Ralph TV on Nine

Just when you thought Blokesworld had disappeared from our screens, it's lovechild is coming: Ralph TV.

Yes this wondrous piece of entertainment will be seen on Nine Thursday nights right after The Footy Show. Figures.

Eddie, is this one of your legacies you spoke about?

Ralph, in case you hadn't realised, is a busty PBL magazine, for men with a short attention span. The lovely Jordanna here is one of this month's feature essays. Other articles in this month's mag include a "special tribute to breasts, that part of a woman that we blokes develop a special bond with early in our lives and never really get over, a chat with Sam Newman, cars none of us can afford, our $1 hugs campaign and of course 'babes galore.'"

Clearly, advertorial television is getting out of control. Will those anti-BB family protestors be writing to Helen Coonan over this one?

To be hosted by Austereo's Craig Lowe, the show is described as one of Australia's favourite magazines come to life as a weekly TV show full of pranks, stunts, babes, silliness and yes, even some very useful information. Hosted by Craig "Lowie" Lowe with the help of the girls from RALPH magazine. RALPHTV brings all the livewire energy of the best blokes in the country to the small screen.

Can't hardly wait for that one.

Ralph TV premieres 11:15pm Thu June 7 on Nine.

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Gallery: Little Britain's Neighbours!

And here are your first photos of Little Britain's Andy and Lou on Neighbours!

When Matt Lucas and David Walliams were in Melbourne for their tour they filmed a short scene inside the Scarlett Bar at Erinsborough. Lucas also shot a scene for Kath & Kim's upcoming series too.

By the look of these other pics seems like everyone wanted to get in on the act.

It isn't the first time Brit celebrities have wanted to visit Ramsay Street. Who remembers the cameo by Chris Lowe of The Pet Shop Boys driving down the street? Hilarious.

The Neighbours episode goes to air at 6:30pm on Thursday June 14 on TEN.











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Molloy's second Nation

Mick Molloy will get his second shot at his own show on the Nine Network when The Nation premieres at 9:30pm Tuesday June 5.

Last time Molloy had his own Nine show he urinated on the set (hilarious).

Since then the comedian has had success with his film Crackerjack and last year released Boytown. So has he mellowed?

Molloy has shot at least two audience-attended pilots with other comics like Stephen Curry and Fifi Box, but some rumours suggest Box has not signed to the show.

Nine describes the show as:

The Nation - a topical news-based comedy programme that takes a humorous look at the week's events. Host Mick Molloy will be joined at the newsdesk by a semi-regular roster of some of Australia's finest comic talent as they take apart politics, current events, sports and entertainment.

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Nine hunts for 5:30 Bargain.

Is David Dickinson the man who can do what Bert couldn't - beat Andrew O'Keefe?

Dickinson hosted Bargain Hunt, a game-show where collectors run amok in car-boot sales.

The British show started in 2000 and Dickinson's flamboyant hosting style saw him become a cult figure. A night-time version was launched afterwards but has since concluded.

Bargain Hunt will follow Antiques Roadshow at 5pm.

Wikipedia describes the format as: Two teams (the Reds and the Blues), both made up of two people, are given £300 (originally £200) each. With each accompanied by an antiques trade expert, the two teams each buy three lots of items from bric-a-brac sales and attempt to make their money back (or more) by auctioning them off. The participants keep any profit they make, and since 2004 "golden gavel" trophies are awarded to any team which makes a profit on all three of their items.

Dickinson's fame came from presenting the game show Bargain Hunt on the BBC. The show had a cult following in the United Kingdom, largely among students and the unemployed, owing to its daytime slot. A weekly evening slot, added later, brought him to the attention of a wider public.

Dickinson was replaced by Tim Wonnacott from 2003.

There is the possibility that as a programming move it is a temporary one. There are rumours of Temptation moving to 5:30pm and even Eddie at 7pm is now a real possibility.

Nine needs Bargain Hunt to work and give its News a stronger lead-in.

Bargain Hunt premieres 5:30pm Monday June 4

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King takes cable Crown

Preliminary audience estimates for TV1's screening of The King came in at a bumper 176,900. By Pay TV standards this is an excellent result.

In comparison the top show on cable last week was the NRL Storm v Bulldogs at 170,000.

