Funding approvals hint at ABC renewals
A number of funding approvals recently at Film Victoria indicate renewals are planned for several ABC shows: Twentysomething, Dead Gorgeous and Laid. All of these are as yet unannounced. Also...
View ArticleABC: 2013 highlights
The ABC has released details about some of the new programs coming in 2013, including a raft of new dramas, factuals, kid’s TV, plus the return of Chris Lilley and a new-look Spicks and Specks. A...
View ArticleStill to come in 2013
Halfway through the year but there is still plenty to look forward to from networks. There are still some big local dramas and reality shows to come and from September networks will also be able to...
View ArticleABC1’s Bogan Date double headed for Thursdays
ABC TV last night held a rare media launch at South Wharf in Melbourne for two of its upcoming comedies, Upper Middle Bogan by Robyn Butler & Wayne Hope and It’s A Date by Pete Helliar. The two...
View ArticleRumour: ABC double dips with Chris Lilley
Chris Lilley is quietly working his new secret comedy project. He has been tweeting hints recently, including photos about a trip to Nadi in Fiji, and making some pom-poms whilst editing (pictured). If...
View ArticleIt’s a Date: sneak peek
Check out Poh Ling Yeow in her debut acting on ABC1’s upcoming comedy It’s a Date. Poh features in the first episode of Peter Helliar’s new comedy which changes cast every week, looking at dating and...
View ArticleUpper Middle Bogan / It’s a Date
ABC turns Thursdays into comedy nights with two local half hour comedies. UPPER MIDDLE BOGAN The first is a narrative comedy from Robyn Butler and Wayne Hope (The Librarians, Very Small Business). Bess...
View ArticleDream dates almost turn nightmares for Peter Helliar
When Peter Helliar devised his new comedy series It’s a Date, looking at the trials and tribulations of dating, one of the names he was keen to get on board was UK comedian Ross Noble. The ABC1 series...
View ArticleUpper Middle bonus for ABC comedies
ABC’s gamble with comedy on Thursday nights has paid off with strong debuts for both Upper Middle Bogan (927,000) and It’s a Date (877,000). ABC1s’ Wednesday night line up is so full with comedy and...
View ArticleIt’s a Date: August 22
Tonight on Peter Helliar’s new comedy, It’s a Date, John Wood heads off for a date with Denise Scott and Sibylla Budd meets Luke McGregor through an internet date. The theme for the night is “How...
View ArticleThursdays a struggle but Footy Show tops demos
Viewers were again pretty unexcited by Thursday TV offerings (and bloggers are equally unexcited to file the results). No entertainment show managed to crack the magic million. Some observations: ABC...
View ArticleThe Timeshifting hits
With so much attention given to Overnight ratings it’s high time our attention turned to Timeshifted once more. What are some of the big success stories when it comes to viewing on PVRs up to 7 days...
View ArticleIt’s a Date: sneak peek
Next week on ABC1’s It’s a Date Kate Ritchie and Nadine Garner play dating lesbians on a blind date in the episode “Do Opposites Attract?” At one point they even argue over the sex appeal of Q &...
View ArticleThursday nights are no a game-changer
It was another low-viewing Thursday last night. In recent weeks it’s been a case of just one or two entertainment shows over the magic million. Last night it was just one or two over 900,000 and both...
View ArticleAirdate: Legally Brown
SBS will premiere a new sketch show featuring Nazeem Hussain (It’s a Date, Salam Cafe) combining culture and comedy. One of the sketches includes Muslim Shore, with seven Muslim Australians in a...
View ArticleLow key start for TEN’s return to current affairs
TEN’s low-key return to current affairs last night with Revealed hosted by Hugh Riminton pulled a low audience last night, just 252,000 viewers and beaten by SBS. The decision to air the show in a 9:30...
View ArticleIt’s a Date: Sept 19
Appearing this week on It’s a Date are Ryan Shelton, Jess Harris, Dan Wyllie and Sophie Lowe, who has the lead role in the upcoming US production Once Upon a Time in Wonderland. This ep is written by...
View ArticleLegally Brown
There’s nothing more Australian than ‘taking the piss’ out of yourself and Nazeem Hussain does that in spades in his new SBS comedy series, Legally Brown. He’s like a one-man Chaser act with this show...
View ArticleIt’s a Date: sneak peek
In the season final of It’s a Date next week, Ian Smith plays a gay senior who meets a cynical Brit (Ross Noble) on the gay dating app Grindr. The episode also features Peter Rowsthorn and Heidi...
View ArticleFooty Show gives Nine the night
The Footy Show topped Thursday’s ratings with 1.2m viewers, with 557,000 of them in Melbourne glued to the grand final edition of the AFL show. That helped Nine to win Thursday night. But it was more...
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