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  2. US Actor/Musician Gary Graham passed away Jan 24, from a heart attack. He was best known for roles in “Alien Nation” and “Star Trek” just to name a few. He will be sadly missed. RIP Gary and thanks for the memories.

  5. What has happened to Tom Steinfort on nine evening news in melbourne? Wasn’t on last night, nor Tonight, surely nine haven’t already given up on the 2 of them at the desk(loxley and steinfort)?

  7. Why doesn’t have Hiscense TV’s have 7 Plus pre Installed on there Smart TV’s it’s very puzzling and their is no setup app either which means you can’t setup yourself

      2. Yes, I am aware of those that have aired at midday on Channel 7 and Channel 9, I have seen a few of those, it is that there are so many various films that have aired on Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movies and Mysteries in the States that look interesting, but have not aired in Australia yet…

        Also, given that Foxtel airs a Hallmark Channel show, “The Way Home”, I could hope that they should launch a Hallmark movies channel sooner or later. (Lifetime Movie Network is OK, but not the same!)

        1. Hallmark is an American company that produces most of it’s moving in Canada, most of the content is distributed outside of North America by NBC Universal. Some of their low budget mysteries are ok. Nine has movies from Reel One, a Canadian company that produces similar movies in Canada. Foxtel has a deal with Lifetime Movies owned by Disney+, through A&E. It has even worse movies mostly about teenage girls seducing men, getting pregnant and getting murdered. Or becoming cheerleaders, being stalked and getting murdered.

      1. That would be great 9now is there but for some reason stan isn’t yet

        i had to check 3 times to make sure i wasn’t seeing things when i saw 7+ was there

  10. Law & Order: Trial by Jury from 2005 is airing tonight on & 7Flix. I’m not sure where this aired originally but I didn’t see it then so will take a look as it’s only 13 episodes. Unfortunately Jerry Orbach died after only filming the first few episodes, which may have contributed to it’s cancellation.

    1. Trial By Jury was killed by Numbers winning the slot on Thursdays. It wasn’t picked up for a full season and the initial order ended up being burnt off on Court TV.

  11. has million dollar murders been renewed for channel 9? they really should do an episode on the Easey street murders in collingwood as that is a million dollar reward which referes to the premise of this tv show. im surprised channel 9 hasnt cought on to this

  12. Rebel Wilson has been announced as host for the upcoming AACTA Awards.

    Although i’m not a big fan of her schmick, it is a big get, and hopefully will draw in a bigger audience on the telly.

  13. its a shame city homicide has become a forgotten classic, its no where on australian streaming services not even 7 plus, and no one talks about it anymore, what a shame it was such a good drama. the only place u can watch it is via the US version of the tubi tv app

    1. It’s easier for commentators and presenters now as it’s possible to use translation tools with a speaker function. It just requires finding out the language in which the name originates from. It can be done if the effort is made.

    1. I’d much rather watch Dancing With the Stars than Idol. Tipping Point should have Australia after it as British version will probably also be showing.

  17. Dull end to a poor season of ‘Fargo’-good actors can’t make up for an iffy, cliche ridden script and lame direction. Difficult to see getting another worthwhile season after these last two.

    1. I don’t agree with your opinion of the season… it was excellent imo. However that finale left me cold. Dare I say… I was quite bored from about halfway through that last ep. It got great feedback but for me it was a rubbish end and not in the spirit of Fargo at all. Why did so many people live? Frustrating. I didn’t care for Ole either so the strange scene and his behaviour in Dot’s house felt long winded and tested my patience.

  18. Question around comments: is there any particular reason that comments still need to be manually approved, as opposed to perhaps putting a CAPTCHA system in place to help drive away spam? I’ve always thought it makes commenting and replying a bit stilted as you don’t know when your comment will go live, nor when replies will go live.

    Also, is there a way with WordPress to automatically allow email replies? Each time I tick “notify of replies by email”, I forget that I have to go to my emails and approve the subscription, which again might be hours or even a day later when I actually see the email, by which time the conversation may have moved on already.

    1. Yes comments still need to be approved. There are still defamatory comments submitted unfortunately and I need to remind some readers not to hurl abuse at others for their viewing preferences. Other sites may publish unmonitored but I take pride that TVT is not known for abuse. I will check re your other point and send you an email.

      3. I also appreciate David Knox keeping his personal blog in such tidy order…. I have been the recipient of an email after being put in the naughty corner unintentionally by myself…. without realising my mistake but I am glad David Knox pulled me up before I made an idiot of myself thank you… I am never offended when corrected.

        1. Hi. There is nothing easier than approving a comment that fits with site policy, regardless of whether I personally agree with it or not (and trust me amongst the 500,000+ published there are thousands I don’t, or that criticise me etc…. that’s all fine). But where people are openly disrespectful (of talent / creatives / readers / me) or submit defamatory /abusive remarks then I have to draw a line. I’m human, I don’t always profess to getting the moderation correct. In many cases I reach out to suggest they reword and resubmit, which is why users must keep a valid email. If they bounce back or a user doesn’t respond etc, it gets hard to resolve. But take it from me it is easier to approve than not.

  19. The latest Simpsons episode series 35 number 10 “Do the Wrong Thing” has just been uploaded. Disney+ Australia is now up to date with US. No more new episodes are airing until February.

  22. Oh what a wonderful series is Muster Dogs. One series I could find nothing to complain about with it. So happy for the winners but would’ve loved whoever won. Congratulations to all concerned, humans and beautiful puppies.

  23. 9 could have atleast remixeed their news theme music abit, theyv been using the same one for 20 years. this was the perfec topportunity while refreshing their graphics to refresh their news theme music

    1. Interesting that they presented the news from Australian Open for only one night. Normally
      it’s every night the open is on. Someone must have realised that we could just hear Alicia and Tom over the background noise!

    2. Agree. The new graphics are “OK”… a bit big font wise, and busy to. Thought they would put a red dot where Melb is on their Aust map which is constantly on screen. Could do the rest interstate as well.

      In fact, could 9 update their graphics across the board. They’ve been using the same old ones for so many years now (program names in corner after returning from adverts etc). I’ve noticed they’ve been using the “flat” 9 logo in promos for upcoming shows and the old 3D style logo in current shows (Today show, etc). Let’s wait and see.

  24. If anyone gave up on The Morning Show (Morning Wars) after season two, I understand why. But I persisted and chose to watch season three over the past week. I’m glad I did, it was such a good season. I found season one to be take it or leave it, and season two the most tediously boring show, with scenes that ran way too long, and any story build up just disappeared like the previous scene never existed. But season three had much better storylines that wound their way through the ten episodes. The scenes didn’t drag out to fill time, and I wanted to jump into the next episode. I’m now actually wanting to see what happens in season four when it’s released.

    1. Yes about time now add DW & NHK World and also NITV is Hd now and fetch’ vibe pack is shockingly bad why don’t they make a music pack get rid of vibe and ad the other 2 channels to variety pack

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