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New comedy Mr. Black for TEN
Stephen Curry & Nadine Garner will star in a new comedy series for TEN, Mr. Black, produced by CJZ. Curry (The Castle, The King) will feature as a larrikin former sports journalist whose mortality...
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Upfronts 2019: 10: variety, new dramas, multichannel rebrand.
New 10 branding Multichannels rebadged as 10 Boss & 10 Peach 4 Pilot Week shows get greenlight 3 new local dramas 10 All Access subscription service The Gilded Age, Murphy Brown, The Conners TEN...
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Seven rules out Blake Mysteries for 2019
EXCLUSIVE: Seven is not proceeding with more of The Blake Mysteries in 2019, all but signalling the end for the Doctor Blake franchise. The network has cited lack of time slots in its 2019 schedule as...
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Programmer’s Wrap 2019: 10
10 has kicked off 2019 on a positive note with I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here kicking off with over a million viewers. Launching two weeks earlier than usual, it was a mighty gamble. No surprises...
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10 has released a trailer for its upcoming comedy series Mr. Black starring Stephen Curry, Nadine Garner, Nick Russell, Sophie Wright and Paul Denny. The series is created by writer, actor and...
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Networks on alert for Q2
TV will head into its second quarter on Sunday April 28 when brand new shows hit our screens. But will scale the heights of Married at First Sight even as the weather cools? The pressure is on as...
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Airdate: Mr. Black
10 will screen its new comedy series Mr. Black on Tuesday nights from early May. The eight-part CJZ series is created by writer, actor and producer Adam Zwar (Wilfred, Agony series) and features...
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Mr. Black
Mr. Black is the future father-in-law from hell. Cranky in his 48 years of age battling ankylosing spondylitis, Mr. Black (Stephen Curry) is slowly losing strength in his bones. While he may have the...
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Who Do You Think You Are? pushes ABC’s Recording Studio down
Far away from the reality battle SBS doco Who Do You Think You Are? managed to beat ABC’s The Recording Studio last night. SBS drew 376,000 for its episode featuring Jennifer Byrne nudging The...
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AFL helps Seven win the week, UK dramas drive ABC.
In the week that Nine was forced to cull its AFL Footy Show after 2 and a half decades, Seven’s AFL is delivering good numbers. On Saturday Seven pulled out a 40% share and another 37% on Friday,...
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Paying Attention lifts 10, Nine wins Monday.
The return of Have You Been Paying Attention? was good news for 10 last night, drawing 787,000, winning its slot and pushing 10’s audience to the front for an hour from 8:50pm. Earlier the penultimate...
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Lego Masters wraps with big finish
Lego Masters drew 1.25m for its finale, rising to 1.49m for the moment Henry & Cade were announced as winners. No question that topped the demos and wraps a stellar run for the show. That was...
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Mr. Black, TV’s test of masculinity.
Minor Spoilers. When Adam Zwar began writing Mr. Black he always envisaged it would be on a public broadcaster or even Pay TV before a Free to Air network. After all their recent history in narrative...
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Everyone’s a winner on Monday
Everybody had reason to smile last night. 4 networks were leading at various times while a fifth launched a new show well. Across the night Seven led from 5:30 – 7, then Nine from 7:30 – 9;10, 10 from...
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Who Do you Think You Are? soars for SBS, challenges 7:30, House Rules.
SBS has drawn a knockout crowd for Who Do You Think You Are? Last night’s episode featuring Dr. Karl Kruszelnicki pulled 479,000 viewers. That was the highest rating show across 2018 and 2019...
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The Voice tops entertainment shows, HYBPA? best in demos.
The Voice was the top entertainment show last night and a clear winner in its slot at 952,000, down slightly on last Monday. That was well in front of an improved House Rules (735,000), 7:30...
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Seven News, The Voice lead Tuesday race.
The Voice was the top entertainment show last night and topped older demos at 915,000 viewers, up on last Tuesday’s 856,000. That was well ahead of MasterChef Australia topping the younger demo with...
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ABC down on Tuesday as Nine wins
ABC may have been competitive for the 7-8pm hour last night but it was unable to compete elsewhere last night. The Voice led in entertainment shows at 977,000, up on last Tuesday, and a long lead...
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Seven News at 2019 high but Nine wins Monday
The Queen’s birthday holiday in several states impacted a number of shows yesterday with an arvo AFL match (on 554,00 viewers) pushing Seven News to a 2019 high. Seven News was #1 with 1.3m viewers...
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Viewers switch off The Super Switch
Viewers switched off Seven at 7:30pm last night in droves. The Super Switch could only managed 308,000 viewers for Seven -fifth in its slot behind SBS. Most of the Home and Away audience did not even...
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The Voice, HYBPA?, The Chase strong on Monday.
Seven, Nine and 10 all had good reasons to smile last night, but the night ultimately went Nine’s way. The Voice continues to comfortably win the 7:30 battle although 992,000 was down on last Monday’s...
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House Rules special struggles against The Voice, MasterChef.
A House Rules special brought into play after the poor start by The Super Switch may have lifted on weekly timeslot numbers but it still struggled against other reality shows. An emotion-charged...
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All the drama of ratings week
Home and Away continues to lead the local scripted pack averaging 654,000 viewers last week. That was Seven’s best performing brand outside of News & House Rules. Harrow was next best local...
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Andrew Denton: Interview: July 2
Next week on Interview Andrew Denton sits down with the very affable Stephen Curry. The irony is it’s also in the same timeslot that Mr. Black was screening. But at least we’ve avoided going head to...
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Sam Simmons off-script
When it comes to acting, comedian Sam Simmons prefers to go off-script. In the second season of ABC’s car-pool comedy, Squinters, he’s done just that. “I can’t help myself sometimes, it’s the stand-up...
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Streaming services a “godsend” for drama producers
Free to Air networks might not be the #1 fans of streaming services such as Netflix and Amazon but producers see things much differently. As Drama budgets become tighter with Australian broadcasters,...
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Mr. Black format sells to US
New 10 sitcom Mr. Black has made a format sale to the US. The comedy, created by Adam Zwar & CJZ, has been sold to FOX Entertainment-owned production company, SideCar. The project, which featured...
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Secrets of CJZ success
Rachel Antony, Nick Murray. Cordell Jigsaw Zapruder prides itself on making original Australian television. While bigger production companies aligned with international firms have a high volume of...
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10 to kick off Upfronts season
The big announcement tipped for tomorrow’s 10 Upfronts is the names of the new MasterChef Australia judges. There have been few rumours around who will get this prized gig. In August Who magazine...
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2020 Upfronts: 10: Five Bedrooms, Masked Singer, DWTS renewed.
Three new MasterChef judges Jock Zonfrillo, Melissa Leong and Andy Allen Renewed: Five Bedrooms, Dancing with the Stars, Kinne Tonight Two x Survivor seasons Drunk History series New local drama The...
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Mr. Black gets writers for US adaptation
The US adaptation of 10 comedy Mr. Black will be written by Andrew Mogel and Jarrad Paul, creators of Huge in France and The Grinder. News of an adaptation for FOX emerged in August, from creator Adam...
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Programmer’s Wrap 2020: 10
EXCLUSIVE: 10 has a spring in step and has changed the game in 2020 by launching I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here early and kicking off Q1 with Dancing with the Stars & Australian Survivor. A...
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