The Emmys: May the best lady win!

As the Emmy clock ticks down, who will take out the almost Trans-Tasman clean sweep in the category Outstanding Supporting Actress In A Miniseries Or A Movie?

Toni Collette, Anna Paquin, Judy Davis, Greta Scacchi and Samantha Morton are all nominated.


Morton is the only actress who isn't Australian or New Zealand.

The five ladies will know their fate by Monday afternoon (Australian time) as the ceremony is beamed live on the Bio channel from 10am. Rachel Griffiths is also nominated for Supporting Actress in Brothers and Sisters.

A highlights package will screen later that evening on TEN.

The ladies are all nominated for their work in:

Broken Trail • AMC • Butchers Run Films and Once Upon a Time Films in association with Sony Pictures Television
Greta Scacchi as Nola Johns

Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee • HBO • Wolf Film/Traveler's Rest Film in association with HBO Films
Anna Paquin as Elaine Goodale

Longford • HBO • A Granada Production in association with Channel 4 and HBO Films
Samantha Morton as Myra Hindley

The Starter Wife • USA • Hay Pop Pty Limited in association with McGibbon/Parriott Productions and 3 Arts Entertainment, for NBC Universal Television Studio
Judy Davis as Joan McAllister

Tsunami, The Aftermath • HBO • A Kudos Film and Television Production in association with the BBC and HBO Films
Toni Collette as Kathy Graham

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Airdate: RocKwiz

The all-too fabulous Julia Zemiro will return for a fifth series of RocKwiz on September 29.

Joining her once more is adjudicator and creator Brian Nankervis at the Esplanade Hotel, better known as The Espy.

RocKwiz is an SBS format which has been sold overseas, and thrives on its charms of knowing it aspires to be little more than what it is - a pub trivia night. This is something Seven might have remembered when it tried Todd McKenney's You May Be Right.

Zemiro is in the unique position of being a favourite of more than one network, with appearances on Thank God You're Here, It Takes Two and What a Year.

Press Release:

RocKwiz, Australian television’s original rock trivia quiz show, returns for its fifth season starting on Saturday, September 29 at 9.20pm on SBS Television.

Aussie and international rock’s famous faces continue to mix it with (extra) ordinary music buffs to battle for the weekly title of RocKwiz musical trivia champion. Each guest artist will perform one of their hits backed by the RocKwiz Orkestra: At the end of each episode, both guests join forces to sing a surprise duet – so expect something very special!

Well-known actress and comedienne Julia Zemiro asks the questions and RocKwiz creator Brian Nankervis adjudicates over the mayhem, laughs and passion from inside the Esplanade Hotel (aka ‘The Espy’) in St Kilda, as the trivia tragics vie to prove the awesome extent of their musical knowledge.

Julia Zemiro
Julia was born in Aix-en Provence, France and came to Australia in 1967 on a big boat. After graduating from the VCA in 1993, Julia toured nationally with Actors At Work for the Bell Shakespeare Company, became a regular panelist and debater for Good News Week (ABC TV) and as a performer/writer on the sketch comedy show Totally Full Frontal, playing over 30 characters during two seasons. Julia has a wide array of TV credits including; Song for The Socceroos, winning Australia’s Brainiest TV Star, Rove Live, presenting at the ARIAs, It Takes Two, The Wedge and appearing on, and having too much fun on, Ten’s hit show Thank God You’re Here.

Brian Nankervis
Brian Nankervis is a producer, writer and performer. He was a primary school teacher who fled the classroom in 1985 to become a waiter at Melbourne's legendary theatre restaurant The Last Laugh. He was a writer/performer on the Channel 10 hospital soap opera Let The Blood Run Free and made regular appearances on Hey Hey It's Saturday as the tortured street poet Raymond J Bartholomeuz. He co produced and wrote "Boys and Balls" for the ABC and was a producer for Class Clowns, an annual Comedy Festival project. He does studio warm ups for a variety of television shows, contributes regularly to The Age and performs a one hour poetry show in schools. RocKwiz is a dream come true for this life long music fan! Read more...

Lucas on Kath and Kim is next

Matt Lucas' appearance on Kath and Kim will air Sunday September 23 on Seven.

Lucas, from Little Britain, shot the scene earlier this year during the Australian leg of the show's stage tour. He also shot a scene for Neighbours with his sidekick, David Walliams.

Lucas will appear as a long-lost relative of Sharon's.

Synopsis:

Kath finds a family skeleton in her closet (well her walk-in) and Sharon comes face to face with a long-lost relative from the other side of the world.

Kel is desperate to find out if he is a nob with noble blood.

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Seven announces Hi Def channel too

Channel Seven has announced that it too will launch a Hi Def channel in December.

The Seven Network today announced its plans for the launch of a new channel on the network's digital platform.

"We will lead the development of digital broadcast television in Australia," said CEO David Leckie.

"We are very excited about this new initiative. We have in place the best content, the best people and the digital technology to develop our first extra channel. Seven has been a long time supporter of multichannelling as a key driver for digital television takeup."

At this stage there are no further details on branding name or content, suggesting Seven may have been caught on the hop by TEN's announcement. At least that's how it looks from the outside...

All eyes now turn to Nine.

Press Release:

The high-definition channel will launch in December 2007.

Announcing the new channel, David Leckie, CEO of Seven Network and Seven Media Group said: "We will lead the development of digital broadcast television in Australia.

"We are very excited about this new initiative. We have in place the best content, the best people and the digital technology to develop our first extra channel. Seven has been a long time supporter of multichannelling as a key driver for digital television takeup.

“Our plan is to build on our leadership position in Australian drama, sport, news and entertainment and establish a broad multiple channel presence to further develop the strength of the free-to-air digital platform over the coming 3 years."

“This new channel will give the amazing creative team here at Seven another outlet and will also allow Seven to test new and innovative programming concepts.”

Seven’s multichannel is a further element in its strategy to create a vibrant digital platform and follows the announcement of Seven’s partnership with TiVo earlier this year.

The branding and content for Seven's new multi-channel service on its digital platform will be unveiled in the coming months.

Free-to-air broadcasters have been transmitting digital services since January 2001. Under changes to the Broadcasting Services Act made last year, commercial broadcasters were able to transmit a single HD multichannel from 1 January 2007 and a further SD multichannel from 1 January 2009. Read more...