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  1. Ooh boy, a Nine Insider has gone Bang today in The Daily Telegraph… Expect to see a firey response from Seven. Shout out to TV Tonight for its contribution to the writer Briana Domjen’s article, go Knoxy!

  3. Just bought a new TV (gets delivered in a week) which comes with Apple TV for 3 months for new users. I currently have Apple TV app on my spare telly, installed, to which I have bought a TV series. However, I never paid or accesssed the Apple TV streaming service. Because of the TV series, would I be not considered a new user. As the deal is the 3 months is for new users.

    If anyone could answer it would be great.

  4. Checking out the FAST channels on 10Play to see if there is anything worth watching (there’s not). Good luck to anyone watching Beverly Hills 90210 on it, currently airing S9 episode 10, then 12, then 15.

    1. Yes, 10play is a shemozzle. The same thing happens with the Prisoner FAST channel. Episodes play out of order (backwards), and episodes often have an incorrect episode number. I logged a support ticket with 10 many many months ago reporting the issue, however they ignored and the issues persist.

      1. Wow can’t believe the Prisoner channel is still playing episodes backwards – I think it was at least 6 months ago I left it on one day while doing work around the house and noticed the episodes going backwards after being confused (prisoner gets released, prisoner inside, same prisoner arrives)… Moreso I can’t believe they don’t do anything about it.

    2. think that is an issue worldwide with distribution rights etc, subject matter of the episode some episodes are skipped due to music copyrights like Losing My Religion was a song used for the Brenda/Dylan romance but another song is played instead. There are episodes skipped and I am not sure why.

  5. Hi David, can you please try to work out who will be getting Adult Swim’s Smiling Friends Season 2 on streaming in Australia? It premieres in the US and Europe on May 13th.

    Season 1 recently left Amazon Prime Video Australia so there’s no home for the show now but the series is very popular (currently 3rd in top of all Australia’s iTunes shows purchased seasons). Also co-created by Australian Michael Cusack and is animated by Melbourne Animation Studio, Princess Bento.

    Thanks.

    1. Also the Optus sport app. Noticed on my way to the 10play app to put Beverly Hills 90210 in the background while I work away.
      This most likely explains why over the Easter weekend you would get “kicked” out of what you were watching and have to reset the iQ box.

  7. A month or so ago I commented on AppleTV’s ‘Constellation’, saying it was excellent… pretty much from that moment on the show has been horrendous. I now realise it had two stellar episodes only… before becoming near unwatchable due to its glacial pacing and my utter confusion. Why so long lingering on the same thing? Make no mistake, this is clearly a show operating at a higher intellect level than I care to give the time to think about… but ultimately… regardless of how innovative or clever a show is… it needs to keep me engaged… and that is what ‘Constellation’ fails miserably at, save for a few eps early on. What an astonishing disappointment. And that final episode… my god… really? Ugh.
    Avoid.
    P.S. Sorry Simmo3

  8. Stawell Gift off the air, in fact just went black as 7Sport’s crew had to race to safety from dangerous lightning storm during a break (check Culbert’s social media), playout went to a Border Security insert, came back from safe cover to completely flooded grounds and whole event’s iconic finals now in doubt (feel for athletes who travelled from say Queensland or Wa) and said they’re hoping to work behind the scenes to run sprint finals on more dry part, but have gone to Easter Monday AFL pre game (switch to 7mate in Syd and Bris) and hope to keep crossing back… Only it’s actually gone back to Border. Unbelievable scenes! Nine having a giggle no doubt. Paris Olympics upcoming, Culbert and Manou might be on their coverage too.

    2. I emailed 7 and got this response: “We had the rights to show this season until 31st March 2024. There was no plan for an extension of this. Sorry for the inconvenience.”
      When I asked about season 2 release date, they responded: “Unfortunately, we currently don’t have information to expect older seasons or episodes of the show to be added to 7plus. Regards, 7 Digital Support Team”.

      It’s odd they don’t know their forward plan for 7+.

      1. Channel 7 recently switched to only giving 9 days notice for a show expiring, which is not much at all, especially for a longer series. I sometimes don’t even open the 7+ app within 9 days. It was previously up to a years notice, which made it much easier to plan.

        I asked about this change and got this strange (although very prompt) response “As per current rights, we are not allowed to show the expiry dates of the shows before ten days of expiry. You will be able to see a note if the content will expire in the upcoming nine days.”

        1. I’d swear it’s an AI ChatBot that is replying because during my email exchange with 7, I got responses within 5 minutes (we exchanged a total of 3 emails). This all happened on public holiday Monday.

