It doesn’t seem that long since we welcomed 2011! Australian television reached a number of milestones this year: Ten years of digital TV; 40 years of Sesame Street on the ABC; Mal Walden celebrated 50 years in broadcasting and Tracy Grimshaw reached 30 years at Nine; Play School turned 45; Four Corners turned 50; TV …
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Nov 05 2011
Obituary: Sean Flannery
Veteran journalist Sean Flannery has died after a battle with cancer at the age of 69. Born in 1942, Flannery started his radio career at 2SM but later became known for his work on the 2UE program Night Watch that aired every Sunday morning. He later joined the Ten Network in Sydney and also read …
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Oct 19 2011
Time’s up for 6.30
The Ten Network has pulled the pin on its current affairs flagship 6.30 With George Negus. Perceiving some public frustration with the often-tacky, high-rotation style of journalism employed by long-running programs Today Tonight and A Current Affair, Ten last year hired veteran journalist George Negus to front the new show that promised a more substantial …
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Jun 30 2011
Tracy Grimshaw’s 30 years at Nine
A Current Affair last night presented a tribute to host Tracy Grimshaw to commemorate her 30 years at the Nine Network. Starting at Nine as a reporter for National Nine News in Melbourne, Grimshaw later gained a national profile as a daytime newsreader and guest presenter on Graham Kennedy’s Coast To Coast. In 1995, Grimshaw …
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May 10 2011
Hazel Phillips has got Talent
It was a brief stroll down memory lane on tonight’s edition of Seven’s Australia’s Got Talent when actress, performer and former TV host Hazel Phillips entered the stage. Phillips dates back to the earliest days of television, appearing in a TV talent quest before TV officially launched in Australia. She concedes she didn’t win the …
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Mar 24 2011
Ten moves George Negus to 6.30
Two months to the day since launching its radical news overhaul, Network Ten has today made some significant changes in response to poor ratings figures. The network knew from the January launch that the ratings would be a struggle but had perhaps not quite expected them to settle where they have. In last night’s ratings, …
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Mar 17 2011
TV battle over Abigail
Australia’s first TV sex symbol Abigail (pictured) has unwittingly become fodder for the ongoing battle between the 6.30pm ‘current affairs’ programs. On Wednesday night’s Today Tonight, Abigail and her husband, actor Adrian Wright were depicted as ‘squatters’ living in a church hall – the story featuring blurry hidden-camera-type images of the former sex symbol, who …
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Nov 13 2010
US stars head to Telethon
US actors John Travolta (pictured) and Carrie Fisher head the list of guest stars to appear at this year’s Telethon, taking place this weekend in Perth. Travolta, in Australia for Qantas’ recent 90th anniversary, and Fisher, who’s been performing her play Wishful Drinking across Australia, will be joined by stars from various Seven Network programs, …
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Mar 29 2010
Hey… who would have thought…?
When Hey Dad! finished up production back in 1994, who would have ever imagined that 16 years later the show would become the biggest topic on tabloid current affairs shows, newspapers and all over the internet… and would spark a police investigation? The Hey Dad! controversy started a couple of weeks ago when Sarah Monahan, …
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Nov 27 2009
Ian Ross signs off for the last time
Sydney newsreader Ian Ross has tonight presented his last news bulletin, ending a career spanning over 50 years. Starting his career in radio at Sydney stations 2GB, 2SM and regional station 2MW, Ross made the move to television, to Sydney’s TCN9, in 1965. He then went to the United Kingdom for two years at news …
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