Mar 23 2013
Bruce Skeggs, long-time racing identity and commentator, Victorian politician and founding editor and columnist for TV Week, has died in Melbourne at the age of 81. Skeggs was a race caller for over thirty years, including a world record 34,000 harness races, and in the 1950s was a journalist for former Melbourne newspaper The Argus. After …
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Dec 25 2012
Television.AU wishes everyone a very Merry Christmas! Here’s a happy snapshot (or at least a collage) on TV Week‘s Christmas edition of 1961 — featuring (l to r) Lorrae Desmond (The Lorrae Desmond Show), Brian Henderson (Bandstand), Tommy Hanlon Jnr (It Could Be You), Bob and Dolly Dyer (Pick A Box), Bobby Limb and wife …
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Dec 12 2012
‘I would love to marry this girl!’ TV’s hottest couple Mat Stevenson and Toni Pearen (pictured) are optimistic that their relationship can sustain the pressures of showbusiness… with Pearen on the verge of a pop music career while Stevenson has just renewed with Home And Away with a contract that will see him in the series …
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Sep 04 2012
ACP Magazines, the magazine publishing arm of the Nine Entertainment Co. (NEC) and publisher of 85 titles including TV Week and Foxtel magazine, has been sold to German group Bauer for an undisclosed sum. The sale brings an end to an era in publishing which dates back to 1936 with the formation of Consolidated Press, …
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Mar 19 2012
Last night saw TV Week reveal the list of nominees for this year’s TV Week Logie Awards to take place at the Crown Entertainment Complex, Melbourne, on Sunday 15 April. Publicly-voted categories: GOLD LOGIE Most Popular Personality on Television Adam Hills (Spicks And Specks/Adam Hills In Gordon St Tonight, ABC1) Asher Keddie (Offspring, Network …
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Mar 13 2012
Following Sunday’s tribute to Number 96 and to mark the day of the 40th anniversary of the show’s premiere – it debuted on Sydney’s TEN10 on 13 March, 1972 – here are just some of the TV Week covers to have featured various series cast members over its six year run: Abigail (Bev Houghton #1). …
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Feb 22 2012
Sophie set for TV sex special Sophie Lee is to host an upcoming one-hour special on the topic of teenage sex for the Nine Network. The special, to be produced in association with A Current Affair, aims to “educate both parents and teenagers about a lot of sexual issues”. “It’s there to bridge the gap …
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Nov 05 2011
The auction of a vintage TV Week Gold Logie has been withdrawn from website Ebay following the threat of legal action from the Awards organisers. The Herald Sun reports that the Gold Logie, claimed to have been a “100 per cent original” from the 1960s, had a starting price of $1000. The Logie had apparently …
Permanent link to this article: http://televisionau.com/2011/11/gold-logie-auction-shut-down.html
Apr 03 2011
TV Week has announced the nominations for the upcoming 53rd annual TV Week Logie Awards. This year saw an increase in the amount of votes received for the Awards due to the voting process being held entirely online and over a longer period than in previous years. The night’s major award, the Gold Logie for …
Permanent link to this article: http://televisionau.com/2011/04/tv-week-logie-awards-race-for-gold-begins.html
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