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12:02PM Jess McGuire | Yesterday it was announced that brand new Channel Nine show ‘THIS Afternoon’ has been cancelled after less than a month on air. I didn’t see it so I can’t comment on the quality of the show, but I was mildly repulsed by its shouty title so I can’t say I was rooting for it. More »
This Afternoon Has Been Cancelled… Does Anyone Care?
12:02PM Jess McGuire | Yesterday it was announced that brand new Channel Nine show ‘THIS Afternoon’ has been cancelled after less than a month on air. I didn’t see it so I can’t comment on the quality of the show, but I was mildly repulsed by its shouty title so I can’t say I was rooting for it. More » 
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7:55AM Jess McGuire | Things have not been going Ajay Rochester’s way lately, have they? Finding out she’s just been dumped as host of Channel Ten’s weight loss extravaganza The Biggest Loser is just the cherry on top of an awful year. More »
2009 Is Really Not Ajay Rochester’s Year
7:55AM Jess McGuire | Things have not been going Ajay Rochester’s way lately, have they? Finding out she’s just been dumped as host of Channel Ten’s weight loss extravaganza The Biggest Loser is just the cherry on top of an awful year. More »
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9:38AM Jess McGuire | Bad news for the folks behind the cooking show ‘Fresh’ – it’s been axed.
The eight-year-old program, currently hosted by chef Pete Evans, lost its sponsorship and a new one hasn’t been found. “Sadly, it is a victim of the current economic climate, with advertisers tightening their budgets,” the network told TV editor Erin McWhirter.
And you know who’s come out a winner in this situation? Kerri-Anne Kennerley!
The cheapest option was to extend the two-hour Mornings With Kerri-Anne to 11.30am each day, with the morning news pushed into Fresh’s slot. Hey presto – jobs lost and a TV gap filled.
Kerri-Anne has piped up… More »
It Seems The Current Economic Climate Is Working In Kerri-Anne Kennerley’s Favour
9:38AM Jess McGuire | Bad news for the folks behind the cooking show ‘Fresh’ – it’s been axed.
The eight-year-old program, currently hosted by chef Pete Evans, lost its sponsorship and a new one hasn’t been found. “Sadly, it is a victim of the current economic climate, with advertisers tightening their budgets,” the network told TV editor Erin McWhirter.
And you know who’s come out a winner in this situation? Kerri-Anne Kennerley!
The cheapest option was to extend the two-hour Mornings With Kerri-Anne to 11.30am each day, with the morning news pushed into Fresh’s slot. Hey presto – jobs lost and a TV gap filled.
Kerri-Anne has piped up… More » Mark Ferguson’s Newsreading Career Takes A Turn For The ‘Deliverance’
12:53PM Jess McGuire | I bet Mark Ferguson is really, really pleased that the media still aren’t tired of using the term “boned” whenever a Channel Nine employee is demoted/fired! Now that he’s been moved to the weekend newsreader role and Jessica Rowe’s husband Peter Overton has been given the coveted Monday to Friday seat, headlines are screaming “Mark Ferguson boned in favour of Peter Overton at the Nine Network”. It sounds like journalism slash fiction, but it’s just another day at Channel Nine…
Sixty Minutes journalist Peter Overton will replace struggling Mark Ferguson as the six o’clock newsreader as the Nine Network attempts to win back its audience from Channel Seven. Overton, who has coveted the prestigious slot for much of his journalistic career and was a protege of former star Brian Henderson, will start in the top job on Monday.
That’s today, people! What a shame… And to think, just the other day the papers were raving about how the cricket had helped Mark “crush” Channel Seven in the ratings.
Channel Nine word things a bit nicer, of course: More » Jessica Rowe Gets Boned Again!
8:39AM Jess McGuire | Poor old Jessica Rowe! It’s safe to say that the latest event in her career as a news reader probably won’t get a mention next time she compiles a list of ‘My Best Times’. You see, after a very famous ‘boning’ by Channel Nine, she’s had her (employment) heart broken again – this time by the (boss) lover who swore he’d treat her right, Seven!
Newsreader Jessica Rowe – famously boned by former Nine Network chief Eddie McGuire in 2006 – has been sacked again, this time by the Seven Network.
Rowe, 38, is reportedly angry at Seven’s decision not to renew her contract. A popular evening newsreader at the Ten Network before being poached by Nine to co-anchor the network’s Today show, Rowe was later picked up by Seven.
Yes, I’d imagine “reports” that Jessica Rowe is pissed off about being axed for the second time in as many years are quite accurate.
The “source” continues:
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