    1. @SaxyBre84 Yes The Soup Nazi came in at #1, however I cannot locate the full Top 100 list anywhere either, have searched 9now and Channel 9 socials, nada!!

  11. David, I noticed that S7 of The Good Doctor (which 7 still has yet to air), popped up on Prime this morning, however, it is showing “This Video is currently unavailable” for the first ep. I guess until 7 has aired the remaining episodes Prime can’t air them, correct?

  12. Hi David, Any news on Wreck Season 2 screening in Australia soon? It’s recently started in the UK. Season 1 aired on ABC and ABC iView in December 2022. Thanks.

  13. Another sad passing, with the death of Chance Perdomo, only 27. I enjoyed his work in Chilling Adventures of Sabrina on Netflix, but his character on Gen V on Amazon was fantastic, Season 2 was meant to start filming in April, unknown how this will affect the show, if it even continues.

  14. The other week 7mate was airing Marine Disasters, which is one of those accident investigation programs. However it started late due to live sports overrunning. In order to get back on time for the following program, they just dropped a whole segment of the program out without any notice. I didn’t notice at the time, but it made for a very confusing narrative as the segment dropped was the main part of the investigation and discovery of the critical pieces of evidence to explain the accident. There are some shows that just don’t work if the whole episode isn’t aired.

  15. Email Newsletter…re covid 1% Club UK…same with Escape to the Country….much social distancing…makes me laugh but a nervous sort of laugh…everyone doing a weird sort of avoidance dance…I know covid is not funny but it presents on screen as very strange.

  16. Such a heart wrenching ep of Neighbours today. What a talented actor Majella Davis is. She really brings something special to the screen. And Stefan delivering another wonderful performance.

    1. I thought she was absolutely brilliant. I wasn’t a fan of hers at the start but have really liked her character since. Yesterday’s episode was a real stand-out since the re-launch. Well done to both Stefan and Majella.

  18. How good is it to have Live boxing back on FTA TV, but is it?? I checked all the stations in the 7 block, and yep, nothing there. Then I remembered it’s on the 7+ thingy. So that means I need a smart TV capable of showing 7+, which not all are, then I need the interwebs thingy to see it. So, can we actually advertise this great boxing series as being on subscription free TV, not FTA, as it clearly isn’t…

    1. sf1965, you do not need to have a smart TV, access to services such as 7+ can be achieved by getting an attachment for your regular TV such as “Amazon Fire TV”. Several models are available starting from around $50, the model I have and available from pretty much all the regular retailers, Ebay, etc. You will need to have access to the internet which appears no problem for you given you subscribe to TV Tonight blog. Connection to TV is simple, via HDMI port and then connecting via the internet to the numerous apps Fire TV is compatible with, ie 9Now Tenplay, Iview etc. If you are “technically illiterate” as I am, any friend, neighbour with some knowledge should be able to get you up and running in short time and no problems. For a bit more info on Fire TV just Google Fire TV stick. Good luck.

  20. Hi David, I firstly did do a search to see if you have posted anything about a new game show called The Floor before asking this question. I see you did post in June last year, so my question is have you heard any more if this show is a possibility for Australian TV? I think it looks great and a bit different to the norm. Thank you !

  21. By accident I discovered Beat the Chasers UK. That airs before the daily UK Chaser version. Beat the Chasers while shot for night audience format is so much better than the original version. Much more tension. Plus the competitors seem to be randomly picked from the audience. Hope we might do an Australian version. I was disappointed with the episodes at the beginning of the year when 2 chasers were just sharing the questions. I thought it would be 2 chasers competing. But it was still one on one.

    1. Yes Seven have only just programmed that there, reacting to poor daytime results in recent weeks no doubt, as all flow into 5pm and 6pm and then 7pm RE: Tipping Point UK and Tipping Point AU’s big results.

    2. Not sure why you think she’s “more a movie star”. If you look at her resume, many more TV appearances than movies, including a whole series of Survivor that she won, where I think most people would know her from.

  23. It seems to me that Neighbours is getting a bit bogged down in serious and dramatic storylines.
    I think the episodes dealing with David’s death were well done. But where’s the comic relief that was once as much a part of the show as Paul’s infidelities ?
    Also, Susan seems to be MIA and Karl is rarely seen.

    3. I get that the writers need to rotate the characters on which they focus the storyline on. But there is significant gaps in storylines. When for example the storyline with Toady and Terese where the kids were never home. We had the storyline of the custody of Trevor the dog a while back. Haven’t seen Trevor for ages now. Jane at least talks to Mike over the phone but where is Mike’s daughter. She was working at Lassiters. Don’t think I have seen her this year.

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