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The ‘performed idiocy’ of Guy Montgomery
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Airdate: Tour de France & Tour de France Femmes 2024
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SBS screens 2024 Tour de France and Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift live from June 29.
Tour de France screens June 29 to July 21 on SBS and the Tour de France Femmes is post the Paris Olympic Games, from August 12 to August 18 on SBS VICELAND.
SBS’ commentary team will be on the ground in Europe with the ‘Australian voice of cycling’ Matthew Keenan and national time trial champion Dr Bridie O’Donnell, joined by yellow jersey wearer Simon Gerrans for the men’s race.
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Royal Mint to release Bluey coins
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The Royal Australian Mint will release three-coin Bluey set tomorrow.
The 2024 Bluey Dollarbucks are a collection of three colourful coins that feature Bluey on her own, the Heeler family together, and Bingo and Bluey dressed up as The Grannies.
The Dollarbucks will be available for sale as individual coin cards or in a three-coin set with a sticker sheet.
Mint CEO Leigh Gordon told ABC, “This is the mint’s classic storytelling and social culture commentary through coins.
“We h
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Planet America: June 5
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Planet America tonight sees Chas Licciardello joined by Julia Baird.
Chas and Julia Baird look at the likely scenarios for both sentencing and appeals in Trump’s conviction and speak to a Manhattan judge about possible jail time. Plus Fauci’s testimony and Hunter Biden’s trial on gun charges.
10:10pm Wednesday on ABC.
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Colin from Accounts sweeps comedy categories at Gotham Awards
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Aussie comedy series Colin from Accounts has dominated the Comedy categories at the Gotham Awards held in New York.
The Easy Tiger series won the Breakthrough Comedy Series while star and co-creator Harriet Dyer took out the Outstanding Performance in a Comedy Series.
Dyer said she was “overwhelmed” and dedicated the honours to her co-creator and husband Patrick Brammall, who she called the “other half of this show” and said she “can’t do the show without him.
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Home & Away tops entertainment, The Summit finale wins slot.
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Nine had a number of timeslot wins on Tuesday, but it was Seven that still emerged atop the ratings peak.
Home & Away topped entertainment at 835,000 in National TV Audience.
The Summit finale (finally) won its slot at 665,000 just eclipsing 7:30 (638,000), MasterChef Australia (635,000) then Dream Home (535,000) and a good result for Who Do You Think You Are? at 366,000 on SBS.
Later The Cheap Seats led at 540,000 then Tony Armstrong’s Extra-Ordinary Things and Clarkson’s F
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10 Peach, 10 BOLD rebranding as 10 Peach Comedy, 10 BOLD Drama.
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10 is rebranding two of its multichannels.
10 Peach will become 10 Peach Comedy and 10 BOLD will become 10 BOLD Drama from Wednesday June 12, to better reflect their broad programming.
Both were rebranded in 2018, having previously been known as ELEVEN and ONE.
“Did you hear the one about 10 Peach changing to 10 Peach Comedy? Featuring nothing but comedy classics, you’ll be laughing from the pit of your stomach,” a 10 spokesperson said.
“From Friends to Frasier, Becker an
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Airdate: Do You Want To Live Forever?
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New medical series, Do You Want To Live Forever?, fronted by Tracy Grimshaw and Dr Nick Coatsworth will test the limits of human longevity.
Four duos will embark on a 12-week journey of discovery, exploring the intricacies of health and ageing, seeking the secret to turning back their biological age.
From billion-dollar breakthroughs to simple secrets, Tracy and Nick will travel the globe, visiting the blue zones—regions known for their high concentrations of centenarians—to investig
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Filming underway on Scrublands: Silver
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L to R: Luke Arnold, Bella Heathcote and director Ben Young
Filming has begun on a second season of Scrublands, in Augusta, Western Australia for Stan.
Luke Arnold (Black Sails) and Bella Heathcote (Pieces of Her) reprise their roles in Scrublands: Silver is an Easy Tiger and Third Act Stories production co-commissioned by Stan and the 9Network.
In the brand new season, it’s been a year since the life changing events of Scrublands and award-winning investigative journalist Martin Sca
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Vale: John Blackman
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Legendary broadcast personality John Blackman, best known for Hey Hey it’s Saturday, has died aged 76.
He reportedly suffered a heart attack after complaining of feeling unwell.
Blackman has worked in media since 1969, achieving a long and successful career in radio.
