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Airdate: Make me a Supermodel (US)
And you thought Dante’s Cove was hot?
The US version of Make me a Supermodel, which features both girls and guys, will air on 7TWO this month.
The cable-produced Bravo series premiered in the US in January 2008 hosted by Niki Taylor and Tyson Beckford -the latter was also a regular on the Aussie version.
7TWO is playing Season 1 from 7:30 tonight but on March 24th it has an M-rated “Adults Only” episode airing at 10:30pm, dubbed “Sexual Chemistry,” which involves pairs regardless of gender:
Chemistry is put to the test as the models …
Vampire Diaries, Nip / Tuck, Curb Your Enthusiasm update
With The Vampire Diaries being fastracked by GO! at the moment, Nine will face an episode shortfall after next Monday.
The show will disappear temporarily, in keeping with a break in episodes in the US.
It will also pause Nip / Tuck as a result, returning both shows in early April.
Nine will air movies in their place, with Movie: The Mothman Prophecies on March 8th at 8:30pm.
However as noted earlier, Curb Your Enthusiasm also returns on March 8 in place of Dante’s Cove.
Cracks in the Ice
On Wednesday I watched the Men’s Figure Skating Short Programme on Foxtel. It was a world class event brimming with talent, and as the commentator observed, impossible to separate the top bunch.
One of the best athletes was US skater Johnny Weir, who I learned was one of the more colourful personalities in the finals. The extrovert Weir had already received death threats due to wanting to wear fox fur as part of his outfit. He decided against it. But he certainly put on quite a show, wowing the crowd with a …
Returning: The Vampire Diaries
New episodes of The Vampire Diaries return to GO! from 8:30pm February 8th.
The show picks up at Episode 11, which has just played in the US after a 2 month break.
Damon goes to Georgia to surprise an old flame, Bree, and enlist her help. Meanwhile, Stefan uncovers a startling clue to the past.
Updated: Now repeating Ep 9 / 10 as a double episode on Monday 1st, which bumps Nip / Tuck and Dante’s Cove to 10:30 and 11:30pm respectively.
So what’s been your summer gem?
The other week a journalist asked me for some quotes on how our TV summer season was faring and I pointed out that historically, the 09 / 10 season has offered an abundance of choice -at least compared to when we had just 5 channels, half of which were stuck on sport.
This year the amount of content has boomed, thanks to our extra digital channels.
But when the article appeared in print, readers hit back saying summer is still a dead zone. I got slammed. Well, it is if you stick with …
Airdate: Dante’s Cove
It’s one of the steamiest, homoerotic television series to be made since Queer as Folk.
Dante’s Cove is coming to GO!
The series, a gothic melodrama with sexual undertones, was produced for the gay & lesbian cable channel Here! in the US in 2005.
Set on a Caribbean island it revolves around the romance between Kevin and Toby who stay at a Hotel which has a spirit in the basement who lost her husband as a result of a gay affair in 1840.
Along there way there is jealousy, hot guys, murder, hot guys, betrayal, …