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September TV loves sport
Sport is surging in September. Two AFL matches roared to over 1.4m giving Seven and TEN some big victories, notably helping the latter save face after an ordinary week. NRL topped 1m at Nine and also helped the network win Sunday. But while audiences fluctuate it was GO! that again got Nine across the line to win Week 38 -the second such glory in a row.
Nine finished with 28.9% ahead of Seven’s 27.5% and TEN’s 20.7%. The ABC had 17.7% and SBS 5.2%.
Nine won all key demos 16-39, 18-49 and 25-54.
GO! …
Patrick Swayze: Tributes
It took just 3 hours for Nine to react to the death of Patrick Swayze, by adding the movie Dirty Dancing to its schedule.
It will play at 9:40pm Saturday night in Melbourne in place of the movie Sphere.
At this stage the movie SWAT will still play in Sydney and Brisbane following the Rugby League Finals: 1st Semi Final.
Hands up who has the movie Ghost? TEN?
A reminder that Swayze’s final TV series The Beast airs tonight on ABC2 at 8:45pm.
Swayze fans might also catch The View on Wednesday when Whoopi Goldberg and …
Vale: Patrick Swayze
Patrick Swayze, the hunky actor who danced his way into viewers’ hearts with Dirty Dancing and then broke them with Ghost, has died after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 57.
“Patrick Swayze passed away peacefully today with family at his side after facing the challenges of his illness for the last 20 months,” said a statement released on Monday evening by his publicist. No other details were given.
Fans of the actor were saddened to learn in March 2008 that Swayze was suffering from a particularly deadly form of cancer.
He had …
ABC2 down to The Wire
Marena Manzoufas isn’t a name that’s as well known as David Mott, Tim Worner or Michael Healy but it’s no less integral to our television viewing.
Manzoufas is Head of Programming for the ABC, a position she has held for the last 8 years. In the first of a rare two-part interview with TV Tonight, she talks about her approaches to ABC1 and ABC2, and the role of the public broadcaster.
Prior to working at the ABC, Manzoufas had roles in Programming & Acquisitions at SBS and in sales at Beyond.
At ABC she …
The cancelled list
As the US Fall Season nears it’s time to take stock of the shows in the US that are not moving forward (including two Aussie adaptations).
Whilst many of us are up to speed on most of these, sometimes one or two escape out attention, and others kinda never get cancelled but remain in permanent hiatus.
For the record here is the list of those that are no more:
ABC has cancelled Cupid, Dirty Sexy Money, Eli Stone, In the Motherhood, Kyle XY, Life on Mars, Pushing Daisies, Samantha Who, Surviving Suburbia, and The …
Airdate: The Beast
Here’s a show that’s going to be a curiosity for all the wrong reasons.
ABC2 will screen Patrick Swayze’s latest project, the cop series The Beast later this month.
Swayze plays Charles Barker, a veteran FBI agent who goes undercover, gaining the confidence of criminals and setting them up for stint in prison. His methods often border on being illegal and unsettle his rookie partner, played by Australian Travis Fimmel.
The reviews for Swayze have been excellent, some calling it the best of his career. Some speculated that his performance may have been fuelled …
ABC2 coming soon: The Wire, The Beast & more
ABC2 has announced some of its upcoming programming will include The Wire, the premiere of Patrick Swayze’s new series The Beast, plus repeats of ABC1’s United States of Tara (starring Toni Collette), Cold Feet, and John Safran’s Race Relations.
The shows will comprise part of the channel programming in the next six months.
Viewers who have missed out on The Wire on Channel Nine will now have a chance to see what is frequently lauded as one of the best TV shows of all time -a strategy it took with re-screening The West …
Swayze hospitalised with pneumonia
Patrick Swayze has been hospitalised with pneumonia, a television network executive has said.
Swayze, who is battling pancreatic cancer, skipped a round of interviews scheduled to promote his new crime drama The Beast.
A spokeswoman for Swayze confirmed that the actor had been hospitalised in Los Angeles, but declined to provide further details on his condition.
Swayze most recently told Barbara Walters this week that he might have only two years to live.
“I’d say five years is pretty wishful thinking,” he told her. “Two years seems likely if you’re going to believe statistics. I …
American premieres in January
Ok, it’s a quiet news day. So you wanna know what’s returning to American screens in January? We won’t ask why…..
All dates are US dateline.
Jan. 6: After a nearly 11-month break, FX’s Nip / Tuck returns for the second installment of Season 5 (4 is on 9HD Mondays, while part 1 of S5 hasn’t started here yet).
Jan 6: ABC takes over Scrubs from NBC for what may – or may not – be its final season.
Jan. 7: Damages makes it long-awaited return with Glenn Close’s Patty Hewes keeping at least one …
Whatever happened to….
Recognise this face?
It’s Travis Fimmel, one time Calvin Klein model famous as a farmboy who became an international model.
Now he’s appearing in The Beast, the new action series starring Patrick Swayze.
Both play FBI agents in Chicago, produced for the A&E network in the US. Swayze of course has not been well recently. He will shortly appear in an interview in the US with Barbara Walters, who tries to get to the bottom of rumours and reality.
Reviews of The Beast are beginning to emerge.
Cinemablend says: The Beast centers on FBI veteran …