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The camera loved perfectionist Charmaine, says colleague.
At the inquest into the death of TEN News presenter Charmaine Dragun, co-anchor Tim Webster has praised his former colleague noting how the perfectionist in her would impact on her mood.
Dragun died at The Gap in 2007 following a battle with depression.
“She was a terrific newsreader,” he said.
“She had tremendous phrasing and annunciation and a beautiful voice.
“And, at the risk of sounding sexist, she was a very pretty girl. The camera loved her, particularly those beautiful eyes of hers.”
But she would also take it hard if she thought she had made …
Charlie puts the Sheen on Mondays
What is it about Melbourne viewers and Two and a Half Men? Last night the new episode hauled 635,000 in that city, rising to a big 1.58m viewers -and very probably assuring its place as the week’s top show. No doubt the end of the long weekend in Melbourne helped as viewers settled in for an early night.
Both the Charlie Sheen comedy and My Kitchen Rules have been battling it out for top place recently. Last night Seven’s cooking contest ina pseudo MasterChef kitchen settled with just under 1.4m viewers, still …
Inquest hears Charmaine Dragun was a “rising star”
An inquest into the 2007 death of former Channel TEN Newsreader Charmaine Dragun has heard she was a rising star within the network, with “everything to live for” and a wide circle of friends, a supportive family and a loving partner.
But Dragun, 29, had been battling a depression for ten years and changed anti-depressants three weeks before she leapt from a cliff at The Gap at Watsons Bay, in Sydney’s east.
Factors that may have led to her death are now being examined at a two-week inquest at Glebe Coroner’s Court, with …
TEN News: Interview with Victor Chang killer
TEN News tonight will air an interview with Phillip Lam the man who spent 20 years in prison for the murder of Australian heart surgeon Dr Victor Chang.
Reporter Brett Mason spoke with Lim as he arrived in Malaysia.
TEN is claiming the interview as an exclusive although Lim has also given print interviews in which he has finally said sorry.
It airs at 5pm.
Helen Kapalos signs new TEN deal
TEN News Melbourne co-anchor Kapalos has signed a new three-year deal that she says will see her entrench the city as her permanent home.
“I really want to stay here for personal and professional reasons. It really feels like home. I have never really lived anywhere where I have felt so grounded and connected to the place,” she told the Herald Sun.
“This means the most, more than any other employment contract I have signed, because it sort of firms up my direction for the future.”
Four years ago she moved from Nine in …
Deal or no Deal in new ratings tussle
With all the attention given to evening schedules, and the ratings war at breakfast, one could be forgiven for overlooking the game show war that leads into the News for Seven and Nine.
Between Deal or No Deal and Hot Seat, 2010 has not started so well for Seven.
The Andrew O’Keefe game show has taken a drop in ratings this year, allowing Nine’s Eddie McGuire show to snatch several winning nights.
Last week Deal’s best figure was 558,000 viewers. Hot Seat reached 620,000. Of the four nights they were head to head, each …
Seven’s Kitchen on the rise
As 2010 audience trends continue to settle, it’s good news for Seven but not so good for TEN on Mondays. And Nine had good news in the morning.
My Kitchen Rules is rising like a soufflé for the network. The reality show took a cool 1.47m last night, as the night’s #1 show. Seven also introduced 5 new teams to the gameplay surprising both contestants and viewers. The show beat Two and a Half Men / The Big Bang Theory (1.32m / 1.08m) and thrashed The Biggest Loser (658,000). TEN’s reality show …
TEN News stuck on Groundhog Day
It’s great to see networks displaying a sense of humour.
TEN is really upping the ante this year, first with the Celebrity Support Group promo, and now with last night’s TEN Late News reporting on America’s Groundhog Day.
Just brill!
7PM Project no longer 11PM Project
TEN has changed plans to repeat The 7PM Project late nights once official ratings resume.
From Monday February 8th, the show will only air once per weeknight at 7pm.
Letterman will resume following TEN News with Sports Tonight at varying start times, between 11:15pm and midnight.
TEN’s summer late night repeats of 7PM were always a part of its strategy to win more followers for the show, and it will be hoping it has picked some up, who can now be channelled into the single broadcast.
Girl talk set for TEN’s new Circle
Denise Drysdale, Chrissie Swan, Yumi Stynes and Gorgi Coghlan will front TEN’s new morning show, The Circle.
The weekday show will air live at 10-12am weekdays following a one hour news service, beginning Tuesday February 9th.
As first revealed by TV Tonight in early December, the female panel show is being produced by former Hey Hey its Saturday producer, Pam Barnes.
Filmed in front of a studio audience, The Circle will feature a fifth guest panellist will join the 4 women each day. The show will incorporate email, Skype, live crosses, studio audience …
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 …
October 09: ‘Jackson Jive,’ Don Lane, Letterman, Good Game, All Saints
October:
2.1m as Hey Hey thumps MasterChef
Matt LeBlanc signs for ‘dumbed-down’ sitcom
Top Gear airship mishap
Comedy Channel series slims down to special
Hot Seat beats Deal (for real)
Chris Lilley lands joint ABC, HBO, BBC series
Sunday Arts gravitates to online
Letterman admits affairs with staff
Josh Lawson for US comedy series
Nine pulls Hey Hey repeat
Angry Hey Hey fans call for Nine boycott
GO! has official launch
Sacked WIN boss takes legal action
Nine News crew rattled in Indian report
Nine says Daryl asked to drop repeat
NRL final scores 2.41m
Letterman: “My wife has …