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Dr Kerryn Phelps in Last Chance Surgery
Former president of the Australian Medical Association Dr Kerryn Phelps will host a new Channel Seven medical series Last Chance Surgery. The factual, to premiere in September, features “intimate and...
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Returning: RSPCA Animal Rescue. Airdate: Last Chance Surgery
Seven will continue its Tuesday night factuals with the return of RSPCA Animal Rescue at 7:30pm September 15th, followed by the premiere of Last Chance Surgery. Once again Anthony Field narrates RSPCA...
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Last Chance Surgery lays it all on the line
Channel Seven’s new factual series, Last Chance Surgery, will be tough viewing when it premieres on Tuesday night. Narrated by Dr. Kerryn Phillips, it features two young patients in life-threatening...
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Spearman sinks
As an experiment it would appear to have failed. TEN’s new light entertainment show, The Spearman Experiment took a big dive in its second week. It dropped from 1.03m to 699,000 -a drop of more than...
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September TV loves sport
Sport is surging in September. Two AFL matches roared to over 1.4m giving Seven and TEN some big victories, notably helping the latter save face after an ordinary week. NRL topped 1m at Nine and also...
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2.7m tops AFL Grand Final
A huge 2.7m viewers watched the 2009 AFL Grand Final on TEN, becoming the second biggest TV audience of the year. The game peaked at 3.62m, just in the 5 metro cities. But because the game was not in...
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Variety back on the box
Australian viewers sent a clear message to television executives this week: they want variety back on the box. Over two million viewers cheered for Hey Hey the Reunion on Nine, which demonstrated a...
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Sport wins the ratings trophy
If 2009 has been remarkable for one thing, it has been comic tone put under the spotlight. But in a week when our sense of humour was questioned once more, it was sport that ruled the week. The NRL...
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Face the factuals. Seven rules the week.
After five straight losses, an aggressive Seven Network showed it wins on consistent programming and not events or boosts from digital shares. It dominated the week’s top shows, as its factuals...
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Variety the spice of Nine’s life
In the week that Seven announced its new digital channel it lost another week to Nine and its GO! channel. Nine’s win included its tribute to a favourite son, Don Lane. On the back of the Hey Hey...
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All the drama of Week 44
In Week 44 viewers bid farewell to All Saints after 12 seasons across 11 years. The 70 minute episode ensured the show departed with its reputation intact and possibly signalled the end of an era of...
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Race that tops the nation
Week 45 saw Seven launch its new digital channel 7TWO with a mix of broad entertainment offering. It addressed the Nine / GO! combo that had upstaged it in the last few months. In sheer audience...
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Are we there yet?
Are we there yet? Just two weeks to go until the 2009 ratings end, with a baby Rafter, a new Idol, a Celebrity MasterChef, and a first Apprentice all due. Audiences are already showing signs of...
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Say bye to variety for me
The Noughties will end with a nail in the coffin of variety after Rove McManus announced he was winding down his show last Sunday. It closed a ten year chapter for the genre with a string of Logies,...
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Top 25 people: lists v lists
Being the end of the year, some media and online sites have been naming their “Top 25” shakers and movers of the year. MediaWeek recently named its Media People of 2009. Amongst the television names...
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Aussie producer lands US exec role
Australian producer Simon Thomas, who started on Big Brother for Southern Star Endemol, has been installed ITV America executive vice president of programming, West Coast. Thomas, who is executive...
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