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Returning: Prank Patrol
The highly-popular kid’s series Prank Patrol returns to ABC3 this Friday in new episodes. It airs at 6:30pm weeknights.
For those who haven’t seen the series yet, it will also screen on ABC1 from today at 5pm on weekdays.
And sorry kids, so far there is still no call for new people to be pranked just yet.
In each episode, host Scotty Tweedie, the customized Spy Van and the two prank-loving Ninjas will help pull off the prank of a lifetime. Scotty will meet a new prankster in each episode who is on a …
ABC3 tracking well with kids
The ABC is singing the praises of ABC3, which it claims is the most popular channel for kids aged 5- 12.
Since launching nine weeks ago, the channel is now the top daytime channel among 5-12s (6am-6pm) across all FTA and Pay TV channels. Amongst those viewers it has a share of 13.1% compared to ABC1 (10.7%), Nine (8.3%), Disney Channel (6.9%) and Nickelodeon at (5.3%). Of course, not all children’s channels on Pay TV are aimed at the same target of viewers.
Prank Patrol, CJ the DJ and Rush TV are …
Every kid wants to be on Prank Patrol, but…
Since launching ABC3 in early December, it isn’t the pride of place drama My Place that is resonating most with the young audience, but Scotty Tweedie and his Prank Patrol Ninjas.
In the show, kids get the chance to create, build and execute the prank of a lifetime on their chosen target – a friend, sibling, or even their class.
Production company activeTV, which also produces Carols in the Domain, The Amazing Race Asia, Tropfest and the Country Music Awards of Australia, could be set for a long run with the show …
TV Tonight Awards 2009: The year of Shaun Micallef
The votes are in.
Readers have spoken on their best and worst television for 2009 in the third annual TV Tonight Awards.
The winners: Shaun Micallef, MasterChef and Packed to the Rafters.
Over 1000 surveys were completed this year, and there were some definite trends. Some choices were clear decisions, others were tight races.
Several “winners” were also “losers” elsewhere, showing a divided audience, and a number of populist shows proved their mettle by staying ahead of underdogs.
Shaun Micallef won both Favourite Male and Most Underrated Performer, while Talkin’ ‘Bout Your …
December 09: ABC3, Todd Lasance, Charlie Sheen.
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 …
Prank Patrol ABC3’s top show
An audience of 192,000 viewers watched ABC1’s Countdown To 3 live show on Friday as the PM was joined by Cassie Davis and Short Stack. It peaked at 222,000.
At 6pm 83,000 of them migrated across to the new channel to check out Prank Patrol. Whilst ABC hasn’t released a complete breakdown of figures for its first night, it claims it peaked at 91,000 later that night with a FTA share of 49% amongst its target 5-12 year olds.
The jewel in the crown for the broadcaster, My Place, was not one …
Prank on Rudd at ABC3 launch
Whatever went down behind the cameras with Kevin Rudd at Friday’s ABC3 launch nobody is saying…
But now it involves the Australian Federal Police, the silent treatment from ABC Management, and the silent treatment from the PM’s office.
ABC Online reported yesterday that a number of contract cleaners had been marched off the premises following a security scare, also being branded as a prank.
But their union says the cleaners involved had not contacted the Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers Union.
According to the Sunday Age, ABC managing director Mark Scott sent a memo …
Countdown to ABC3
Australia gets a new TV channel from today when ABC3 hits the airwaves at 6pm tonight.
The festivities get underway at 5pm on ABC1 with Countdown to 3, a live launch from ABC’s Studio 22 in Ultimo. Short Stack, Cassie Davis, ABC3 presenters, CJ the DJ, dancers from Dance Academy, BMX and motor bike tricks will entertain invited guests.
The show will be hosted by Amberley Lobo and Kayne Tremills (pictured left), presenters from Studio 3.
It ends when Prime Minister Kevin Rudd flicks the switch to declare the channel officially on the air.
Tonight’s …
Gallery: ABC3
This Friday, Australia gets another new channel, as ABC3 launches to children across the country.
The pride of the channel’s debut is the new Australian children’s drama production, My Place. It will look at the children who have lived and gathered in one spot across several generations, centering round a huge fig tree. It airs at 8pm this Friday night.
The channel launches at 6pm following a one hour launch broadcast on ABC1 headed up by the Prime Minister.
Other titles coming on ABC3 are featured here….
Short Stack, Cassie Davis, KRudd for ABC3 launch
PM Kevin Rudd, Short Stack and Casie Davis will all be part of the official launch for ABC3 on Friday December 4th.
ABC3’s Kayne Tremills and Amberley Lobo will host Countdown to 3 at 5pm on ABC1 before a live studio audience.
The cast of ABC3’s Dance Academy will perform, and there are appearances from CJ the DJ, Scotty Tweedie from Prank Patrol, Hex from Good Game SP, and Hannah Wang from Rush TV.
It will end when the PM “flicks the switch” at 6pm as the channel begins to broadcast.
The first show on …
Meet the faces of ABC3
Amberley Lobo, Kayne Tremills, Ben Crawley, Scotty Tweedie, Stephanie ‘Hex’ Bendixsen and Hannah Wang are the six lucky presenters who will become the faces of ABC3, the new ad-free children’s network.
The six were introduced to media last night by Kim Dalton, ABC TV’s Director of Television, who unveiled the new digital channel last night at the network’s Ripponlea studio.
Aged 19 – 24, they hail from Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide & Perth and will adopt key roles in channel presenting, reporting and hosting after winning the coveted positions from more …
Even more kids TV for ABC
The ABC is set to split its kids content, devoting its preschoolers content to ABC2 and aiming ABC3 at school-age kids.
The launch of ABC3 later this year will coincide with the re-launch of ABC for Kids, a dedicated preschool block on ABC2. It will expand its kids’ programming to between 9am and 6pm on weekdays and 6am to 6pm on weekends.
ABC1 will also continue to air six hours of kids programming each day. This will effectively mean there is kids content on all 3 ABC channels simultaneously for some parts of …