Ten won because it had to keep faith with viewers with The Biggest Loser and it showed a fresh Bondi Rescue which got its best ever figures.
Eddie McGuire
Time for Collingwood to move on from Eddie McGuire
The Collingwood Football Club AGM at the MCG tonight should be an absolute belter, writes Stephen Mayne.
Dark days indeed for Eddie ‘Nowhere’ McGuire
Eddie McGuire’s tenure at Channel Nine looks shaky, and the travails at Collingwood FC could make his presidency dicey there too, writes Stephen Mayne.
Tips and rumours
The National Innovation Review Green Paper got an extension of a month. Apparently the volume of submissions was just too high.
Is the Prime Minister still writing his own speeches? Take a look at the Tom Burns lecture that he gave last week. Certainly not a Keatingesque or Whitlamesque masterpiece to be sure. But if he […]
You, me, carpark, now. Further evidence of Eddie’s fall from favour
Eddie McGuire seems to be truly on the outer, writes Glenn Dyer.
Is Nine trying to bone Eddie?
Is the Nine Network, specifically CEO, David Gyngell, trying to get rid of Eddie McGuire? wonders Glenn Dyer.
Gangster free, Eddie’s ACA tanks
Monday’s ratings boost looks to have been a one night wonder for Eddie McGuire’s A Current Affair, writes Glenn Dyer.
Media briefs and TV ratings: RIP Perth’s Access31?, giant leap for feminism at Nine,
RIP Perth’s Access31 … Giant leap for feminism at Nine … Everything old is new again … Liz Smith thinks Col Allen’s a sh-t?
Gangland home movies: a revolting PR horror show
What was the Nine Network thinking when Eddie Everywhere introduced the “Underbelly home movies” on A Current Affair last night? ask The Kooka Brothers.
It’s who wants to be a current affair, with Eddie somewhere
Eddie McGuire was brought in to act as fill in anchor on ACA at the last moment on Friday, writes Glenn Dyer.
Tips and rumours
Rumour in the form of a question. How did Eddie McGuire as President of Collingwood and a board member of Athletics Australia manage to convince both parties and the State Government that Collingwood is the rightful owner/tenant of the Olympic Park Athletics venue? A conflict of interest? I doubt it, it was in the Collingwood […]
And the Wankley Award goes to…
Ok, Eddie McGuire and Sam Newman have done their bit to promote early detection of prostate cancer. However, writes Jane Nethercote.
The Guinea Pig – Evolution’s Bitch
What is it about this humble creature that has captured the National psyche?
Things going Underbelly up at Nine
The Nine Network’s chances of gaining any traction in the 2008 ratings battle have taken another blow, with the performance of two new programs last night leaves the network’s comeback strategy looking tatty, reports Glenn Dyer.
Media briefs and TV ratings
Early starts could signal the end for Sunday … Ten’s drama boss moves on … Last night’s TV ratings.
Why should anyone cry for Garry Linnell?
Garry Linnell is leaving Nine, railing at the lack of support from Nine management. That’s because Jeff Browne tried to recruit Adam Boland from Seven to “smash Nine’s news and current affairs culture”: that presumably included Linnell, writes Glenn Dyer.
Media briefs and TV ratings
A temptation Eddie can’t ignore … Last night’s TV ratings.
Media briefs and TV ratings
Parrot pester power … An apology and an attack … Seven still the one, just … English Premier League bursts onto Foxtel screens … Last night’s TV ratings.
Interesting times at Free TV Australia
Board meetings at Free TV Australia, the industry lobby group for the commercial networks, are going to be interesting — and smaller — from now on.
