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2010 In Australian Television
This is a list of Australian television events and premieres which occurred, or were scheduled to occur, in 2010. The year 2010 will be the 55th year of continuous operation of television in Australia. Events * 25 January – Sunrise launches its new analogue-styled on-air package, which is used until January 2016. * 8 February – Seven News launches its new look in Sydney, Brisbane and Perth. Seven News has a block mark which carries the big red 7 with the word "NEWS" written on it – these are still unchanged to this indefinite date. * 9 February – '' The Circle'' begins broadcasting on Network Ten. The program is joined by Denise Drysdale, Chrissie Swan, Yumi Stynes and Gorgi Coghlan broadcasts live between 10 am and 12 pm. As a result, '' Ten's Morning Newshour'' is moved to 9 am weekdays. * 15 February – ''Seven News'' launches its new look in Melbourne and Adelaide. * 19 February – ''Weekend Sunrise'' begins airing on Saturdays. * 2 March – Nin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hey Hey It's Saturday
''Hey Hey It's Saturday'' is a long-running variety television program on Australian television. It initially ran for 28 years on the Nine Network from 9 October 1971 to 20 November 1999, with a recess in 1978. Its host throughout its entire run was Daryl Somers, who later also became executive producer of the program. The original producer, Gavan Disney, left the program in December 1990 and Somers then formed a production company, Somers Carroll Productions, with comedy writer and on-screen partner Ernie Carroll, the performer of Somers' pink ostrich puppet sidekick Ossie Ostrich. Carroll retired in 1994, and Ossie was no longer featured in the show. On 25 July 2009, the Nine Network announced the show would return for two reunion specials in late 2009 and hinted if they rated strongly, the show could return full-time. The first reunion show aired on 30 September 2009, and the second on 7 October, and both won the ratings on their respective nights. However, the reunion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nightline (Australian News Program)
''Nightline'' was an Australian late-night news bulletin television program produced by ''Nine News'' for Nine Network. Introduced in 1985 as a 5-minute late-night news summary before becoming a 30-minute bulletin in 1992, it was cancelled in 2008, then was brought back in 2009 before it was cancelled again in July 2010. It aired at around on weeknights, but was not shown in Perth or Adelaide. ''Nightline'' was previously presented by Kellie Sloane. Its main competitors were '' Ten Late News'' and ABC News's ''Lateline'', both of which aired prior to ''Nightline'' at . The series was patterned after the version that airs on ABC (US), but that one is different from the Australian counterpart even though at one point both versions used the same opening graphics, which both no longer use. History In 2007, ''Nightline'' was also broadcast at 10:30pm on ''Nine HD'', an hour before it was broadcast on Nine SD. This only lasted for a short period of time, however. Nightline was ax ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunraysia
Sunraysia is a region located in northwestern Victoria and southwestern New South Wales in Australia. The region is renowned for its sunshine, intensive horticulture including grapes and oranges. Its main centre is Mildura, Victoria. The area of Victoria to the west of Sunraysia is known as the Millewa, the main distinction being that Sunraysia is the irrigated area and the Millewa is the dryland cropping area. Sunraysia is mostly contained in the Murray Darling wine region. Sunraysia is sometimes incorrectly referred to as an economic region. Etymology The name ''Sunraysia'' derives from a contest that entrepreneur Jack De Garis held in 1919, as part of a promotion on behalf of the Australian Dried Fruits Association. The public were invited to submit a name to describe the dried fruits grown in the Mildura area. The winning name was ''Sun-Raysed'', which was modified as ''Sunraysia'' to describe the district as a whole. In 1920, De Garis started a newspaper in Mildura ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mildura
Mildura ( ) is a regional city in north-west Victoria, Australia. Located on the Victorian side of the Murray River, Mildura had a population of 34,565 at the 2021 census. When nearby Wentworth, Irymple, Nichols Point, Merbein and Red Cliffs are included, the combined urban area had a population of 58,914 in 2021, having grown marginally at an average annual rate of 1.3% year-on-year over the preceding five years. Mildura is the largest settlement in the Sunraysia region, where around 90% of Australia's table grape exports are grown. Likewise, it is a major horticultural centre notable for its overall (table, sultana and wine) grape production, supplying about 80% of Victoria's grapes.Mildura , ''Department of Planning and Community Development, Mildura Rural City Council'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (also known as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, commonly shortened to MGM or MGM Studios) is an American Film production, film and television production and film distribution, distribution company headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer was founded on April 17, 1924, and has been owned by the Amazon MGM Studios subsidiary of Amazon (company), Amazon since 2022. MGM was formed by Marcus Loew by combining Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures and Louis B. Mayer Pictures into one company. It hired a number of well-known actors as contract players—its slogan was "more stars than there are in heaven"—and soon became Hollywood's most prestigious filmmaking company, producing popular musical films and winning many Academy Awards. MGM also owned film studios, movie lots, movie theaters and technical production facilities. Its most prosperous era, from 1926 to 1959, was bracketed by two productions of ''Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia's Got Talent
