Kath & Kim with commercials is a foreign concept one would think but it will be interesting if the show itself will be much different on a commercial network. I’m glad it went to Seven, the other competitor was Ten and we know the track record of Good News Week when it left ABC to go to Ten. Not to mention Gina Riley and Jane Turner have a long history with Seven. My only question now is when will reruns go to Pay-TV?
KATH & Kim are moving to commercial TV after selling their new series to Channel 7 for $3 million. The deal ends months of rival networks battling to woo the Fountain Lakes “foxy morons” from the ABC. Seven was not the highest bidder, but was chosen because the comedy duo wanted the biggest viewing audience. The series, to be screened later this year, will see the suburban divas take a holiday to warmer climes and search for a school for Kim’s “gifted” toddler Epony Rae.
Kath and Kim said they were looking forward to returning to Seven because it had the best canteen food. “Seven promised us we’re going to be in the stable and Kim belongs in a stable,” Kath said. “We did our share of schmoozing: entertaining CEOs with cardonnay and nibbles. “I think when we got Kerry Stokes in the spa at the Buckingham and he was legless, literally, that was the clincher.
“They’re paying us literally hundreds of dollars per episode. (The ABC) could only afford $10.” Seven will broadcast at least eight episodes of the hit comedy, and a possible further series later.
This looks too good to be true. As a long time fan, I have to say the graphics look awesome. It looks like it is set in present day so that’s something I like after the 80’s and 90’s set games previously. Can’t wait!
This week on The Ploy we interviewed Political YouTuber James Kotecki who has appeared on CNN, CBS Early Show and more. We spoke about how YouTube effects the 2008 Presidential Elections. It is an interesting interview and thanks to James for taking the time to speak to us. Each episode of the show will now feature interviews (or almost every episode). We hope to bring you even more interesting subjects and guests in future shows.
This is just disgusting, I don’t usually put politics on this blog but this made me very mad that this guy can have so much influence over American’s. No wonder FOX News viewers were the most serially misinformed during the lead up to the Iraq War. It also outrages me not just how he can lie straight to the listeners but tell a reporter telling the truth to shut up and cut her microphone. Play the clip below to hear the audio.
On Wednesday’s Radio Factor, Bill O’Reilly lost his mind when co-host and fellow FOX Newser Lis Wiehl accurately cited Fred Fielding’s letter (.pdf) to the Senate Judiciary Committee concerning the Karl Rove and Harriet Miers “reasonable proposal”. The best part comes when Bill cuts her mic and accuses her of “misle[ading] my audience, who comes here for the truth,” only to then go on and mislead his own audience.
About time we had some action broadband wise. When we have a government who thinks 256kb/s is a fast connection you know you have problems.
Today, Federal Labor has taken an historic decision to build a world class national broadband network. We believe this is a critical step when it comes to Australia’s long-term economic future. We’re proposing to invest up to $4.7 billion in this proposal in a partnership with the private sector for it to be constructed over a five year period which will deliver for
98 per cent of Australians, a broadband service which is up to 40 times faster than they currently enjoy.We regard this as an important part of nation building for the future. Nation building in the 19th century was about building a new national railway network for Australia. Nation building for the 21st century lies in building a new national broadband network. It’s part of our pathway to the future. Why is this necessary? When you look at Australia in the international comparative data – we have a problem on our hands. We currently have the 17th broadband take-up rate when measured across the OECD, that’s the 17th fastest. We also, when it come to the measurement of world broadband bandwidth, we are currently lying something like 25th in the world. Against those measures we have a problem in terms of our international economic competitiveness and any analysis who has looked at this over a period of time will look at that data and say that unless it’s fixed, we’re going to face a real problem in term of long-term productivity growth
