Tag: SBS

On This Day — 16 March

16 March 1974: Graham Kennedy (The Graham Kennedy Show) 16 March 1974: Ron Shand and Pat McDonald (Number 96) 16 March 1985: Wendy Strehlow and Grant Dodwell (A Country Practice) 16 March 1991: Daryl Somers and Ossie Ostrich (Hey Hey It’s Saturday) 16 March 1996: Jo Beth Taylor and Daryl Somers (Hey Hey It’s Saturday) …

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On This Day — 18 February

18 February 1970: Terry McDermott, Margaret Cruickshank, Mark Albiston (Bellbird) 18 February 1981: Don Lane and Graham Kennedy 18 February 1989: Rachel Friend and Ashley Paske (Neighbours) 18 February 1995: Isla Fisher and Daniel Amalm (Home And Away) 18 February 2006: Dancing With The Stars 18 February 1972: Bert Newton hosts the 14th annual TV …

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On This Day — 6 February

6 February 1958: (clockwise from top left) Don Bennetts, Corinne Kirby, Geoff Corke, Judy Jack, Hal Todd 6 February 1999: Martin Sacks and Lisa McCune (Blue Heelers) 6 February 2010: Axle Whitehead and Jodi Gordon (Home And Away) 6 February 1982: Channel 0/28’s afternoon test pattern is replaced by a test broadcast by public access …

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On This Day — 5 January

5 January 1974: ABC Sportsman Of The Year 5 January 1980: Lynda Stoner (Cop Shop) 5 January 1980: ABC Sportsman Of The Year 5 January 1991: Nicolle Dickson (Home And Away) 5 January 2002: Madeleine West, Blair McDonough, Dan Paris, Kym Valentine (Neighbours) 5 January 2008: Kym Valentine and Brett Tucker (Neighbours) 5 January 1986: …

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Franco Cozzo was a TV pioneer

Franco Cozzo, the retail icon of Melbourne, died earlier this week at the age of 88. A post-war immigrant to Melbourne in the 1950s, Italian-born Cozzo built a successful chain of stores focusing on European-style furniture to appeal to Melbourne’s growing multicultural demographic. As The Age commented, it was Cozzo’s low-cost commercials in the 1980s …

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Seven wins 2023

The Seven Network has for the third year in a row claimed the top ratings position, claiming victory for the ratings year for 2023 (OzTAM, 5 cities, 6pm-12mn). For the weeks 7 to 48 — covering the period from 12 February to 2 December, and excluding the weeks around Easter — the Seven Network claimed …

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On This Day — 22 July

22 July 1972: Joe Hasham (Number 96) 22 July 1978: Bert Newton (The Don Lane Show, New Faces) 22 July 1989: Simone Buchanan and Chris Mayer (Hey Dad) 22 July 2000: Joy Smithers and Erik Thomson (All Saints) 22 July 2006: Kate Ritchie (Home And Away) 22 July 1974: Nine screens a delayed telecast of …

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On This Day — 30 June

30 June 1973: Jamie Redfern 30 June 1979: Ian ‘Molly’ Meldrum (Countdown) 30 June 1979: Lenore Smith, Michael Smith, Victoria Nicolls (The Restless Years) 30 June 2001: Beau Brady and Bec Cartwright (Home And Away) 30 June 2007: Kate Ritchie and Chris Sadrinna (Home And Away) 30 June 1985: SBS extends its network to launch …

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Seven wins 2022

The Seven Network has for the second year in a row claimed the top ratings position from arch rival Nine, claiming victory for the ratings year for 2022 (OzTAM, 5 cities, 6pm-12mn). Meanwhile, in figures provided by Nine late last week just before the completion of the ratings season on Saturday, Network Ten failed to …

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Obituary: Basia Rendall (Bonkowski)

Basia Rendall (née Bonkowski), television producer and former presenter, had died following a battle with lymphoma. Born in Adelaide, she first became ill with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma at the age of 17. The diagnosis led to her re-evaluating her interests and changed her studies from law to studying English, Literature and Drama at Flinders University. She …

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