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2001 In Australian Television
Events *1 January – Digital Television arrives in the major state capitals of Australia and states in it, with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, ABC and Special Broadcasting Service, SBS permitted to operate multi-channel services. *24 January – The Seven Network loses the TV rights to the AFL for the first time, since televised football began in 1957. The rights are won by a Nine Network-Network Ten-Fox Footy Channel consortium. *5 February – ''The Weakest Link (Australian game show), The Weakest Link'' premieres on the Seven Network, airing twice a week, Mondays and Fridays, however, shortly before the commencement of the 2001 AFL season, AFL season, the latter edition is moved forwards to Thursdays in Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth, and then in Sydney and Brisbane after the conclusion of the AFL season. *11 February – The Network Ten undergoes a major revamp in its production and circle logo and on air graphics as a part of a new network re-launch, with the lau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Brother (Australian TV Series)
''Big Brother Australia'' (also known simply as ''Big Brother'') is an Australian reality show based on the international '' Big Brother'' format created by John de Mol Jr.. Following the premise of other versions of the format, the show features a group of contestants, known as "housemates" who live together in a specially constructed house that is isolated from the outside world. The housemates are continuously monitored during their stay in the house by live television cameras as well as personal audio microphones. Throughout the course of the competition, housemates are evicted from the house – eliminated from the competition. The last remaining housemate wins the competition and is awarded a cash prize. ''Big Brother'' was produced from 2001 and ran for eight seasons and a Celebrity edition on Network Ten before the network cancelled it in July 2008 after experiencing audience erosion and controversy. ''Big Brother'' returned in 2012 on the Nine Network. Nine's iteratio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ITV (TV Network)
ITV, legally known as Channel 3, is a British free-to-air public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom, public broadcast television network. It is branded as ITV1 in most of the UK except for central and northern Scotland, where it is branded as STV (TV channel), STV. It was launched in 1955 as Independent Television to provide competition to BBC Television (established in 1936). ITV is the oldest commercial network in the UK. Since the passing of the Broadcasting Act 1990, it has been Legal name, legally known as Channel 3 to distinguish it from the other analogue channels at the time: BBC1, BBC2 and Channel 4. ITV was, for decades, a network of separate companies that provided regional television services and also shared programmes among themselves to be shown on the entire network. Each franchise was originally owned by a different company. After several mergers, the fifteen regional franchises are now held by two companies: ITV plc, which runs ITV1, the ITV1 cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Channel 5 (UK)
5 (formerly known as Channel 5 and Five) is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by Channel 5 Broadcasting Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Paramount Global's UK and Australia division. It was launched in 30 March 1997 to provide a fifth national terrestrial channel in the United Kingdom. Channel 5 was renamed Five, from 16 September 2002 until 13 February 2011. Most of this was under the RTL Group's ownership with Richard Desmond purchasing the channel on 23 July 2010 and reverting the name change.'Mini-revamp planned for Channel 5 News' ATV Network, 30 October 2010 On 1 May 2014, the channel was acquired by Viacom (now Paramount Glo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Home And Away
''Home and Away'' (''H&A'') is an Australian television soap opera. It was created by Alan Bateman and commenced broadcast on the Seven Network on 17 January 1988. Bateman came up with the concept of the show during a trip to Kangaroo Point, New South Wales, where he noticed locals were complaining about the construction of a foster home and against the idea of foster children from the city living in the area. The soap opera was initially going to be called ''Refuge'', but the name was changed to the "friendlier" title of ''Home and Away'' once production began. The show premiered in what Bateman classified as a ninety-minute telefeatureOram, James "Home and Away: Behind the Scenes" p. 45 Angus and Robertson, 1989 (subsequently in re-runs and on VHS titled as ''Home and Away: The Movie''), as opposed to a pilot. Since then, each subsequent episode has aired for a duration of twenty-two minutes. ''Home and Away'' has become the second longest-running drama series in Australian t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Brother 1 (Australia)
''Big Brother 2001'', also known as ''Big Brother 1'', was the first season of the Australian reality television series '' Big Brother''. It is based upon the Dutch series of the same name, it premiered on Network Ten on 23 April 2001 and lasted twelve weeks until the live finale on 16 July 2001. ''Big Brother 1'' proved to be an early ratings success. In total, the season averaged 1.4 million viewers, thus making it the fourth highest rated season to date. This season aired for a total of 85 days, with evictions occurring once every week beginning with the second week. In total, fourteen Housemates competed in ''Big Brother 1''. The original twelve entered on the first night, with two intruders entering at a later date. Ultimately, Housemate Ben Williams was later announced as the winner of the series, with Blair McDonough becoming the Runner-Up. The premise of the show remained largely unchanged from other installments of the series. ''Big Brother'' revolves around ten strange ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Secret Life Of Us
