Headlines:
- Half of Nine's first release "Australian" drama is from New Zealand with the network taking advantage of loopholes in the rules governing local content, a new report by media watchdog The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has found.
july 25 | mumbrella.com.au
- Screen Producers Australia today blasted the primary commercial free-to-air channels for screening "significantly less" first run Australian drama, documentaries and children's programs.
july 25 | if.com.au
- It was the kind of moment every television drama needs - when the life of its main character is turned upside down - but Offspring fans are not happy their beloved Nina has been taken for a ride.
july 24 | www.theage.com.au
- Actor Meyne Wyatt is the first indigenous actor to join the main cast of Channel Ten's soap opera Neighbours since it began in 1985.
july 20 | www.smh.com.au
- The Fox network has pulled the plug on the US remake of Jungleboys' ABC comedy A Moody Christmas. The network decided not to proceed despite having commissioned the scripts for a pilot and for a second episode.
july 18 | if.com.au
- Liz Birdsworth represents a common occurrence where women who have been to prison live their time better inside than outside - a reality she is faced with now that she is up for parole again in Wentworth.
july 17 | au.news.yahoo.com
- The Nine Network's drama House Husbands is being remade in France and Italy.
july 17 | if.com.au
- Australian actor John Walton, who played heart throb Dr Craig Rothwell in the 1970s soapie The Young Doctors, has died. He was 62.
july 17 | www.tvtonight.com.au
- Locals embraced the TV drama A Place to Call Home when it made its debut last year, beaming iconic images of Camden across the country. Now those same viewers have criticised Channel Seven for dumping the show without proper explanation.
july 15 | www.camdenadvertiser.com.au
- Australian comedian Josh Thomas asked a simple question with his comedy series Please Like Me. He has his answer: they do. The ABC and the US cable channel Pivot have commissioned a third series.
july 12 | www.theage.com.au
- Justine Clarke must be one of the few Australian performers who is equally revered by three generations for completely different reasons
july 04 | www.theherald.com.au
- Australian soap opera Neighbours will make its American debut July 14 on Hulu. New episodes of the half-hour drama, which follows life on suburban Ramsay Street, will debut Monday through Friday on the free, ad-supported platform and its ad-free subscription service, Hulu Plus.
july 07 | www.hollywoodreporter.com
- Television studio Crawford Productions produced many of the iconic Australian dramas of the '60s and '70s, and one show in particular, Homicide, gave a whole generation of Australian actors their start on screen.
july 04 | www.abc.net.au
- Australian producer Trudi-Ann Tierney made several successful soap operas for Afghan television — she captures the experience in her new book Making Soapies in Kabul
july 04 | www.khaleejtimes.com
- Broulee's own starlet Abby Earl has a bright future on the cards, with a film and plans to move to Hollywood following the end of her television show, A Place to Call Home.
july 04 | www.batemansbaypost.com.au
- In sharp contrast to the character he plays on Offspring — happy-go-lucky musician Mick, on-again, off-again boyfriend of Kat Stewart's firebrand Billie Proudman — Eddie Perfect isn't short on incisive or shrewd insights to his world.
july 03 | www.smh.com.au
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airdates:
- August
- 10 - ANZAC Girls (ABC)
- 12 - Please Like me (ABC2)
- 13 - Utopia (ABC)
Ratings Top 10
- July 6 - 12
- 2.045m - State Of Origin III - Match
- 2.008m - House Rules - Winner Announced
- 1.731m - House Rules - Grand Final
- 1.324m - Seven News - Sunday
- 1.307m - The Voice - Monday
- 1.258m - Nine News - Sunday
- 1.254m - The Voice Kids
- 1.244m - Sunday Night
- 1.216m - Nine News
- 1.175m - Seven News
birthdays:
- July
- 2 - Andrew Curry (1972)
- 2 - Grant Dodwell (1952)
- 3 - Jane Allsop (1975)
- 4 - Scott Major (1975)
- 6 - Geoffrey Rush (1951)
- 10 - Danielle Horvat (1991)
- 10 - Jeffrey Walker (1982)
- 13 - Penny Cook (1957)
- 14 - John Wood (1946)
- 14 - Deborah Mailman (1972)
- 14 - Joy Smithers (1963)
- 18 - Shaun Micallef (1962)
- 18 - Grant Bowler (1968)
- 23 - Eva Lazzaro (1995)
- 24 - Chris Haywood (1948)
- 24 - Rose Byrne (1979)
- 25 - Christopher Gabardi (1969)
- 26 - Madeleine West (1979)
- 26 - Abe Forsythe (1981)
- 26 - Jonny Pasvolsky (1972)
- 27 - Indiana Evans (1990)
- 30 - Simon Baker (1969)
- 31 - Brittany Byrnes (1987)
- 31 - Ernie Dingo (1956)
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