Psychic Deal for Medium's Alison

TEN's Medium is nearing the end of Season 3 and concludes with a three-part mystery which includes Alison DuBois (Patricia Arquette) appearing on Deal or No Deal as a contestant!

As both are NBC shows, the crossover, including American host Howie Mandel is a smooth fit, but here both shows are on rival networks.

The three-parter also features Jason Priestley (Beverly Hills 90210) and Neve Campbell (Party of Five).

The finale storyline kicks off with "Head Games" 9:30pm Wednesday July 25 on TEN.

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Everyone wins, but Seven stays the course.

Week 28 of TV was a week where “everyone’s a winner.” Each commercial network managed to win at least one weeknight, which offset some other losses.

But it was Seven that took out the week with a share of 28.7% to Nine’s 27.6%, TEN’s 21.1%, the ABC’s 16.5% and SBS’ 6.1%.

Seven won Monday, Tuesday and Friday night. Nine won Sunday, Thursday and Saturday while TEN took Wednesday.

But there were significant losses too. Nine was third on both Tuesday and Wednesday. TEN dropped from winning Wednesday to coming fourth behind the ABC on Thursday. So it was the staying power of Seven that kept the network near the top as the week played out.

Each of the commercial networks had big wins for high profile shows.

For Seven, Border Security is gaining momentum. With 1.86m it was the week’s top show. Other big winners for Seven were the finale of It Takes Two, Surf Patrol, News, Today Tonight, Grey’s Anatomy, All Saints, Where Are They Now and Desperate Housewives. Mark Phillipoussis’ Age of Love was out of court with only 849,000 and bound to be bumped once Lost concludes.

Nine’s 60 Minutes was its top show, while Sea Patrol’s expected dip kept it at an impressive 1.66m. Also doing good business were News, CSI, Getaway, a Harry Potter movie, 1 vs 100, Backyard Blitz and A Current Affair. In a week with her 1000th show, Mornings with Kerri-Anne is closing the gap on Seven’s new Morning Show, but still has some ground to make up. Tuesdays remain a terrible affair for Nine with or without Mick Molloy’s The Nation. This week Nine introduces the curiously titled Things to Try Before You Die.

TEN will indeed be thanking God for Thank God You’re Here, a new season which wasted no time in reminding us why it is so cherished. A terrific 1.78m tuned in, which together with a new House episode gave TEN a long overdue nightly win. Aside from The Simpsons, TEN had no other reasons to smile this week. Well down the winning list were Big Brother, NCIS, Law and Order: SVU, Rove and Torchwood. Thursdays are in big trouble, with Pirate Master sinking without trace. Expect a shift here shortly.

Spicks and Specks is still the ABC’s best show at 1.28m, although the controversial Great Global Warming Swindle’s 1.1m was an excellent result, moving the network ahead of TEN for the night. Elsewhere it was ABC News, the final Robin Hood and Taggart that scored. The audience seems to have woken up to the Chaser repeats which didn’t make the nightly top 15 nightly shows for the first time.

On the back of Top Gear Mondays are again SBS’ top night.

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New NITV launches

The National Indigenous Television network had a soft-launch on Friday, its first day of broadcasting.

The new television channel is broadcasting via the Imparja TV channel based in Alice Springs. NITV has around 20 staff in the Northern territory and New South Wales.

Set to provide 24-hour programming that reflects Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture it will also air via Foxtel and Optus later this year.

NITV Board Member Rachel Perkins, "For all those young or older Indigenous people, there'll be an opportunity to make content, a lot of it, for the first time."

According to its website:

The NITV service was soft launched in NAIDOC Week on Friday the 13th of July 2007 in Sydney by Senator Helen Coonan, commencing transmission on Imparja Television’s second channel to Northern and Central Australia. The service will be available on Subscription TV providers Austar and Foxtel later in the year.

NITV will initially commence transmission in July 2007, via Imparja Television’s Second Channel. The service will be receivable by an estimated audience of around 220,000 people. Of this total figure, there are currently 36,000 homes around Australia (about 140,000 people) with Aurora independent Direct To Home satellite facilities who can receive the signal. Read more...

Eddie's Queue. No waiting.

UPDATE: This story has now been vehemently denied by McGuire as having no basis in truth and he is considering legal action against News Ltd. More below.

Eddie McGuire has made news this week for trying to queue-jump his licence renewal at Bondi Junction's RTA.

According to News Ltd. fast Eddie had already tried through phone calls to have the RTA open their doors earlier for him, spoken to managers and also asked to be served at 4.50pm -ten minutes before closing time. Apparently he is a "very busy man."

None of it worked and McGuire was told to take a ticket and wait like everybody else. Eventually he did.

Many years ago when Eddie was a "mere" host of The Footy Show and I wasn't even in media journalism I remember waiting in a queue to renew my passport in Melbourne. Like most government offices it was a pretty mundane affair, but who walked in to face the queue? Eddie McGuire.

I recall he sighed and was agitated, seemingly looking for a shortcut. But seeing there wasn't any, he waited it out like the rest of us.

I also saw him work his charms when he was having a coffee in South Yarra a few years back and a Parking Inspector was adding a ticket to his black Saab. Ouch. Eddie rushed out, laughed it up, used the word "mate" lots, and from memory I think got out of it.

But then, who hasn't pleaded with a Parking Inspector when you're on the spot?

Those who have the gift of the gab and the Broady touch have probably just had a little more experience to see it work.

UPDATE:

"I'm actually going to take legal action against News Ltd over what is a complete fabrication," McGuire told Southern Cross Broadcasting yesterday.

"I've never been to the RTA down there. I have a licence that's actually not expiring until 2011. And when they allege that I made the two phone calls, one, I was overseas and the second time I was actually on air on the Today show last Monday." - Sydney Morning Herald.
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