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• Airdate: Diary of a Wimpy Kid

  01-12-2021 01:05 via tvtonight.com.au
  
  Newly animated film Diary of a Wimpy Kid will screen this week on Disney+.
  Directed by Swinton Scott (Futurama) and written and produced by Jeff Kinney, it features the voices of Brady Noon (The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers), Ethan William Childress (mixed-ish) and Chris Diamantopoulos (Mickey Mouse).
  Jeff Kinney’s worldwide bestselling series comes to Disney+ in the all-new animated adventure “Diary of a Wimpy Kid.” Greg Heffley is a scrawny but ambitious kid with an active ima
  
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• Friday 10 May 2024

  11-05-2024 08:33 via tvtonight.com.au
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• Vale: Sam Rubin

  11-05-2024 01:32 via tvtonight.com.au
  
  US entertainment reporter, Sam Rubin, who featured on the Today show for some 20 years, has died aged 64.
  A source close to KTLA confirmed that Rubin died at his home of a heart attack after doing his regular Hollywood news segments on KTLA’s Morning News program on Friday.
  Rubin was a fixture in Hollywood who enjoyed rare longevity with a single station throughout his career. On camera, Rubin was unfailingly jocular and warm, often talking about his off-air activities with his wife and fo
  
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• The Summit 2024: meet the cast

  10-05-2024 20:58 via tvtonight.com.au
  
  In Season Two of The Summit 14 strangers will embark carrying an equal share of one million dollars, must reach the 2400 metre peak of a distant NZ mountain in just 15 days to win the cash they’re carrying.
  Along the journey they’ll need to work as a team as they tackle dangerous terrain, wild conditions, and overcome adrenaline-charged challenges blocking their path to the mountain.
  But ill they reach the top in time, or vote each other off the mountain, and who will walk away with
  
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• Would SBS ever cast celebrities on Alone Australia?

  10-05-2024 20:55 via tvtonight.com.au
  
  Alone has seen format variations in international versions but so far it has resisted a celebrity edition.
  Joseph Maxwell, Head of Unscripted at SBS tells TV Tonight he has already been approached by well-known Australians interested in applying for the show.
  “I said ‘Yes, absolutely. Go ahead,” he said. “But the reality is it’s a pretty tough challenge to do. The US format had various twists, a 50-day challenge, another where they went in as pairs, so there’s
  
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• ABC Productions behind new titles

  10-05-2024 20:50 via tvtonight.com.au
  
  More details on the new ABC shows announced this week, many of them produced internally at ABC.
  The AssemblyLeigh Sales is at the helm of a groundbreaking new factual series, The Assembly (6 x 1hr), focusing on a group of autistic student journalists as they prepare for and eventually interview Australia’s best-known personalities, including the Prime Minister. Sales will closely mentor and prepare the students for their encounter with each guest, as they learn how to get underneath spin a
  
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• Latest Eurovision 2024 odds

  10-05-2024 20:49 via tvtonight.com.au
  
  Croatia, Israel and Switzerland are now the Top 3 favourites according to bookies for this year’s Eurovision Final.
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• Insiders: May 12

  10-05-2024 20:44 via tvtonight.com.au
  
  On Sunday’s Insiders…
  Days before the budget, David Speers joins Annabel Crabb, Jacob Greber and Niki Savva to discuss the economy, interest rates, the economic tightrope between cost-of-living support and inflation, plus China, Palestine and gas.
  9am Sunday on ABC.
  
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• Renewed: Red, White & Royal Blue

  10-05-2024 20:43 via tvtonight.com.au
  
  Amazon MGM Studios confirmed that a sequel to Red, White & Royal Blue is in development.
  Nicholas Galitzine and Taylor Zakhar Perez will reprise their roles as Prince Henry and Alex Claremont-Diaz.Matthew López will return to write the script—this time alongside Red, White & Royal Blue author, Casey McQuiston. Berlanti Schechter Films’ Greg Berlanti and Sarah Schechter will return to produce the film, joined by the banner’s Michael McGrath, as well as Matthew L&
  
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• Friday Flashback: Frontline: “One Big Family”

  10-05-2024 08:40 via tvtonight.com.au
  
  This week marks the 30th anniversary of Working Dog’s Frontline screening on ABC.
  The now-legendary series ran for three sseasons, featuring Rob Sitch, Jane Kennedy, Alison Whyte, Tiriel Mora, Bruno Lawrence, Kevin J. Wilson, Steve Bisley, Santo Cilauro, Trudy Hellier, Pip Mushin, Torquil Neilson.
  This clip sees the team in a faux-network promo, typical of the ’90s.
  