''The Secret Life of Us'' is an Australian television drama series set in the beachside neighbourhood of St Kilda, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is primarily a drama with some comedic moments. The series was produced by Southern Star Group and screened in Australia from 2001 to 2005 on Network Ten and on Channel 4 in the UK. Initially the drama series was co-funded by the two networks. However, Channel 4 pulled out after the third series and the fourth series was not aired in the UK. The series won three silver Logie Awards. It has been shown in other countries such as New Zealand ( TV3) where it is rated R16 for offensive language and sex scenes; Ireland (RTÉ Two), Canada (SuperChannel3), the Netherlands ( Yorin), France ( Canal Plus, France 4), Estonia (ETV, Kanal 11), Norway (NRK), Serbia ( B92, TV Avala), Russia (TNT, Muz TV), Israel ( Channel 2), South Africa (M-Net), and the United States (Hulu). Plot The show revolves around a group of friends in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SimsalaGrimm
''SimsalaGrimm'' is a German animated children's television series, consisting of stories based on fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, and other notable authors. The series was created by André Sikojev, Stefan Beiten and Claus Clausen, and co-producted by Greenlight Media AG, Norddeutscher Rundfunk, Hahn Film AG, Millimages and Magma Films Ltd. Synopsis In each episode of the series, one of the famous classical fairy tales is told in the magical land of Simsala. The local characters Yoyo and Doc Croc move between the storyteller and the episode cast, which they tend to help or at least inspire. Each episode begins with Yoyo and Doc Croc as toys on a shelf brought to life by a magical book. Characters Main *Yoyo (German: Hubertus von Lerchenfeld, English: Nigel Greaves) – An adventurous, joyful, brave and mischievous blue coyote/ dormouse hybrid. He wears a red hood shoulder piece with two dangling bells. *Doc Croc (nicknamed Crocy; German: Jörg S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abby Coleman
Abby Jane Coleman (born 26 May 1981) is an Australian radio presenter and comedian living in Brisbane, currently employed with B105. She rose to fame by finishing runner-up on the first season of the Australian version of '' The Mole'' as an 18-year-old. Career Originally from South Australia, Coleman first appeared on Australian television in 2000 as a contestant on the first season of the Australian version of ''The Mole''. She finished runner-up to Jan Moody, who correctly identified Alan Mason as the Mole in the finale. She subsequently went on to appear on a number of other television programs, including presenting '' Couch Potato'' on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, filling in as weather presenter on the Nine Network's ''Weekend Today'' and appearing as a panellist on Network Ten's '' Have You Been Paying Attention?'', among others. In 2007 Coleman moved back to Adelaide to complete a degree at university and two years later she started presenting the afternoon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Couch Potato (TV Series)
''Couch Potato'' was an Australian children's television show broadcast on ABC TV in Australia and a staple of Classic ABC. Airing on Sunday mornings, it was a "wrapper" show linking three or four animated or live action shows aimed at older pre-teen and young teenage audiences. Programmes * '' The Adventures of Sam'' * '' Alias the Jester'' * ''Alvin and the Chipmunks'' * ''The Angry Beavers'' * '' The Animals of Farthing Wood'' * '' Animated Classic Showcase'' * '' Aquila'' * ''Archibald the Koala'' * '' The Baby-Sitters Club'' * '' Bananaman'' * ''Bangers and Mash'' * '' The Biz'' * '' Bump in the Night'' * '' The Cat Came Back'' * '' Clowning Around'' * '' Cro'' * '' Danger: Marmalade At Work'' * '' Danger Mouse'' * '' The Demon Headmaster'' * '' Dog Tracer'' * '' The Dreamstone'' * '' EC Plays Lift Off'' * '' Educating Marmalade'' * '' Escape from Jupiter'' * '' Finders Keepers'' * ''The Genie From Down Under'' * ''Ghostwriter'' * ''Inspector Gadget'' * '' Johnson and Fri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hi-5 (Australian TV Series)
''Hi-5'' is an Australian children's television series, originally produced by Kids Like Us and later Endemol Australia, Southern Star for the Nine Network, created by Helena Harris and Posie Graeme-Evans. The program is known for its educational content, and for the cast of the program, who became a recognised musical group for children outside of the series, known collectively as Hi-5 (Australian group), Hi-5. It has generated discussion about what is considered appropriate television for children. The series premiered on 12 April 1999 on the Nine Network. The series is designed for a pre-school audience, featuring five performers who educate and entertain through play, movement and music, which is an integral part of the series. The segments of the show are based on an educational model. The original cast was composed of Kellie Crawford, Kathleen de Leon Jones, Nathan Foley (singer), Nathan Foley, Tim Harding (musician), Tim Harding and Charli Robinson. By the end of 2008, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Movie
"The Movie" is the fourteenth episode of the fourth season of the American television sitcom ''Seinfeld'' (and the 54th episode overall). It first aired on NBC in the United States on January 6, 1993. The episode revolves entirely around the characters' struggles to go to see a movie together. Plot Jerry has two stand-up acts scheduled for the same night; due to a delay in one of them, he cannot make both shows. A hopeful comedian, Buckles, hangs around to fill in when somebody drops out. Jerry intended to meet his friends to see a movie, ''CheckMate'', at 10:30. However, given the situation, he agrees to skip the movie and reschedule his act to the 11:00 slot. Jerry first heads to the earlier scheduled comedy act, only to learn that the act was scheduled for 9:15, not 9:50 as Jerry thought, and Buckles ended up filling his spot. Jerry then heads to the movie theater to inform his friends that he won't accompany them. Buckles insists on sharing the taxicab with Jerry, and irrit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
