5.12
Regional
New South Wales $207,315,118 -2.11%
Victoria $69,500,589 …
Three’s Company women reunite and remember John Ritter
Suzanne Somers and Joyce DeWitt, who both performed alongside the late John Ritter on US sitcom Three’s Company from 1977-1984, have reunited for the first time in 30 years.
DeWitt joined Somers on her online program, Breaking Through.
Their memories of Ritter were of their last meetings, his physical humour -and of him being “the horniest guy I’ve ever known.”
Ritter died during production of 8 Simple Rules in 2003.
Three’s Company was the US adaptation of Man About the House, but ran for eight seasons.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uq_XuhiXTWQ[/youtube]Official: Roseanne running for US presidency
No it’s not a Friday funny.
Roseanne Barr has filed the official paperwork necessary to run for the Green Party nomination for president of the United States.
Take that Donald Trump.
“I am running for Green Party nominee for POTUS,” she said on Twitter. “I am an official candidate. I am4 the Greening of America&the world. Green=peace/justice.”
Barr filed her paperwork with the Federal Election Commission on January 25th, creating a four-way race for the Green nomination, which will be decided at the Green Party Presidential Nominating Convention in July.
“I will run until the convention …
Noll Brothers sing for Family Confidential
Shannon Noll and his brothers, who appeared in Family Confidential last night, joined a series launch while the show was airing on ABC1.
ABC crew were treated to a performance by the three Noll brothers, with a late night for many.
Shannon Noll (pictured, left) was joined by his mum (second from left), brother Damian (third from left) and series director, Sally Aitken (right).
Next week’s episode looks at the story of Bryce Courtney, conditioned from childhood to win, and who discovered himself but paid a price.
Push-up contest… now who’s copying who?
Copycat claims are running wild this week… new sets, weight-loss shows, and now push-ups on morning breakfast shows.
This morning Karl Stefanovic performed 25 push-ups on Today at 8:23am.
The Sunrise boys, Mark Beretta and David Koch also did push-ups, at 8:50am.
After a week of talk about cloning Seven, Nine insiders are now pointing the finger in the other direction.
Sunrise EP Michael Pell told TV Tonight, “Believe it or not, Kochie doesn’t watch Today.”
“Accusations of copying are a bit rich coming from Nine – the home of …
Dangerous start for The Straits…
ABC’s launch for The Straits may have been paradise on Twitter, but danger lurks in the ratings too…
Last night the show averaged 599,000 viewers -well down on the 900,000+ that The Slap was nabbing in the same timeslot. The debut of course, was twice as long meaning the average is likely to be lower rather than higher.
The question for ABC is whether the show might have pulled a bigger audience as a flagship Sunday night drama, or be smothered by the competition there. While other networks …
Somewhere, out there….
ABC’s newest comedy series Outland very nearly didn’t happen at all, according to star and co-creator Adam Richard (pictured, far right).
The comedy about a gay science fiction club was originally rejected when Richard pitched it with co-writer John Richards. But the pair got resourceful and turned their luck around.
“We took the pitch to the ABC originally but they said ‘Oooh no.’ So then we made an extremely low-budget pilot which toured the gay and lesbian film festivals,” he says.
“And then they said ‘Oh, that’s good we like that!’”
The project was then …
Hiss the villain or get out of the kitchen
My Kitchen Rules contestant Jennifer Evans has hit out at online critics of her appearance in the Seven show.
And it’s only Week One of MKR.
“The people that go online to say bad things like that are clearly too gutless to say it to my face,” Evans told Adelaide Advertiser.
“They stay in their little dark rooms typing anonymous comments with nothing better to do. I haven’t experienced anyone saying anything like that when they see me on the street. Most people say I make them laugh and that what I say is refreshing.”
Discounting …
Twitter loves The Straits
ABC1′s The Straits was trending on Twitter last night as viewers reacted to the first two episodes.
And judging by the majority of the tweets, ABC is onto a winner with new 10 part series from Matchbox Pictures.
OEGarnett: Death by box jellyfish. Ouch.
TheCairnsAgent: “@TheCairnsAgent: Cairns never has looked so good on #thestraits. Probably better for FNQ tourism than Oprah”
jessica_alice: Award for Creative Deaths in a Pilot goes to #theStraits
StrawMunkee: Caught #thestraits half way through. After it was finished, went straight to iView and watched from the start. Ace.
olivewhippet: Murder by jellyfish, one of …