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• “No real winners”: Lehrmann ordered to pay Network’s 10’s costs

  10-05-2024 07:17 via tvtonight.com.au
  
  Bruce Lehrmann has today been ordered to pay Network 10’s costs following his failed defamation case.
  THe Federal Court has ordered the costs be paid “on an indemnity basis” for most of the case, except for the cost of 10’s failed qualified privilege defence.
  An order for indemnity costs involves an extra payment on top of the reasonable costs of running a case.
  The court has not heard what the total costs come to, and Justice Lee has ordered that issue be handed to a ref
  
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• Voyager’s Danny Estrin to announce Australia’s votes at Eurovision

  10-05-2024 06:28 via tvtonight.com.au
  
  Voyager front man, Danny Estrin, will deliver the scores on behalf of Australia at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö, Sweden.
  Danny Estrin said: “Being asked to shout the douze points for Australia is yet another pinnacle of my whole Eurovision experience. I won’t try to out-sartorialise Lee Lin Chin, but I’ll be sure to glitz and glam for these iconic 15 seconds. This will truly cement my entire existence into the glorious fabric of Eurovision.”
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• Airdate: Fancy Dance

  10-05-2024 06:08 via tvtonight.com.au
  
  Upcoming film Fancy Dance, starring Lily Gladstone will screen on Apple TV+ in June.
  The cast also includes Isabel Deroy-Olson, Ryan Begay, Crystle Lightning with Audrey Wasilewski and Shea Whigham.
  Since her sister’s disappearance, Jax (Lily Gladstone) has cared for her niece Roki (Isabel Deroy-Olson) by scraping by within their Tribal Land. Every spare minute goes into finding her missing sister while also helping Roki prepare for an upcoming powwow. At the risk of Jax losing custody to
  
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• RocKwiz Live! announces 2024 tour

  10-05-2024 04:45 via tvtonight.com.au
  
  Much-loved TV series RocKwiz has announced its next Live tour bringing the music trivia show to the masses (and inviting some of the audience on stage to compete).
  Their regional / city tour kicks off in Orange on October 8 and runs until December.
  Never Mind the Buzzers, Here’s RocKwiz Live! The RocKwiz gang are back on the road, coming to a theatre near you. Julia, Brian, Dugald and the RocKwiz OrKestra will be revelling in the chaos and quizzery of RocKwiz Live.
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• Tipping Point tops entertainment, Seven wins Thursday.

  10-05-2024 04:11 via tvtonight.com.au
  
  Tipping Point was the top entertainment show on Thursday at 728,000 in National TV Audience pipping The Chase on 708,000.
  Home & Away was next, including on multichannels in some cities, at 681,000.
  7:30 drew 491,000 then Jamie’s Air Fryers (355,000) and Foreign Correspondent (303,000).
  Seven’s AFL was 654,000 with Thursday Night NRL on 602,000.
  Seven News led with 1.31m for Seven. In select cities were Dogs Behaving Very Badly (168,000) and Crime Investigation Australia (140,000
  
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• Thursday 9 May 2024

  10-05-2024 03:38 via tvtonight.com.au
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• Alleged Baby Reindeer stalker denies claims on Netflix series

  10-05-2024 03:20 via tvtonight.com.au
  
  The woman believed to be the inspiration for Netflix hit series Baby Reindeer has denied being a stalker.
  Fiona Harvey, who is said to have inspired the character of Richard Gadd’s stalker Martha, appeared on YouTube show “Piers Morgan Uncensored” said she is taking legal action against both Netflix and Gadd.
  “I didn’t write him the emails,” she told Morgan, denying that she had sent over 41,000 emails and 100 letters to Gadd while allegedly stalking him.
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• Eureka named in Global Formats list

  10-05-2024 02:45 via tvtonight.com.au
  
  Eureka Productions is the only Australian production company to be named in RealScreen’s Global 100.
  The Fremantle-owned company, based in Sydney and Los Angeles, is listed in the Format category for their productions including Stars on Mars, Farmer Wants a Wife, The Floor, The Parent Test and The Mole.
  Their upcoming shows include The Quiz With Balls (Fox); The Mole season 2 (Netflix); The Amazing Race Australia season 8 (Network 10).
  They are listed alongside production companies includi
  
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• Airdate: The Hospital: In The Deep End

  10-05-2024 02:10 via tvtonight.com.au
  
  News headlines constantly tell us our public health system and its workers are at breaking point. But what’s it really like to work on the hospital frontline?
  Host of Gardening Australia Costa Georgiadis, Dessert Masters presenter Melissa Leong, and actor Samuel Johnson are thrown out of their comfort zones and onto St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney’s frontline for a new 3 part SBS series.
  The Hospital: In The Deep End sees Costa, Melissa and Sam put to work for a week at one of the
  
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• Renewed: Heartbreak High confirms final season

  10-05-2024 01:30 via tvtonight.com.au
  
  Netflix has announced a third and final season for hit drama series Heartbreak High.
  Season 3 will see the cast and creators reassemble in Sydney (Gadigal, Dharug, Dharawal and Ku-ring-gai lands), Australia for the final year at Hartley High.Netflix Director of Content ANZ Que Minh Luu says, “She never got the letter – but now we get to see what happens next! Renewing Heartbreak High for its final season is a major point of pride for us at Netflix. It has been a joy to work with the
  
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• Eurovision Semi Final Two: qualifying countries

