December 09: ABC3, Todd Lasance, Charlie Sheen.

December 31, 2009  Filed Under News, 3 Comments » 

December:

7TWO for Tassie / Darwin, ONE for Mildura.
Seven’s FlashForward “leaked” to US
Three Rivers in cardiac arrest
Secret Millionaire episode held over debt complaints
Seven loses C7 appeal
Nine loses ACA defamation case
Rumour: Logies for Queensland (again)
Animation company in restructure
Hey Hey cast waiting for the call
Nine confirms Cops LAC drama
ABC kisses and makes up over Lambert

ABC3 launch
Government reviews Aussie content on digital channels
Billy wins Channel [V] Presenter Search
Foxtel adds iPhone application
Prank on Rudd at ABC3 launch
Hey Hey inks 20 episode deal
Elliot ends the Rollercoaster ride
Wendell Sailor …

Airdate: John Safran: The Lost Pilot

November 26, 2009  Filed Under Programming, 8 Comments » 

Ray Martin can probably relax.

Vintage footage of him in John Safran: The Lost Pilot may be airing next month on ABC1 but it’s not exactly a prime timeslot.

The show will air at 10:10pm Friday December 11th.

The episode, in which a young Safran explores methods by which individuals can become media players, has been sitting in the ABC vaults for more than a decade.

Its most controversial moment was when Safran rifled through the garbage of Ray Martin, then-host of A Current Affair, which resulted in a scuffle with Martin outside his home. …

Summer heats up on ABC

November 3, 2009  Filed Under Programming, 33 Comments » 

Get ready for summer on ABC1 and ABC2.

There’s plenty to tempt you. Including Doctor Who, Torchwood, Red Dwarf, John Safran’s unaired pilot in which he confronts Ray Martin, a new series from Jonathan Welch, Andrew Denton’s Elders series, Scarlett Johansson and Helen Hunt in A Good Woman, a two part Oliver Twist tale -and much, much more.

It all begins as early as November 15.

The Red Dwarf: Back to Earth reunion will screen in the week beginning November 29th on ABC2, Doctor Who: …