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Returning: The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
From next Tuesday, ABC2 begins screening The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.
The often outrageous political show will air Tuesday – Fridays from 7:15pm with The Daily Show Global Edition to air on Mondays beginning March 15th. It had previously aired some years ago on SBS.
It will be followed by The Colbert Report at 7:35pm weeknights.
That makes 45 minutes of biting US satire every night for those who are looking for alternatives.
Expect trouble.
David L, Jimmy F, Jimmy K and Jay L.
In the wake of the Conan / Leno debacle, the Comedy Channel has amended its late night line-up as of this week.
The final Jay Leno Show will air on February 10 before he returns to The Tonight Show.
Here is the new line-up:
Late Show With David Letterman
Monday to Friday at 10.30pm. New timeslot
David Letterman marks his 28th year in late night comedy this year, and his 15th year as the host of the Late Show With David Letterman. After more than 4,500 late night broadcasts, he remains one of the most influential …
Producers Guild of America Awards: Winners
Awards, awards, awards….this time it was the Producers’ Guild of America which dished out its prizes in film and television.
The TV winners were:
The Danny Thomas Producer of the Year Award in Episodic Television – Comedy:
30 Rock beat Californication, Entourage, The Office and Weeds.
The Norman Felton Producer of the Year Award in Episodic Television – Drama:
Mad Men beat Breaking Bad, Dexter, Lost and True Blood.
The Producers Guild of America Producer of the Year Award in Non – Fiction Television:
60 Minutes beat Deadliest Catch, Intervention, Kathy Griffin: My Live on the ‘D’ List …
Kevin Rudd joins new-look Sunrise
EXCLUSIVE: Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will appear in a weekly segment on the revamped Sunrise.
Executive Producer Adam Boland told TV Tonight, the Prime Minister would answer live viewer questions each week.
“It’s a ‘Direct Democracy’-style of segment. This has never been done before: he will be answering viewers’ questions directly but not via email or text message, but Live. We will put cameras into the homes of our viewers,” he said.
“There will be three viewers chosen every week and we’ll go to them. So if they’re in Small Business or in their …
So what’s been your summer gem?
The other week a journalist asked me for some quotes on how our TV summer season was faring and I pointed out that historically, the 09 / 10 season has offered an abundance of choice -at least compared to when we had just 5 channels, half of which were stuck on sport.
This year the amount of content has boomed, thanks to our extra digital channels.
But when the article appeared in print, readers hit back saying summer is still a dead zone. I got slammed. Well, it is if you stick with …
Airdate: The Colbert Report
As previously reported, American political humorist Stephen Colbert will finally be seen on free to air television in Australia when The Colbert Report begins on ABC2 in January.
Episodes will be hot off the satellite, with the regular show broadcast on Tuesdays to Fridays and the global edition to be aired on Mondays.
Colbert began as a correspondent on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, before The Colbert Report premiered in the US in October 2005.
It begins Tuesday January 5th at 7:30pm. The show usually airs on the Comedy Channel at 6:30pm.
WGA Awards 2009 / AFI Most Outstanding
Awards season is certainly hotting up in the US.
The Writer’s Guild of America has announced the best of the bunch in television writing for 2009.
Mad Men, 30 Rock and The Office are multiple nominees while Modern Family and Glee are both up for Comedy and New Series awards.
Amongst the other New Series contenders are Nurse Jackie, Hung and The Good Wife –totalling four of five shows to air in Australia on TEN.
In Animation it is a five horse race between writers of The Simpsons.
Amongst the television nominees are:
DRAMA SERIES
Breaking Bad – …
ABC: 2010 Highlights
The ABC has announced some of it programming highlights for 2010.
It has revealed key dramas, comedies, documentary, sports, arts, current affairs and children’s entertainment.
Amongst the highlights are new comedy series Lowdown starring Adam Zwar, Poh’s Kitchen with MasterChef’s Poh Ling Yeow, Andrew Hansen’s debating series Strictly Speaking, Cal Wilson in Sleuth 101, a new comedy about a gay sci-fi club Outland, a new drama series by writer Marieke Hardy Like a Virgin, new Bed of Roses plus I ROCK and a telemovie about David Hicks, X-Ray.
Kim Dalton, Director of Television said, …
Colbert coming to ABC2
Looks like The Colbert Report will be airing on ABC2 in 2010. At least, that’s if we’re to believe ABC Managing Director Mark Scott’s Twitter feed.
“In truthiness, Colbert in ‘10, 5 nights a week on ABC2. Dates/times later. I’ve said too much already!” he wrote.
He sure did.
But we don’t mind good news, Mr. Scott!
Of course the show already airs at 7pm on the Comedy Channel, suggesting a later timeslot would be the more likely outcome.
Facelift coming to Sunrise
Exclusive: TV Tonight hears Sunrise is getting a makeover next year.
As it heads into 2010, the Seven breakfast show will be sporting a new studio look at Martin Place.
The show is to get a new set, format, graphics and logo.
Set to coincide with the return of ratings, the makeover is being masterminded by Jim Fenhagen, from Production Design Group in New York City. His credits are formidable: The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, The Colbert Report, CBS Early Show, Anderson Cooper 360, The Martha Stewart Show, Sky News London and …
Jay Leno show goes primetime on Comedy Channel
Fear not fans of Jay Leno, The Comedy Channel has picked up his new show after all.
And it will air The Jay Leno Show early evenings at 7:30pm no less (that’s kinda good news, bad news….good to get it early, but we’re used to seeing these shows when we can chill out). It will air after The Colbert Report and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.
The move follows the Channel recently advising it wouldn’t be picking up the show this year.
Leno’s move to 10pm in the US is a huge change …
Jeff Goldblum watches Today’s obituary
“Wow, gee I guess I really am dead.”
That’s what Jeff Goldblum said when he watched a report of his death from the Today show, played during an appearance this week on The Colbert Report.
Colbert played a report by Richard Wilkins announcing that “NZ police are saying that that is a correct story.”
A surprised Goldblum added: “Stephen I owe you an apology.”
He then launched into his own obituary: “No one will miss Jeff Goldblum more than me. He was not only a friend and a mentor -but he was also me. Jeff …