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Hey, Dad! producer confronted man in abuse claims
In response to claims of sexual abuse on the set of 1980s sitcom Hey, Dad!, producer Gary Reilly has told A Current Affair he acted upon what he was told at the time.
“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 …
Another Hey, Dad! actor speaks out
Another former actor from the long-running Hey, Dad! has spoken out on allegations of abuse made by former child-actress Sarah Monahan in a magazine interview.
Appearing on Today Tonight, Mayer said he had heard the rumour.
“It was a long time ago. At the time I thought it would be dealt with if it was true. Someone would deal with it. Someone from Production, maybe, would deal with it,” he said.
“It’s something that was very sad. As far as clearing my name… of course… that’s why I am here.”
Mayer, who played Simon Kelly …
Hey Dad actors speak out
Former Hey Dad stars Julie McGregor and Chris Truswell have spoken out in response to a magazine interview in which former child actress Sarah Monahan, who played Jenny, says she was the victim of a sexual predator on the set of the hit Seven show.
“I had heard something, but I had no idea of the extent of the monstering,” McGregor told A Current Affair. “And I feel sorry for her that she didn’t have anyone to turn to. But isn’t that always the way with children?”
Neither McGregor, who played ‘Betty’, nor …
7PM Project divides critics
This week Channel TEN’s 7PM Project notches up 8 months on air.
After repeated attempts at developing a show to fill the timeslot, including Taken Out and even the infamous Yasmin’s Getting Married, TEN has held its nerve with the Roving Enterprises show, despite figures which many assumed would sound the death knell.
Last week it averaged 653,000 viewers, and has doubtless impacted on TEN’s early evening schedule.
But has it found its feet? Has it improved its mix of news and comedy and is it time for audiences to revisit the show?
TV Tonight …
ACA: Sex scandal behind Hey Dad
A Current Affair tonight is promising to reveal details of a “Sex Scandal” that allegedly took place behind-the-scenes of Hey Dad.
The sitcom remains Australia’s longest-running sitcom, originally airing from 1987 to 1994 on Seven.
The story airs at 6:30pm tonight on Nine.
Plastic surgeon awarded $268,000 for ACA defamation
Plastic surgeon Dr. Peter Haertsch, who won a defamation case following a story on A Curent Affair, has been awarded $267,919 in damages.
The burns specialist sued Nine over a 2008 story on a Gold Coast ‘meter maid’ whose breast implants went horribly wrong. In the report the woman described her stitches bursting before the implants began falling out. It incorrectly alleged Haertsch had been banned from operating in Queensland and branded him a ‘disgraced plastic surgeon.’
Haertsch told the NSW Supreme Court his interview responses were heavily edited and manipulated and “in …
Charlie puts the Sheen on Mondays
What is it about Melbourne viewers and Two and a Half Men? Last night the new episode hauled 635,000 in that city, rising to a big 1.58m viewers -and very probably assuring its place as the week’s top show. No doubt the end of the long weekend in Melbourne helped as viewers settled in for an early night.
Both the Charlie Sheen comedy and My Kitchen Rules have been battling it out for top place recently. Last night Seven’s cooking contest ina pseudo MasterChef kitchen settled with just under 1.4m viewers, still …
Korp family fears telemovie trauma
Members of the family of Maria Korp have asked Channel Nine to withhold screening a telemovie in the State of Victoria until her 15 year old son turns 18.
Maria and Joe Korp are both the subjects of Wicked Love: The Maria Korp Story which airs this Sunday night on Nine. It depicts sordid and brutal scenes of murder, infidelity, sex and swingers as it follows a high-profile murder case.
Today Gust Korp, brother of Joe, today said 15-year-old Damian Korp was still struggling with the death of his mother and subsequent suicide …
ACA to interview Maria Korp’s daughter
On Monday night Tracy Grimshaw will interview Laura De Gois, whose mother Maria Korp tragically became known as ‘the body in the boot’.
The story comprises a telemovie airing on Nine next Sunday night, Wicked Love: The Story of Maria Korp with Rebecca Gibney.
The interview with De Grois is the first she has given on the family tragedy.
A Current Affair also promises ‘never before seen home videos that will take viewers on a journey into the secret life of Joe and Maria Korp.’
De Grois maintaining a bedside vigil beside her mother who …
Cougar Town pounces on ratings
Seven’s campaign for Cougar Town through the Australian Open has paid off with a big debut of 1.34m viewers. It was the #1 show of the night, defeating Law and Order: SVU 1.01m and Adults Only 20 to 1 on 693,000.
The Cougar word is certainly all the buzz at the moment, even being the subject of recent stories on A Current Affair and The 7PM Project.
Seven won the night despite a lukewarm debut for The White Room on 812,000 which had nowhere near as much marketing hype. But it was a …
Clarkson on Top Gear copycats
Credit where it’s due. A Current Affair last night tackled Jeremy Clarkson on the question of fan copycats, the issue of hoon drivers and the morality of Top Gear stunts (just).
The show was probably forced to go there after last week’s two-night story about a man who sped on NSW roads as part of his audition for Top Gear Australia.
Top Gear had also come under fire from Today Tonight ahead of its debut as a Nine 2010 show.
Tracy Grimshaw didn’t shy away from raising the subject when interviewing Jeremy Clarkson, though …
Top Gear back in Sydney
Jeremy Clarkson and James May have arrived in Sydney in readiness for Top Gear Live this weekend.
Posing before a Lotus Evora and Lamborghini Murcielago and the Harbour Bridge, the two were “cool, calm and collected as the paparazzi swooped in to get the best shot” according to CarAdvice.com.au.
Clarkson will also be interviewed on A Current Affair tonight, but will there be any questions about The Stig’s behaviour encouraging hoon drivers?
Source / photo: CarAdvice