''Australia's Got Talent'' is an Australian reality television talent show. The show is based on the '' Got Talent'' series format that originated in the United Kingdom with Simon Cowell. The first six seasons aired on the Seven Network, from 2007 to 2012. In the first season the judges were Tom Burlinson, Red Symons and Dannii Minogue. The first season aired at 6:30pm on Sunday nights. After a successful run, the series was given a vote of confidence as Seven moved the show to a more competitive Tuesday night timeslot. The second season aired from 29 April 2008. Burlinson and Symons did not return for season four and were replaced by Kyle Sandilands and Brian McFadden. For season seven in 2013 the show moved to the Nine Network. Dawn French, Geri Halliwell and Timomatic who is the additional fourth judge joined the panel as replacements for McFadden and Minogue. On 4 April 2014, it was announced that Nine had axed ''Australia's Got Talent'' due to low ratings. On 8 Jul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia's Got Talent Season 4
''Australia's Got Talent'' is an Australian reality television show, based on the original UK series, to find new talent. The fourth season premiered on the Seven Network on 13 April 2010 and ended on 15 June 2010. Radio DJ Kyle Sandilands and Irish singer Brian McFadden joined the judging panel as replacements for Tom Burlinson and Red Symons. Auditions took place throughout February 2010 and were held in the five major cities across Australia. The live shows began on 11 May 2010 and ended on 15 June 2010, where dance troupe Justice Crew were crowned the winners of the fourth season of ''Australia's Got Talent''. They were awarded a prize of $250,000. Runner-up Cameron Henderson was awarded a runner-up prize of performing at the 2010 AFL Grand Final. Judges In January 2010, it was made known that the judging panel would undergo a new line-up to accommodate Minogue's pregnancy. Judge Red Symons was strongly tipped to return to the Nine Network to be part of the revived ''Hey He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justice Crew
Justice Crew is an Australian dance and music group consisting of John and Len Pearce, Lukas Bellesini, Paul Merciadez, Samson Smith, and Solo Tohi. Although the group is Australian, members Samson and Solo are from New Zealand. The group originally formed in 2009 as a dance troupe and rose to fame the following year as winners of the fourth season of ''Australia's Got Talent''. Justice Crew subsequently signed a record deal with Sony Music Australia and became recording artists. As of 2018, they are an independent music group. Justice Crew's first three singles " And Then We Dance", " Friday to Sunday" and " Dance with Me" achieved moderate success on the ARIA Singles Chart. The group earned their first number-one single with "Boom Boom", which was certified six times platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association. Subsequent singles " Best Night" and " Everybody" were top-ten hits, and " Que Sera" became their second number-one single. Since becoming recording artist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Millionaire Hot Seat
''Millionaire Hot Seat'', also known as ''Hot Seat'', is an Australian television quiz show. The show was a spin-off of ''Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?'' and began airing on the Nine Network on 20 April 2009. As with the original Australian version of the show, it was hosted by Eddie McGuire and followed a similar format. History Rumours about a new shortened version of ''Millionaire'' first began circulating in February 2009 and were confirmed when the Nine Network produced a pilot version of the format titled ''Millionaire: Russian Roulette'' in March 2009. The official title was announced as ''Millionaire Hot Seat'', but this was later shortened to simply ''Hot Seat''. The new format was originally promoted as a short-run series, with advertisements featuring McGuire exclaiming "20 nights! 20 million dollars!" It was announced on 7 April 2009 that ''Hot Seat'' would begin airing on 20 April 2009 in the – weeknight timeslot and would compete against the high-rating game sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deal Or No Deal (Australian Game Show)
''Deal or No Deal'' is an Australian game show which originally broadcast on the Seven Network from 13 July 2003 to 4 October 2013, hosted by Andrew O'Keefe. On 29 January 2024, a reboot series premiered on Network 10, hosted by Grant Denyer. It was the first international version of the game show, after the original from the Netherlands. It was the first of the versions to use the ''Deal or No Deal'' name. Many changes were made to ''Deal or No Deal'' during its run. These included, among others, changing from a weekly format to a daily format, which resulted in the reduction of the top prize from $2,000,000 to $200,000 in 2004; interactive features inviting home viewers to play along with "Double Deal Friday"; and additional special features added to the game (such as "Double or Nothing" and "Super Case"). The show included many special episodes including several hour-long prime-time specials (such as the "Test of the Psychics Special" and the "Unluckiest Players Special") ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Meagher
Raymond Francis Meagher (born 4 July 1944) is an Australian actor, who has appeared in Australian film and television since the mid-1970s. He is notable as the longest continuing performer in an Australian television role, portraying Alf Stewart on ''Home and Away'', having played the role since the first episode in 1988. Meagher won a Gold Logie Award for his role in ''Home and Away'' in 2010 and has currently played the role of Alf for over 37 years. Early life Meagher was born and raised on a sheep and cattle station in Queensland, before attending a boarding school on the Gold Coast from the age of nine. He became a keen sportsman at high school, Marist College Ashgrove in Brisbane, representing the school at a number of sports including rugby union, a sport which he ultimately played at state level. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
