TV Tonight

News Archive:

   

Meredith Baxter on the record

Now that Meredith Baxter has spoken about it, we can speak freely….

The actress, best known as the mother from Family Ties, has given an interview to Matt Lauer on the Today show in which she came out.

It follows a photo of her and her partner Nancy published by PerezHilton.com (and noted on other sites, but not here until she was on the record). Another magazine has been poised to publish a story.

“I did not want some tabloid to take a story and make it up,” she told Lauer. “So I wanted …

Pay TV more than just Killing Time

Killing Time, next year’s 10 part drama on the life of disgraced Melbourne lawyer Andrew Fraser (pictured), will be the biggest undertaking yet by TV1.

Re-telling the life of a high-flying lawyer who came crashing to earth with cocaine addiction, being disbarred and imprisoned, the story will be produced by FremantleMedia. Executive Producer Jason Stephens told TV Tonight he was looking forward to working with the Pay TV channel again, after their successful union for the Graham Kennedy telemovie, The King.

“In terms of trust they give you room …

The Invisible, Inaudible Family

While community television rattles the can over funding issues, never let it be said it isn’t pushing the boundaries on content either.

Currently screening on Channel 31 Melbourne is a television sitcom to rival….ummm Fishcam?

The Invisible Inaudible Family is a traditional sitcom, in the vein of Family Ties or Hey Dad! except for one thing -it has no characters.

Yep, it’s literally what it’s title promises: an invisible and inaudible family.

The half hour show, which runs at midnight on Friday nights is set in a traditional family house, with a living room, kitchen …