HBO, Australia's ABC TV Set To Begin Preproduction On 'Angry Boys' Oct 3, 2009
HBO, Australia's ABC TV Set To Begin Preproduction On 'Angry Boys ... A co-production of HBO and Australia's ABC TV and the BBC, the series' rookie season will encompass a dozen episodes ... The show aired on ABC TV in Australia, where it remains the highest-selling comedy series DVD in Down Under history. (Multichannel News)
Lilley's back, and he's angry Oct 2, 2009
ABC TV executive head of content creation Courtney Gibson said the scripts were "absolutely terrific". "Once again Chris is pushing comedy and character somewhere really challenging and ambitious," she said. (The Age, Australia)
Cross purposes Sep 21, 2009
Melbourne comic John Safran will be crucified - literally - in his next television venture, a daring eight-part documentary to screen on ABC TV from next month. John Safran's Race Relations will see the comic examine cross-cultural, interracial and interfaith love in a series that features scenes shot in Israel, Palestine, Togo, Japan, the Philippines, Thailand, the United Kingdom and the USA.. (The Age, Australia)
Pet owners dogged by fees Sep 19, 2009
The BBC documentary Pedigree Dogs Exposed, on ABC TV last week, showed inbreeding of dogs has caused painful genetic deformities, disabilities and disease which are costing pet owners around the world billions of dollars ... A Catalyst program on ABC TV this week found a similar situation in Australia, featuring one vet who said 90 per cent of the bulldogs born in his practice are delivered by caesarean section ($2000) because the dog has been bred to have such a large head it can't fit through... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
MPs mock Langbroek over teddy bear tale Sep 17, 2009
In the ABC TV program, former student union president Eugene O'Sullivan recalled the premier's days in the union. "Anna came from the five foot four feminist faction, who were a left wing, Marxist, feminist group ... fairly strident, hairy arm-pitted type women who were either lesbian separatists or running a fairly anti-bloke line," he told the program. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Tumour battle for TV luminary Sep 14, 2009
One of the country's best known and most admired film and television producers, who has been an executive at both ABC TV and the Nine Network, has an operation on Thursday. In an email to the school's staff, Ms Levy said she had been diagnosed with ''a non-life- threatening benign brain tumour'' and expected to be on leave for about six weeks. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Skating and gymnastics event coming back to Rapid City Sep 9, 2009
"We kind of do a little bit of everything, and I think we will be incorporating a little bit of the 'Dancing with the Stars' with me," said Johnson, who won the most recent season of the popular ABC TV show. Johnson enjoyed her first experience in Rapid City when she took part in the Progressive event during the Christmas season last year. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Elders future now strong: CEO Sep 6, 2009
"But at the end of the day, the company, the banks, everybody gave a little bit and we were able to find the right compromise and the right mix to get the equity raising away," he told ABC TV.. Elders' main focus in the future will be its agricultural services operations, Mr Jackson said, with its automotive and forestry interests set to be sold off when market conditions improve. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Disney to Buy Marvel for $4 Billion Sep 1, 2009
ESPN, and the ABC TV network. The deal also represents the latest step in the march by Disney CEO , who took over the top job in 2005, to build out the company that he inherited from former top Disney executive Michael Eisner. (BusinessWeek)
Nelson no man of steel, says Abbott Aug 31, 2009
Look, I think everyone in politics has got to be a bit of a showman,'' he told ABC TV.. You wouldn't go into Parliament if you didn't have a pretty solid ego. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Strong investment data stokes rate rise fears Aug 27, 2009
"There is the real risk that the Reserve Bank could decide to implement the first rate hike by Christmas rather than the New Year.'' Boost for GDP Based on data known so far, some economists say June quarter gross domestic products (GDP) could have grown by around 1 per cent, expanding on the slim 0.4 per cent growth in the three months to March. The economy contracted by 0.6 per cent in the December quarter. But the Federal Government is refusing to make any predictions about next week's GDP.... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
YESTERYEARS FOR SUNDAY, AUGUST 23, 2009 Aug 23, 2009
West, a graduate of Pine Bluff High School, is manager of ABC TV s Guest Relations Department in New York. Our work is a continuous experience in human relations, West said. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
Eureka moment for Herald journalist Aug 19, 2009
THE Sydney Morning Herald's Environment Editor, Marian Wilkinson, has won the 2009 Eureka Prize for Environmental Journalism, along with Neale Maude, Kate Wild and Ruth Fogarty of ABC TV, for The Tipping Point, published in the last August ... au and screened on ABC TV'S Four Corners. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Coalition ready for early election: Pyne Aug 16, 2009
