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• 2016 Season Review: Round 8

  16-10-2016 22:00
  
  Penrith rookie James Fisher-Harris stamped his authority on the NRL, the Storm ran riot against the hapless Warriors, while the Dragons beat the Roosters.
  
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• Colette Mann on a trail all her own

  16-10-2016 19:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  TEN star Colette Mann appears twice on Family Feud on Tuesday: once in All Star Family Feud: Prisoner v Wentworth, and also as Sheila Canning joining her on screen family in a show-within-show Neighbours storyline.
  “Grant Denyer was just an absolute, consummate professional,” Mann recalls of the Neighbours episode. “He had lines to say, a scene with Gary (Damien Richardson) on his own and he was just wonderful.
  “We got 7 scenes shot in 2 hours and said &ls
  
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• “Naysayers don’t understand”: SBS defends VICELAND

  16-10-2016 19:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  SBS director of television and online content, Marshall Heald, has responded to recent criticisms of plans to replace SBS 2 with SBS VICELAND.
  Writing on SBS Online he says SBS plans to work with VICELAND’s US parent “to produce Australian programs”, adding that the “naysayers of this venture don’t understand … when public broadcasters try to innovate” in a fast-moving media landscape.
  “Re-launching SBS 2 as SBS VICELAND takes our commitment to a
  
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• Nine first in latest ratings week

  16-10-2016 19:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Nine may have been down on the preceding week but it managed a win in last week’s ratings, while TEN was up.
  The Bathurst 1000 podium moment for Will Davison was the week’s top show.
  Network:Nine: 28.9Seven: 27.7TEN: 19.2ABC: 17.4SBS: 6.8
  Primary channel:Nine: 19.4Seven: 18.8TEN: 13.6ABC: 12.1SBS: 4.7
  Multichannels:GO!: 5.07TWO: 3.57mate: 3.4ABC2: 3.2ONE: 3.1ELEVEN / GEM: 2.57flix: 2.19Life: 2.0ABC News 24: 1.5SBS Food Network: 1.2SBS 2: 0.8ABC ME: 0.6NITV: 0.1
  Nine easily
  
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• $26.2m as Telethon breaks another record

  16-10-2016 19:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Seven’s annual Telethon has broken another record in Western Australia raising $26,290,154 for the Princess Margaret Hospital for Children and the Telethon Kids Institute.
  It pipped the $25,854,524 raised in 2015.
  Over the weekend event performers included stars from Home and Away, 800 Words, My Kitchen Rules, Sunrise, The Secret Daughter, The X Factor, Saturday Disney, and Seven News plus Rob Mills, Anthony Callea and Fat Cat.
  
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• Who Do You Think You Are?: Oct 18

  16-10-2016 19:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Who Do You Think You Are? this week features Shane Jacobson who learns about his own Viking roots.
  Shane Jacobson’s father, Ron, was born into a family of carnival workers and lived in a tent until he was 21. The Jacobson’s know nothing of their ancestry; however Shane is convinced they come from Viking stock. His crusade will take him to Finland where Shane’s great grandfather took drastic steps that echo down the Jacobson line. His journey will take Shane to a medieval
  
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• Airdate: RAW Comedy 2016

  16-10-2016 19:43 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Nazeem Hussain will host the RAW Comedy 2016 in which emerging comedians at open mic nights will compete for a national title and the chance to appear in Edinburgh.
  Previous RAW competitors include Ronny Chieng, Celia Pacquola, Hannah Gadsby and Matt Okine.
  RAW Comedy 2016 hits the road again with a colossal amount of hilarity as the best comedians gather for the biggest event in the 2016 Melbourne International Comedy Festival calendar.
  It’s the place for new comedy talent to spread thei
  
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• Airdate: Dolly Parton at the Glastonbury Festival

  16-10-2016 19:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Next month Foxtel Arts will screen Dolly Parton at the Glastonbury Festival.
  This is a 75 minute special filmed in 2014.
  The complete set by the ‘queen of country music’ in front of one of the biggest crowds the festival’s Pyramid stage has ever seen. Featuring Jolene, Coat of Many Colours and 9 to 5.
  Saturday November 5 at 7.30pm
  
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• Frequency, Animal Kingdom added to Netflix.

  16-10-2016 19:39 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A few new US series have been added to Netflix without much fanfare.
  In addition to Designated Survivor with Kiefer Sutherland are:
  FrequencyBased on the feature film of the same name, Frequency sees a female police detective’s life becomes utter turmoil after discovering the life altering abilities of her dead father’s old ham radio.
  Animal KingdomBased on the Australian feature the series centres on 17-year-old Joshua “J” Cody, who moves in with his freewheeling relati
  
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• Saturday Night Live: Presidential Debate

  16-10-2016 19:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Before it gets pulled by YouTube for copyright reasons, here’s the latest Saturday Night Live send-up of the Presidential Debate.
  One more debate airs 12pm AEDT Thursday.
  
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• Ernie Sigley: “Little Aussie battler”

  16-10-2016 19:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  NOW, an Australian broadcasting great and his battle with Alzheimer’s disease. #9ACA https://t.co/ca6rHgrSCM
  — A Current Affair (@ACurrentAffair9) October 14, 2016You can watch the full video here.
  
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• Boyd, Holmes give Meninga headaches

  16-10-2016 04:24
  
  The impressive Test debuts of Shannon Boyd and Valentine Holmes have given Kangaroos coach Mal Meninga some Four Nations selections headaches.
  
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• Saturday 15 October 2016

  16-10-2016 01:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Report: 
  Daily Free-to-Air Share
  Channels:
  All Free-to-Air Channels
  Market:
  5 City Metro (aggregate figure)
  Demographics:
  Total People (incl. guests)
  Day-part:
  18:00 – 24:00
  Day:SaturdayDate:
  15/10/2016
  Deliverable:
  Overnight
  Channel\Variable
  FTA SHR %
  Network ABC
  13.7
  Network ABC2
  2.9
  Network ABC ME
  0.5
  Network ABC News 24
  1.3
  Network ABC TTL
  18.4
  Network 7
  17.4
  Network 7TWO
  2.2
  Network 7mate
  3.6
  Network7flix
  2.7
  Network 7 TTL
  25.9
  Network 9
  21.7
  Network GO!
  5.1
  Network Gem
  4.2
  Netwo
  
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• Thurston needs protection, Meninga says

  16-10-2016 01:00
  
  Kangaroos coach Mal Meninga has renewed calls for star playmaker Johnathan Thurston to be protected from illegal tactics.
  
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