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It’s only the second week of the 2021 TV year and already networks are playing hardball -not just on air where viewers expect a clean fight- but behind the scenes too. Backgrounding journalists on a rival’s ratings performance is happening with regularity in 2021.  Commercial networks are drawing attention to how a rivals’ programming is under-performing -all off the record, of course. This comes at a time when Free to Air continues to fragment and Streaming platforms invest limited amounts in local content. While friendly rivalry between networks has long been a characteristic of the ...

The Australian Open gets underway next Monday, spilling into ratings survey. This has led to specials this week from Travel Guides and Married at First Sight: Grand Reunion -but the 2021  MAFS series formally kicks off on February 22nd. “She is very candid, talks in a very straight, matter-of-fact way” Nine Program Director, Hamish Turner. “We’ve got a new MAFS expert in Alessandra Rampolla. She’s a certified clinical sexologist who brings a lot to the table. She is very candid, talks in a very straight, matter-of-fact way and really opens up the participants in terms of discus...

January 24th, 2021 By David Knox Make a commentFiled under: Programming, Live music is back and Nine will screen 2021 Sounds Better Together a concert staged by the Mushroom Group in Mallacoota this Saturday. This features performances by James Reyne, Daryl Braithwaite + Vika & Linda + Mia Wray, but the special, hosted by David Campbell, will also draw upon performances from other events which have been staged across Victoria: Jimmy Barnes, Tones And I, Missy Higgins, The Teskey Brothers, Archie Roach, Ross Wilson, Birds Of Tokyo (with the MSO), The Living End, Something For Kate, Linda, Go...