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The theatre of Andrew O’Keefe
After 1250 episodes he still gets excited, even shamelessly flamboyant, at the prospect of opening yet another briefcase. But how does Andrew O’Keefe muster up the enthusiasm he propels into Deal or No Deal?
“I enter the studio with a different agenda to the contestant,” he explains to TV Tonight.
“For them it’s about winning some cash, for me it has nothing to do with how much they win, it’s about keeping people’s eyes glued to the box. A large part of that has to do with the money but the mode of …
Let’s Make a Deal, Eddie.
If last night’s pilot at Channel Nine is anything to go by, Eddie McGuire could be back to being ‘Eddie Everywhere.’
McGuire hosted a pilot of the trusty game show Let’s Make a Deal in the Richmond studios with Scott Brennan as voice over guy.
The Nine host has already been announced to front a returning version of Millionaire to be known as Millionaire Hot Seat.
So is Nine really wanting to get their money’s worth? Not necessarily. TV Tonight understands the studio was home to another pilot of the game show this week …
Final week (almost) a Seven sweep
It was the last week of ratings for 2008, and the week all the free to air broadcasters bonded (temporarily) for Freeview with 4 of 5 metro CEOs there for the party, Nine scrambled to refinance its loans, an Australian actress was trapped in international terror, Seven sacked a reporter, former Sunday journos won the Gold Walkley, Nine let go another network celebrity, ACMA slapped Nine three times for A Current Affair, Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares and Spiderman, TEN dumped 90210 and rearranged its summer schedule again, a gangster’s wife was at …
Seven summer guide
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Seven’s first week of summer viewing is in, and as previously reported, it includes the premiere of Eli Stone, Holby Blue, the return of Ugly Betty, Dirty Sexy Money, Kath & Kim (US), Las Vegas, Dance Machine. The 24: Redemption telemovie will also air.
Both Ugly Betty and Eli Stone air twice weekly.
Seven also continues Heroes, Prison Break, The Amazing Race, The Rich List, The Unit, repeats of How I Met Your Mother, A Touch of Frost and Bones.
Both Dirty Sexy Money and Eli Stone have just been all but axed …
Are we there yet?
It was the week that everybody said they had new toys to unwrap, TEN declared the 2014 Commonwealth Games, Aussie producers gathered on the Gold Coast for their annual gab-fest just as Nine decided not to revisit the only drama set there, TiVo dumped one of its key partners, the last original member of Hi-5 chose to retire, the axe fell on several shows in the US, network programmers tried to defend late amendments, Seven apologised for comments made by one of its stars, Nine was revealed as wanting “no …
Eli Stone to sing on Seven’s summer
Seven will finally premiere Eli Stone in Australia as part of its summer line-up.
The US drama by Greg Berlanti (Brothers and Sisters, Dirty Sexy Money, Everwood) features Jonny Lee Miller as an attorney with an inoperable brain aneurysm -and a bit of a fixation with the catalogue of George Michael. Each episode is named after a Michael song, and the pop star even makes an appearance during one of the fantasy sequences, incorporated as one of Stone’s hallucinations.
Seven will also premiere British crime drama Holby Blue and (gasp) American Gladiators.
Scrubs will …
The race that tops the nation
It was the week a Pay TV spokesperson called broadcaster feuding “juvenile” while another exec wanted better inclusion at the digital switch table, a TEN programmer conceded it had massive timeslot problems, Nine axed production staff, Sonia Kruger was criticised for an on air joke, a former soap star said he didn’t really enjoy soaps, belated guide amendments left viewers confused, an ABC journo pleads guilty to charges in Singapore, drug charges against a Seven personality were dropped, Seven revisits its C7 case against Pay television, the ABC launches its new …
Packered by the Rafters
It was the week the Packer family parted ways with Nine causing David Gyngell to vow to prove James Packer wrong, TEN announced a new channel, Pay TV launched another three, Minister Stephen Conroy signalled support for increased ABC & SBS funding, commercial networks (briefly) found a conscience but upset David Leckie, WIN sat down at the gambling table, Kath & Kim (US) got a greenlight for a full season, Andrew Denton announced the end of Enough Rope, David Tennant set his exit from his iconic role, Rove visited …
Returning: The Rich List
After it was pulled off air in a Saturday night timeslot, Andrew O’Keefe’s The Rich List is coming back to Seven. It screens from 7:30pm Monday November 3rd.
The show was previously working well on Monday nights, running longer than the short-lived US series.
How many suspects, objects and rooms in the original version of the board game Cluedo can you list? ANDREW O’KEEFE returns with brand new episodes of Seven’s hit quiz show that sees pairs of strangers use knowledge and strategy to complete lists that can win them limitless amounts of …
Take two on Taken Out
One contestant on Taken Out seemed just that little bit more familiar than the others…
Kalia, who was the lucky girl on Tuesday night to win a date with the single guy, will be remembered by viewers who saw the first episode of Power of Ten on Channel Nine earlier this year.
Of course in television there’s always a queue of ready-made contestants happy to move from show to show. Last year we even had one contestant on 1 vs 100 appearing on the same night as their appearance on The Rich …
This is your laugh, AOK
Andrew O’Keefe’s new night-time project appears to have undergone another title change.
In the planning stages for 7HD since 2007, the show has previously been known as AOK and The Late Andrew O’Keefe. Now it will be known as This is Your Laugh.
Australia’s Next Top Model’s Alex Perry, RocKwiz gal Julia Zemiro and Kevin Sheedy are all scheduled to appear on the show, which begins recording next weekend.
The show will be co-produced by O’Keefe and director-producer Marc Gracie (Full Frontal, Adventures of Lano & Woodley).
Meanwhile Seven has confirmed to TV Tonight …