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Nadine Garner ‘mum’ on City Homicide
Don’t be surprised if you see a lot of Nadine Garner from the waist up next year. She’s expecting her second child -not due until after the City Homicide begins shooting its third series.
Before filming on series two ended in October she says crew already had to start compensating for her growing bulge.
“It got a bit hairy toward the end there,” she said. “I was being whisked away by wardrobe to be changed into something that was a little more disguising. But we got away with it. There was a little …
Worth the wait
One who nearly escaped the eye of many press on the AFI red carpet was actress Amanda Muggleton.
Many viewers will remember her all those years ago as the outspoken ‘Chrissie Latham’ in Prisoner.
At the AFIs she was nominated for her guest role in City Homicide. The recognition has been a long time coming for this fine actress, who concedes she has been off screen for some time, focussing on theatre.
“I’ve been buried in the theatre for so long, twenty years, waiting for a really good role,” she said.
City Homicide producers have …
07 / 08: Production report
2007 / 2008 was a very good twelve months for production.
Australian television drama produced 690 hours of television this year compared to 615 last year. The increase in hours was due mainly to local series/serials. Spending was also up, reaching $256m. The previous year was $253m. It was the best result since 2001/2.
Commercial free-to-air broadcasters spent $190m, 63% of the finance, for this year’s TV drama slate. Victoria pipped NSW in film and television spending with $250m in production, over NSW’s $239m. Queensland comprised $131m of production spending, With SA $32m, …
Thank God You’re Here switches to Seven
Thank God You’re Here is switching from Network TEN to Channel Seven.
It will return in 2009 with Shane Bourne as host and Tom Gleisner as judge.
The hit improvisation show has previously enjoyed three seasons on TEN.
The shift from networks, which follows Seven’s acquisition of Kath & Kim from the ABC, is a major coup for Seven and a huge blow to the TEN Network. It was sorely missed as part of TEN’s Sunday line-up.
“Having taken a year off it felt right to try some new things with the show,” said Tom …
Cover Story
Published for 51 years, TV Week is an absolute survivor in both the television and magazine industry. And like all survivors it has had to embrace change in order to remain the market leader. While other TV mags have fallen by the wayside, TV Week under the Australian Consolidated Press empire, is still a force to be reckoned with.
In Australian television stars always know they’d made it when they landed their first TV Week cover. It’s the Rolling Stone of Aussie telly. But what does it take to get a cover …
Monday surge for SBS and ABC
Maybe it’s a sign of things to come over summer. SBS and ABC had a strong Monday.
The return of the British Top Gear came racing down the ratings freeway, attracting a whopping 1.06m viewers -third in its timeslot. Last week’s Aussie version was further down the road with 662,000 viewers. As if it didn’t already know it, that’s a clear message to SBS about the popularity of the Clarkson, Hammond and May.
SBS managed an 8.8% share for Monday, it’s best in quite a while.
ABC had some strong wins with The Howard …
You better smile. It’s Nine.
It was the week that the industry took action on piracy against an ISP, news crews were assaulted by angry locals, a regional broadcaster axed its entire news department, a court ruled regional licenses must be sold, a reality host pleaded guilty to welfare fraud, another reality show mucked up correct voting information, Screen Australia’s new CEO signalled a smoother ride for film over television, a daytime soap would be destined for primetime, the axe fell on more US shows and an old sitcom face left for the bus depot in …
Are we there yet?
It was the week that everybody said they had new toys to unwrap, TEN declared the 2014 Commonwealth Games, Aussie producers gathered on the Gold Coast for their annual gab-fest just as Nine decided not to revisit the only drama set there, TiVo dumped one of its key partners, the last original member of Hi-5 chose to retire, the axe fell on several shows in the US, network programmers tried to defend late amendments, Seven apologised for comments made by one of its stars, Nine was revealed as wanting “no …
The race that tops the nation
It was the week a Pay TV spokesperson called broadcaster feuding “juvenile” while another exec wanted better inclusion at the digital switch table, a TEN programmer conceded it had massive timeslot problems, Nine axed production staff, Sonia Kruger was criticised for an on air joke, a former soap star said he didn’t really enjoy soaps, belated guide amendments left viewers confused, an ABC journo pleads guilty to charges in Singapore, drug charges against a Seven personality were dropped, Seven revisits its C7 case against Pay television, the ABC launches its new …
How Rush nearly blew up City Homicide
Tonight’s episode of Rush features a bomber with an agenda, who creates more than a few headaches for the Tactical Response Team.
In fact, as has been previosuly reported, one member from the team will die next week as a result.
What isn’t so widely known is that for the filming of the Rush episode, the bomber could have taken out the team from City Homicide.
The location used for the explosions in the TEN drama, is the actual building used to house the production team from City Homicide. If you can’t beat …
Screen Music Award winners
The 2008 APRA - AGSC Screen Music Awards were announced last night in Sydney recognising film and television composers.
Underbelly’s dark soundtrack earned seasoned composer Burkhard Dallwitz two trophies for best television theme and best music for a television series. It beat Summer Heights High, Elders and The Gruen Transfer for best theme. Losing out in best music were City Homicide, Summer Heights High and Who Do You Think You Are?
Former Boom Crash Opera member Richard Pleasance picked up the award for his work on Network Ten drama Emerald Falls, defeating East …
Packered by the Rafters
It was the week the Packer family parted ways with Nine causing David Gyngell to vow to prove James Packer wrong, TEN announced a new channel, Pay TV launched another three, Minister Stephen Conroy signalled support for increased ABC & SBS funding, commercial networks (briefly) found a conscience but upset David Leckie, WIN sat down at the gambling table, Kath & Kim (US) got a greenlight for a full season, Andrew Denton announced the end of Enough Rope, David Tennant set his exit from his iconic role, Rove visited …