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Airdate: Community, The Inbetweeners
Community, starring Joel McHale as a fast-talkin’ lawyer whose degree has been revoked will premiere on GO! this month.
The series, which was just renwed for a second season, sees McHale’s character form a study group who learn more about themselves than their course work. It also features Chevy Chase and John Oliver from The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. It is created by Dan Harmon (The Sarah Silverman Show) and directed by Arrested Development’s Russo Brothers.
It will premiere 9pm Tuesday March 23rd followed by two episodes of The Inbetweeners at …
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 …
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 …
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 – …
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 …
Trailer: Community
NBC’s new comedy Community, featuring The Soup’s Joel McHale has posted its entire first episode on FaceBook -but only to residents in America. Awwwww, no fair.
The single-cam series, which also features Chevy Chase, has McHale as a fast-talkin’ lawyer whose degree has been revoked. With some help from his fellow classmates, he forms a study group who eventually learn more about themselves than their course work.
John Oliver from the Daily Show with Jon Stewart also appears. It is created by Dan Harmon (The Sarah Silverman Show) and directed by Arrested …
The Jesters
It’s just as well The Chaser has finished up, because The Jesters are on their way.
Movie Extra’s new satire is a behind-the-scenes look at the making of sketch comedy. Sure, we’ve all seen that before. 30 Rock is a delicious and frenetic look at network television. Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip was a dark essay on the compromises of producers. Extras dissected class and vanity.
So it’s impossible not to draw parallels between The Jesters and The Chaser.
Mick Molloy plays Dave Davies, a retired television star who fosters a team of …
The 7pm Project: it’s official
It will be known as The 7pm Project.
It will start on July 20th and it will look at the day’s news live everynight.
Led by comedian co-hosts Dave Hughes and Charlie Pickering, The 7PM Project will be “the simplest new idea in television for a long time.” The news of the day will be brought to audiences by Carrie Bickmore. The show will have a team of correspondents delivering stories from around Australia and around the world into the studio every night. Ruby Rose will be bringing viewers all the latest …
BAFTAs 2009: TV Winners
The Bill has won BAFTA’s Continuing Drama award at a star-studded ceremony at London’s Royal Festival Hall, just after it had been cut back to once a week by ITV.
One show source said: “It is pretty embarrassing to axe something that seems to be performing at its peak.
“Some of the stars that helped win this BAFTA will be sacked soon.”
It was a first win for The Bill in its 25-year history in the category, beating Casualty, EastEnders and Emmerdale.
Wallander won Best Drama ahead of Doctor Who, Spooks and Shameless. Skins won …