The Liberty A-League Women’s season comes to an exciting conclusion as Melbourne City and Sydney FC battle it out in the grand final live from 3:30 pm AEST on 10 Bold, 10 Play and Paramount+.  Both teams have won four ALW championships in their history and in their two meetings this season, Dario Vidosic’s Melbourne side holds the advantage after coming out on top 3-2 in Sydney back in November. The second clash with the two teams ended goalless.  However, the odds may be stacked in Sydney’s favour as they gear up for their seventh consecutive Grand Final, but they will be coming up ..read more

Whether it’s a childhood jingle that you can still sing word for word, or a campaign that influences the way you work today, everyone has an ad that has really stuck with them. Mediaweek has been asking the industry to take a trip down memory lane, to find out all about the ads that made us. Lorraine Woods – National Head of Trading, Atomic 212° Should’ve gone to Specsavers “The ads are funny, light-hearted, attention-grabbing and – after 15 years – they now form part of our everyday language when poking fun of someone for missing something. They are great ads and the brand is now an intr ..read more

The 20th season of The Block is coming. The series this year is set in the sleepy hamlet of Cowes on Phillip Island. It will go to air on Nine in what is truly a Block-buster year for the broadcaster. The network bookends the year with the biggest shows on television – Married at First Sight and The Block. In 2024, it has the Paris Olympics in July and August. By the time The Block season 20 goes to air, there won’t be many people who won’t have seen a promo. See also: The Block remains a ratings champ, one of the richest TV prize shows in the world Work on the new Block properties has been un ..read more

TV Report 2 May 2024: Nine TV Report NRL – Rabbitohs v Panthers Nine’s draw for the evening was the Rabbitohs v Panthers, which saw the Panthers dominate, winning the game 42-12. This win marks the Panthers winning 11 of their past 13 games at Accor Stadium as the Rabbitohs have won only one of their past seven games against the Panthers. A Current Affair Over on A Current Affair, the program spoke to a Hillsong Church victim claiming she was ‘pushed out’ and met with a mother forced to hike up flights of stairs days after giving birth due to a broken lift. Seven TV Report AFL – Adelaide v Por ..read more

There are some great docuseries to watch right now, with feel-good fare like This Is Going To Be Big (iview), and disturbing exposes about powerful people behaving badly in Quiet On Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV (Foxtel/Binge) and Miriam: Death of a Reality Star (Channel 4). This Is Going To Be Big was funded as two separate projects, a feature film that screened at the Melbourne International and London Film Festivals, and now this 2-part series with extra content on ABC. A school for kids with disabilities decides to challenge its students by mounting an ambitious John Farnham musical. A gro ..read more

KommunityTV has signed national streaming deals with Tennis Australia and the Australian Secondary Schools Rugby League. News Corp Australia’s community sports streaming service will exclusively stream matches from Tennis Australia’s five remaining Australian junior championship events in 2024 and every game of the Australian Secondary Schools Rugby League National Championships. The live streams will be accompanied by news stories and profiles of the teams, clubs, and players in News Corp Australia’s metro and regional mastheads, including The Daily Telegraph, Herald Sun, The Courier-Mail and ..read more

Top Gear Australia hosts Blair Joscelyne, Beau Ryan and Jonathan LaPaglia fronted a launch party for the show last night, arriving to the branded track by helicopter. Ahead of the show’s 17 May premiere on Paramount +, The Stig also pulled up in a Paramount+ Top Gear Australia branded V8 race car. Then there were the customised McLarens, Lamborghinis and other done-up rides from TUNED. Triple M’s The Rush Hour with Gus Worland, Jude Bolton and Wendell Sailor broadcasted live from the event. Fasttrack Experience took guests around the track in V8 race cars with professional drivers, with ..read more

TV Report 1 May 2024: Nine TV Report Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot Nine aired Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot, an investigation into why Wanda Holloway, the mother of a high-school cheerleader, conspired to have another cheerleader and her mother murdered.  A Current Affair Over on A Current Affair, the program looked into the DV commissioner breaking down the $1bn pledge to tackle gendered violence and also investigated what’s really going on inside courtrooms dealing with domestic violence. Seven TV Report The Front Bar The Front Bar welcomed Anthony Rocca as they shared a laugh about the ..read more

As major global studio businesses continue to struggle, Warner Bros Discovery has announced a change of leadership in Australia and New Zealand. Departing the company is Glen Kyne, who had a wide regional remit as Senior Vice President & Head of Networks, Warner Bros Discovery Australia, New Zealand, Japan. Taking over at least some of those roles is Juliet Peterson. The region leadership will continue to be based in Auckland. Currently Senior Director of Content and BVOD, Peterson will now lead the business as Vice President, Head of Networks, ANZ, reporting to James Gibbons, President, A ..read more

TV Report 30 April 2024: Nine TV Report LEGO Masters Nine’s evening began with the ninth episode of LEGO Masters. Teams were each given a base plate representing a typical room in a house and had to build minifigures living in the land of the giants surrounded by using life-size items found around the home.  Krystle and Michelle won the challenge, building a Movie Night build that had minifigures around a giant brick-built retro TV. A Current Affair Over on A Current Affair, the program looked into what Bonza Airlines collapse means for commercial aviation in Australia and the QLD pr ..read more