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The hits on iView
Four Corners, United States of Tara, Good Game, Doctor Who, The Chaser’s War on Everything and Media Watch are the most popular titles on the ABC’s iView platform.
The online catch-up service has been operating since July 2008.
Since April this year there have been 6.2 million views of programs with an annual monthly average of 610,000 visits, up by 140% compared to last year.
It averages 206,000 visitors per month, up by 60% compared to last year.
In October 2009, ABC iView recorded its highest ever number of visitors and visits. 286,000 visitors and …
Hungry Beast team revealed
Dan Ilic is one of the 7 on air presenters in Hungry Beast the new media project from Andrew Denton and Anita Jacoby.
Ilic, remembered from his role in The Ronnie Johns Half Hour, is known for his savvy and satirical digs at the wider media including his now infamous Freeview parody on YouTube and as a writer of the fringe theatre piece ‘Beaconsfield The Musical.’
The seven who are fronting the ABC series are aged from 20 to 28 years old and have diverse backgrounds and experiences in media, journalism, documentary, radio, …
Double Take slammed for “After School You Die” sketch
Seven’s Double Take sketch comedy has come under fire following a sketch last night on schoolyard bullying.
The sketch was presented as an advertisement for a fictional private school ‘St. Fillimore’s.’
A presenter, or possibly principal, boasted the school had “the best bullies money can buy.”
Whilst various scenes showed kids pulling pranks on one another, one scene depicted a laptop screen with the message “After School You Die” being sent between students.
“With every one of our bullies supplied with their own broadband account, cyber-bullying is no longer just a dream but an appalling …
TEN wins second historic week
Network TEN has won the ratings week for only the second time since OzTAM people meters started in 2001.
The last time it won was April 2006 on the back of a week with The Biggest Loser finale leading into Big Brother and Thank God You’re Here.
This week it again won with reality television, the king hit MasterChef Australia. The show was number one for every one of its six nights this week powering to 2.36m viewers on Thursday. Unlike 2006, its share also gets a modest boost from having ONE HD.
As …
Masterchef thumps State of Origin, but Nine wins Wednesday
The judges were getting teary, and presumably so was the nation, as Justine Schofield was sent packing from MasterChef Australia last night.
The show continues to surge upwards, reaching another high of 2.23m viewers, defeating Nine’s State of Origin at 1.84m viewers (it peaked at 2.18m).
So far this week the show has been #1 every night, with all but one episode over the 2 million viewer mark.
But the taste was still sweet for Channel Nine which confidently won the night with a 30.4% share ahead of TEN’s 24.5% and Seven’s 23.6%.
TEN was …
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 …
ABC appoints new Head of Factual
The ABC has appointed a new Head of Factual Programming, Jennifer Collins, who has been serving as ABC TV Arts, Entertainment and Comedy’s Manager of Development.
Collins will oversee ABC’s slate of factual shows including Gardening Australia, Message Stick, Compass, Q&A, Talking Heads, The Cook and the Chef, Can we Help, Fora, Catalyst, and The Collectors. She will report to the Executive Head of Content Creation, Courtney Gibson.
“Factual programming is one of the core functions of ABC TV and Jennifer’s appointment will ensure we continue to offer viewers quality programs in …
Jules Lund and Fifi Box join The Chaser
Actually, they don’t.
But it sure fooled me too.
Check the blurb in the official ABC 2009 Programming Press Release.
Slipped beside other more legitimate listings, it would fool anybody who didn’t have their wits about them.
The Chaser’s War on Everything
COMEDY 10 x 30’
The Chaser team returns with a brand new series, screening exclusively on ABC3 on Friday nights at 11pm, and repeated afterwards on Garuda Airline’s inflight entertainment channel (in lieu of a safety video.) Joining the cast this year will be Jules Lund and Fifi Box. The new season will run for …