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SBS and NITV announce new commissioning editor appointments March 12, 2021 2:31 Bernadine Lim and Marissa McDowell have been appointed as commissioning editors at SBS’ NITV. The announcement: SBS and National Indigenous Television (NITV) have announced the appointment of two Commissioning Editors, with Bernadine Lim joining SBS as Commissioning Editor, Documentaries, and Marissa McDowell joining NITV as Commissioning Editor. As a member of SBS’s Unscripted team, Lim will work across SBS’...

February 26th, 2021 By David Knox 2 commentsFiled under: News, Video, Back in 2013 the hottest format internationally was a new singing show from Israel, Rising Star. Nine even optioned it for Australia. But it never happened. Speaking at Screen Forever last week, Stephen Tate Head of Entertainment and Factual Programs, Network 10 said, “It was genuinely the hottest music format. Everybody was talking about it. It was the buzz of MIP. Apparently it did very well in Israel in its first seaso...

Share His insights come after Tens head of entertainment and factual programs, Stephen Tate, revealed he nearly passed on buying the rights to the dating reality show.  He spoke at the Screen Forever conference last week, as reported by TV Tonight, and revealed the show was not on his radar until it was brought to his attention by female staffers at 10.   Hit show: Channel 10s head of entertainment and factual programs, Stephen Tate, revealed the network nearly passed on buying the rights t...

Osher Günsberg says the new Bachelor will be incredibly good looking D. Lawrance and Alisha Buaya For Daily Mail Australia © Provided by Daily Mail MailOnline logo Osher Günsberg has revealed the new Bachelor will be successful, tall and incredibly good looking. I’m pretty sure he’s gonna be, you know, taller than me, the 46-year-old told The Daily Telegraph on Thursday. Before adding: More successful than me. And incredibly good looking. Probably far more good looking...

When female staff members were hooked on overseas seasons of The Bachelor, 10's Stephen Tate knew he had to have the show.

February 24th, 2021 By David Knox Make a commentFiled under: Streaming, Executive Producer of The Queen’s Gambit, William Horberg was in conversation with film critic Luke Buckmaster last week as part of the Screen Forever conference. Amongst the questions he was asked, “How do you make chess come alive on screen?” “Well, I am going to push back and say, I don’t think it is really about chess,” Horberg said. “It is about this character, a very, very unique character, Beth Harmon...

While Home & Away prefers to avoid all things COVID, it worked for Eastenders & Casualty.

TV executives reveal why Sevens Holey Moley is on a ratings decline Kristy Johnson For Daily Mail Australia © Provided by Daily Mail MailOnline logo Sevens new mini-golf show Holey Moley has been on a ratings decline since its premiere episode earlier this month. Despite drawing in more viewers than the Married At First Sight Grand Reunion for its episode on February 1, ratings have since significantly dwindled. As reported by TV Tonight on Friday, television executives reve...

Sevens Holey Moley series was modeled off the US show by the same name, which became an instant ratings hit for the ABC in 2019.

MasterChef Australia, Married at First Sight, The Biggest Loser were all international formats before they were all successfully “stripped” in Australia (all under Endemol Shine / and previously Fremantle). But ‘super-sizing’ a show doesn’t always work. In the USA Holey Moley (created by Australia’s Eureka Productions) screens for 60 minutes once a week. In Australia it runs as 3 x 90 mins but has proven too demanding of the audience. Stripped reality shows were the subject of some...