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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 …
Axed: The All in Call
The Seven Network has hung up on The All In Call, its 7HD off-shoot of Sunday Night.
The show was a forum for debate, opinions and further dissection of stories that had featured in the premium show using hosts, reporters, guests, live audience and viewer emails.
Last Sunday it did not appear when Seven abandoned its usual current affairs format for a “Beating the Recession” special.
Now the show is out altogether, with 7HD resuming telecasting of normal programming, with Border Security.
TV Tonight understands the discussions will now be integrated into Sunday Night’s final …
Bumped: This is your Laugh
If you’re wondering where Andrew O’Keefe’s HD experiment has gone, it is no longer screening on Sunday nights on Seven.
Although Seven screened it’s first episode of The All in Call on 7HD last night, it doesn’t seem particularly interested in continuing the original programming with This is Your Laugh. Maybe Seven doesnt want to dilute its audience from its main channel?
Instead, the show is moving to Saturday nights.
It returns on February 28th at 8:30pm with guests Angry Anderson and Cal Wilson.
Screening on a Saturday on 7HD could suggest it is unlikely …
Sunday Night answers an All In Call
EXCLUSIVE: Adam Boland and Mark Llewellyn’s new venture Sunday Night may go to air live at 6:30pm this Sunday night, but it’s not the only show the two will have to deliver.
Immediately after Sunday Night’s screening a live, unscripted follow-up programme will air on 7HD.
The All In Call will see hosts, producers, reporters and guests taking questions from the audience, both live in studio and online, about the night’s show.
“It’s live from our Sunday Night studio as a continuing, unscripted event,” Adam Boland told TV Tonight. “Essentially what will happen is …
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 …
This is Your Laugh
Andrew O’Keefe’s pet project This is Your Laugh finally hit screens last night, airing exclusively on 7HD.
The digital-only channel allows the show to find its feet without the same pressures as its analogue channel. Seven has experimented with 7HD before, when The Night Cap aired briefly earlier this year. Using the channel for ideas like this is a clever “off-Broadway” path for new shows.
The format for this show is chat meets improvisation. O’Keefe, who already takes a chat chair on Weekend Sunrise, flies solo here and is clearly loving the freedom …
Airdate: This is Your Laugh
* Updated.
Andrew O’Keefe’s newest venture This is Your Laugh is about to have its premiere on the 7HD Channel.
O’Keefe, who has been recording a number of editions of the quirky Tonight-style show, will see his show go to air on Sunday November 30th* at the moderately-early time of 8:30pm.
TV Tonight hears from several who have attended recordings that the show is quite a crowd pleaser.
Not just a chat-show, it features a small troupe of actors who improvise some of the anecdotes as told by the guests. At least its a fresh …
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 …