The TEN Network is considering launching a sports-only channel from next year as part of its expanded multi-channelling offering, in a move that would compete with FOX Sports. The Australian reports the move is at the top of a list of options being considered by TEN for multi-channelling, when the three commercial free-to-air networks are […]

TVSN is looking for someone to star in three commercials and is prepared to give away $40,000 in cash and prizes to find them. If you’re a shopaholic they want to hear from you. Entries of yourself on a 1min DVD or VHS must be submitted by September 5. Good luck. Buy something nice for […]

Jodhi Meares is staying put on Australia’s Next Top Model says Foxtel boss Brian Walsh. This is despite media reports that executives are furious with her for her infamous “no show” at the finale two weeks ago. “Nothing could be further from the truth. I rang Jodhi on Friday and reiterated the fact she has […]

It all just ‘careers’ from bad to worse for Jodhi Meares with news she has dumped her agent, following the debacle of the finale for Australia’s Next Top Model. The Sunday Telegraph says “Meares fled Sydney last week to lick her wounds on the luxury Hamilton Island resort, Qualia, where a fashion shoot was being […]

Updated 15/7: 12 midday live. For the first time ever, a Criss Angel Mindfreak stunt will air live in Australia as it takes place in the US. On Thursday July 31, FOX8 will bring live coverage of a stunt which sees Angel shackled in a six-storey building in Florida, loaded with explosives and set to […]

The Comedy Channel is again offering up to $25,000 to find its next hit show. Foxtel is looking for submissions for a 13part half hour comedy series. Apart from that the style seems wide open. Finalists will pitch their project at the Screen Producers Association of Australia (SPAA) Conference on the Gold Coast in November. […]

Hallelujah! American TV evangelist Peter Popoff is vanishing from Nine’s late night schedule. From Monday he will be replaced by Entertainment Tonight. The switch follows comments in newspaper letters and websites (including this one) that criticised Popoff’s dubious empire. In 1987 he became bankrupt after being exposed by two skeptics (including Don Lane’s old chum […]

Movie Extra’s comedy Chandon Pictures has won a second season and announced it has sold format rights to its distributor Lionsgate. The comedy could now see a US version about the struggles of the smalltime video production company. “We were all very proud of Series 1 – we love working with Extra and are thrilled […]

New reality series Football Superstar has had a soft response from FOX8 viewers, failing to make the Top 100 shows on subscription TV last week. In the previous week the series hosted by Brian McFadden & Amy Taylor scraped in at #98 with 25,000 viewers, but last week it didn’t make the cut. It’s a […]

Project Runway Australia’s mentor Henry Roth (pictured, centre) told TV Tonight that the show which premieres tonight on Arena runs the gamut of brilliant designs to reality brawling. “I have to say behind the scenes, which actually is captured, there’s catfighting. There’s no doubt about it. There’s bitchfighting, there’s concerns, there’s clashes, there’s people that […]