Fans waited outside Cardiff’s Cineworld cinema near a crashed Tardis to catch sight of Smith, Gillan, and Moffat.

The screening was aired to a packed fifth-floor theatre and received rapturous applause at its conclusion.

The episode, entitled ‘The Eleventh Hour,’ follows the Doctor and new companion Amy Pond (Gillan), fight a new gruesome shapeshifting monster dubbed Prisoner Zero with just 20 minutes to save the world.

It also introduces the Atraxi, the intergalactic police, who monitor the skies with an enormous spiralling eye.

Meanwhile, Smith has also been confirmed for a Xmas Special and for Series Six of the reimagined series.

‘The Eleventh Hour’ premieres in the UK on April 3 and in Australia on iView on April 17th before airing on ABC1 on April 18th.

Source: Daily Mail, WalesOnline

“I’ve spoken to Ernie, but haven’t put any pressure on him,” Somers told the Sunday Telegraph.

“I said to him, ‘We’d love you to be part of it, but it’s your call as to what you’d like to do.’

He acknowledges putting in one call to MacDonald to try and entice her back, but luring the reclusive Queenslander is no mean feat.

“I would imagine the best scenario there is if she comes down every now and again, almost as a social catch up with us.”

Meanwhile, in a separate story in the Sunday Herald Sun today he floats a proposal that GTV9 studios could be turned into a television museum if and when the Nine Network exits the premises.

“In the event that Nine moves from Richmond, I think it would be wonderful to do something like a museum because the studios have so much history,” he said.

“It would be a shame to just have a picture in a book somewhere in the future as this could end up being a major tourist destination on the map.”

Hey Hey returns next month.

Source: Sunday Telegraph, Sunday Herald Sun.

As a new Channel Seven recruit, Sandilands is one of the network starts set to appear on April 2nd.

The Victorian telecast will get underway at 9.30am with Sandy Roberts crossing to the Werribee Mansion egg hunt and the Henley Homes/Vic Urban house auction.

Also set to appear throughout the day are are Good Friday Appeal ambassador Jennifer Keyte, Peter Mitchell, Rebecca Maddern, David Koch, Melissa Doyle, Mark Beretta, Fifi Box, Axle Whitehead, Ada Nicodemou, Esther Anderson, Tessa James, Erik Thomson, Michael Caton, George Houvardas, Angus Mclaren, Hugh Sheridan and Jessica McNamee, Corinne Grant, Molly Meldrum, Kate Ceberano

At 7.30pm, Grant Denyer will entertainment with live performances from Damien Leith, Vanessa Amorosi and Jon Stevens.

Bruce McAvaney will lead a football panel with Leigh Matthews, Matthew Richardson, Tim Watson, Tom Harley, Hamish McLachlan, Peter Helliar and Peter Rowsthorn.

Veteran Good Friday Appeal supporter and Royal Children’s Hospital Ambassador Dan Webb will also appear.

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NBC has renewed the show through to 2011. It started in 1965. The news follows the last renewal of 18 months.

“Days of our Lives continues to be a favorite of the daytime audience and we are thrilled to keep it going through its 45th season,” said Marc Graboff, chairman of NBC Entertainment. “Days has shown year-to-year increases in key female demographics and remains both relevant and fresh creatively.”

Other soaps including Guiding Light and As the World Turns recently were cancelled last year after decades on the air.

The show still airs weekdays on Nine with an audience of around 130,000. Any regular fans round here? Care to tell us what it is that keeps you coming back?

Source: Hollywood Reporter

Stargate: Atlantis moves from Thursdays to Wednesdays from 9:30pm April 7th, following Lost.

This moves Mercy back to 10:30pm followed by Kings at 11:20pm.

Repeats of Samantha Who also air from 7pm starting with S1E7.

On Thursday April 8th there are repeats of Barry Humphries’ Flashbacks at 7:30pm and the outstanding Prime Suspect S1 at 8:30pm with Heroes season finale the week before, 9:30pm Thu April 1.

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“The cult SBS series Wilfred is also peppered with profanity, full-frontal nudity and jokes about rape,” notes the Herald Sun.

