Hamish Blake and Andy Lee have announced that they have joined Channel Nine and will produce a new show to air later in 2011.This afternoon on the Hamish and Andy show on the Today Network, Blake and Lee made the announcement, ending weeks of speculation.On the 25th of February, Hamish Blake tweeted "Two big announcements on this arvo's show! Three, if you include the "goooooood afternoon" ...
In this week's Renewals and Cancellations:RENEWEDAmerican Dad (FOX) has been renewed for a SEVENTH SEASON.This rounds out the triumvirate of Seth MacFarlane created shows that have been renewed for another season.The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret (IFC) has been renewed for a SECOND SEASON.The comedy stars Arrested Development's David Cross, but as yet has not been screened in Australia.Hell's Kitchen (FOX) has been renewed for two more seasons, bringing it into ...
It was fun while it lasted.Well, no it wasn't.And Australia has spoken; Live From Planet Earth was crap. TV Tonight has reported this afternoon that LFPE has been axed after 3 episodes.It lasted longer that Let Loose Live, at least.Channel Nine really had no choice, too. It had become a laughing stock, with it garnering almost universally negative comments on Twitter: hardly a good look for the new "Home of Comedy". Also, its latest rating of 189,000 didn't help all that much either.Unfortunately ...
No laughs for the first sketch with Julia Gillard. None. That's how this week's BELFPE kicked off. Here we go again, people. Some more topical crap. And what else would he joke about- Ricky Nixon. I'm afraid in the age of twitter, most of these jokes had already been said. "Sales are dropping like Warnie's trousers". Another week, another potshot at Elton's critics. And this week, it's the newspapers who are obsessed with ratings. Ooh, a new character; "Toughy Nightly". Unfortunately, one that wasn't ...
[caption id="attachment_232" align="alignnone" width="590" caption="Source: bluemoviereviews.wordpress.com"][/caption]The League: Here's why it hasn't been picked up Working against it: No big names in the cast, about the NFL, and many player-based jokes will go completely of Australian viewers' heads. Working for it: Youth appeal, fantasy football leagues are extremely popular in Australia.Would ...
[caption id="attachment_218" align="alignnone" width="590" caption="The gang at AHIGST notch up another win..."][/caption]It just keeps getting better and better doesn't it?Tonight we saw Tim Minchin with his "Jesus clock". Possibly the highlight of his interview was when he grabbed a kid's phone and feigned reading a text message "".He also performed a cover of Crowded House's "Better Be ...
ABC1 favourite the New Inventors has undergone somewhat of a transformation, to very little fanfare.But then again, why would it? This season, it has seemingly diminished the role of longtime host James O'Loughlin quite significantly.In the past he has copped criticism for his overly daggy Dad-jokes during his interplay with the Inventor flaunting their contraption.He then threw over to ...
As expected, ratings have slipped for the second week of Ben Elton Live From Planet Earth. The facts are, Live from Planet Earth has dropped to 384,000, down from 455,000 last week. While the situation is bad, and unlike last week, Elton can't deny that the ratings are dismal. But strangely, it could be much, much worse when you think about it.You can't imagine many new eyes were watching the show, so the fact that more that half of the people stuck around from last week is almost, nearly promising. ...
UPDATED: Well, here we are. Are we witnessing television history in the form of Ben Elton's last show? Or, are we witnessing yet another great Australian come-from-behind win, a Stephen Bradbury, even? Yes, that's the type of humour that is still hanging around the show.[caption id="attachment_185" align="alignnone" width="590" caption="Hey! I'm Ben "Young Ones" Elton. You're actually meant ...
The episode begins in a fairly conventional way- Rachel decides to clean up Jake and Coby's pad- because, you know, men are messy and women love to clean. However, she does discover that Coby is actually a- gasp! - closet painter. Obviously an attempt to add another layer to his character. Not a bad one, but I'd rather see layers added by actions (such as Rachel's boyfriend's quite noble ones).Nathan is also back from wherever he was.Carbo's mother is also living with Carbo and Retta, so it'll be ...
It's D-Day for Ben Elton. Well, technically tomorrow is: the day when the ratings come out. But it's undoubted that tonight is Elton's final chance to prove himself, mostly to viewers at home, and to a lesser extent, Nine execs, who will be looking for any promising signs. And God knows, there certainly weren't many in Week 1. Basically, if Elton wants a third week, at the very least, there will have to be a ratings increase of at least 100k. Its ratings were 455,000 in its first week so to equal ...
