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Renewed: Offspring
A day after strong figures for its season finale, TEN has announced a renewal for Offspring, for not one, but two more seasons. The dramedy featuring Gold Logie nominee Asher Keddie will have 13...
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“Adequate” TEN raising $230m
“Adequate” is the word of the day for TEN. At the Annual General Meeting today Chairman Lachlan Murdoch told shareholders, “Ten performed adequately until August with returning shows such as...
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Mr. & Mrs. Murder
The first time you see Shaun Micallef and Kat Stewart in Mr. & Mrs. Murder you’d swear they were super-heroes. They step out of their crime-scene van at a hotel and pose audaciously, with a light...
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Will Batavia still sail in 2013?
Last week when TEN fronted the joint senate committee on media reforms, it talked up its local drama slate as the busiest it has ever had. In its statement to the committee it noted, “Network TEN’s...
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Logies 2013: Random Acts of Carpetness Pt 2
Here is the second and final part of my Logies Red Carpet mayhem. Lots more interesting bits and pieces if you read between the lines… Jules Lund on hosting both the Red Carpet for Nine and radio...
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Mr and Mrs Murder: May 1
Fresh from an appearance in Nine’s House Husbands, Madeline West has a guest role this week in TEN’s Mr and Mrs Murder as an assistant at a cosmetic surgery. Ivy, a beautiful young woman, has a...
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Q2 schedule makeovers
Now that My Kitchen Rules is over, TV schedules are getting makeovers. Seven has three weeks of Celebrity Splash before it will roll into House Rules. The Mole is also on the way. But while it awaits...
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Returning: Offspring
TEN has confirmed the return date for the fourth season of Offspring. As expected this will air Wednesday, May 22, at 8.30pm, taking the place of Mr & Mrs Murder. Joining the cast are NZ Caren...
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Arrow on time, on target.
Nine’s decision not to an air an episode of The Voice it didn’t have has paid off with The Big Bang Theory and Arrow winning their timeslots and starting on time. Seven had factuals scheduled against...
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Wednesday nights with Micallef drawing to a close
Wednesday nights with Micallef are just about over. Tomorrow night is the final episode for Mad as Hell at 8pm on ABC1. A week later we have the final episode for Mr and Mrs Murder at 8:30pm on TEN....
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Nine gives Seven renovation show a Big Bang
Seven’s new renovation show slipped further last night with House Rules down from 803,000 on its premiere to 784,000. Nine’s Big Bang Theory at 8pm whacked it with 1.23m. In Perth, where the first...
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Mr and Mrs Murder seals international sales
Fremantlemedia Australia has announced international sales of Mr & Mrs Murder following the MIP TV event in Cannes in April, through distributor DCD Rights. Acorn Media Group, a subsidiary of RLJ...
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Offspring optimism for TEN
The return of Offspring brought some good news to TEN with 868,000 viewers and good numbers in the Demos. Drilling down into the detail, it was a big improvement on Mr and Mrs Murder last week and well...
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Mr & Mrs Murder unlikely to be renewed
It looks like Mr and Mrs Murder has no chance of being renewed. TV Tonight understands Shaun Micallef found that the shooting schedule was so taxing that by the end he struggled to enjoy the...
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TEN’s ‘Murder’ house for rent
Another sign that Mr and Mrs Murder is unlikely to be renewed for TEN… The house leased by FremantleMedia as the abode of Charlie and Nicola is now up for rental. The Elsternwick house was leased by...
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Cameras roll on The Moodys
The follow-up to ABC’s A Moody Christmas has begun filming in Sydney. Now titled as The Moodys the eight-part series will follow the dysfunctional Moody family as they gather for family events over a...
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“Everyone thinks they know Schapelle”
The timing of Schapelle Corby’s imminent release from a Bali prison could not come with more synchronicity, with Nine’s biopic telemovie set to air on Monday night. For a story that has been rife with...
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Directors Guild Awards 2014: nominees
ABC shows dominate the nominations announced today for the annual Australian Directors Guild Awards, including Redfern Now, Rake, Please Like Me, The Broken Shore, The Time of our Lives, Paper Giants,...
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New prod. co. Lingo headed by former Fremantle, Matchbox execs.
A new Sydney-based production company, Lingo Pictures, has been formed by producers Jason Stephens and Helen Bowden. The venture will create scripted and unscripted content for the local and the...
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Renewed: Offspring
A day after strong figures for its season finale, TEN has announced a renewal for Offspring, for not one, but two more seasons. The dramedy featuring Gold Logie nominee Asher Keddie will have 13...
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