Discussion of Foxtel programming for 2023.
The 2023 upfronts will be held at Sydney’s Allianz Stadium at around 6pm AEDT today.
Confirmed so far:
The Great Australian Bake Off
Love Me season 2
Rockwiz reboot
Colin from Accounts
Selling Houses Australia
Upright season 2
It’s an open-air presentation at the stadium, starting at 7pm AEDT.
Media releases from tonight includes advertising supported tier for Binge and new Australian series Strife with Asher Keddie.
The upfronts began with acknowledgment of country by The Twelve’s Ngali Shaw, followed by a performance by Isaiah Firebrace.
Then it was Patrick Delany’s turn to speak.
What was it about?
Foxtel had been charging another customer’s service to her Credit card for years. They refused to refund, saying it was fraud. After ACA’s intervention, they admitted it was their mistake and paid her back $6k + $1 k compensation.
Logan Roy is a character from Succession, played by Brian Cox.
Yeah that is pretty shitty.
TRAILER RELEASED
Starring Woody Harrelson and Justin Theroux
Coming to FOXTEL in March 2023
From Emmy® winner David Mandel (Veep) and starring Woody Harrelson and Justin Theroux, the five-episode limited series WHITE HOUSE PLUMBERS premieres March 2023 on FOXTEL.
WHITE HOUSE PLUMBERS tells the story of how Nixon’s own political saboteurs and Watergate masterminds, E. Howard Hunt (Harrelson) and G. Gordon Liddy (Theroux), accidentally toppled the presidency they were zealously trying to protect.
Ensemble cast includes Lena Headey (Game of Thrones) as Dorothy Hunt, Judy Greer (Arrested Development) as Fran Liddy, Domhnall Gleeson (Harry Potter franchise) as John Dean, Toby Huss (Copshop) as James McCord, Ike Barinholtz (The Mindy Project) as Jeb Magruder, Kathleen Turner (Romancing the Stone) as Dita Beard, Kim Coates (Sons of Anarchy) as Frank Sturgis, Yul Vazquez as Bernard “Macho” Barker, Alexis Valdés as Felipe De Diego, Nelson Ascencio as Virgilio “Villo” Gonzalez, Tony Plana as Eugenio “Muscolito” Martinez, Zoe Levin as Lisa Hunt, Liam James as Saint John Hunt, Kiernan Shipka as Kevan Hunt, Tre Ryder as David Hunt, David Krumholtz as William O. Bittman, F. Murray Abraham as Judge Sirica, Rich Sommer as Egil “Bud” Krogh, and John Carroll Lynch as John Mitchell.
WHITE HOUSE PLUMBERS is directed and executive produced by David Mandel; created, written and executive produced by Alex Gregory and Peter Huyck; executive produced by Frank Rich, David Bernad, Gregg Fienberg, Justin Theroux, Woody Harrelson, Len Amato, and Ruben Fleischer. An HBO co-production with wiip with executive producers Paul Lee, Mark Roybal and Nne Ebong. Based in part on public records and the book “Integrity” by Egil “Bud” Krogh and Matthew Krogh.