He pivoted from working in sales to a career in radio at the age of 22. In 1969, he joined 2GN Goulburn as an announcer, newsreader, copy writer, salesman, and record librarian, followed by 2CA Canberra.
By 1971 he joined 3AW
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“Emotional conclusion”: The Newsreader S3 the end for News at Six team
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EXCLUSIVE:The upcoming third season of The Newsreader on ABC will be the last for stars Sam Reid & Anna Torv.
An ABC spokesperson told TV Tonight, “Season three will see out the 1980s, providing an emotional conclusion to the saga of Helen, Dale and News At Six.
“The news cycle of course rolls on, and the newsrooms of the 90s were just as dramatic and chaotic… But currently, the ABC are focused on bringing season three of the much-loved series to Australian audiences.&rdqu
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Charlotte wins The Summit cash
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NSW Nurse Charlotte has emerged as the winner of The Summit walking away with a $336,000 prize in Nine’s finale, last night.
The season finale saw Charlotte, Simmone, Mat and Trisha trekking to the top of a mountain on New Zealand’s South Island, carrying $580,000 in their backpacks.
But there were two more twists to come, with self-appointed leader Mat Rogers culling Trisha before the final ascent, sending her home and forfeiting the $53,000 she was carrying.
After three made it to
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Walking with Dinosaurs revived by BBC
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Twenty five years after it first stomped across our TV screens, Walking With Dinosaurs is returning.
The BBC, PBS, ZDF and France Télévisions have co-commissioned a new six-part series which will take viewers on a unique journey back through time, revealing the incredible life stories of these long-lost giants.
Each episode will tell the dramatic story of an individual dinosaur whose remains are currently being unearthed by the world’s leading dinosaur hunters.
Using cu
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Gruen: June 5
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This week on Gruen…
Twisties wants you to vote in a cheesy by-election, Virgin’s TikToks are making you late and LG launches a knock knock fridge.Wil Anderson is joined by Camey O’Keefe, Christina Aventi, Jasmin Bedir and Russel Howcroft.
8:30pm tonight on ABC.
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The Front Bar, Talking Footy: June 5
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This week on Seven The Front Bar and Talking Footy are looking ahead to the tenth edition of The Big Freeze, headlined by the family of FightMND founder and patron, Neale Daniher.
Before the Round 13 on-field action kicks off on Thursday night, resident patrons Mick Molloy, Sam Pang and Andy Maher will be met at the bar by Essendon legend, Terry Daniher, alongside his niece and FightMND Campaign Director, Bec Daniher, as they announce the final Big Freeze 10 slider exclusively on The Front
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Airdate: 2024 Tony Awards
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The 77th Annual Tony Awards will be streamed Live and exclusive on Paramount+ in Australia on Monday week.
Ariana DeBose returns to host for the third time (this time without a Writers’ Strike) live from the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.
The full list of nominations can be access here.
Nominees for The 77th Annual Tony Awards® were selected by an independent committee of 44 theatre professionals appointed by the Tony Awards Administration Committee. T
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Airdate: Diane von Furstenberg: Woman in Charge
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Documentary feature Diane von Furstenberg: Woman in Charge will have its world premiere as the opening night selection at the 2024 Tribeca Festival
Co-directed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and Trish Dalton it then premieres on Star / Disney+.
An unprecedented look at the non-stop life of a cultural luminary. At a time when gender equality and women’s issues are at the forefront, Diane von Furstenberg’s life exemplifies empowerment, resilience, entrepreneurship, and style. She is an inspi
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Star Wars: The Acolyte
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An investigation into a shocking crime spree pits a respected Jedi Master against a dangerous warrior from his past. Wednesday on Disney+State of Origin
Let The Canary Sing
Gruen
Wreck
Orlando Bloom: To The Edge
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Tony Armstrong’s Extra-Ordinary Things: June 4
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Tonight on Tony Armstrong’s Extra-Ordinary Things…
This week, Tony discovers how ribbons won by a champion sheep shearer in a remote Outback town, show how one woman fought her way into the history books. And not one to back down from a challenge, Tony reluctantly tries his hand in the shearing shed.In Melbourne, he finds a piece of barbed wire from an unusual and eye-popping sport that brings a community together.He hears of a cafe owner’s seemingly ordinary cooking pans that
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ABC returns as NAIDOC partner
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ABC is once again the Official Broadcast and Education Partner for National NAIDOC Week, held July 7-14.
This year’s theme is ‘Keep the Fire Burning! Blak, Loud & Proud.’