"(But) my sense is they will bring it back in November because they are looking for a double-dissolution trigger," he told ABC TV on Sunday. Mr Pyne said the coalition would not pass Labor's ETS because it feared an early election. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
New ABC TV Series 'Defying Gravity' Takes Off With Sony F35 Camera Aug 2, 2009
Text hiding to spacing. PARK RIDGE, N.J., July 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Capturing the look and feel of life aboard a spacecraft on a six-year mission through the solar system requires imagination, creativity and a flexible camera system. (PR Newswire)
Chaser's Chas bows out with Botox Jul 30, 2009
Wednesday night's show is the final episode of the Chaser's War Everything after three seasons on ABC TV.. It will feature a montage in which the gang, made up of Licciardello, Chris Taylor, Julian Morrow, Craig Reucassel and Andrew Hansen, try to make peace with some of those they have harassed. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Librarians head to US Jul 29, 2009
ABC TV show The Librarians could be the latest Australian comedy to head for the United States. Co-creator, writer, producer and star Robyn Butler says she and co-creator and husband Wayne Hope are in the process of talks about taking the show to the US.. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Katie Holmes escapes burning car on Australian horror-film set Jul 29, 2009
In the film based on (now this sounds like a winner) a remake of a 1973 ABC TV movie, Tom Cruise's wife plays a woman stalked by evil gnomes. Talk about type-casting. (FOX61, CT)
Australian college dupes Indian students Jul 28, 2009
In a latest scam which came to light after ABC TV channel programme 'Four Corners' exposed migration and education agents duping Indian students, Aerospace Aviation college that provides commercial pilot training, it was alleged, exploited international students besides ill treating Indian students. Under their aviation course, students who have signed up for a commercial pilots' license course that cost USD 43,500, Aerospace Aviation must deliver 200 hours of flying over 52 weeks. (India Times, India)
Indian journalist attacked in Australia Jul 27, 2009
The woman, working as a reporter with ABC TV, was threatened during the making of the programme 'Four Corners' and was attacked over the weekend. In an article on its website, ABC said the reporter went to two different migration agents posing as a customer wanting to pass an English Language Test without having the skills and told them that she was willing to buy a fake work certificate. (India Times, India)
I'M NOT AFRAID OF AUGUST... Jul 24, 2009
Pelosi: "I'm not afraid of August" - Glenn Thrush - POLITICO.com. " The question, which she didn't quite answer, was whether the House needs to stay in session to ram through health care reform -- a suggestion made earlier today by Pelosi's whip Jim Clyburn. With six-plus legislative days to go, reporters (many of them with vacation plans and child care concerns) wanted to know about the speaker's plans. "We've had a very small conversation about whether we need to few days sooner or later," she... (The Drudge Report)
China remains tight lipped on Hu Jul 19, 2009
"It's quite clear more information is required but that is now clearly bound up, so far as the Chinese are concerned, in an ongoing investigation," he told ABC TV.. "Stern Hu may well be charged. If he's charged then that will bring with it the more precise information that is required for him, and - if it comes to it - his legal representatives to defend his interests.". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Australian killed in Afghanistan Jul 19, 2009
"It reminds us how difficult and dangerous Afghanistan is," Mr Smith told ABC TV on Sunday from Jakarta where he is expected to tour the bomb sites. "It also reminds us, given that I'm in Jakarta and we're on the receiving end of a terrorist atrocity, that we're fighting international terrorism. "That's why we're there. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Racine featured on Chicago TV (15) Jul 16, 2009
RACINE Chicago s ABC TV station, channel 7, recently featured Racine as a tourist destination. The four-minute video features North Beach, kringle-making and the Racine Art Museum among the city s attractions. (Racine Journal Times, WI)
* Twin assassination attempt trial opens in East Timor Jul 14, 2009
In an interview with Australias ABC TV: she said: Ill never plead guilty and Ill never accept a pardon. Why should I. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Basin discovery 'comparable' to NW Shelf Jul 12, 2009
"They are comparable," Mr Hosking told ABC TV.. He played down comments from ConocoPhillips chief Jim Mulva, which is Karoon's joint venture partner in the project. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Go ahead, Bibi - drop the bomb Jul 8, 2009
