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Ex-St Kilda coach joins Footy Classified
Former St Kilda coach Grant Thomas will join Nine’s Footy Classified panel alongside Garry Lyon, Craig Hutchison and Caroline Wilson.
Executive Producer of Entertainment Tim Cleary said, “Grant is one of the game’s most forward-thinking commentators. He is a straight shooter, fearless, opinionated and passionate about football.
“Grant has an interesting history with Hutchy and Caroline to say the least. True to the show’s philosophy of ‘no room for the feint-hearted’, I think Grant will thrive in this robust environment and viewers can expect more of the skirmishes that have become the show’s …
James Brayshaw & Josh Lawson for Wipeout
Footy Show host James Brayshaw and actor Josh Lawson will co-host the Australian series of Wipeout.
The series is shot on the same course as international versions, in Argentina.
Former Wheel of Fortune co-host Kelly Landry is also on the presenting team.
The appointment of Lawson to the role, who has a strong comedy and acting background, is certainly a good choice. As anybody who has watched the show knows, the hosts are almost a show unto themselves, a veritable parody of extreme sports shows.
“The first time I saw Wipeout, I had no idea …
NRL wins it but Seven takes glory
It was the week that TEN was in breach of subliminal ads (a ruling first leaked by TV Tonight), ACMA instructed Nine to sell part of its Darwin operation, two former premiers will now defend Pay TV v Free to Air battles, while two television gardeners faced off over the environment, a Footy Show comedian defended a school principal under fire, a musical about the media in Beaconsfield was branded as tasteless, a former Idol died in tragic circumstances, Perth’s Telethon broke its own record, SBS lost a top Drama …
Trevor Marmalade defends principal
The AFL Footy Show’s Trevor Marmalade today weighed into a debate over photographer Bill Henson scouting school grounds for photographic models.
His comments on Radio 3AW follow press reports that criticised the St Kilda Park Primary School for allowing Henson onto the grounds.
A passionate Marmalade came to the defence of former principal Sue Knight. His children attend the school which he describes as nurturing, artistic environment with high rates of literacy.
“If every primary school had a principal like Sue Knight we would have no problems with education in this state. I have …
ABC beats TEN as Seven wins
It was the week that American critics began to knife Kath & Kim (officially), ABC told staff it would cut up to 35 production jobs, Nine denied having a contract with the wife of a convicted crim, an actor lambasted his former soap, Today Tonight announced its next host would be a sports presenter and said its film crew helped -not hounded- an interviewee, Seven ’streamlined’ its Lotto results, buyers eyed a key production company, the Imparja / Nine Darwin deal fell apart, a TV critic died, and suddenly so did …
How AFL delayed local drama
Daylight saving may be coming this weekend to most Australian states but viewers in NSW and Qld are already ahead of the rest of the country when it comes to Australian drama.
City Homicide is still screening one week ahead of Vic, SA and WA due to a repeat episode airing against the Brownlow Medal. Seven obviously didn’t want to compete against the AFL’s biggest night so it slipped the repeat quietly under the radar, leaving those states behind.
Next Monday NSW and Qld will see an episode with a killer’s links to …
Kim Wilde about The Footy Show
80’s pop singer Kim Wilde will perform in the AFL Footy Show’s Grand Final spectacular later this month.
The singer with such hits as “Kids in America,” “You Keep Me Hangin’ On,” and “If I Can’t Have You” will appear in the annual show at Rod Laver Arena on Thursday September 25.
Also appearing in the finale are The Living End and Vanessa Amorosi.
But it’s the Player Revue that always has fans excited, an over-the-top homage to indecency, bad taste, raw sex and football drag. How will they get Shane Crawford to stutt …
Gone: Betty, Trinny & Susannah. Returning: Family Guy, American Dad
Poor Betty. She can save the day on screen, but not off…
Seven has pulled Ugly Betty from its schedule again, effective immediately.
Last night the show rated a disappointing 573,000 viewers, beaten by a repeat of Law and Order: SVU (1.08m) and the AFL / NRL Footy Shows (1.02m). The show only returned for one episode after being removed in June. Seven trailed with a 25% evening share to Nine’s 30.4%, TEN was close with 23.6%.
Trinny & Susannah Undress the …