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7TWO amendments
Prior to its launch today at 12pm, 7TWO has made some adjustment to its first week of programming.
The introduction to the channel is now ten minutes instead of five with Michael Jackson: His Latest Televised Concert to commence at 12:10pm.
There have been episode changes to The Jay Leno Show weekdays at 6pm -though it isn’t clear how…
From 1am Wednesday night (Thursday morning) vintage AFL Footy Flashbacks have been ditched, to be replaced with The Mole and followed by Home Shopping at 2am. From 4am it airs The Body Specialists, Medical Rookies …
Nine shuffles production team as Factual boss resigns
Nine has made some changes to its senior production team following the resignation of John McAvoy, Head of Factual Programming.
“I’ve loved my time at Nine and wish David Gyngell, Michael Healy and their teams every success,” McAvoy said. “After 18 years with the network I’m looking forward to taking a bit of a break.”
Director of Programming, Michael Healy, said: “We’re sorry to see John go. He has been a significant member of our programming department over the last four years. We wish him all the best and …
Trouble in Paradise
TV Tonight has taken a sneak peek at Nine’s new series Trouble in Paradise.
As only one of two stories was supplied by Nine, this isn’t a full review, so much as a teaser of what to expect…
The story entailed two Aussies on a surfing holiday in Mexico, who, in a beach outpost find themselves at the mercy of corrupt local police.
Like true crime tales, such as Crime Investigation Australia, the format here is a mix of witness accounts and re-enactments.
The two men who were subjected to a terrifying ordeal at gunpoint …
Casting an eye on reality
Kirsty de Vallance has just sifted through 7500 applications for Masterchef Australia, looking for the faces and the ‘characters’ that will hopefully bring TEN’s new reality series to life.
In the game of reality television, casting is everything. It can make or break a series. DeVallance, who runs her agency A Cast of Thousands, is the most experienced in the biz. She knows how important it is to look at all the applications that are submitted.
“You have to go and look through every one of those casting applications. Because the cast are …