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• Seven wraps SAS Australia with a win

  24-11-2020 23:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Last night Seven capped off a promising first season by SAS Australia. Meanwhile 10’s lack of a lead-in undermined a fast-tracked new season of NCIS.
  SAS Australia topped entertainment & the demos at 737,000 viewers.
  That bettered 7:30 (610,000), Outback Ringer (382,000), RBT (361,000), Ambulance Australia (270,000) and Great British Railway Journeys (215,000).
  Later Australian Crime Stories was 344,000 then Wayne (333,000), NCIS (280,000 / 234,000), SAS: UK (250,000) and Addicted Aus
  
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• Tuesday 24 November 2020

  24-11-2020 23:18 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
  Day-part:
  18:00 – 24:00
  Day:
  Tuesday
  Deliverable:
  Overnight, Consolidated 7 and Consolidated 28Channel
  Overnight
  Consolidated 7
  Consolidated 28
  24/11/2020
  17/11/2020
  27/10/2020
  ABC
  12.8%
  12.0%
  11.9%
  ABCKIDS/COMEDY
  2.7%
  4.1%
  4.2%
  ABC ME
  0.6%
  0.6%
  0.6%
  ABC NEWS
  2.0%
  2.0%
  1.4%
  ABC Network
  18.0%
  18.6%
  18.1%
  Seven
  20.2%
  22.1%
  18.8%
  7TWO
  4.2%
  3.7%
  4.0%
  7mate
  2.4%
  
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• 4 finish SAS Australia …but only 3 given pass

  24-11-2020 18:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Four celebrities made it to the end of the SAS Australia course -but only three were deemed to have passed by instructor Ant Middleton: Nick Cummins, Merrick Watts and Sabrina Frederick.
  Swimmer James Magnussen was cut seconds from the end, being told it “just wasn’t enough” despite enduring two weeks of brutal physical and psychological training.
  Rally car driver Molly Taylor also quit after a punishing Hunter Force challenge, with recruits held captive and subjected to painf
  
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• MasterChef, Love on the Spectrum nominated in Real Screen Awards

  24-11-2020 18:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  MasterChef Australia and Love on the Spectrum have both been nominated in the 2021 Real Screen Awards.
  The awards recognise the best in unscripted and non-fiction programming from around the world across 21 genre-specific categories.
  MasterChef Australia is nominated for the Lifestyle Competition category against Nailed It! Holiday!, Making It and Beat Bobby Flay while Love on the Spectrum is up for DocuReality against Jay Leno’s Garage, Cheer and Taken At Birth.
  Eureka Productions are al
  
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• ABC to assess complaint over Horrible Histories

  24-11-2020 18:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Complaints over a 2015 Horrible Histories episode on ABC will be assessed by ABC’s Audience and Consumer Affairs division.
  The British-produced series features an “eighth century” mock version of I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here, tucker trials.
  Last week a Season 6 episode featured an actor of Chinese-Scottish background dressed as Chinese Empress Wu Zetian in the 7th Century AD. After explaining that Empress Wu murdered a lot of people to take power, the two hosts ask
  
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• Vale: Sandy Harbutt

  24-11-2020 18:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Aussie actor Sandy Harbutt, best known for writing, directing & producing 1974 biker movie Stone, has died, aged 79.
  He died on Saturday in Wollongong hospital according to friends on social media.
  Harbutt got the idea for Stone in 1970 when he wrote a script for an episode of The Long Arm . In the low budget film he played Undertaker, a Vietnam war veteran and leader of the GraveDiggers. The film starred Ken Shorter and featured Rebecca Gilling, Bill Hunter and Helen Morse. Several of the
  
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• Reputation Rehab: Nov 25

  24-11-2020 18:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Tonight on Reputation Rehab, a generational divide is addressed.
  2020: where the expression ‘OK Boomer’ isn’t just accepted, it’s been upsized so that the phrase Die Boomer is now in common parlance. Kirsten and Zoe find ground zero of boomer-shame, meet the NZ MP who catapulted the phrase ‘OK Boomer’ into the spotlight and try to heal the generational divide once and for all.Boomers don’t just have a reputation crisis- the whole generation is a punchlin
  
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• WBBL finals on 7mate

  24-11-2020 18:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Seven screens the WBBL Finals coverage from tonight, with the commentary team including Lisa Sthalekar, Julia Price, Mel Jones, Michael Slater, Trent Copeland and host Abbey Gelmi.
  Head of Network Sport, Lewis Martin, said: “The WBBL has underlined yet again that it is hands down the best T20 tournament in women’s cricket.
  “Australians have been highly engaged with WBBL 06, with the season reaching 999,000 people every week and 2.6 million people nationally. It’s been an
  
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• Undoing portrait reveals Hugh & Nicole

  24-11-2020 18:41 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A Binge portrait of Nicole Kidman on Darlinghurst’s Top of the Town apartment building to promote The Undoing has now transformed into a Hugh Grant & Kidman portrait.
  The massive 18.4 x 36.8 metre (680sqm) paintings are the largest of their kind in the Southern Hemisphere, hand painted taking 500 hours to complete over 17 days. Artists from Apparition Media are Hamish McBride, Laura Paige, Kailin Hegel, Jacqui Butterworth, Aly Barnard, Matt Mcenally, Meg Hardie, Meg Hales, Michael Igl
  
