Headlines:
- The ABC is turning up the tension this winter with The Family Next Door, a gripping new six-part mystery drama set to premiere this August.
- July 06 | tvblackbox.com.au
- Actor Julian McMahon, best known for FBI: Most Wanted, Charmed, Nip / Tuck, Home & Away has died, aged 56.
- July 05 | tvtonight.com.au
- With the jury still deliberating over the fate of accused murderer Erin Patterson, the ABC has reportedly already commissioned a dramatisation of the extraordinary mushroom poisoning case.
- July 04 | www.thenewdaily.com.au
- "I received a call from the Network thanking me for all my hard work and dedication to the show but for next season they are ‘going in a different direction’."
- June 30 | tvtonight.com.au
- Jonathan La Paglia will not return as host of Australian Survivor in 2026, confirming recent reports that the long-serving presenter is stepping away after 10 years.
- June 30 | tvblackbox.com.au
- Jonathan LaPaglia has expressed that he was hurt after being dumped from the show, with the network wanting to shake things up.
- June 30 | www.mediaweek.com.au
- Network 10 has confirmed that the upcoming season of Survivor: Australia V The World will be the last series hosted by Jonathan LaPaglia. He has hosted Network 10’s revival of Australian Survivor since 2016.
- June 30 | www.mediaweek.com.au
- The ABC, Screen Australia and VicScreen are thrilled to announce that production has commenced on Goolagong, a three-part event mini-series based on the inspiring true-life story of world champion tennis player Evonne Goolagong.
- June 27 | www.screenaustralia.gov.au
- Binge today announced the commission of a new Australian scripted series based on the infamous Australian bank robber, Brenden Abbott (AKA ‘the Postcard Bandit’.
- June 19 | tvtonight.com.au
- How a 23 year old gal from Brisbane ended up designing the world’s most popular kids show. [Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4]
- April 1-23 | substack.com
- Speculation continues to rise about the fate of the beloved Kiwi television series Shortland Street. TVNZ has not confirmed whether the show would return next year, but said it was “not cancelled”.
- May 02 | www.nzherald.co.nz
- In 1970 actors like Gerard Kennedy and Terence Donovan marched through the streets of Melbourne carrying a coffin to symbolise the future of the industry without local quotas. It was a pivotal moment for Aussie drama.
- April 26 | tvtonight.com.au
- Gerard Kennedy, film and television actor best known from his leading roles in Hunter and Division 4, has died age 93.
- April 25 | televisionau.com
- Bluey, the animated series that captured hearts worldwide, is bringing its theatre show Bluey’s Big Play to small screens on 20 April 2025.
- March 25 | www.womensweekly.com.au
- It was 50 years today that Australian TV (finally…!) began to colour our world.
- March 01 | televisionau.com
- In an attempt to break the record for most cancellations of a primetime TV drama, Neighbours is once again bracing itself for the end of an era.
- February 21 | www.msn.com
- Paramount+ has today officially renewed Australian series NCIS: Sydney for a third season, with filming set to begin in the harbour city this Monday.
- February 21 | tvblackbox.com.au
- A former police station with a star-studded past has hit the market in Melbourne that was once home to one of Australia’s most iconic television dramas. See what it looks like now.
- February 20 | www.news.com.au
- Actor Nicholas Eadie, best known for Cop Shop, The Henderson Kids and Vietnam has died aged 66.
- January 23 | tvtonight.com.au
- Ghosts Australia will film in Perth, thanks to the Western Australian Production Attraction Incentive, and screen on both Paramount+ and Network 10 later in the year.
- January 23 | tvtonight.com.au
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premieres:
- August
- 04 - The Twelve: Cape Rock Killer (Showcase/Binge)
- 10 - The Family Next Door (ABC)
birthdays:
- July
- 1 - Nick Giannopoulos (1963)
- 2 - Andrew Curry (1972)
- 2 - Grant Dodwell (1952)
- 3 - Jane Allsop (1975)
- 4 - Ben Tari (1972)
- 4 - Scott Major (1975)
- 4 - Ray Meagher (1944)
- 5 - Stephanie McIntosh (1985)
- 5 - Kip Gamblin (1975)
- 6 - Geoffrey Rush (1951)
- 8 - Ian McFadyen (1948)
- 10 - Danielle Horvat (1991)
- 10 - Jeffrey Walker (1982)
- 14 - Kristy Wright (1978)
- 14 - John Wood (1946)
- 14 - Deborah Mailman (1972)
- 14 - Joy Smithers (1963)
- 17 - Matthew Holmes (1976)
- 18 - Shaun Micallef (1962)
- 18 - Andy Anderson (1947)
- 18 - Grant Bowler (1968)
- 22 - Rena Owen (1960)
- 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 - George Kapiniaris (1962)
- 27 - Jeremy Callaghan (1967)
- 27 - Ewen Leslie (1980)
- 27 - Indiana Evans (1990)
- 28 - Rachel Blakely (1968)
- 30 - Simon Baker (1969)
- 30 - Philip Quast (1957)
- 31 - Brittany Byrnes (1987)
- 31 - Ernie Dingo (1956)
- 31 - Christian Byers (1993)
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