Mistresses

Milano cast in Mistresses remake

Alyssa Milano has been cast in the US version of British drama series Mistresses. The actress will play a married lawyer called Savannah.

Penn to return to House for finale

Actor Kal Penn will reportedly return to House for the show’s season finale this year despite the fact his character committed suicide in the fifth season.

Kardashian hit by flour bomb

Reality star Kim Kardashian was on the receiving end of a bag of flour thrown by a woman in a hotel lobby. “That probably is the craziest, unexpected, weird thing that ever happened to me,” Kardashian told E! Online. “Like I said to my makeup artist, I wanted more powder and that’s a whole lot of translucent powder right there.”

Fergie not joining The X Factor USA

Black Eyed Peas singer Fergie has denied that she will be joining The X Factor USA this year due to issues with timing.

Mangrook Footy Show, ABC2, 7.30pm
A family-friendly footy show with an engaging mix of personalities, humour, analysis and information with an emphasis on Indigenous players, history and culture. Includes news and analysis of footy issues and match previews.

Rush, Ten, 8.30pm
Tonights series return is a double episode. After the assassination of the Victorian police minister, Kerry appoints a new taskforce, Cicero, in order to find those responsible. How will Lawson and the team react to new boss, Charlie Lewis?

The Footy Show – NRL, Nine, Varies state by state – Check your local guide.
Join Fatty, The Falcon, Freddy, The Big Marn, Big Benji, Sterlo as they talk about the brawl between Melbourne Storm and the Manly seaeagles last Friday night, plus all the weeks games.

Mistresses, 7TWO, 9.30pm
Having moved on from her lesbian lover, Jessica has been swept off her feet and the ultimate commitment-phobe is getting married. But, as ever with Jessica, things are not straightforward.

The Crimson Petal and White, UKTV, 9.30pm
The first episode of this drama follows William Rackham, a man tormented by debt and an unstable wife, who finds solace when he seeks out renowned young prostitute named Sugar.

Stig to feature in new TV show?

Ben Collins, who was recently revealed to be the racing driver inside The Stig suit on Top Gear, has started talks to feature in his own TV show. Collins is reportedly in talks with several UK networks over launching a show which will see him take on more elaborate and dangerous stunts.

Jack Black comedy gets picked up

A new half-hour comedy series produced by Jack Black has been picked up by American network NBC. The series, which is based on the non-fiction book Guinea pig Diaries: My Life As An Experiment, focuses on a journalist whose life is affected by the assignments he is given.

Hilton to feature in new reality show

Paris Hilton will reportedly feature in a new reality show which will attempt to prove she’s not a “dizzy blonde”. A spokesperson for the project said the show will not be like The Simple Life but more a serious look at the socialite.

Conn joins Terra Nova

Mistresses actress Shelley Conn has landed the lead female role in the new Steven Spielberg series Terra Nova. Conn will join Jason O’Mara, Stephen Lang and Alison Miller in the prehistoric drama which begins shooting in Australia this month.

The X Factors’ little companion show – the Xtra Factor – will premiere on 7TWO at 9.45pm, Sunday September 19. This means, that we are in for over two hours of X Factor that night, as the Xtra Factor is to continue on 7TWO straight after the X Factor airs on Seven.

The Xtra Factor is a one hour show, and will also be seen on Monday nights at 8.30pm right after the X Factor airs on Seven.

The X Factor is encored on 7TWO on Mondays and Tuesday mornings around 6.25am, as well as around 2pm and 2.30pm on Mondays and Tuesdays respectively. The afternoon X Factor 7TWO encores are followed by encores of the Xtra Factor.

All good news if either you can’t get enough of the show, or you miss it the night before.

Aside from 7TWO becoming the X Factor channel, two new shows premiere on 7TWO on Monday September 20. October Road at 9.30pm and Mistresses at 10.30pm. Both of these shows have short 6 episode seasons.

And, if you want to relive all the AFL Grand Final action, there will be an encore on 7TWO at 11.45pm, Saturday Sept 25.