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• 2020 ARIA Awards

  24-11-2020 13:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Delta Goodrem hosts an adjusted event with a tribute to Helen Reddy, plus Archie Roach into the Hall of Fame. 7:30pm Wednesday on Nine.Gruen
  Hard Quiz
  Cobra
  Britain’s Got Talent
  Bull
  
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• A Perfect Planet: preview

  24-11-2020 07:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The BBC has released a preview of A Perfect Planet, the upcoming series by David Attenborough which will air on Nine in 2021.
  Sir David Attenborough said: “This year perhaps more than ever, people are finding comfort and solace in the natural world. Whilst we may not be able to travel, we can take a few moments to enjoy our wonderful and diverse planet in this incredible footage.”
  Series Producer Huw Cordey revealed that as the UK went into lockdown earlier this year, his team had t
  
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• Airdate: Changing Our Nation

  24-11-2020 06:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Next month SKY News will screen a special on students enrolled in the Australian Indigenous Education Foundation scholarship program, Changing Our Nation.
  Host Yvonne Sampson, said: “It was such a privilege to meet these amazing young people. Their determination and commitment is so inspiring. I can’t wait for our viewers to hear their stories and see for themselves why the work being done by the Foundation is so important.”
  Andrew Penfold, AIEF Executive Director said: &ldquo
  
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• Oops. Seven News on Nine.

  24-11-2020 05:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Seven News presenter Mark Ferguson and reporter Chris Reason made a ‘guest appearance’ on Nine News last night.
  Spotted on a screen from the latter’s new North Sydney home was a live Seven News bulletin.
  While all networks invariably keep an eye on the opposition, it’s not exactly what you want viewers to be seeing.
  
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• Young Rock confirms Queensland production details

  24-11-2020 05:25 via feedproxy.google.com
  
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  Filming has been underway in Queensland on US series Young Rock for some time but further production details have now been confirmed.
  The NBC series focuses on different chapters of superstar footballer / actor Dwayne Johnson’s life. From growing up in a strong and resilient family, to being surrounded by the wild characters of his professional wrestling family, to playing football at the University of Miami. The show will explore the crazy rollercoaster that has shaped Dw
  
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• Returning: Driving Test

  24-11-2020 03:48 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Unaired episodes of observational series Driving Test, filmed in 2017, will screen in double eps on Nine next week.
  The series was filmed in Darwin where, uniquely, a driving instructor also doubles as a driving tester.
  The series was last aired in 2018.
  Set in the Top End, Darwin provides the scenic backdrop for Driving Test, which takes viewers on a unique ride with 60 Northern Territory hopefuls eager to reach their goal of independence and freedom by getting that all-important licence. 
  
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• “See you soon mum”

  24-11-2020 02:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Today's Queensland border decision is major news for thousands of Australians, including over very own @AngelaCox7NEWS who can now travel to be by her beloved mum Larelle's side which she battles cancer 💙
  More on this: https://t.co/VtmZSGXtcp pic.twitter.com/OskTqefoaK
  — The Morning Show (@morningshowon7) November 24, 2020With Queensland reopening the border to Sydney it’s an emotional time for many, including for on-camera folk.
  On The Morning Show, Angela Cox fought back te
  
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• Neighbours wins UK soap awards

  24-11-2020 01:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Neighbours has been recognised with two awards in the UK’s Inside Soap awards winning Best Daytime Soap as well as Stefan Dennis named Best Daytime star for resident baddie Paul Robinson.
  The honours are particularly gratifying because the judging includes the series’ 35th Anniversary special episodes as well as stories filmed during COVID.
  Neighbours was widely recognised worldwide for finding a working drama model to remain filming, formulated by Jason Herbison (Executive Producer
  
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• Jeopardy! moves to guest hosts

  24-11-2020 01:42 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  US quiz champion Ken Jennings will be the first of several guest hosts on Jeopardy! following the death of enduring host Alex Trebek, aged 80.
  Production is due to resume in the US at the end of the month.
  Jennings earlier this year claimed the title of Jeopardy!’s “Greatest of All Time” winning 74 consecutive games and $2,520,700 in prizes (is that the trophy?).
  Producer Sony Pictures Television said that a permanent host has not been named, and other hosts have not yet been
  
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• iview: That Pacific Sports Show

  24-11-2020 01:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A new 30-minute television sports show celebrating the achievements of Pacific Island athletes across the world launches on  iview tomorrow.
  The series which examines the big sporting issues of the week and talks to the sporting world’s most iconic Pacific personalities will also screen internationally through ABC’s regional platform ABC Australia.
  That Pacific Sports Show is a 30-minute sports panel and magazine program produced for Pacific audiences, hosted by NSW State of Or
  
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• Old People’s Home for 4 Yr Olds wins International Emmy

  24-11-2020 00:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  ABC factual series Old People’s Home for 4 Year Olds has won an International Emmy Award.
  Produced by Endemol Shine Australia won the Non-Scripted Entertainment category, beating out entries from Norway, Brazil and Thailand.
  Jennifer Collins, ABC Head of Factual and Culture, said the ABC was proud to lead the way for Australian content on the international stage. “Old People’s Home For 4 Year Olds combines the magical spontaneity and innocence of young kids with the wisdo
  
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