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FOX reality shutdown leaves Lyle looking.
Australian expat, David Lyle, is in discussions with News Corporation following the media giant’s decision to shut down the FOX Reality Channel.
Lyle is a former television executive at Nine and was previously presenter of the nostalgic series The Golden Years of Television for both Nine and TEN.
According to the Wrap website, which first wrote about the shutdown, a complete rebranding of the channel is in the works, and may include a new partner outside the Fox Cable Networks group.
FOX Cable Networks released a brief statement on the shutdown: “With the changing …
Australia’s Perfect Couple
But really, Jules, what’s the point of it all?
That’s about all I kept saying at my television set as I watched the first episode of Australia’s Perfect Couple.
Here’s another variation on the dating / reality genre with 8 couples competing for a big cash prize and the title of ….Australia’s perfect couple. It is based on the US series Here Come the Newlyweds.
The couples are young, mostly white Anglo-Saxon and mostly heterosexual (wait, am I watching homeMADE again?). They are all assembled in front of a rambling rural estate (no it’s …