Just once, can TV producers let two young people have sex with no shock pregnancies, miscarriages, screaming arguments, deaths by car-crash, drowning or rogue flight of stairs? pleads Clem Bastow.
Australian television
Free-to-air ad revenue plunges $300m
Australian advertisers spent $300 million less on free-to-air TV advertising last year than they did the year before — a drop of 7.8%. With the launch of more free-to-air digital and pay-TV channels coming this year, things may only get leaner.
News comedy on the rise in Oz (even if it’s not The Daily Show)
With much fanfare, The 7pm Project finally arrived last night, the latest in a series of news-based comedy shows that have been popping up on Australian screens in the last few years, writes Courteney Hocking.
Telly watch: Seven’s City Homicide is cracking, glamorous TV
The opening of this week’s City Homicide (Monday 8.30pm on Seven) was nothing short of magnificent, writes TV script editor Peter Mattessi.
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