9 February 1966: Bob Dyer (BP Pick-A-Box) 9 February 1974: Briony Behets and George Mallaby (The Box) 9 February 1974: Jeff Kevin (Number 96) 9 February 1980: Paul Cronin, Susan Hannaford, Michael Caton, Ilona Rodgers (The Sullivans) 9 February 1985: Jana Wendt, Ian Leslie, Jeff McMullen, George Negus (60 Minutes) 9 February 1991: Gayle Blakeney …
Tag: The Price Is Right
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Jan 01 2024
Happy New Year from 1974!
Happy New Year from the stars of the 0-10 Network, as featured on the front cover of Woman’s Day (25 cents!) for its preview of the network’s 1974 television season: Garry Meadows, host of game show The Price Is Right Bettina Welch, Joe Hasham, Pat McDonald, Ron Shand and Elaine Lee from Number 96 Former …
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Sep 23 2023
On This Day — 23 September
23 September 1989: Georgie Parker (A Country Practice) 23 September 1995: Tempany Deckert (Home And Away) 23 September 1963: Afternoon game shows include The Price Is Right with Horrie Dargie, Video Village with Danny Webb, Say When with Jimmy Hannan and Take The Hint with Frank Wilson. 23 September 1976: The documentary series Australians At …
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Feb 26 2023
1973: Which channel would go?
The question around the ongoing viability of three commercial networks has been raised, on and off, for many years. It was a question asked right back to when the federal government first permitted a third commercial network in the early 1960s — and in 1973 the industry itself was almost willing to sacrifice some of …
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Sep 21 2021
Tribute to Aussie Game Shows
In 1956 the first game show to appear on Australian television was TCN9’s Name That Tune, hosted by Bruce Gyngell. Since then, many thousands of hours of game shows have graced our screens across all networks, as well as community TV and pay TV. Some shows were popular and long-lasting — like Sale Of The Century and …
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Oct 01 2018
The 1970s Price Is Right
In the history of Australian television very few game shows have generated as much enthusiasm from contestants and studio audiences as The Price Is Right. The Price Is Right was not a new format to Australia in the 1970s. There had been earlier versions in the 1950s and 1960s, but the 1973 revision marked a …
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Jun 02 2018
Paradise Beach, where sand gets in the soap
The Eighties and Nineties sure brought some soapie clunkers to the otherwise top-rating Nine Network. After the demise of former hit series The Young Doctors and The Sullivans, each year brought the promise of a new arrival that would, inevitably, die a ratings death and play out its remaining episodes in the summer non-ratings period. …
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Feb 04 2018
TV in ’73 on Australia’s Action Station
Flashback to February 1973 — and Melbourne’s ATV0 has published a glossy 8-page magazine liftout to promote its big-ticket line-up for the new TV season. American shows take top-billing in the glossy pages… with new shows MASH, The Rookies, Temperatures Rising, The Waltons, The Delphi Bureau, Jigsaw and The Sixth Sense. All these years later, …
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Jan 19 2017
TV At 60: Viewing’s fine on GTV9
In his book Compulsive Viewing, Gerald Stone wrote that Australian television “started first in Sydney, but best in Melbourne.” He was no doubt referring to GTV9, which actually considered itself the underdog when it was the third channel to launch in Melbourne. It would go on to become one of the biggest successes in Australian …
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