Kevin Rudd joins new-look Sunrise

January 20, 2010  Filed Under News, 64 Comments » 

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 …

Facelift coming to Sunrise

October 28, 2009  Filed Under News, 35 Comments » 

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 …

7TWO to launch November 1st

October 23, 2009  Filed Under News, 199 Comments » 

Channel Seven has unveiled its free-to-air digital channel 7TWO, a broad entertainment channel set to launch on Sunday, November 1, 2009 at 12noon on Channel 72.

Channel Seven’s Director of Programming and Production Tim Worner said, “I am pleased to announce that 7TWO will be the new home for premiere episodes of our international hits including J.J Abrams’ Lost, Ugly Betty, Heroes and 24,” said Worner.

“We’ve been strategic in putting together a program schedule for 7TWO that allows us to grow our audience between our two channels, without sacrificing one for …