Lost meets Baywatch

March 9, 2010  Filed Under News, 9 Comments » 

What if the opening titles for Lost were remade to resemble the opening of Baywatch?

They would probably look like this.

Pretty funny idea….

Cue the drums.

Returning: The Celebrity Apprentice

April 30, 2009  Filed Under Pay TV, 4 Comments » 

Never mind Where Are They Now? here comes Who Are They Now as Series Eight of The Celebrity Apprentice begins on Arena.

This features celebrity candidates vie for the title of Donald Trump’s, “Best Business Brain.”

Instead of a job with Mr. Hair, each of the celebrities will be competing to raise more than $1 million in funds for their favourite charities by participating in various business-centred tasks held in New York City.

Get a load of this lineup: country music star Clint Black, TV personality Khloe Kardashian, Baywatch’s Brande Roderick, figure skater Scott …

111 Hits to join Austar

January 6, 2009  Filed Under Pay TV, 14 Comments » 

Austar subscribers will be pleased to hear that 111 Hits is to join the channel line-up from March 1st.

Since the channel launched on November 1st regional viewers have been none too happy that they have missed out on the channel, which screens mostly “classic television” including Alf, Alias, Ally McBeal, Baywatch, Dharma & Greg, ER, Murphy Brown, Northern Exposure, Suddenly Susan, The Wonder Years, Veronica’s Closet and Without a Trace.

Viewers were particularly incensed over confusing promotions for the channel which led them to believe they would see the channel from …

Recycling washed up teen idols…

January 3, 2009  Filed Under News, 11 Comments » 

Uh oh. You know television has hit rock bottom when former teen idols are producing shows about other washed up idols.

But that’s what Scott Baio (Happy Days) and Jason Hervey (The Wonder Years) are up to with their latest show for VH1 in the US: Confessions of a Teen Idol.

And they’ve managed to con seven one-time stars into living in a house, reminiscing on fame and how they managed to flunk out: Christopher Atkins (The Blue Lagoon), David Chokachi (Baywatch), Billy Hufsey (Fame), Jeremy Jackson (Baywatch), Eric Nies (MTV’s …

111 Hits will target 24-54’s.

October 20, 2008  Filed Under Pay TV, 68 Comments » 

111 HITS, which launches on November 1st will be aimed squarely at the lucrative advertiser-friendly 25-54 demographic, as a move to compete with the new standard definition digital channels by commercial networks.

It will program US hits primarily from the Warner Bros, Disney and 20th Century Fox studios, including Friends, Will & Grace, Ally McBeal, The Wonder Years, That 70s Show, ER, Murphy Brown, Alf, Lost, 24 and Baywatch.

The schedule from 6.30pm each weeknight begins with Murphy Brown, The King of Queens, That 70s Show, Dharma & Greg, Friends and Will & …