Biden told ABC TV, "Israel can determine for itself - it's a sovereign nation - what's in their interest and what they decide to do relative to Iran and anyone else." And it does not matter whether the US agrees or not. Biden was careful to add, "There is no pressure from any nation that's going to alter our behavior as to how to proceed." This behavior - a reference to Obama's new "unclenched fist" policy towards Iran - is "in the national interest of the United States, which we,... (Asia Times Online)
'No green light' for Iran attack Jul 8, 2009
Vice-President Joe Biden had said in an interview with ABC TV on Sunday that "Israel can determine for itself... what's in their interest and what they decide to do relative to Iran and anyone else". Asked whether the comment meant that Washington had given Israel the go-ahead for an attack, Mr Obama said: "Absolutely not.". (BBC News -- Africa)
Hollywood's New Math: Who Needs Stars? Jul 7, 2009
Instead, Paramount () selected a cast of relative nobodies, amped up the special effects, and "made it all about J.J. Abrams," milking his following from his work co-creating the ABC TV show. Lost. (BusinessWeek)
Into the heart of darkness Jul 6, 2009
Maniaty's introduction to the affairs of Timor came in Sydney's Hyde Park shortly before he was sent there as an ABC TV reporter. There he met and interviewed an intense 25-year-old Timorese man who wanted the world to know of the threat facing his country. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Richard Ackland Jul 5, 2009
I don't know whether you caught the 20-year Media Watch retrospective on ABC TV last night. The best thing about it was the editing - the product of the inspirational razor-blade wielder John Pleffer. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Michael Duffy Jul 5, 2009
Tomorrow night a program will screen on ABC TV that is doubly strange. First, it is about colonial Sydney, a subject that rarely makes it to television. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Carey's brother charged over chemicals Jul 3, 2009
"Yeah, we thought Dick was the best big brother you could have," Wayne Carey told ABC TV last year. Dick Carey told the ABC he remained proud of Wayne, who at the time was facing criminal proceedings over an assault on his girlfriend. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Farrah Fawcett: The Golden Girl Who Didn't Fade Jun 26, 2009
Instead, she waged a fight for cancer awareness in the best and bravest way she knew how: with a two-hour ABC TV special, widely seen in May, that showed her at home, in a California hospital and in a German clinic, often supported by family members her longtime beau Ryan O'Neal, their son Redmond who had shared tabloid headlines with her. Ferrah Leni Fawcett (her first name a variation on the Arabic word for joy) was born and raised in Corpus Christi, Texas. (Time.com)
New pest discovered in Texas Jun 19, 2009
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agriculture specialist working in Freeport, Texas, discovered two weCBPevils during a routine cargo examination of a 50,000-kg shipment of Guatemalan pineapples, according to the ABC TV channel. Since specialists were not able to identify the pests, they sent the specimens to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) for identification, and the USDA results indicated the pests are a new species. (Xinhuanet, China)
Why Most CEOs Who Blog - Blog Badly Jun 17, 2009
ABC TV talk show host George Stephanopoulos just conducted a twitterview-20090615-ca4x. html/>"twitterview" with Senator John McCain while Governor is now a regular tweeter And the legendary Jack Welch (former General Electric CEO) recently penned an article on the virtue of usingTwitter. (CBS News)
It's comedy as usual at ABC Jun 16, 2009
"ABC TV will continue to support the most provocative comedy projects and risk-taking practitioners in Australia," Courtney Gibson, the ABC's executive head of content creation, said. The Chaser sketch, on June 3, poked fun at the Make-A-Wish Foundation's work with seriously ill children and ended with the punchline: "Why go to any trouble when they're only going to die anyway?". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
ABC to censor Chaser Jun 4, 2009
The skit about the 'Make a Realistic Wish Foundation', which aired last night on the ABC TV show, ended with actor Chris Taylor saying there was no point in making expensive wishes come true as "they're going to die anyway" ... In a statement released this morning, ABC TV director Kim Dalton and Chaser executive producer Julian Morrow said the skit would be removed from a repeat episode of the show to screen on ABC2 tonight, as well as online ... "The implication in the skit that sick children... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
'They're going to die anyway': calls for Chaser to be axed over'callous' skit Jun 4, 2009
"As a result, ABC TV will edit the segment out of tonight s repeat screening on ABC2 and online.". The Make-A-Wish foundation said in a statement that The Chaser skit had "misrepresented the motives of the children and families that apply for wishes" with their organisation. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Franchitti, Dixon Favorites for IRL... Jun 3, 2009
