Rants

ANOTHER departure… Robert Mammone has confirmed that he has left Home & Away, speaking today on Twitter. The actor who made his first appearance on Home & Away in 2009 cited ‘speaking up for the truth too often’ as the reason that his character Dr. Sid Walker has been written out. Continue reading »

In over four years of being closely involved with TV, this right now has to be one of the worst periods ever for last minute programming changes and amendments. Continue reading »

Non-Celebrity Splash has been dumped from its 7.30pm prime-time slot after tanking in the ratings.The move comes just over a week after Channel 7’s celebrity dive show made its debut.

Monday night’s first semi-final episode of Celebrity Splash only got 821,000 viewers nationally.

It was thrashed by rival Nine’s The Voice which averaged a whopping 1.962 million viewers.

Seven has now decided that Celebrity Splash’s second semi-final – scheduled for next Monday night – won’t screen at all. Celebrity Splash’s Grand Final will now screen on Thursday May 16 at 8.45pm. Continue reading »

I love The Amazing Race, I love Survivor. I watch them both.

But I have to say, while one is in a stable timeslot hours after the US – on a night that there isn’t much else on TV, the other is becoming near impossible to keep up with. Continue reading »

Since last Sunday, Seven have been promoting A Place to Call Home as airing 8.30 this Sunday.

A quick check of the EPG for Seven tonight reveals the new Seven period drama won’t start until 8.44pm.

In reality, that will probably end up becoming more like 8.50pm as it is straight after the grand finale of My Kitchen Rules – and we all know, that reality competition finals always run overtime. Continue reading »

If you watch this show on free to air – SPOILER ALERT!

Is it me or has SMASH done just that and smashed. Where has The Ivy and Karen story line gone? What happened to the great Bombshell show?

Ivy seems to have lost her spunk and sassiness while Karen seems like the constant victim. Julia is now an average character, Tom needs to get a grip and sleazy Derek now seems vulnerable – which I actually like, plus he truly loves Karen. This Jimmy charater has a past – it’s been long enough now! Continue reading »

Yet again, the fact that Asher Keddie won Gold Logie was out and about on the internet LONG before the announcement on Nine’s Logies telecast at around 12.15am – a time when less than 500,000 were still tuned in. Continue reading »

Channel Nine have updated their EPG for Sunday night April 7 – Logies night.

The night now looks like this: Continue reading »

Anyone who has watched the last three seasons of My Kitchen Rules might remember the series always concludes before Easter with the finale usually on the Tuesday or Wednesday in the week prior to Easter non-ratings.

Well, not in 2013. For that to happen this year, MKR would have to finish next week. The combination of an early Easter this year and an extra round of instant restaurants has guaranteed this years’ MKR will be the shows’ longest season yet. And why not – with figures around 2 million tuning in each night. Continue reading »

We’re still 6 months out from election day, but if the polls are to be believed, Tony Abbott is destined to be elected Australia’s 28th Prime Minister. After coming so close three years ago, the “new Tony” is determined to win this time, and is going to great lengths to convince us he’s a changed man. Even his gay sister is speaking out, to endorse the new and improved Tony Abbott – a 21st Century man who can admit the mistakes of his past. And while blood runs thicker than water it’s still a hard act for her to sell.

By the way – love the gay pride scrubs! Continue reading »