It’s a remake of the 1970s series of the same name.
Incredible story. Expect to see Sanrise and The Todey Show popping up in the near future if our networks get wind of it.
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The Australian networks are light years ahead of the US networks when it comes to dodgy ratings coding - each breakfast show is already split into three segments 
in the ratings with both shows running 10 minutes or more into the morning programs to bolster their numbers.
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The Michael Jackson estate will produce a new animated Halloween special for CBS this year. The hour-long program is called Michael Jackson’s Halloween and features his music as the soundtrack. It will feature the voices of Christine Baranski (The Good Fight), Kiersey Clemons (Transparent), Alan Cumming (The Good Wife), George Eads (MacGyver), Brad Garrett (Everybody Loves Raymond), Lucy Liu (Elementary), Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory) and Lucas Till (MacGyver).
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Nominations for this year’s Primetime Emmy Awards were announced overnight. Aussie actors Nicole Kidman, Judy Davis, Ben Mendolsohn and Geoffrey Rush have all scored Emmy nominations. HBO’s Westworld and NBC’s Saturday Night Live has the most nominations at 22 each.
The full list of nominations can be found here
The 69th Primetime Emmy Awards, hosted by Stephen Colbert, will be shown live on FOX8 on Foxtel on Monday morning, September 18.
I was reading a few articles on ‘cord cutters’ in the US, and there seems to be a huge number of people over there who are completely unaware that they can receive free TV over the air by installing an antenna on their house, which goes to show the proliferation of cable and satellite TV in the USA.
For example, you see videos on Youtube with people saying “Get FREE HDTV with an antenna,” as if that concept is completely alien to the viewing audience.
One survey put the rate of households without pay TV (watching over the air) as 15%, with the other 85% having access to at least one pay TV service. That’s less households watching for free over the air in the USA as there are households with Foxtel subscriptions here in Australia.
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The Originals will finish with a 13-episode season 5 in the 2017-18 season, with production starting next week.
ABC finally announced the premiere dates for the start of the 2017/18 season, a month after rival networks did so. The new season of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. may be pushed back to 2018 after another Marvel series, Inhumans, finishes its debut season.
September 25: The Good Doctor (new)
September 27: The Goldbergs, Speechless, Modern Family, American Housewife, Designated Survivor
September 28: Grey’s Anatomy (two hours), How to Get Away with Murder
September 29: Inhumans (new, two hours)
October 1: The Toy Box, Ten Days in the Valley (new)
October 3: The Middle, Fresh Off the Boat, Black-ish, The Mayor (new), Kevin (Probably) Saves the World (new)
October 5: Scandal
October 6: Once Upon a Time
October 8: To Tell the Truth
Inhumans is only running for 8 episodes and will finish November 10. So, Agents of Shield could start the week after.
Hong Kong broadcaster TVB has formed a US$100 million television production co-financing venture with Imagine Entertainment (which made programs including 24, Empire and Arrested Development) to create shows for both US and overseas markets. The deal gives Imagine more control over the development, production and distribution of its own programs. TVB and Imagine will each own 50% of JV.
Lifetime has renewed UnREAL for a fourth season. Production for the third season has finished but it won’t be shown until early 2018. The show is available here on Stan.
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ABC has confirmed The Middle will end with its upcoming 9th season.
9 years is a great run and considering I am still only on season two I have a lot to catch up on 
Will & Grace revival has been renewed for a second season, while the first season has been extended from 12 to 16 episodes. The show will be streamed on Stan in Australia.
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The Dark Tower movie, based on Stephen King’s novels and released in Australia on August 17, will have a TV prequel for 2018. The Walking Dead’s Glen Mazzara will run the series, which will tell the origins of Roland the Gunslinger, played by Idris Elba in the movie, based on flashbacks from King’s novels Wizard and Glass and The Gunslinger.
Law and Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders seems quite good, Has Channel Nine bought the Australian Rights to it seeming they have the Universal TV and Film Rights Now?
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Also coming soon 2 Broke Boys, Two and a Half Women, Mad Women, Jake and the Fat Woman and of course Golden Boys, Dr Quinn Medicine Man, Gilmore Boys and Gossip Boy. Not sure about Crazy Ex-Boyfriend. 
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I wouldn’t mind seeing a spin-off from Big Love, “How I Met Your Mothers”.
NBC is working on a reboot of The Munsters, with Seth Meyers one of the executive producers.
Netflix has renewed Friends from College for a second season. Since its release it was panned by critics but viewers quite liked the show.
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