ABC will telecast the NAIDOC Awards live from Tarndanya (Adelaide) on Kaurna Yerta from 7.30pm (AEST) on Saturday July 6.
Rob Collins will host along with 10 News First presenter Narelda Jacobs, and comedian Steph Tisdell. Jess Mauboy will headline the night’s entertainment.
The NAIDOC Awards recogni
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Prime Video greenlights Gladiators reboot
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Amazon has ordered a reboot of Gladiators for Prime Video.
American Gladiators was first broadcast in 1989 before spawning internation editions across the United Kingdom, Finland, Japan, Australia, South Africa, Sweden, Nigeria, and Denmark. Further incarnations would see revivals in 2008 and most recently, in 2024, in the UK and Australia.
The British series has been its biggest entertainment series launch in nearly a decade but the Australian edition on 10 failed.
The new Prime Video series in
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Mildura Digital Television to hand back licence to ACMA
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Mildura Digital TV has launched a television commercial advising audiences that the 10 broadcast signal is closing down effective midnight June 30, 2024.
The commercial will run all month, advising people that they will need to watch 10 content through the 10Play app thereafter.
A series of FAQs also outlines that the channel has run at a loss since its inception in 2006 and the licence will be handed back to the Australian Communications and Media Authority -a very rare outcome in the broadcast
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SBS on Demand, DocPlay: AFTRS Showcase
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The Australian Film Television and Radio School has again partnered with SBS On Demand, and now DocPlay, to showcase student documentaries.
SBS On Demand is presenting 14 short documentaries, with a 15th – Of the Last Reel in Front of You – to be added after its world premiere at the Sydney Film Festival later this month.
These short-form works from AFTRS Bachelor of Arts Screen: Production students were created in response to a brief to explore culture and unique identity. The resul
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Airdate: Mr Bigstuff
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UK comedy series, Mr Bigstuff, starring Danny Dyer (Eastenders, The Business) and Ryan Sampson (Brassic, Plebs) will premiere mid-July on Binge.
Created by Sampson, the series explores broken families, brotherhood, manhood and carpet sales with estranged brothers Glen (Sampson) and Lee (Dyer) in his TV comedy debut.
The six-part series also features Harriet Webb as Kirsty, alongside Adrian Scarborough, Fatiha El Ghorri, Ned Dennehy, Victoria Alcock, Geoff Bell, Nitin Ganatra, Judi Love and more.
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Matildas, HYBPA? bring 10 a dream Monday
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10 had a very big night on Monday, thanks to a powerhouse double, which pushed them into second place for the night, elbowing Nine into third place.
A Matildas v China PR match averaged 1.1m viewers in National TV Audience with the biggest crowd at a game on home soil.
Next were Australian Story (784,000), 7:30 (725,000), Dream Home (582,000) and The Summit (546,000).
Later Have You Been Paying Attention? was 675,000, then Media Watch (626,000), Four Corners (610,000), Paramedics (309,000), 9-1-
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9Now: 2024 Australian Diving Championships
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9Now will screen the 2024 Australian Diving Championships incorporating Nomination Trials Live from the South Australia Aquatic and Leisure Centre.
With just 50 days to go until the Olympic Games Paris 2024, Diving Australia CEO Alex Newton said, “We are thrilled that all Australians will have the opportunity to watch the Australian Diving Championships live and free on 9Now. This is the final step our athletes will take as they look to qualify for the Australian Olympic Team for Paris 202
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Sarah Snook to lead new US drama
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Sarah Snook has her next US series lead, to star in the series All Her Fault, for Peacock.
The series is based on the novel of the same name by Andrea Mara.
The official logline states, “Marissa Irvine (Snook) arrives at 14 Arthur Avenue, expecting to pick up her young son Milo from his first playdate with a boy at his new school. But the woman who answers the door isn’t a mother she recognises. She isn’t the nanny. She doesn’t have Milo. And so begins every parent’
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Airdate: WondLa
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Animated adventure trilogy WondLa, from Skydance Animation and based on the book series “The Search for WondLa” by Tony DiTerlizzi, will screen on Apple TV+ from late June.
The seven part series centres around Eva, voiced by Jeanine Mason (Roswell, New Mexico), a curious, enthusiastic and spirited teenager being raised in a state-of-the-art underground bunker by Muthr, a robot caretaker, voiced by Teri Hatcher (Desperate Housewives).
On her 16th birthday, an attack on Eva’s bun
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