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• Cody Simpson wins The Masked Singer

  21-10-2019 19:58
  Singer Cody Simpson has won The Masked Singer disguised as The Robot.
  “This is a top shelfer in the cabinet for sure,” he said referring to the trophy. “I won the Masked Singer!”
  He defeated actor-singer Rob Mills who was runner up as The Wolf.
  “I’ve been doing Neighbours for the past couple of years and I am always in a studio with a crew and no audience. It’s just the crew. I needed a stage and I wanted to have some fun!” he said.The Project&lsq
  
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• Seven Upfronts set for the big one

  21-10-2019 19:50
  Seven network will unveil is Upfronts tomorrow, the first under newly-installed CEO James Warburton.
  After a challenging year Seven will be looking to convince clients the worst is behind them and that 2020 has renewed energy.
  At the top of the list is Tokyo Olympics, to be held from July 24 – August 9. Screening with a favourable timezone, this is an event around which all other networks will be forced to schedule.
  While Nine and 10 Upfronts have been dominated by renewals, expect Seven
  
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• New star for Death in Paradise confirmed

  21-10-2019 19:49
  UK actor Ralf Little (The Royle Family) has been confirmed as the new star of Death in Paradise.
  He will replace Ardal O’Hanlon, whose departure was recently announced.
  Little takes on the role of Detective Inspector Neville Parker, who is reluctantly dispatched to the fictional island of Saint Marie to investigate the suspicious death of a woman from his home city, Manchester. He has previously appeared in the series, in the role of a holidaymaker called Will Teague.
  He joins series regu
  
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• Catalyst: Oct 22

  21-10-2019 19:44
  In this Catalyst final Ruby Jones meets some of the 2.5 million Australians for whom body image concerns have become a serious mental health issue.
  Body dysmorphia is an overwhelming obsession with body image and now affects millions of Australians. Yet these mental illnesses often remain hidden, undiagnosed, and even unrecognised by the people who have them.
  In this programme, investigative reporter Ruby Jones meets men and women who have experienced serious body image issues and she discovers
  
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• Airdate: Berry Bees

  21-10-2019 19:43
  New kids series Berry Bees begins on 9GO! this weekend.
  The 52 x 11 minute animated spy action series is a co-production between Australia’s SLR Productions, Italy’s Atlantyca Entertainment, Ireland’s Telegael and Singapore & India’s Studio Cosmos-Maya.
  Seemingly ordinary school-age children, Bobby, Lola and Juliette have been selected by the B.I.A. (Bee Intelligence Agency) for those special spy missions in which only child agents can be involved.
  Together the
  
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• Production halts on Cowboy Bebop

  21-10-2019 19:41
  Netflix production Cowboy Bebop has halted production in New Zealand following an injury to star John Cho.
  Cho (Hawaii Five-0) sustained a knee injury on the set while filming. The nature of the incident that led to the injury is not altogether clear, but reports claim it occurred during a rehearsed sequence that was not considered to be a large-scale stunt.
  Cho is now back in Los Angeles, where he will undergo surgery.
  Cho posted a Bruce Lee quote on his Instagram page Friday afternoon: &ldquo
  
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• Dannii Minogue: are they singing Live?

  21-10-2019 19:39
  View this post on InstagramBefore we head into tonight’s @themaskedsingerau Grand Final, let’s get the answer to the question I’m asked most about the show, direct from the horse’s (musical director Dorian’s) mouth. ARE THEY SINGING LIVE???? #maskedsingerau
  A post shared bydanniiminogue (@danniiminogue) on Oct 20, 2019 at 9:26pm PDTSherlock Minogue gets to the bottom of a Masked Singer question.
  
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• One Born Every Minute Australia

  21-10-2019 14:00
  Cameras capture all the drama of new life. 8:30pm Tuesday on 10Harry And Meghan: An African Journey
  Catalyst
  Batwoman
  Secret Bridesmaids’ Business
  Love Island
  
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• “There will never be another Don Lane”

  21-10-2019 08:20
  Bert Newton has given an interview with Woman’s Day to mark 10 years since the passing of the legendary Don Lane.
  Newton has nothing but kind words for the lanky Yank whom he says saved his career.
  Newton was without a regular TV gig after Graham Kennedy quit his nightly show. But out of the blue, Don called with an offer to be his sidekick for The Don Lane Show.
  “We’d never worked together before, but the moment those cameras came on, we clicked. Working with Don was magic. A
  
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• A Current Affair: Oct 21

  21-10-2019 07:32
  Tonight on A Current Affair, boxer Jeff Fenech sits down with Sylvia Jeffreys for a tell-all chat about his recent health battle.
  Sylvia Jeffreys follows the emotional journey that the family of legendary Australian boxer Jeff Fenech has endured as of late.
  Known by his moniker of The Marrickville Mauler, Fenech was famous for his toughness in the ring, winning world titles in three divisions which saw him enter the Boxing Hall of Fame.
  But while training one of his young fighters in Thailand e
  
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• The Amazing Race Australia 2019: meet the cast

  21-10-2019 06:50
  11 teams will compete in the fourth season of The Amazing Race Australia, premiering next week on 10.
  Full marks to 10 for diversity, with this cast ticking multiple boxes.
  Travelling across three continents they will encounter Roadblocks, Fast-Forwards, Detours and U-Turns in their quest for a $250,000 cash prize.
  The action kicks off in Seoul, South Korea.
  Hosted by Beau Ryan, this season is produced by Eureka Productions.Newlyweds: Tim (29) and Rod (28), NSWIt was love at first sight for new
  
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• Love Island: update

  21-10-2019 05:55
  Nine has made a minor change to its playout of Love Island this week.
  There will be no episode this Friday night.
  Instead it will add a Sunday night episode screening at 8:30pm on 9GO!
  Nine has an NRL Trans-Tasman game this Friday between Kangaroos v Kiwis, so it was moving the episode to 9GO! anyway, but has now reshuffled things.
  At this stage the change is understood to be for this week only.
  
