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10:39AM Jess McGuire | Looking to hit up a Channel Seven celebrity for a loan? Forget begging Larry Emdur or Andrew O’Keefe for monetary scraps – newsreader Sharyn Ghidella is the new Moneybags McGillicuddy around town these days. More »
Channel Seven Has Made Sharyn Ghidella A Rich Woman
10:39AM Jess McGuire | Looking to hit up a Channel Seven celebrity for a loan? Forget begging Larry Emdur or Andrew O’Keefe for monetary scraps – newsreader Sharyn Ghidella is the new Moneybags McGillicuddy around town these days. More » 
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1:30PM Clem Bastow | Well, we were just talking (in a round-about manner coughcoughXENUcough) about James Packer this morning, so what a surprise to see him pop up in the news this lunchtime – either we’re plugged into the collective unconscious, or I don’t know what. Anyway, it would seem that the junior Packer has been showing Seven CEO David Leckie what a winning way he has with words.
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James Packer Charms Seven CEO With His Wit And Verve
1:30PM Clem Bastow | Well, we were just talking (in a round-about manner coughcoughXENUcough) about James Packer this morning, so what a surprise to see him pop up in the news this lunchtime – either we’re plugged into the collective unconscious, or I don’t know what. Anyway, it would seem that the junior Packer has been showing Seven CEO David Leckie what a winning way he has with words.
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4:44PM Jess McGuire | Channel Seven have just announced that actor Bernard Curry, who currently plays the role of de-lezonator Hugo Austin on Home & Away, will host their new reality show Beauty And The Geek. More »
Bernard Curry To Host Beauty And The Geek
4:44PM Jess McGuire | Channel Seven have just announced that actor Bernard Curry, who currently plays the role of de-lezonator Hugo Austin on Home & Away, will host their new reality show Beauty And The Geek. More »
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12:33PM Jess McGuire | Watch out, Channel Ten! Channel Seven saw what you did there with the whole MasterChef/ratings bonanza thing, and they’re quite happy to shamelessly jump upon the cooking show bandwagon in order to grab themselves a tasty slice of the viewer pie. Wait, am I mixing my metaphors? I suppose the cooking show bandwagon could be serving pies. Let’s move on, shall we? More »
Channel Seven Launches New Cooking Show ‘My Ripoff Rules’
12:33PM Jess McGuire | Watch out, Channel Ten! Channel Seven saw what you did there with the whole MasterChef/ratings bonanza thing, and they’re quite happy to shamelessly jump upon the cooking show bandwagon in order to grab themselves a tasty slice of the viewer pie. Wait, am I mixing my metaphors? I suppose the cooking show bandwagon could be serving pies. Let’s move on, shall we? More »
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11:45AM Jess McGuire | Did you know Channel 7 are currently auditioning folks to appear in the upcoming reality television spacktacular Beauty And The Geek? That’s right, they’re making a local version of the program, and they’re looking for spunky girls and intellectually gifted fellows. Interested? More »
Attention Hot Bitches/Nerd Dudes Of Melbourne!
11:45AM Jess McGuire | Did you know Channel 7 are currently auditioning folks to appear in the upcoming reality television spacktacular Beauty And The Geek? That’s right, they’re making a local version of the program, and they’re looking for spunky girls and intellectually gifted fellows. Interested? More »
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1:57PM Jess McGuire | Life can be stressful for a small screen insider, especially if you’re the kind of person in charge of a wild beast like Sunrise. The Channel Seven breakfast programming juggernaut is constantly battling it out with Channel Nine rival Today, and the ratings war has meant that people like Adam Boland, executive producer of Sunrise, haven’t really had a chance to revel in the world of romance for quite some time. Happily, things have changed for Adam – it’s all fishing trips and man love for the talented telly type! More »
Adam Boland Enjoying A Fine Romance Away From Sunrise
1:57PM Jess McGuire | Life can be stressful for a small screen insider, especially if you’re the kind of person in charge of a wild beast like Sunrise. The Channel Seven breakfast programming juggernaut is constantly battling it out with Channel Nine rival Today, and the ratings war has meant that people like Adam Boland, executive producer of Sunrise, haven’t really had a chance to revel in the world of romance for quite some time. Happily, things have changed for Adam – it’s all fishing trips and man love for the talented telly type! More »
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12:06PM Jess McGuire | Wanna watch our Prime Minister get grilled by Chris Bath, Mike Munro, and some unhappy working families – and then cop an earful from Kochie regarding money matters during these tough economic times? Of course you do.
