Aug 04 2023
The Nine Network‘s long-running afternoon quiz show Millionaire Hot Seat is to soon go “on hiatus” while a new show is prepared to take its place. Host Eddie McGuire announced Nine’s decision on radio on Friday morning. The show is expected to continue through to January 2024, effectively extending the Millionaire brand to its 25th …
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Jul 29 2023
It was a second Gold Logie in a row for Blue Heelers star Lisa McCune at the 40th annual TV Week Logie Awards, held at Melbourne’s Crown Entertainment Complex on 19 April 1998. She won the award ahead of her fellow nominees — Midday host Kerri-Anne Kennerley, Logies host Daryl Somers, A Current Affair host …
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Jul 12 2023
Alan Wilkie, former Sydney TV weather presenter, has died at the age of 94, He died peacefully with his three children, Andrew, Katrina and Michelle by his side Growing up in Queensland, Wilkie worked at the Bureau of Meteorology at various posts during the 1950s. When ABC started its first television services in 1956, it …
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Jun 19 2023
TV Week has announced its nominations for the 63rd TV Week Logie Awards, to be presented at The Star in Sydney on 30 July. The awards make their return to Sydney after 37 years and are broadcast on Seven for the first time since 1995. Sam Pang from The Front Bar and Have You Been …
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Dec 31 2022
It seems that 2022 will be best remembered for holding a giant re-set of some of our biggest TV names and shows, as some of our highest-profile presenters have decided to call it a day — either temporarily or perhaps longer term. It is hard to recall a year where so many key personalities have …
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Nov 18 2022
Seven News Adelaide presenter Jane Doyle announced that she is stepping down from the role after 33 years with the network: “Before I go tonight, I have some significant news of my own to share. It’s been a wonderful privilege for the past 33 years to be invited into your homes and lives to share …
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May 15 2022
TV Week has announced its nominations for the 62nd TV Week Logie Awards, to be presented at The Star Gold Coast Entertainment Precinct at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre on 19 June. Due to the pandemic, this is the first Logies presentation in three years. This year brings in a change to the …
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Jan 30 2022
They may not be household names through much of Australia, but Rick Ardon and Susannah Carr, Seven‘s newsreading team in Perth have long thought to have set a record for longest-serving newsreading team in the world. They read their first bulletin together for what was then Seven National News in 1985 and last week celebrated their …
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Jan 26 2022
The Australia Day 2022 Honours List recognises 1040 Australians for their achievements in various fields including community service, science and research, industry, sport and the arts. Some of this year’s recipients with connections, past or present, to television: OFFICER (AO) IN THE GENERAL DIVISION OF THE ORDER OF AUSTRALIA Dylan Alcott OAM — “For distinguished …
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Nov 28 2021
The 62nd annual TV Week Logie Awards were meant to happen tonight, 28 November. While the awards will not be taking place — for a second year in a row — we continue the annual rundown of past Logies presentations to coincide with what would have been this year’s Logies weekend. We wrap up the weekend with …
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