  09-05-2024 23:38 via tvtonight.com.au
  
  Malmö turned on another electric show this morning (Australian time) for the Eurovision Semi Final Two.
  10 more countries have qualified for the big Final this weekend.
  Qualifying countries in bold:
  1 Malta Sarah Bonnici “Loop”2 Albania Besa “Titan”3 Greece Marina Satti “Zari”4 Switzerland Nemo “The Code”5 Czechia Aiko “Pedestal”6 Austria Kaleen “We Will Rave”7 Denmark Saba “Sand”8 Armenia Ladaniva “Ja
  
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• The ‘performed idiocy’ of Guy Montgomery

  09-05-2024 20:58 via tvtonight.com.au
  
  Looking at Guy Montgomery on Have You Been Paying Attention? you might not expect a considered, thoughtful approach to an interview, but even down the line in the middle of a bucketing rainstorm he makes far more sense than his TV panel persona might suggest.
  Montgomery, a New Zealand comedian who has featured in Thank God You’re Here and various Comedy Festival specials, is up front that his stage persona is an extension of self.
  “At least on stage that persona I’ve been worki
  
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• Nat Bass, Ian Thorpe, Pete Helliar, Luke McGregor join The Amazing Race Australia: Celebrity

  09-05-2024 20:55 via tvtonight.com.au
  
  10 has finally confirmed the next cast for The Amazing Race Australia: Celebrity (given there were leaks happening all aover the place)….
  They are:
  Ian Thorpe & Christian Miranda – Childhood MatesNatalie Bassingthwaighte & Melinda Sheldrick – SistersChloe Logarzo & Emily Gielnik – Matildas TeammatesPete Helliar & Bridget Helliar – MarriedJett Kenny & Lily Brown – CoupleLuke McGregor & Julie McGregor – Son & MotherBilly Brownl
  
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• The Assembly to bring disarming interviews

  09-05-2024 20:50 via tvtonight.com.au
  
  Yesterday ABC announced new factual series The Assembly for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
  The six part series produced by Helium Pictures, follows autistic student journalists as they prepare and interview six of the nation’s biggest names including the Prime Minister.
  The format is based on a French series Les Rencontres du Papotin and BBC series The Assembly, which have variously featured interviews with President Emmanuel Macron in France, Antonio Banderas in Spain, Prim
  
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• MasterChef Australia: May 13 / 14

  09-05-2024 20:45 via tvtonight.com.au
  
  MasterChef Australia will head to Victoria’s Goldfields region next Monday and Tuesday.
  Judge Jean-Christophe Novelli said: “It was a privilege to visit Bendigo and Ballarat to film these special episodes of MasterChef Australia. I was mesmerised by the beautiful inland Australian scenery. I just wish I had spotted a kangaroo in the wild!”
  In Monday’s episode, the MasterChef Australia judges will challenge our 17 remaining contestants to a French themed mystery box in Ben
  
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• 7News Spotlight: May 12

  09-05-2024 20:44 via tvtonight.com.au
  
  On Sunday 7NEWS Spotlight investigates the growing epidemic of screen addiction among young people, featuring scientific evidence of how technology is shrinking young minds and fuelling violence.
  Host Michael Usher says, “It’s a problem we’ve all spoken about in families but have no easy answers,” he said. “The kids and families we follow need help. They’re being lost in cyberspace. But why isn’t this addiction being given urgent attention by the governm
  
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• Airdate: The 8 Show

  09-05-2024 20:43 via tvtonight.com.au
  
  Inspired by Squid Game perhaps?
  South Korean series The 8 Show will premiere on Netflix later this month.
  Eight individuals trapped in a mysterious 8-story building participate in a tempting but dangerous game show where they earn money as time passes.
  Friday May 17 on Netflix.
  
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• ABBA In Concert

  09-05-2024 15:00 via tvtonight.com.au
  
  This classic Wembley Concert was filmed in 1979. 10:05pm Friday on SBS.Eurovision Song Contest
  Silent Witness
  Better Homes & Gardens
  Ready Steady Cook
  Take Me Home
  
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• Kamahl facing stalking charge

  09-05-2024 10:26 via tvtonight.com.au
  
  Legendary Australian entertainer Kamahl has been charged with stalking a 38 year old woman after he agreed to loan her money.
  Nine News reports the singer, now aged 89, claims he was responding to a situation without all of his faculties, and forgetting to take medication.
  Kamahl, currently a resident of a Northern Beaches home, is facing one count of stalking with intent to cause fear and due to face Sutherland Court next month.#EXCLUSIVE: Australian entertainer Kamahl is back in the spotlight,
  
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• Colin from Accounts: trailer

  09-05-2024 08:30 via tvtonight.com.au
  
  A trailer has dropped for Season Two of Colin From Accounts set to premiere at the end of the month on Binge and Showcase.
  Creators Patrick Brammall and Harriet Dyer are rejoined by Emma Harvie, Genevieve Hegney, Michael Logo, Helen Thomson, Darren Gilshenan, Annie Maynard, Tai Hara and Glenn Hazeldine.
  New cast members include Celeste Barber (Wellmania, The Letdown), Virginia Gay (Savage River, Safe Home), Justin Rosniak (The Surfer, Mr Inbetween), John Howard (SeaChange, The Merger), Lynne Por
  
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