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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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9:45AM Jess McGuire | Reet reet reet! Three Day Old Newsdesk™ here with a report I should have filed on Friday!
Considering our ongoing coverage of the Channel Nine Newsreader Musical Chairs, it was very wrong of me not to have mentioned this article about Peter Overton’s Little Engine That Could running out of steam as it approached a hill.
Still the one? Try fourth, with Channel 9’s new-look 6pm news last in the battle of the TV bulletins. The disastrous ratings result had new host Peter Overton finish behind rivals Seven, Ten and the ABC on Wednesday night.
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Peter Overton’s Little Engine Breaks Down
9:45AM Jess McGuire | Reet reet reet! Three Day Old Newsdesk™ here with a report I should have filed on Friday!
Considering our ongoing coverage of the Channel Nine Newsreader Musical Chairs, it was very wrong of me not to have mentioned this article about Peter Overton’s Little Engine That Could running out of steam as it approached a hill.
Still the one? Try fourth, with Channel 9’s new-look 6pm news last in the battle of the TV bulletins. The disastrous ratings result had new host Peter Overton finish behind rivals Seven, Ten and the ABC on Wednesday night.
More » Gloves Off: Mark Ferguson Is Toasting Peter Overton’s Recent Career Successes With Haterade!
9:44AM Jess McGuire | It would appear that Peter Overton’s thoughtful and understanding remarks the other day about understanding how recently boned Channel Nine newsreader Mark Ferguson must be feeling right now wasn’t enough to convince Mark that Peter is one of the good guys. He hates Peter Overton!
The nice guys of the Channel Nine newsroom – dethroned news anchor Mark Ferguson and his replacement Peter Overton – have become bitter rivals following Overton’s appointment to the plum news anchor position this week.
MIAAAAAOW! I am gagging to hear more. 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?
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 » 