Headlines:
- A political drama starring Rachel Griffiths and Deborah Mailman, a factual series about a notorious cult, and the return of bureaucracy satire Utopia are among the programs to air on ABC next year.
- november 19 | www.smh.com.au
- 2018 looks set to deliver the lowest amount of Australian TV drama hours in over 45 years.
- november 10 | tvtonight.com.au
- While Sydneysiders appear to have no special affinity for shows shot in their city, Melburnians are more likely to watch local productions – boosting the size of the audience overall.
- november 09 | www.theage.com.au
- In their quest to make TV irrelevant and their own jobs redundant, TV executives have proven that original thought has no place in the heads of modern programmers. Instead, they have opted to buy franchise rights from the United States, Britain and Australia and screen banal overseas reality shows with Kiwi accents.
- november 02 | www.nzherald.co.nz
- The newly-rebranded Network 10 today unveiled 13 new Australian shows for 2019 including romantic comedy Five Bedrooms, thriller The Secrets She Keeps and four entertainment series spun-off from shows which screened during Pilot Week.
- october 31 | www.if.com.au
- Seven Network has unveiled its content plans at its 2019 Allfront event in Sydney. Highlights include four new local dramas, including the latest from writer Bevan Lee
- october 30 | tbivision.com
- Seven Network has unveiled its content plans at its 2019 Allfront event in Sydney. Highlights include four new local dramas, including the latest from writer Bevan Lee
- october 26 | mediaweek.com.au
- The return of ABC drama SeaChange, Lego Masters, Bad Mothers, and a new Hamish and Andy series were among the content highlights at Nine’s 2019 upfronts on Wednesday evening.
- october 17 | mumbrella.com.au
- Media gossip today suggesting that the classic 80s and 90s soap A Country Practice could be coming back...
- october 15 | televisionau.com
- Behind her familiar smile, Rebecca Gibney is plotting something. The much-loved Australian actress is one of the creative forces behind crime drama Wanted, which means part of her mind is always ticking over with ideas for escaping police, outwitting bad guys and surviving a life on the run.
- october 10 | thewest.com.au
- Mr Inbetween, the new Australian drama series created by and starring Scott Ryan as the criminal-for-hire “Ray Shoesmith”, has been renewed for a second season by FX Networks and FOXTEL
- october 09 | seat42f.com
- Writer Peter Duncan (Rake) is scripting Fallout, a 6 hour drama on historic events at Maralinga. To be produced by Porchlight Pictures (The Kettering Incident, Laid, Animal Kingdom, Jasper Jones), it is surrounds British atomic tests in 1953 in Maralinga, 1000 km northwest of Adelaide.
- october 05 | tvtonight.com.au
- THE Hollywood Reporter is hailing it as “one of 2018’s best shows so far”, and now Aussie’s will get to experience the hot hitman drama that’s been 14 years in the making.
- september 27 | www.couriermail.com.au
- His show has been picked up by FX in America, and the edgy cable network has already got him developing a second season in the expectation the first one will strike a chord with viewers. But Scott Ryan isn't popping the champagne corks just yet.
- september 27 | www.smh.com.au
- You, me and the dogs on the street know there is too much good TV to keep up with.... Mr Inbetween is a true gem. And it won’t take up much of your time.
- september 24 | www.theglobeandmail.com
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airdates:
- November
- 30 - The Blake Mysteries: A New Beginning (7)
- December
- 03 - Nowhere Boys: Battle For Negative Space (ABC)
- January
- 01 - Bloom (Stan)
birthdays:
- November
- 1 - Tina Arena (1967)
- 1 - Toni Collette (1972)
- 3 - Angus McLaren (1988)
- 4 - Myles Pollard (1972)
- 4 - Robert Menzies (1955)
- 4 - Lani John Tupu (1955)
- 6 - Liddy Clark (1953)
- 6 - Vince Colosimo (1966)
- 7 - Melissa Bell (1972)
- 7 - Marisa Siketa (1990)
- 8 - Tom Wren (1979)
- 9 - Oliver Ackland (1979)
- 10 - Jessica Tovey (1987)
- 10 - Andrew Morley (1989)
- 11 - Ashleigh Cummings (1992)
- 12 - Kate Bell (1983)
- 14 - Michala Banas (1978)
- 14 - Brooke Satchwell (1980)
- 15 - Lewis Fitz-Gerald (1958)
- 16 - Gigi Edgley (1977)
- 16 - Tim Ferguson (1963)
- 16 - Karl Zwicky (1956)
- 23 - Andrew Bovell (1962)
- 24 - Dan Falzon (1974)
- 24 - Shane Bourne (1949)
- 28 - Ryan Kwanten (1976)
- 28 - Kristian Schmid (1974)
- 28 - Wayne Blair (1971)
- 30 - Kate Fischer (1973)
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