Tuesday June 3
10:40pm

On the series one final of MISTRESSES tonight, Trudi goes round to Katie’s in a state and tells her about seeing Paul; Hari tells Siobhan that he won’t be able to forgive her if she keeps the baby; Jessica figures out what she really wants; and on the eve of Katie’s hearing, Sam tells her that Gemma is denying that she knew about the overdose.

Tuesday May 27 10:40pm (M)

On tonight’s episode of MISTRESSES, Siobhan is in denial and thinks she can get away without telling Hari the baby isn’t is.

Meanwhile, Katie advises Trudi not to let Paul ruin her relationship with Richard; Simon and Jessica have a business lunch with Alex and Lisa; and Katie admits her final secret to Sam.

MISTRESSES stars SARAH PARISH as Katie, ORLA BRADY as Siobhan, SHARON SMALL as Trudi, SHELLEY CONN as Jessica, PATRICK BALADI as Richard, RAZA JAFFREY as Hari, ADAM RAYNER as Dominic, ANNA TORV as Alex and MAX BROWN as Sam.

Tuesday May 20
10:30pm

On tonight’s episode of MISTRESSES, Katie and Sam wake up together in her bed; while Jessica wakes up in Stella’s – confused and hungover.

Siobhan tells Katie she is pregnant and that she’s not sure who the father is; Trudi tells Jessica about Sally – Jessica assures her there isn’t a word of truth in it; and Hari is furious when Siobhan stands him up for their appointment.

Tuesday May 13
9:30pm

On tonight’s episode of MISTRESSES, Jessica meets Alex to gloss over last night’s events – what’s a snog between friends?; Trudi tells Katie she thinks she is too fat for sex; Katie tells Trudi she kissed Sam; and Siobhan, feeling shut out by Hari, makes out with Dominic at work.

Tuesday May 6
9:30pm

On tonight’s episode of MISTRESSES, in a moment of weakness, Siobhan confesses to Jessica about her night with Dominic.

Richard asks Trudi out to dinner, but it doesn’t go to plan. Katie takes Sam to see an exhibition of his dad’s designs in order to inspire him to go back to college. Jessica realises that what Alex really wants is a wedding dress.

Tuesday April 29
9:30pm

Australian actress Anna Torv (McLeod’s Daughters, The Secret Life Of Us, Young Lions) stars in the sexy and sophisticated new BBC series, MISTRESSES. Part drama, part thriller, MISTRESSES is a bold modern take on the lives of four 30-something female friends and their involvement in an array of illicit and complex relationships.

MISTRESSES stars Sarah Parish (Blackpool, Cutting It) as Katie, the rock of the group and a respected GP. Her friends think she is a long-term singleton, but she is secretly grieving over the loss of a terminally ill patient with whom she has been having a two year affair. Katie’s carefully constructed existence is threatened when his son, Sam, arrives at her work with a note from his father’s lover, determined to find out who she is.

Siobhan, played by Orla Brady (Nip/Tuck), is a successful lawyer who on the surface appears to be living in wedded bliss with her husband, Hari (Raza Jaffrey, Spooks). The only problem is that her sex life has become more about making babies than making love and the prospect of some red-hot passion with colleague Dominic seems irresistible.

Sharon Small (The Inspector Lynley Mysteries) plays Trudi, a 9/11 widow convinced her husband may still be alive as his body has never been found and she keeps getting mysterious, silent phone calls. She is left to bring up their two daughters on her own and after a long time being single, finds herself behaving like an awkward teen on a string of disastrous dates with handsome, single dad Richard (Patrick Baladi, The Office, Bodies).

Jessica, played by Shelley Conn (The Innocence Project, Party Animals) is a gorgeous, fun-loving commitment-phobe whose insatiable and adventurous sexual appetite makes her attractive to men and a mistress to many. Marriage is the last thing on her ‘to do’ list in life, an irony that is not lost on her when she is asked to organise a lesbian wedding and becomes more involved than she expected.

Bed-hopper, unwitting instigator, devoted mistress and wronged wife… the tangled web of love and deceit envelops all four friends, with life-changing revelations which prove that life is not always greener on the other side.