Ellen cleans up Daytime Emmys

Ellen De Generes picked up six awards at the Daytime Emmy Awards on Friday night including Outstanding Talk Show and Outstanding Talk Show Host. But she acknowledged Rosie O'Donnell's role on The View, saying, "I liked what she did. This was the year she should have won. I wanted to acknowledge Rosie because she has done a lot."

Guiding Light tied with The Young and the Restless for Outstanding Drama.

And retired host Bob Barker, who this week finished a staggering 50 years fronting The Price is Right received 3 standing ovations and Outstanding Game Show Host.

James Lipton of Inside the Actors' Studio also received a Lifetime Achievement Award, as did Lee Phillip Bell, co-creator of The Bold and the Beautiful.

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Law of the land drama for SBS.

Actor Aaron Pedersen will soon feature in a new, high-profile drama on SBS, The Circuit.

Set in the Kimberley region, Pedersen will star as a city lawyer working as part of a travelling legal team of the Aboriginal Legal System. Gary Sweet appears as a Magistrate, who, together with court officers, embarks on five-day outback trips to rural communities. Pedersen's character will find himself challenged by his cultural past against his contemporary upbringing.

Shot in remote areas of North Western Australia, the drama will touch upon sensitive subjects including racism, child abuse and homosexuality. The WA outback will feature prominently as a stunning backdrop to the storylines.

Following the success of RAN: Remote Area Nurse, the cast is also supported by non-actors drawn from bush communities.

It premieres 9:30pm Sunday July 8.

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Fatty to be dropped from the team?

Host of the NRL Footy Show, Paul "Fatty" Vautin could be axed in looming staff cuts at Nine, according to Brisbane's Courier-Mail.

In a purely speculative article, it suggests the host could be "headed for the door after this year." More cuts under new owners CVC are expected to follow the dropping of Alan Jones and The Catch-Up.

In Sydney RPA gave the NRL Footy Show a big lead-in this week, but it slipped behind Lost & Law & Order.

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Hidden Palms to disappear

The CW Channel's Hidden Palms which premiered last month is suddenly about to have a finale next month in the US.

With an ultra-pretty cast, this "OC in the desert" from writer Kevin Williamson will see episodes burned off in back-to-back scheduling, allowing a finale to air on July 4.

Reviews for the drama about a boy moving to Palm Springs after the suicide of his father have not been kind.

One of the characters in the show is a worldly drag queen played by Will & Grace's Leslie Jordan.
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