Versus, ABC TV Package a Mixed Bag. The IRL's shifting of its primary TV coverage to the Versus cable channel (ABC carries five events), has been good and bad for fans. (Suite101.com)
Arts and the city, revitalising Newcastle Jun 2, 2009
Westbury - a writer, festival director and presenter of the ABC TV series Not Quite Art - now lives in Melbourne but retains a passion for his home town. After doing a program on another fading industrial city, Glasgow, which found new life through the arts, he set about fulfilling a similar vision for the renewal of Newcastle's soul. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
ABC Picks Up Georgia-Oklahoma State Jun 2, 2009
ATHENS - The Georgia-Oklahoma State football game in Stillwater on Saturday, Sept. 5, will be televised by ABC TV with airtime set for 3:30 p.m. ET.. This will be 's 69h appearance on ABC all time. (DawgPost.com)
Coalition split looms over emissions trading Jun 1, 2009
Mr Turnbull told ABC TV that countries around the world were moving solidly to introduce emissions trading and he had no doubt Australia would end up with such a scheme. By the end of this year, he said, the UN climate change negotiations were likely to agree on new targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and America was likely to have an emissions trading system. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Perpetual bets on market bottom May 31, 2009
Chief executive David Deverall told ABC TV that Perpetual's profitability remained at the mercy of equity markets after the company warned falling financial markets would cause its full-year 2009 operating profit to slump by up to 55 per cent.. Perpetual's chairman Robert Savage said in a letter to shareholders on Tuesday the company expected to post an operating net profit of between $60 million and $70 million for the 12 months to June 30. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Moronic dross or comedy gold? Chaser sparks debate May 29, 2009
607 million viewers, making it the number one ABC TV show of the year. Another comedy show, Seven's improvisation program Thank God You're Here was also a big winner, with 1. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Strong ratings as Chaser resumes war on everything May 28, 2009
607 million viewers to make it the number one ABC TV show of the year. Another comedy show, the improvisation program Thank God You're Here on Seven was also a big winner, with 1. (Sydney Morning Herald)
Macklin defends income management May 26, 2009
"The income management, the alcohol controls, I think have demonstrably benefited Aboriginal people living in remote communities in the Northern Territory," she told ABC TV.. "Under the Racial Discrimination Act we can introduce special measures, measures that are to the benefit of Aboriginal people. "In my opinion they are beneficial, they are special measures. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
How 'fat chick' furore made adman think May 19, 2009
But Adam Hunt says the process of creating the ad for the ABC TV show had made him "re-evaluate my own prejudices" and, as a result, there "won't be any fat chick gags" on his next line of T-shirts. Mr Hunt, as creative director of ad agency The Foundry, was embroiled in controversy last week after the ad he made for The Gruen Transfer contained offensive jokes about Jews, black people and homosexuals. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Skit went too far for the ABC May 13, 2009
Last night the director of ABC TV, Kim Dalton, said: "When we viewed this particular pitch we felt that some of our viewers could be offended by it and find it insensitive and in some cases quite hurtful. We believe it's possible to tackle difficult issues such as discrimination through humour or satire in ways which can be controversial, confronting and challenging. However, doing so is difficult and we believe this piece of work missed its mark.". Shot in black and white, the ad features... (Sydney Morning Herald)
Vow of caution on air strikes May 12, 2009
"We can't fight with one hand tied behind our back," General Jones told US ABC TV. He said the Afghan President, Hamid Karzai, "understands we have to have the full complement of our offensive military power when we need it". Mr Karzai had called for a halt to the air strikes, alleging one had killed up to 130 villagers, including women and children. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Losing her sight but not passion May 7, 2009
The principle of making art relevant and accessible governed her there and later when she made programs for ABC TV. Loss of sight has ended her presenter role but sometimes someone stops her in the street to say how much they enjoyed her programs. "That gives me great pleasure,"she said. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Disney Earns May 6, 2009
The recession has cut spending by tourists at resorts in Florida and California and reduced advertising sales at ABC TV. The company incurred 305 million in costs related to job cuts and the writedown of broadcast licenses. Park revenue fell 12 percent to 2. (New York Post -- Business)
Censors Force Go Daddy to Use 'Content Warning' on Indy 500 Ad May 5, 2009
