Headlines:

August 14, 2008

Home and Away star Todd Lasance hurt in Sydney car crash

“HOME and Away actor Todd Lasance was taken to a Sydney hospital with head injuries after being involved in a serious car accident at the weekend.”
www.news.com.au/adelaidenow

Rebecca Gibney's new role is herself - a suburban mum

“SHE may be an AFI and Logie winning actress but Rebecca Gibney says her latest role as a suburban mum is more like her than any character she's ever played.”
www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph
August 13, 2008

Underbelly comes to Sydney

“The second series of gangland drama Underbelly is expected to be filmed in both Sydney and Melbourne. The prequel to the hit TV show is due to start filming in the next couple of months, ahead of its air date from February 2009.”
www.smh.com.au

East of Everything Returns for Second Series

“Richard Roxburgh, Tom Long, Susie Porter and Gia Carides will once again head the cast of the ABC TV drama series East of Everything, which begins production on a second series in Byron Bay on Monday August 18.”
www.abc.net.au
August 12, 2008

Kiwi show Outrageous Fortune gets airing in America

“KIWI "dramedy" Outrageous Fortune... has been bought by US power channel ABC, which has already put a team of scriptwriters to work revamping it for American audiences. Sources say the ABC network plans to film the pilot this year. ”
www.news.com.au/heraldsun
August 11, 2008

Back with a vengeance

“When the obscure comedy Double The Fist won the 2004 Australian Film Institute award for best comedy series over favourite Kath & Kim, the television world was horrified. Four years on, it's a victory stars Craig Anderson, Tony Walters, Bryan Moses and Doug Bayne still relish.”
www.smh.com.au
August 10, 2008

Michala Banas fills in for sick Kym Valentine

“Kym Valentine has been forced to pull out of the show as she struggles to recover from a collapsed lung and pneumonia.”
www.news.com.au/couriermail
August 09, 2008

Flop fear for foxy morons

“THE producer of Kath & Kim has hit back at claims the US version of the hit comedy is set to bomb.”
www.smh.com.au

Wil's Traval-ing from All Saints

“WORD is this TV quack is leaving his popular series in November to go travelling but he'll be around finish the current series.”
www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph
August 08, 2008

America -there is no Sharon.

“Say it isn't so... It now appears there could be no 'Sharon Strezlecki' in the American version of Kath & Kim. And the role won't simply be retitled as Debbie / Heather or Donna.”
www.tvtonight.com.au

FOX picks up The Informant

“Another week, another Aussie drama is picked up by a US Network. This time the telemovie The Informant by writer Greg Haddrick ”
www.tvtonight.com.au
August 05, 2008

Broadcast TV on the terminal list

“The battle of internet viewing technologies that will replace television has begun - and all of them spell doom for telecasting as we now know it.”
www.smh.com.au
August 04, 2008

George Lucas to shoot Star Wars TV series at Sydney's Fox Studios

“SYDNEY remains filmmaker George Lucas' favoured location to shoot his much-hyped Star Wars spin-off TV series.”
www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph

ABC's 'Jackass' gets new airing

“Action comedy Double the Fist was pulled from the ABC four years ago for being too crude for the public broadcaster, but is now back promising more irreverent humour than ever before.”
www.smh.com.au

Online movie fans face scrutiny

“The film production industry is pressuring Australian internet providers to start sending 'we know what you're doing'-type letters to customers who are tracked downloading copyright content, warning them they face disconnection or even legal action if they continue.”
www.theage.com.au
August 03, 2008

TV overpublicises female cancers to detriment of men

“TV news is giving Australians a warped view of cancer rates by over-publicising cervical and breast cancer and largely ignoring cancers affecting men, researchers say.”
www.news.com.au/couriermail

Updates:

August 11...
Outrageous Fortune guide updated
August 04 - 10
Outrageous Fortune guide updated
Blue Water High episode guide updated
updated
The Hollowmen episode guide updated to finale
Double the Fist episode guide updated
Very Small Business added to the site, debuts in Sept.
All Saints images added for episode 11.26
The Jaquie Brown Diaries episode guide updated, corrected
Canal Road episode guide updated
McLeod's Daughters: story gallery added for episode 8.03

all previous updates

Ratings:

Aug 03 - 09, 2008
2.824m - Seven's Beijing Olympics: Opening Ceremony
2.216m - Seven News - Sat
2.215m - Sevens Beijing Olympics: D1 Primetime
1.747m - 60 Minutes
1.716m - Sevens Beijing Olympics: D1 Fringe
1.698m - The Farmer Wants A Wife
1.660m - Two and a Half Men
1.606m - Seven News - Sun
1.583m - Seven News
1.556m - The One - Australia's Most Gifted Psychic

source: OzTam

birthdays:

August
1 - Les Hill (1973)
2 - Sam Worthington (1976)
5 - John Jarratt (1951)
6 - Melissa George (1976)
7 - Sophie Lee (1968)
9 - Mark Priestley (1976)
9 - Eric Bana (1958)
12 - Christopher Stollery (1965)
14 - Kate Ritchie (1978)
15 - Brooke Anderson (1981)
16 - Brendan Cowell (1976)
16 - Jeremy Kewley (1960)
17 - Noni Hazlehurst (1953)
17 - Shane Porteous (1942)
19 - Tammin Sursok (1983)
21 - Peter Weir (1944)
21 - Anne-Louise Lambert (1955)
22 - Catherien Wilkin (1945)
22 - Shane Withington (1958)
23 - Rowena Wallace (1948)
24 - Rachael Carpani (1980)
30 - Kimberley Joseph (1973)
31 - Jack Thompson (1940)