Reports MediaWeek:
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will come face-to-face with some of those hit hardest by the recession on a special edition of this week’s Sunday Night on Seven. Hosts Chris Bath and Mike Munro will bring together a group of the nation’s leaders and senior financial advisors to provide the key to getting families through the tough times. Rudd will be answering questions from Australians in studio directly affected by the crisis while Sunrise’s David Koch will have his top five tips on saving money.
I’d watch it because it sounds both gripping and educational, but I’m afraid I’ll be busy jamming rusty nails into my ears. JUST KIDDING. I’ll be spending the long weekend swanning about Golden Plains and feeling concerned about the weather/tent situation. It’s my birthday on Saturday, buy me a drink if we see each other.
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What Are You Doing Sunday Night?
12:06PM Jess McGuire | Wanna watch our Prime Minister get grilled by Chris Bath, Mike Munro, and some unhappy working families – and then cop an earful from Kochie regarding money matters during these tough economic times? Of course you do.
Reports MediaWeek:
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will come face-to-face with some of those hit hardest by the recession on a special edition of this week’s Sunday Night on Seven. Hosts Chris Bath and Mike Munro will bring together a group of the nation’s leaders and senior financial advisors to provide the key to getting families through the tough times. Rudd will be answering questions from Australians in studio directly affected by the crisis while Sunrise’s David Koch will have his top five tips on saving money.
I’d watch it because it sounds both gripping and educational, but I’m afraid I’ll be busy jamming rusty nails into my ears. JUST KIDDING. I’ll be spending the long weekend swanning about Golden Plains and feeling concerned about the weather/tent situation. It’s my birthday on Saturday, buy me a drink if we see each other.
More » Peter Overton Taking ‘The Little Engine That Could’ Approach To His New Job
3:55PM Jess McGuire | Recently appointed Channel Nine weekday news reader Peter Overton has declared he has no intention of turning into Eddie McGuire, despite the gobsmacking parallels between the two men as pointed out by the Daily Telegraph. Both work at Channel Nine! Both started as sports reporters! Both have been promoted during some point of their career! Both have doodles! That last one was mine, not the Daily Telegraph’s, but I ask you… coincidence?
Thankfully, Peter Overton has no desire to become Eddie Everywhere.
“I don’t aspire to be CEO,” Overton told The Daily Telegraph with a wry smile.
I could actually feel the wryness of that quote when I read it, you know.
As for Peter’s actual new job, how’s he planning on approaching it?
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Mike Munro Is Hoping Everyone Forgets He Ever Hosted ‘A Current Affair’
3:19PM Jess McGuire | More Seven Versus Nine news, with Mike Munro confirmed as the host of the marvellously titled new current affairs show which’ll be screened on Sunday nights called Sunday Night.
Mike Munro hopes to return to top quality investigative current affairs on television after joining Channel 7 during the week.
Wait a second, Herald Sun – are you insinuating that the years Mike spent hosting A Current Affair were not spent working in the world of top quality investigative current affairs? But… but… this makes no sense! The show was called A Current Affair, for god’s sake! What else could it have been about? Dole bludgers, supermarket secrets, and dangerous bras of the world? I refuse to believe it. I mean, I also refuse to tune in to ever find out for myself, but I’m gonna give Mike Munro the benefit of the doubt.
Let’s learn more about Sunday Night. 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 » 