The show is one of many projects that was eligible for subsidy funding through Federal and State film bodies. Film Victoria has contributed $210,000 for first series and $294,048 towards the second while Screen Australia (previously the AFC) contributed $400,000 to Series One and about $580,000 to Series Two.

But the Herald Sun has made references to its language and adult concepts with a criticism from Family First Senator Steve Fielding, who suggests the money would be better used for health and education.

SBS spokesperson Jane McMillan defended Wilfred noting its AFI Awards and pre-television Tropfest wins.

“We know that it will not be to everyone’s tastes, but it’s in the appropriate timeslot, with the appropriate rating and comes with the appropriate warnings.

“SBS, like the ABC, invests what limited budget it has in quality Australian productions because we want to tell Australian stories with an Australian voice. We want to encourage local talent.”

Thankfully Screen Australia recognises that not everybody wants their comedy safe and predictable and has funded the project which not only created employment for its cast and crew but develops the talents of its creatives.

Since being supported with government funding, Adam Zwar has gone on to create Lowdown, the upcoming ABC comedy, while Jason Gann is finalising a deal for a US version of Wilfred.

Meanwhile Family First says nothing about the 1.4m Australians who sit down for the sexually-driven gags of Two and a Half Men every weeknight (where are the family values there?), in a show that is much cheaper to buy than producing local Australian comedies.

$1.5m subsidy for sixteen episodes of television is remarkably cheap, when one hour of Australian drama costs between $500,000 – $800,000.

Shouldn’t the story really have asked Screen Australia and Film Victoria to justify their funding decisions?

Maybe it was a better story because Satisfaction is off air and Home and Away is currently lacking gay sub-plots. Maybe it made for a better headline than “Aussie comedy set for US remake.”  A more valid question might have even been “Critical hit, but who is watching?”

If SBS is really lucky, the controversy might be enough to bring more eyeballs to the show anyway….

Source: Herald Sun

So You Think You Can Dance Australia

“Our show in the past, and I’m very proud of this, had the best dancers standing there at the end. People really listened, the public really listened,” he said.

“I wish I wasn’t called a judge. I wish I was called an adjudicator, or a translator even, because I feel like my job is to help the people at home understand what they’re seeing and they generally listen.

“A few weeks ago when we had the best three dancers in the competition standing before us it’s a little bit frustrating.

“But they have got it right over the last few weeks.”

When cheekily asked by Charlie Pickering if the show should be called ‘So You Think You Can Dance For Jason’, Coleman answered, “The get-out clause for me is that it’s not about Australia’s best dancer, it’s about Australia’s favourite dancer.”

Which was kinda the point…..

The show premiered on Seven on March 18th 1985 before moving to TEN on January 20th 1986.

TEN has marked the occasion rather low key, with new opening titles but cast and crew, past and present, celebrated with a party last night.

Fansite PerfectBlend has interviewed creator Reg Watson and former Script Editor Luke Devenish.

Watson said, “I’m amazed that the serial has reached this incredible milestone and I congratulate the actors and directors past and present, who helped achieve this.

“We sometimes forget the writers who live with the characters every day of the week and who have contributed so many stories, both humorous and sad, over the years and also the studio crews who ensure that the serial’s quality continues to improve.

“The Robinson and Ramsay children have all grown up now, with families of their own, as have millions of viewers who started watching the serial as teenagers. I’m sure all those viewers have fascinating stories they could tell.”

TV Tonight hears TEN is planning to celebrate the 6000th episode, due in August.

Source: PerfectBlend.

She said it was a throwaway line as a part of banter on a comedy panel show.

“Bindi has been operating in the public domain for years now, and material about her sometimes appears in my shows along with other people you know (and some you don’t). I’m as much a target as Bindi is and have been the recipient of all kinds of remarks and jokes for years – just like anyone in the public eye is a target for comedians and commentators.”

Source: Herald Sun

In the television categories:

The Best TV News Report went to Norm Beaman from Seven News for his report “Fire Crisis.”

Beaman was racing home to his property on Mount Disappointment, north of Melbourne during the Black Saturday bushfires, talking to his wife Annie when the phone cut out. He later spoke to Jennifer Keyte on air, in tears, not knowing if his wife had survived.

