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October:
2.1m as Hey Hey thumps MasterChef
Matt LeBlanc signs for ‘dumbed-down’ sitcom
Top Gear airship mishap
Comedy Channel series slims down to special
Hot Seat beats Deal (for real)
Chris Lilley lands joint ABC, HBO, BBC series
Sunday Arts gravitates to online
Letterman admits affairs with staff
Josh Lawson for US comedy series
Nine pulls Hey Hey repeat
Angry Hey Hey fans call for Nine boycott
GO! has official launch
Sacked WIN boss takes legal action
Nine News crew rattled in Indian report
Nine says Daryl asked to drop repeat
NRL final scores 2.41m
Letterman: “My wife has …
Top 25 people: lists v lists
Being the end of the year, some media and online sites have been naming their “Top 25″ shakers and movers of the year.
MediaWeek recently named its Media People of 2009.
Amongst the television names are:
David Malone, CEO Premier Media
Adam Boland, Director of Morning Television, Seven Network
Bruce Mann, CEO XYZnetworks
Brian Walsh, Head of Television and Marketing, Foxtel
Kyle Sandilands, former Australian Idol judge
David Leckie, CEO Seven Network
David Mott, Chief Programmer Network TEN
Les Sampson, Director fo Acquisitions, Daytime and HD Channels, Nine Network
Mark Scott, Managing Director, ABC
Robin Parkes, COO Freeview
Petra Buchanan, CEO ASTRA
Matt White, Today …
$70m for ABC drama
Kim Dalton, Director of Television at ABC, has given a Plenary Address to the Screen Producer’s Association of Austalia Conference in Sydney.
It’s the same conference where Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner has spoken to local producers and where Packed to the Rafters creator Bevan Lee directed a comment to offended viewers, “We wanted to do an adult show about family. It was never considered to be a family show.”
Amongst some of Dalton’s statements about future directions for the public broadcaster, he outlined the spend of key sectors, with a significant …
The Slap to ricochet on small screen
Matchbox Pictures has picked up the rights for a television adaptation of Christos Tsiolkas’ novel, The Slap.
Matchbox consists of Tony Ayres, Michael McMahon, Penny Chapman, Helen Panckhurst and Helen Bowden.
The story by Tolkias (Head On), takes place at a suburban barbeque, when a man slaps a child who is not his own. This event, told from the point of view of 8 people, ricochets through a group of family and friends, dividing and changing them. It recently won the 2009 Commonwealth Writer’s Prize and is shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary …