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Prisoner in Logies Hall of Fame leak
Cult soap Prisoner is in the running for a Hall of Fame Award at the 2010 Logies.
The show will compete with 8 other nominations put forward by television networks, to be decided by a jury. Only one will be successful.
The other 8 are all performers:
Brian Henderson
Ian Ross
Brian Naylor
George Negus
Ken Sutcliffe
Les Murray
Maggie Tabberer
Ray Meagher
Last year’s winner was Bill Collins. It has previously been awarded to either a show or an individual, who could be an on-screen or off-screen industry name.
The names were leaked in today’s Australian newspaper. Traditionally the name of the …
First quarter broken promises
There is just one week to go before we move into the second quarter of 2009.
Late last year, the Nine Network told its advertisers that a raft of new shows would air in the first quarter of 2009. But a number of the titles on the list still remain unaired.
Gathering dust on the Nine shelves, and promised for the first quarter, are:
Sea Patrol
Crusoe
Local Heroes
For Richer for Poorer
What’s Good For You
Who Do You Think You Are? (US)
When I Grow Up
Without a Trace
This mirrors a similar list at the end of 2007 …
Bunney’s Logie sold on eBay
The 1974 Silver Logie for Best Actress, awarded to Number 96 performer Bunney Brooke, was sold on eBay yesterday for $2225.
Brooke died of cancer in Sydney at 80 in 2000 but it’s not known how her Silver Logie ended up with seller “hippopawn” based in Caboolture, Queensland. Both the seller and buyer remain a mystery.
“It came to us in the normal course of business,” was the only reply to an email says news.com.au
In Number 96 Brooke played ‘Flo’ neighbourly accomplice to the comic characters ‘Dorrie and Herb.’ She also appeared …
Snake-oil television to anyone who’ll listen
Everybody’s never been happier. Everybody’s making more Australian content than ever. Everybody’s got some snake oil to sell.
That’s if you believe the network executives.
“We’ve got Australian drama more spot-on than we have for a long time,” Seven’s head of programming Tim Worner told the Daily Telegraph.
“Television drama and comedy are possibly the healthiest we have seen in the last 10 years and looking forward it will just get better.”
Nine’s David Gyngell is just as buoyant.
“We are making more shows than we ever have,” he said. “Financially, we have got ourselves into …
Nine greenlights new local drama
Channel Nine will launch a new drama series in 2009, Rescue Squad.
Described as a “high octane drama” it will centre on the lives and loves of a Special Operations Rescue Squad.
The series will join with Underbelly and Sea Patrol as a flagship drama for the network in 2009. It follows recent news that Nine would not proceed with The Young Doctors.
Amongst some of the other new formats set to launch are several factual and “blue sky” shows that reward ordinary Aussies or make their dreams come true.
Everyday Heroes is a …
Grim diagnosis for Young Doctors revival
The Young Doctors, promised for 2008, will be lucky to see the light of day in 2009. At least on the Nine Network.
Under development by FremantleMedia, the show was originally produced by the Grundy Organisation for Nine from 1976-1983. FremantleMedia, which acquired Grundy in later years, put the idea to Nine in 2007 when the network was interested in having a local show in the style of Grey’s Anatomy.
The contemporary version was being developed by the writers of The King.
Nine’s interest in the show was confirmed when it appeared on a …
Get out your best Reg Grundies
Television pioneer and magnate Reg Grundy will celebrate his 85th birthday with a bash at a Sydney hotel in December, The Age reports.
Grundy, whose name is synonymous with Australian television, produced game shows from the 1960s after creating Wheel of Fortune, later adding dramas such as Prisoner, The Restless Years, The Young Doctors, Sons and Daughters and Neighbours to his stable. He sold the Grundy Organisation in 1995 to Pearson, which has subsequently been overtaken by FremantleMedia.
These days he is retired in Bermuda (maybe he hangs out with Bruce Gordon?) with …
Where are the shows?
With just two months of the ratings season left, there are still several key shows promised by our three Free to Air commercial networks that are still waiting to launch.
When it comes to promising us the new programming, it’s the Nine Network that still has the longest “To Do” list.
Nine has two months worth of new Temptation episodes sitting on the shelf. There are eight episodes of the UK drama Rock Rivals (pictured). We were promised Toasted and Roasted specials, The Irwin Family Zoo and game shows Jingles and Amnesia (since …