Live coverage begins at Noon (ET) on ABC TV.. About The Go Daddy Group, Inc.. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Disney joins NBC and News Corp. with Hulu stake May 5, 2009
LOS ANGELES Disney movies and ABC TV shows will be available on now that Walt Disney Co. is taking an equity stake in the popular video streaming site, joining its founders, NBC Universal and News Corp.. The deal announced Thursday will bring older Disney movies to the site, along with ABC and Disney Channel shows such as "Lost," "Grey's Anatomy" and "Wizards of Waverly Place" after they run on TV. Disney hopes to gain new online viewers that it does not already capture on and pick up new income... (Yahoo News -- Technology)
ABC supports Chaser team over global legal strife May 5, 2009
But their antics have the full support of the taxpayer-funded ABC. Amanda Duthie, ABC TV's head of arts, comedy and entertainment, stood by the actions of The Chaser team yesterday. "The Chaser shoot was approved by ABC TV," she said. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
I will deliver on tax cuts and age pensions, Swan vows May 4, 2009
"There are hard choices to be made [in the budget], but we will meet the commitments that we have given to the Australian people and we'll do it in a financially responsible and sustainable way," Mr Swan said on ABC TV.. "We will have to rearrange our priorities to make sure we can meet our commitments, and also ; put in place a medium-term strategy to make sure that we have got fiscal sustainability.". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Disney's ABC Joins Fox, NBC In Hulu Venture May 1, 2009
Disney on Thursday threw its ABC TV content into the ring with Hulu, which in one year has become a top video Web site. The site now has content and ownership stakes from three of the four major TV broadcast networks ABC, NBC and Fox. (Investors Business Daily)
ABC's `Lost' marks 100th episode this week Apr 28, 2009
LOS ANGELES "Lost" is marking its 100th episode this week, an achievement its producers consider as surreal as the ABC TV drama's plots. Producer Damon Lindelof says he didn't expect the series about plane crash survivors stranded on a dangerous island to get past episode 13. (Yahoo News)
No offer for Bolton's voting rights Apr 19, 2009
An Australian Securities Exchange board member, Mr Rowe told ABC TV that although he had had a discussion with Mr Bolton's adviser over a $5 million price-tag the stakeholder wanted for the voting rights, he did not engage in any negotiation. "When he proposed some number I thought was preposterous, I said it's more like a two to three number than a seven-and-a-half number and he came back and said, Mr Bolton's not going to do anything under $5 million," Mr Rowe said. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
All this pain for the ABC Apr 12, 2009
The Sydney Morning Herald: national, world, business, entertainment, sport and technology news from Australia's leading newspaper. Hands up for a holy crusade (main picture) John Safran is nailed to the cross on Good Friday in Kapitangan town, just outside Manila; it sure looks like the real deal (left). (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
John Safran crucifixation 'stunt' over the top: priests Apr 11, 2009
For an upcoming ABC TV series. 33-year-old Australian comedian John Safran shouts in pain as he is nailed to the cross. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Banks fail to fully pass on rate cuts Apr 8, 2009
"This decision is disappointing and I would urge them to reconsider," Mr Rudd told ABC TV.. National Australia Bank (NAB) now stands alone as the only major bank not to pass on any portion of the rate cut after it said higher funding costs blocked its ability to do so. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
The right chords Apr 6, 2009
Madill nominates Jen Oldershaw, the promotional voice of ABC TV, and Angela Catterns as having two of the best voices on radio. "The amount of variability and the artistry Jen can bring into her vocal changes is extraordinary," she says. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
The Gruen effect: Apr 5, 2009
Universities and private graduate schools are calling it "the Gruen effect" - the dramatic spike in enrolments since the panel show debuted on ABC TV last year, building a weekly national audience of 1 million. Advertising Federation of Australia (AFA) business services manager Gawen Rudder said: "Advertising went off the boil in the '90s and the early noughties, when banking and finance became the sexy careers. It started to turn around last year - the increase has been dramatic.". (Sydney Morning Herald)
Andrew Tate There's a lot to laugh about when it comes to sport. But if you want a real belly-laugh you're probably off with a professional comedian. Read more Apr 5, 2009
LOST in sporting history is the story of how the self-proclaimed Queen of Wollongong, Aunty Jack (aka: Grahame Bond) won the world heavy weight championship thanks to her magic boxing glove the same one the much-loved ABC TV character wielded when threatening to "rip yer bloody arms off" during the early 1970s. And while motorcycle sidecar racing may be out of fashion, Richmond football socks are forever. (The Age, Australia)
