Click Here to enter our SHOP at TV Series Galore

Blog Directory for Melbourne, Victoria

Injunction stops Beyond the Darklands episode

   Bad news for Victorian veiwers of Seven’s true crime series Beyond The Darklands. Channel Seven has been prevented from running tonight’s episode, following a court injunction. The Court of Appeal has injuncted a broadcast which focusses on serial murderer and rapist Peter Dupas.  Dupas is currently appealing his latest conviction and sentence over the [...]

TV Networks face email rage under new code of practice

Under proposed changes to the Code of Practice, viewers will be able to complain about television programmes simply by sending an email to the network. The Australian Communications and Media Authority has recommended the code be amended to allow the electronic lodgment of complaints so problems are picked up early and dealt with quickly, report [...]

BBC hits back after Murdoch attack

  The BBC has dimissed criticism by News Corporation’s James Murdoch of broadcasting policy in Britain. In a speech in Edinburgh, Mr Murdoch described the scale of the BBC’s operations as a threat to independent journalism. He compared British media authorities to creationists that believe they always know best. “There is a land-grab, pure and [...]

Seven aplogises for Bulger ad

  Channel Seven has been forced to apologise after using the horrific death of British toddler James Bulger to advertise its police drama City Homicide. The network used closed-circuit TV images of the two-year-old being abducted in a promotion for last Monday’s program, which was loosely based on the Bulger case.

Packed to the Rafters’ Hugh Sheridan launches single

  ON the verge of launching his solo music career, Packed to the Rafters actor Hugh Sheridan accepts the public are wary of such crossovers. Following in the well trodden footsteps of Kylie Minogue, Jason Donovan and Natalie Bassingthwaighte, the Packed To The Rafters star has signed a contract with Sony – his first single [...]

Will Julia Gillard prove pollies are smart?

  Well, it’s Julia Gillard’s turn to test her knowledge against the kid’s on Ten’s Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader? this coming Monday. Contestents on this show usually come off second best when they’re put up against the youth of today, so I don’t really see Monday’s show ending any differently – but [...]

Top TV show downloads revealed in new research

A research company has been checking torrents and come up with the most illegally-downloaded TV shows and movies.  So what are the most popular TV shows and movies among those who download illegally?  It might not be a question many of us consider, but research company Big Champagne has.  It checked the torrents – the [...]

53% of Aussies have switched to digital TV

More than half of all Australian households have switched to digital television, says Senator Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy. According to the second Digital Tracker Survey (April to June 2009), 53 percent of Australian households have converted to free-to-air digital. In addition, 93 percent of households are aware of the [...]

Torchwood Series 2 to air on ABC2

  ABC2 will continue with the second series of Torchwood on Friday nights when the first season ends next month. Although these episodes aired on the old TEN HD Channel (sob!) they were easily missed by many. At least ABC2 has been airing them consistently each week. The first ep of S2 “Kiss Kiss Bang [...]

UK axes Big Brother after current series

If even Britain has given up on Big Brother you just know we’re leaving the ‘noughties. Channel 4 in the UK have announced that it will not be renewing the series when it ends in 2010. Kevin Lygo, Director of Television and Content at Channel 4, said the decision had been dictated more by creative [...]