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• Georgie Stone now joins Neighbours cast

  21-10-2019 04:20
  19 year old Georgie Stone, who debuted as Neighbours’ first transgender character, Mackenzie Hargraves, is returning as a permanent cast member.
  Mackenzie first appeared as a ferociously independent 17-year-old student several months ago, taken in by Erinsborough matriarch, Susan Kennedy.
  Stone, who won Hero of the Year at the 2019 LGBTI Awards, the 2018 Victorian Young Australian of the Year and the 2017 Young People’s Human Rights Medal, first approached producers with the idea of
  
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• Airdate: Daybreak

  21-10-2019 03:30
  New post-apocalyptic comedy-drama Daybreak begins this week on Netflix.
  The series is comic series by Brian Ralph and centres around a high school outcast searching for his girlfriend in a world of Mad Max-style gangs and zombie-like creatures.
  The cast features Matthew Broderick as Glendale High School’s Principal Michael Burr; Krysta Rodriguez as the biology teacher; Colin Ford as hero and every-teen, 17-year-old Josh Wheeler; Sophie Simnett as Sam Dean, the most widely admired girl at
  
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• Oops. Trinny Woodall drops C-bomb on The Project

  21-10-2019 02:57
  Language
  The Project last night spoke to Trinny Woodall, one half of Trinny and Susannah’s What Not to Wear duo.
  But nobody expected her to drop this clanger on Live TV.
  
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• Airdate: Australia Talks

  21-10-2019 02:40
  Annabel Crabb and Waleed Aly will host an Australia Talks special on ABC next month.
  The Live 90 minute special which asks “Do you know what Australia really thinks?” is part of a wider ABC survey into issues big and small that get Australia talking.
  They will be joined by by Kitty Flanagan, Craig Reucassel, Anne Edmonds, Wyatt Roy, Adam Liaw, Rosie Batty and Steph Tisdell and feature social researcher Rebecca Huntley and writer Benjamin Law.
  The live 90-minute TV special will take
  
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• SKY News appoints Kieran Gilbert as Chief News Anchor

  21-10-2019 02:15
  SKY News has appointed Kieran Gilbert as Chief News Anchor, based in the Canberra bureau.
  He will move from Chief Political Reporter to the newly-created position when he returns from hosting the Rugby World Cup for FOX Sports.
  Gilbert will front the channel’s election coverage, host leaders’ debates and the SKY News People’s Forum events. He will also anchor a new political program Live from Parliament House in 2020.
  His appointment comes as David Speers prepares to depart th
  
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• Seven selling Pacific Magazines to Bauer Media

  21-10-2019 01:35
  Seven West Media has announced it has signed a binding agreement to sell Pacific Magazines to Bauer Media for a cash consideration of $40 million.
  The deal includes a further $6.6 million of advertising on Bauer Media assets over three years.
  Pacific Magazines includes titles including Better Homes and Gardens, New Idea, Who, Men’s Health, Women’s Health, Famous and Marie Claire.
  SWM and Bauer Media have also entered into commercial arrangements to mutually benefit both parties, inc
  
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• The Block nabs easy Sunday win

  21-10-2019 00:54
  The Block was #1 with 1.1m viewers and topped the demos, more than double any competition last night.
  It thumped Grand Designs: The Street (435,000 from 7:40pm), Sunday Night (398,000), Border Security (361,000 from 8pm), The Graham Norton Show (345,000 from 7:30pm).
  60 Minutes also won its slot at 533,000 ahead of Total Control (446,000), NCIS (305,000), A Confession (291,000).
  Nine network easily won Sunday with 34.5% then Seven 24.1%, 10 15.6%, ABC 15.3%, and SBS 10.5%.
  Nine News was 790,000
  
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• Sunday 20 October 2019

  21-10-2019 00:48
  Report:
  Daily Free-to-Air Share
  Channels:
  All Free-to-Air Channels
  Market:
  5 City Metro (aggregate figure)Demographics:
  Total People
  Day-part:
  18:00 – 24:00
  Day:
  Sunday
  Deliverable:
  Overnight, Consolidated 7 and Consolidated 28Channel
  Overnight
  Consolidated 7
  Consolidated 28
  20/10/2019
  13/10/2019
  22/09/2019
  ABC
  10.6%
  11.8%
  10.3%
  ABC KIDS/COMEDY
  2.8%
  3.0%
  2.5%
  ABC ME
  0.5%
  0.6%
  0.5%
  ABC NEWS
  1.4%
  1.2%
  1.1%
  ABC Network
  15.3%
  16.5%
  14.5%
  Seven
  14.4%
  16.2%
  22.4%
  7TWO
  3.0%
  2.3%
  2.7%
  7mate
  4.6%
  
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