ABC: 2010 returning programs

December 11, 2009  Filed Under Programming, 25 Comments » 

Following on from the select highlights for ABC 2010, some readers have been asking about returning shows.

As we know The Einstein Factor, Sunday Arts and triple j with the doctor have all ended.

Here is the list of returning Australian-made shows not previously noted for ABC1 and ABC2:

Australian Story (ABC1, ABC2, iView),
News Breakfast (ABC2),
7pm News (ABC1),
The 7:30 Report (ABC1, iView),
Four Corners (ABC1, iView),
Foreign Correspondent (ABC1, iView),
Lateline (ABC1),
Landline (ABC1),
The Midday Report (ABC1),
Insiders (ABC1),
Inside Business (ABC1),
National Press Club (ABC1),
Offsiders (ABC1),
Stateline (ABC1),
Behind the News (ABC1)
Asia Pacific Focus (ABC1),
The Gruen Transfer (ABC1, repeated ABC2, iView),
Hungry …

Online to drive rebranded ABC Arts

October 26, 2009  Filed Under News, 8 Comments » 

ABC TV has revealed its overhaul of Arts programming with the announcement of a slew of new titles, a  ‘digital Arts Gateway’ website and the rebranding of Sunday Arts to a half hour format to be known as Art Nation.

The move follows continued speculation the long-running Sunday afternoon show would indeed be trimmed with content shifted online.

The rebranded Art Nation will contain news, reviews, performance, features and interviews and showcase submitted work that has premiered on the Arts Gateway. At 30 minutes instead of its current one hour, the …