Returning: The Office

TEN is to have another try at winning over Aussie audiences with the American version of The Office.

A big hit in the US, the series did not fire when previously launched by TEN, largely due to Aussies already being familiar with the template original from Ricky Gervais.

But the US series has worked on its own merits, with some minor tweaking for American audiences. Headed by established comedian Steve Carrell (The 40 Year Old Virgin), American producers resisted the tired three camera, laugh track approach and shot the series faithfully. It was produced by Ben Silverman, who was responsible for Ugly Betty and also has Kath & Kim. Silverman has since been promoted to NBC acquisitions.

The Office will air at 10:25pm on Monday Aug 27 following the premiere of Californication. It kicks off with the episode "Gay Witch Hunt."

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Airdate: Californication

TEN's anticipated new series Californication will premiere 9:45pm Monday August 27.

The series, which has just launched in the US, is described as a "fiery, raw and sexy new comedy series."

The cable-produced series is from Showtime which has previously produced and Queer as Folk, Huff, Dead Like Me, The L Word, Gary Shandling Show and Weeds.

Critics are saying a candid Duchovny teeters between sex-tragedy and lovable loser. With big doses of nudity it is also being called a male payback for Sex and the City and even, "soft porn."

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7:30 Reports on air gaffe

Kerry O'Brien, host of the ABC's 7:30 Report reprimanded an ABC production crew member during last night's broadcast, not realising the microphone was picking up his conversation.

O'Brien was unhappy with an autocue script.

"I don't know what's happened, but I changed my bloody links. I changed that link and I wrote it into the Canberra cue, and that's not the link I've written," he was heard to say.

He had stumbled through an introduction to an item, leading up to the serve being heard on air.

You can see the clip here.

Source: News Ltd.
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Newspaper apologises to Eddie

Sydney's Sunday Telegraph apologised this week to Eddie McGuire for an inaccurate story it had published on July 15 regarding McGuire jumping queues at the RTA.

It is a story McGuire vehemently denied at the time.

The newspaper now concedes it never happened. "The Sunday Telegraph apologises to Mr McGuire for the hurt and embarrassment caused by the article."

"I'm actually going to take legal action against News Ltd over what is a complete fabrication," McGuire had previously told Southern Cross Broadcasting.

"I've never been to the RTA down there. I have a licence that's actually not expiring until 2011. And when they allege that I made the two phone calls, one, I was overseas and the second time I was actually on air on the Today show."
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