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Glenn Dyer's TV Ratings: Seven storms back with Packed to the Rafters

The Ten Network’s revival got run over very quickly last night by the return of Packed To The Rafters on Seven.

Tips and rumours: Rich list in ATO’s sights

The Australian Taxation Office has decided to audit the books of Australians who have more than $30 million in personal wealth, says a Crikey tipster.

Seven loses it over Sunday Night

Seven has handed bragging rights to Nine about how another one has bitten the dust by shelving Sunday Night for three months to make way for Dancing With the Stars, says Glenn Dyer.

Glenn Dyer's TV Ratings: Seven goes soft

Another soft night for Seven, with everything but the News and Today Tonight leaving viewers underwhelmed.

Tips and rumours: ABC Shops sold to Dymocks

One tipster claims ABC Shops have been sold off to Dymocks, while another tells of cuts at local Sydney papers.

Aker won’t pull his head in, but his critics should

Say what you like about Jason Akermanis, Jason Akermanis will say what he likes about Jason Akermanis, writes Ralph Horowitz.

The networks’ latest lineup is all about fantasy

Doctors and a bit of fantasy dominate the programs picked up by Australia’s three commercial networks for later in the year and 2010.

Glenn Dyer's TV Ratings: Monday night AFL kicks goals for Seven

the Monday night AFL game between St Kilda and Collingwood was a ratings winner for Seven, while a Four Corners expose on the NRL saw strong returns for the ABC.

Will history repeat itself for Monday night AFL football?

Monday night football will make or break the AFL, especially with new clubs entering the fold.

ACMA finds Today Tonight breaches code of practise

Yesterday, the Australian Communications and Media Authority found channel Seven’s Today Tonight breached the Commercial Television Industry Code of Practice.

Glenn Dyer's TV Ratings: Seven wins on a poor night of TV

Another night of average to poor TV. Foreign Correspondent didn’t change itself to accommodate the situations in Thailand and Fiji: it was more of a magazine approach.

Glenn Dyer's TV Ratings: And the night goes to … Seven

Seven won last night because on the whole, viewers preferred its repeats to the repeats and fresh material on Nine and Ten.

Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Mark Latham … the Budget … G20 … Therese Rein …

CRIKEY: In yesterday’s Crikey Mark Alridge was incorrectly attributed the byline of ‘South Australian Independent Legislative Councillor’ but he is not currently a member of parliament. The mistake was made in the subbing process.
Mark Latham:
Niall Clugston writes: Re. Yesterday’s editorial. What is it about Mark Latham that he brings out all this compulsive psychobabble? Where is […]

Glenn Dyer's TV Ratings: Easter, what a waste of time it is (well in TV land)

Easter, what a waste of time it is. A great early year holiday break, buns and eggs up to the eyeballs and beyond, fish, if you are of that way, BBQs, of course and lots of sport. But not much else, especially on TV and outside of sport.

Channel Seven to buy Fairfax?

Citigroup research released over the weekend lays out the case for a complex bid by the Seven Network to buy Fairfax Media, writes Glenn Dyer.

Glenn Dyer's TV Ratings: Seven news a winner

The Winners … The Losers … News & CA … The Stats … Glenn Dyer’s comments.

Media briefs: Never mind the lesbian kiss, Home and Away gets violent

That kiss … Chicago Sun-Times collapses… New life for Life Magazine…

Glenn Dyer's TV Ratings: Seven comes in first and last, no Bones about it

The later car race worked for Ten and gave it an early evening base on which to win the night. Seven finished second and did OK, Nine was third and in the cold as it was squeezed out.

Kerry Stokes — Australia’s last media magnate

Kerry Stokes is the last media magnate/billionaire standing in this country, writes Glenn Dyer.

Did Miranda Devine incite violence?

There is a smell of blood in the air as well as smoke, as communities, individuals and the media look to find someone to blame for the Victorian bushfires, writes Greg Barns.

Last night’s TV ratings

he Winners … The Losers … News & CA … The Stats … Glenn Dyer’s comments.

Glenn Dyer's TV Ratings: Will Seven’s Fairy Tale continue in 2009?

As Jelena Dokic’s Fairy Tale ended, Seven will be hoping their’s has begun again, writes Peter Cox .

That was the year that was in TV. Next year will only be worse

2008 will gone down in the annals of Australian TV history as the year before the money crunch hit, writes Glenn Dyer.

Last night’s TV ratings

The Winners … The Losers … News & CA … The Stats … Glenn Dyer’s comments.

Freeview, digital and analogue teevee: commercial station’s big temper tantrum

So what’s Freeview? Well, it’s not like the UK Freeview. In fact it’s not clear what it is, because it’s not a new service of any kind, writes Bernard Keane.