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Auditions: The Wall
Seven has announced it is casting for a new game show, The Wall, which appears to be filming on the US set. Teams of 2 will be leaving the country to appear on the show in September / October. The NBC...
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Who will host The Wall?
Jules Lund briefly hosted Hole in the Wall for Nine (may or may not be on his C.V.) but just whom will host The Wall for Seven? Seven has confirmed a local will front its next game show, which will be...
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Axle Whitehead to host The Wall
Former Home and Away actor Axle Whitehead will host Seven’s upcoming game show, The Wall. It features a tall pegboard with giant balls dropped into cash zones with couples for whom a life-changing...
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Airdate: The Wall
Seven’s new gameshow The Wall will go head to head with Nine’s new Family Food Fight, at 7:30pm Monday October 30. TEN has another All Star Family Feud edition. The gameshow, hosted by Axle Whitehead,...
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Balancing act for Axle Whitehead
For Axle Whitehead one of the more bizarre contrasts of filming The Wall in Poland was during his downtime. One day he was giving away thousands of cash filming Seven’s new shiny floor game show. The...
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The Wall beats Family Food Fight in new ratings war
Seven has claimed victory in the first night of the final ratings chapter for 2017. The Wall won its timeslot convincingly with 974,000 viewers, beating an extended Family Food Fight on 614,000....
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Good Doctor shows US dramas can still rate
When was the last time a US drama topped the ratings? That’s the question to ask today after The Good Doctor debuted with an impressive 1.06m viewers in an 8:45pm timeslot. The Seven drama topped the...
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Good Doctor helps Seven win the week, Nine tops demos.
The Good Doctor has proven to be a surprise hit in the final stages of the 2017 ratings year. At 1.06m viewers, it was the first time a US drama hit hit #1 since Resurrection in 2014. Together with...
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ABC shows dominate on Sunday
This has got to be a first….. ABC shows won their timeslot on a Sunday night, with viewers clearly dissatisfied with commercial TV offerings. ABC News, Doc Martin and The Doctor Blake Mysteries all...
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Update: Liar, The Blacklist, Good Doctor, Chicago Justice
A few alerts to help ensure you don’t miss a thing…. Seven is replaying both the first and second episodes of The Good Doctor tonight from 9:45pm, ahead of episode 3 tomorrow. Nine has made a late...
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Australian Story, Four Corners, 7:30 beat commercial networks.
Should we attribute this to Cup Eve celebrations in Melbourne last night? ABC shows have again beaten those offered by Seven, Nine & TEN with 7:30, Australian Story & Four Corners all winning...
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Dream run for Seven, big week for ABC.
It’s been a while since this happened: last week Seven won in network, primary, multichannel, demos, every night and every city. Thanks largely to the Melbourne Cup and The Good Doctor -together with...
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Bumper Sunday for ABC
ABC’s primary channel was the most-viewed channel last night, landing ahead of the commercial competition once more. Drama doctors won key timeslots, albeit boosted by older viewers. The Wall may have...
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End of ratings year in sight
Including this week there are just 2 more weeks of the ratings years remaining. Seven is expected to claim Total People while Nine is expected to claim the Demos. Seven won another week led by US drama...
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ABC steady, Seven wins quiet Sunday.
As the TV year begins winding down and summer weather looms, more and more viewers are showing a lack of interest in Free to Air offerings. But older viewers are remaining loyal to ABC shows. The Doc...
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“Put your seatbelt on”: how networks handle social media criticism
How do network publicists deal with negative social media, and particularly news media that turn them into stories? That was amongst topics discussed at a session at last week’s Screen Forever...
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TV Tonight’s most-read stories of 2017
Getting to know your Reality TV casts, broadcast info for the Rugby League World Cup, and how to audition for The Wall were amongst the most-read stories on TV Tonight in 2017. The site was also one...
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Programmer’s Wrap 2018: Seven
2018 is a very big year in Sport & Entertainment for Seven -and the network has its eye on another gold medal performance. With the Australian Open just ended, the Winter Olympics begin on Friday,...
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In case you missed it, these shows were torpedoed by networks.
This week TV programmers confirmed a number of shows would not be returning to our screens, as part of TV Tonight‘s annual Programmer’s Wrap. Call it axed / not renewed / not returning, or anything...
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Cram nominated for international format award
Peter Helliar-hosted panel series Cram has been nominated for an international format award. The TEN series was the first production of the ITV-owned format, and is in the running for the Best Studio...
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