In a year that was meant to be a happier year for the Rafters mob after the tragic death of Melissa Rafter (and the earlier exit of Sammy Rafter) in 2010, there is to be at least one Rafters leaving the fold in 2011.Jessica Marais, who plays Rachel Rafter in Seven's astronomically popular Packed to the Rafters, has signalled her intention to leave the show to try her luck in the US.And who ...
Jessica Marais is about to leave Packed to the Rafters to pursue a US career. And why wouldn't she? Take a look at this incomplete list of the current crop of Aussie actors kicking big goals on TV and the big screen.Darren McMullenOriginally born in Scotland, McMullen rose to prominence on MTV before making the jump to Channel Nine where he hosted Commercial Breakdown, and then to Channel ...
Carrie Bickmore has returned to the 7pm Project in her first TV appearance since her husband, Greg Lange's death in December 2010.Living your life in the public eye can be very difficult at the best of times, so when it comes to such harrowing situations, efforts to go back in front of the cameras should be truly admired.Rove similarly returned to the small screen in 2006 after the death of his then wife, Belinda Emmet.In a short piece which ran before the opening titles of the 7pm Project, ...
Popular Canadian comedy-drama Being Erica has been confirmed to end after its fourth season. Creator Jana Sinyor said on LiveJournal: "Season 4 is the end. It’s important to Aaron and I to be able to finish the story in a way that is satisfying to our audience. This is going to be a big year for Erica, and by the end of it – she will have finished the journey she started…"While it is unclear if the decision was network-influenced (in terms of ratings), what is certain is that they have decided to ...
Just a word on the latest Eddie McGuire furore. You might even say the most recent "food-in-mouth" scandal... If you wanted to get punched in the nose. It all started when Eddie was having a bit of to-and-fro with GWS coach Kevin Sheedy on his Hot Breakfast radio show on Triple M Melbourne. Now, the context is important and it isn't. It isn't because all you need to know is that Sheedy was being his usual cheeky self, in-part being honest about their hunt for players, and in-part baiting Eddie, ...
Don't expect to be saying goodbye to Modern Family anytime soon. It has just hit a season and series-high 13.16 million for its Valentine's Day episode in the US, smashing its previous record of 12.67 in its second season premiere.This is its 13th episode of its second season (its 36th all up). However, while Modern Family is going from strength-to-strength ratings-wise, critically, it has not been as successful as its first season, with the plot-lines of the various families becoming less intertwined ...
(minor season 6,7 spoilers)Ricky Gervais has recently set tongues wagging with an off the cuff remark in one of his blogs. Well, at least it seems to be off the cuff;"Had a little meeting with NBC about various things and recommended Will Arnett for a regular in The Office. Thoughts? I think he's amazing."As we all know the search is apparently on for the new host of the Office. But, do producers really expect us to believe that a new (or existing) character isn't being primed to take over as we ...
Wow. That's all I can say. Oh, and: why? Why have the ABC held off for so long on producing this gem of a show? Has there ever been an Australian personality so ready-made for a talk-show than Adam Hills? Affable, friendly and most importantly... funny. And it couldn't have a better home: 8:30 PM on a Wednesday night. A family-friendly timeslot which is usually home to a little show ...
Well, that's the end of that. According to TV Tonight, Ben Elton has debuted to a paltry 455,000. In television terms that's a big Sayonara. In isolation, that's a crap figure, but coming off the back of Top Gear's 939,000- a handy lead-in- it's just awful. For a premiere with quite a bit of promotion, coming off a strong lead-in, even in its late-ish timeslot 600,000 would've been the BARE MINIMUM expected. And even that would have been a big F. You'd have to imagine most viewers turned off at ...
Source: Channel NineFans of the William Shatner vehicle, S#*! My Dad Says shouldn't get too attached to it, with some news sources warning it is in danger of being cancelled.Its ratings have been good, however, and word of mouth has certainly not been as terrible as it was first made out to be. It has had to weather the ridicule of being based on a Twitter feed, as well as confusion over ...
The Bounce, Let Loose Live, The White Room, You May be Right, The Nation, Hamish & Andy, Micallef Tonight, The Matty Johns Show, The Mick Molloy Show, Warnie.I could go on.All of these shows have cropped up on our screens over the past decade. And all are infamous for one reason; they were axed because a)Ratings were paltry or b)They were pitiful excuses for comedy.Sometimes they were ...
In a rarely seen occurence in modern day Australian TV, a non-Underbelly, non-Rafters program has returned for another season.Yes, Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation has returned for 2011.Tuesday night's episode returned with Leisel Jones, Julia Zemiro and Kevin Harrington in their respective generational teams.Now in its 3rd season, it remains quirky quiz show which is, essentially, a vehicle ...