How COVID helped kill TV's best-known careers
The coronavirus didn't just claim the lives of hundreds of Australians in 2020. It was also blamed for killing off the careers of some of the nation's best-known television personalities, although in reality the industry correction was a long time coming. Melissa Doyle left Seven. Natasha Belling is no longer on Ten. While the Seven and Ten networks cut the most on-air talent from its books, all free-to-air broadcasters reduced staffing numbers as redundancies were rolled out around the nation to help offset plummeting television revenue. It followed the decision by the commercial net...