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Vale: Eric Walters
Former News presenter Eric Walters, who served at Nine, TEN and Seven, has died following a battle with pulmonary fibrosis. He was 73.
Best known for his long-running stint as early morning anchor on the Today show and National Nine Early Morning News, he started in broadcasting at the age of 16, working in radio before joining TVW Perth in 1961.
Following a stint overseas he joined TEN’s Eyewitness News in the 1970s.
Walters joined the Nine Network in 1982 where he remained until 1990 when he returned to TEN to again present …
Grimshaw to interview leaders
With an ad blackout now in force, the two leaders vying for the top job turn their attention to TV interviews.
PM Julia Gillard will be interviewed by Tracy Grimshaw on A Current Affair tonight. Tomorrow night Opposition Leader Tony Abbott takes his turn.
On Saturday both will join Leila McKinnon and Cameron Williams in studio on Weekend Today from 7.00am.
The two leaders will present their final pitches to the nation in an attempt to sway the opinion of the undecided voters.
Nine’s election coverage will resume at 5.00pm on Saturday in Election …
Digital channels flex their muscle
On the day that the Seven Network announces the re-branding of 7HD to 7mate, multichannels were flexxing their muscles in last nights ratings.
Spartacus: Blood and Sand pulled an average of 223,000 viewers last night across its 2 hr premiere. It peaked at 341,000 and was the top show in digital channels. The premiere of Human Target averaged 154,000.
ABC News 24 also cracked the Top 100 shows for the night broadcasting The People’s Forum from Brisbane. There were 128,000 viewers (preliminary figures) watching at 8pm when PM Julia Gillard was speaking.
For the …
Today show puts Howard in front -for Labor
Ooops.
The Today show seems to think the Real Julia Gillard has taken on yet another form.
Better get that one fixed before Saturday’s coverage.
Kellie Connolly speaks up
Former Nightline presenter Kellie Connolly has spoken about her years working for the Nine Network and despite some startling claims says she leaves with “no regrets, no enemies and no bitterness.”
Writing for The Sunday Mail, she even says she wanted out.
“In fact I’d even asked for a redundancy eight months before and had been rejected,” she claims.
“Nine’s newsroom is a younger on-air mix these days. The style of 6pm news is more like the A Current Affair of five years ago. But, in between the live crosses and all the razzle …
Keeping up with Elmo
It’s not everyday you get to meet one of television’s superstars. And it’s not everyday you are racing to keep up with one so young.
But here’s what happened when I caught up with Elmo, during his recent Australian visit.
David: Hi Elmo, thanks for talking to me.
Elmo: Filming? (Taps microphone)
David: No, it’s just doing audio at the moment.
Elmo: Oh that’s no problem.
David: Now you’ve been to Australia many times?
Elmo: Yeah! Elmo’s mommy and daddy have been here too. We came here for eleven years. Every two years in eleven years.
David: And what …
TEN takes Wednesday, Seven thumped.
Even against Kylie and Tony Abbott, MasterChef passes 2.4m again …..0r was that because of Tony Abbott?
TEN’s cook-off rose to 2.46m last night and is on track to break another record tonight just as ABC launches its new channel. The nation is hooked on whether Adam, Callum or Claire will fall at the last hurdle.
TEN thumped the competition with Hey Hey having to settle for 1.17m (averaged across two hours). Its figures are yet to be amended for its overrun.
But it was Seven that was steamrolled last night. World’s Strictest Parents …
Rumour: Julie Goodwin getting her own show
Move over Poh?
MasterChef champ Julie Goodwin is about to get her own television cooking show.
To be called Home Cooked it is whispered to be headed for a Saturday 5:30pm slot on Nine soon.
Goodwin is currently a regular on Nine’s Today show.
Axed: Nightline
Nightline has been axed by the Nine Network yet again.
The late night news service, along with presenter Kellie Connolly, will not return because the bulletin wasn’t cost effective.
Connolly has been offered a redundancy package.
“I’ve got more money for news and current affairs, but it’s a matter of how to spend it,” Nine News chief Mark Calvert has told The Australian.
“We’re re-opening the London bureau, which is expensive. I’ve put more people on A Current Affair and Today. We’ll be spending more on this federal election than we’ve ever spent before.
“Doing all …
Grey’s finale gives Seven the night
Seven rolled out its new game show Minute to Win It last night but it was the Grey’s Anatomy finale that really gave it the victory for Tuesday night.
1.36m viewers watched its excellent two hour finale in which a gunman was on the loose in the hospital.
It beat an NCIS repeat / NCIS: LA (1.3m / 817,000) and Top Gear / Two and a Half Men ( 1.12m / 724,000). Seven News and Today Tonight (1.54m / 1.53m) were also well clear of Nine News and A Current Affair (1.33m / …
Guessing game at Seven
There’s a lot going on over Seven way this week…
Between stories on Peter Meakin, Adam Boland and Rob Raschke it’s a guessing game as to what’s going down.
Media are having a bit of a feeding frenzy over it all.
The Daily Telegraph says ‘Race is On For Adam Boland’s job at Seven.’
It speculates Morning Show / Weekend Sunrise Executive Producer Michael Pell, 27, is a front runner for the job and backed by Boland. News boss Peter Meakin says he is “regarded very highly” within the network. At Pell’s age there are …
Sunrise producer Adam Boland plans exit
Channel Seven Director of Morning Television Adam Boland has told the network he does not intend to renew his contract when it expires in November.
The Sunrise executive producer is believed to be seeking a break from television, partly ue to his father’s recently-diagnosed terminal illness.
But Seven remains in discussion with him for post-contract possibilities.
Boland, 34, was responsible for the rise of Sunrise on Seven at a time when the network was unable to compete in morning television with the long running Today on Nine. He overhauled the network’s breakfast television …