Headlines:

Creating Bluey: Tales from the Art Director - Chapter 1

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

Shortland Street fears: Speculation grows about show’s future amid industry struggles

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

How Gerard Kennedy was a pioneer in saving Australian drama

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

Obituary: Gerard Kennedy

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’s Big Play theatre show is coming to screens in April

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

TV 50 years in colour

It was 50 years today that Australian TV (finally…!) began to colour our world.
March 01 | televisionau.com

Neighbours axed again, just two years after Amazon resurrection

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

NCIS: SYDNEY secures early third season renewal after global success

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

Inside Williamstown’s $3m Blue Heelers police station turned luxury home

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

Vale: Nicholas Eadie

Actor Nicholas Eadie, best known for Cop Shop, The Henderson Kids and Vietnam has died aged 66.
January 23 | tvtonight.com.au

Ghosts Australia to film in Perth

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

Beloved Australian actress, Leila Hayes has peacefully passed away, aged 85

Sons and Daughters actress Leila Hayes has sadly passed away, aged 85.
January 21 | www.nowtolove.com.au

Happy New Year: TV drama riding high in ’95

Happy New Year from the year 1995 — 30 years ago — and television drama was on a high with new and returning titles.
January 01 | televisionau.com

Conan O’Brien just gave us the weirdest two minutes of Shortland Street ever

In its 32 glorious years, Shortland Street has given us a cornucopia of memorable celebrity cameos... But last night, we saw the cameo to end all cameos, when American comedian Conan O’Brien made a brief but thrilling appearance
December 12 | thespinoff.co.nz

Forgotten Australian television plays: The Hobby Horse

In early 1962, the ABC, responding to (entirely accurate) criticism that its local television drama had been overly dominated by foreign scripts, scheduled a season of six Australian-written television plays...
November 15 | www.filmink.com.au

‘Heartbreak High’ Sneak Peek: Hit Netflix Series Gets Ready for Graduation in Season 3

Stars Ayesha Madon and James Majoos discuss what's coming next on the hit Australian Netflix YA series as production begins on the final season.
November 13 | www.hollywoodreporter.com

Updates:

June 14...
Bay of Fires guide updated, cast credits completed
June 01 - 13
Homebound 3.0 [NZ] series 2 guide started
Strife series 2 guide completed
Homebound 3.0 [NZ] guide updated
Bay of Fires series 2 guide started
Mix Tape added
Homebound 3.0 [NZ] guide updated

previous updates

premieres:

June
12 - Mix Tape (Showcase/Binge)
15 - Bay of Fires s2 (ABC)

DVD releases:

November 25, 2024
The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart [Regions 2,4]

birthdays:

June
1 - Caroline Craig (1969)
1 - Bill Young (1950)
1 - Jason Donovan (1968)
1 - Ed Oxenbould - 2001)
2 - Joel Toebeck (1971)
4 - Rachel Griffiths (1968)
6 - Andrew McFarlane (1951)
6 - Jacinta Stapleton (1979)
6 - Toni Pearen (1972)
7 - Ria Vandervis (1984)
7 - Anthony Simcoe (1969)
7 - Gia Carides (1964)
9 - Jane Kennedy (1964)
11 - Claire Holt (1988)
12 - Frances O’Connor (1969)
12 - Kieran Darcy-Smith (1965)
12 - Samantha Tolj (1982)
12 - Tom Oliver (1938)
13 - Jodi Smit-McPhee (1996)
15 - Nina Liu (1977)
15 - William Snow (1960)
15 - Dan Paris (1973)
18 - Nick Tate (1942)
19 - Anthony Phelan (1954)
20 - Nicole Kidman (1967)
23 - Bryan Brown (1947)
23 - Tara Morice (1964)
23 - Joel Edgerton (1974)
27 - Teague Rook (1971)
28 - Sandy Gore (1950)
29 - Chris Egan (1984)
30 - Marton Csokas (1966)