Updated: Beaman’s win comes a day after Crikey claims his story of a Victorian sex offender on the loose was filmed this week at a cafe purportedly to be the scene of his escape from supervision-but was the wrong one.

Best Television Camera Work went to Will Pristel from Seven News.

Quentin McDermott, Sarah Curnow, Alec Cullen and Caro Meldrum-Hanna from Four Corners won the best TV Current Affairs or Feature Award for their report Two Days in Hell.

Bowen, who has worked in television for over 30 years including as General Manager of Channel Nine Perth, will manage the daily operations of WIN WA and oversee the introduction of new digital channels in regional Western Australia.

John Hatcher, CEO of WIN said, “It is an exciting time for WIN and regional Western Australia with the introduction of digital channels, including TEN West and GO!

“Ian has done a tremendous job overseeing the integration of our metropolitan and regional business in WA, and his vast experience can now be focussed on Channel Nine to enable us to maintain momentum and enhance our Perth operation.”

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“Some people said they felt uncomfortable. Others said there was nothing going on,” he said.

“But I then continued and confronted the person who was mentioned.”

Reilly says he got a vehement and angry denial from the person concerned.

“I then contacted the network, because I felt we had a decision… I contacted senior officials at the network and contacted the parents of the other person who is suggested was involved.

“Our first priority at all times was the young person in question.

“All we were really working on was gossip and innuendo. But that had to be acted upon. And so we did act upon it.”

Reilly says he hired a full time chaperone and told the senior crew to be on alert. He says he couldn’t act any further without a formal complaint.

“It was flatly denied. No complaint was ever made, but action had to be taken.

“You cannot sack or name someone and ruin their entire career on rumour and innuendo. That is morally and legally not acceptable. This is the dilemma we were all faced with.”

Reilly, whose series has enjoyed the status of being Australia’s longest-running sitcom ever, was angry about the show’s reputation being tarnished by the claims and the man at the centre of the scandal.

“If I ever see him again it will be far too soon,” he said.

Grimshaw was direct with her questions to Reilly.

“I put it to you that you knew what was being done to Sarah Monahan,” she said.

“She was young girl who took people into her confidence and people tried to help her. And who would they go to to help her but you? And you said, ‘Keep this a secret. This remains a secret. Tell nobody. Otherwise you will not work again.’”

“I categorically deny that,” said Reilly. “I cannot say it any more times. It’s just not true.”

On Monday ACA has an interview with Sarah Monahan.

The plea for financial support carries a switch off deadline of June 30th 2010.

NITV, which airs home-grown shows including Marngrook Footy Show, The Barefoot Rugby League Show, Yaarnz, Yarramundi Kids, Letterbox, Grounded, and Momentum, broadcasts in the Sydney Metropolitan Area, Geelong, Ballarat, Mildura, via Foxtel, Optus and Austar and on 147 terrestrial transmitters in remote areas of Australia.

A Press Release from NITV follows:

NITV has been on air since July 2007. We have earned the support and trust of Indigenous viewers and other Australians. NITV has utilized the talents of Indigenous writers, directors, journalists and producers to make programs in genre ranging from music to health, sport, news, current affairs, culture and children’s programs. Most of NITV’s content is made, not bought.

The Australian Government has not yet committed to a future for NITV.

This means we will have to switch off NITV from midnight 30 June 2010. We need your support.

Please send your messages of support to friends@nitv.org.au

OR write to Minister Garrett, the minister NITV’s portfolio comes under directly at

The Hon Peter Garrett AM, MP
Title: Minister for Environment Protection, Heritage and the Arts.
Parliament House Contact
PO Box 6022
House of Representatives
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600

To send an email, go to www.aph.gov.au/P_Garrett_MP/ then click ‘contact form’

The show is back at 10pm Friday April 9th in place of White Collar which ends on April 2nd.

“Frienemies” S5E10 guest stars Colin Hanks. It aired in the US in December 2008.

Charlie must team up with his arch rival-Marshall Penfield to solve a case. Meanwhile, Don is still struggling to decide whether his religion holds the answers he’s been looking for.