Wednesday 18 December 8.00pm
Hard Quiz special featuring Ramsay St residents.
Neighbours does Hard Quiz! In this special episode, the perfect blend of Stefan Dennis (Paul), Georgie Stone (Mackenzie), Alan Fletcher (Dr Karl) and Madeleine West (Dee) battle it out for Tom Gleeson’s Big Brass Mug.
Chrishell Stause features on the cover of Sunday Life magazine inside Sunday Age and The Sun-Herald today. She talks about her role of Yasmine Shields in Neighbours and her marriage with G Flip in the interview (paywall article).
Melanie Pearson left Erinsborough this week.
Victor Stone left in the same episode. Craig Hall has now filmed an appearance in Home and Away for next year.
I really think Melanie and Vic would have been a good couple together on the show, and still surprised hes not a permanent cast member. Wonder if his time on home and away will be permanent
Those old bats at the home are driving me nuts.
It’s an odd direction for the show to feature so many old aged pensioners in so many storylines.
Never knew that the young demographic’s of today who the show is aimed at are interested in aged care 
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It’s well known that executive producer is a fan boy of the show’s past and enjoys bringing back previous characters. No doubt he saw this “Erini Rising” storyline as an excuse to bring back more of the older cast, and now they have to add in random storyline’s to justify having the previous characters return.
maybe the writers realise that they are most likely the only one watching at 4pm in the afternoon
Agree. Having the “nursing home” storyline is a good story arc, with bring back some former characters. The likes of Harold Bishop wanted to return in a casual basis, and this was probably a good way for a few to return (like Gino, Hilary and Harold).
Lucas Fiztgerald, played by sometimes director of the show Scott Major, appeared on the show tonight. Selling the mechanics to Shane Ramsay (Peter O’Brien), in which his son will work at. The mechanics hasn’t been shown on the show for some time now. Even though it’s across the road from the highly used Tram Cafe.
They were awful doing the boylesque petition etc, far far far too dated of a storyline to be remotely funny or realistic. Sit them all down to watch the calendar girls movie.
Don’t give the producers any ideas. Next we’ll be crusty oldies doing a nude calendar storyline. 
You know what itll be better than the ageist stuff they give us. All theyve done is portray old people as awful. They may aswell be nude and awful. Admit it. You want to see Harolds Harry.
A possible storyline, Harold arranges a photo shoot for a Christmas calendar but the theme is misinterpreted
I really hate this standard template they’ve adopted for the early evening lineup which looked to have been created for news, suits it much better.
Chrishell Stause helping Ten promote all their soaps.
Is the axe going to come down again?
I don’t believe that they have reached that point yet - it is one of the most watched shows on Amazon in the UK - question would be if there is enough viewership there + in other markets for them to justify the same amount of funding, or an increase in funding.
I would imagine there are negotiations ongoing.
I imagine it would go to less days (maybe three) before it is axed again completely. Like Shortland Street.