Figures for Love My Way's last season premiere were 57,136 for the first screening, then 20,000 and 18,000 in first week re-screenings. Significantly, aired on the Showtime Channel which is only available as part of Foxtel's top shelf packages.

By comparison TV1 is available on all packages.

The big audience on subscription TV certainly augurs well for the Nine Network's screening of the biopic due later this year.

The peak for The King over two audiences was actually 511,000 making the show the second-highest non-sports show on Pay TV ever.

TV1 produced the telemovie as part of the local content quotas that are required of subscription TV.
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Ratings Week 21

Saturday:
1 Seven News - Sat Seven 1,295,000
2 Funniest Home Videos Nine 1,182,000
3 Nine News Saturday Nine 1,081,000
4 The Great Outdoors Seven 937,000
5 Ten News At Five Sat Ten 880,000
6 Primeval Nine 853,000
7 ABC News ABC 784,000
8 Daredevil Nine 770,000
9 Saturday AFL Ten 710,000

Nine: 25.8%
Seven: 25.1%

Friday:
1 Seven News Seven 1,369,000
2 Today Tonight Seven 1,312,000
3 National Nine News Nine 1,154,000
4 A Current Affair Nine 1,137,000
5 Home and Away Seven 1,122,000
6 Big Brother Friday Night Live Ten 1,073,000

Seven: 29.2%
Nine: 27.4%
Ten: 20.3%
ABC: 16.1%
SBS: 7.0%

Thursday:
1 Seven News 1.461
2 Today Tonight 1.453
3 RPA Where Are They Now? 1.372
4 My Name Is Earl 1.306
5 Home And Away 1.246
6 National Nine News 1.212
7 How I Met Your Mother 1.211
8 Getaway 1.168
9 A Current Affair 1.160
10 Temptation 1.087

Nine / Seven: 28.7%
Ten: 21.6%
ABC: 16.7%
SBS: 4.3%

Wednesday:
1. State of Origin – Match Nine 1.982
2. State of Origin – Post-Match Nine 1.851
3. Seven News Seven 1.512
4. Today Tonight Seven 1.463
5. State of Origin – Pre-Match Nine 1.402
6. A Current Affair Nine 1.343
7. National Nine News Nine 1.326
8. The Chaser’s War on Everything ABC 1.279
9. Temptation Nine 1.269
10. Home and Away Seven 1.267
11. Spicks and Specks ABC 1.207
12. Last Chance Learners Seven 1.112
13. Police Files - Unlocked Seven 1.058
14. ABC News ABC 1.053
15. House Ten 0.991

Nine: 36.5
Seven: 23.5
Ten: 19.1
ABC: 17.0
SBS: 4.0

Tuesday:
1. Seven News Seven 1.558
2. Today Tonight Seven 1.428
3. It Takes Two Seven 1.411
4. NCIS Ten 1.403
5. All Saints Seven 1.278
6. National Nine News Nine 1.270
7. A Current Affair Nine 1.255
8. 20 to 1 Nine 1.222
9. Big Brother – 7:00-8:30pm Ten 1.215
10. Home and Away Seven 1.181
11. Temptation Nine 1.160
12. ABC News ABC 1.078
13. Deal or No Deal Seven 0.979
14. Numb3rs Ten 0.950
15. Ten News Ten 0.932


Seven 32.3%
Ten: 25.0%
Nine: 24.2%
ABC: 13.9%
SBS: 4.6%

Monday:
1. Seven News Seven 1.615
2. Today Tonight Seven 1.526
3. Desperate Housewives Seven 1.444
4. National Nine News Nine 1.387
5. A Current Affair Nine 1.333
6. The Rich List Seven 1.291
7. Home and Away Seven 1.274
8. 1 vs 100 Nine 1.245
9. Temptation Nine 1.150
10. Big Brother – Nomination Ten 1.118
11. ABC News ABC 1.060
12. What’s Good For You Nine 1.057
13. Big Brother – 7:00pm Ten 1.041
14. Brothers & Sisters Seven 0.990
15. Australian Story ABC 0.989

Seven: 29.6%
Nine: 25.5%
Ten: 19.5%
ABC: 18.1%
SBS: 7.4%

Sunday:
1. 60 Minutes Nine 1.662
2. Seven News Seven 1.661
3. Where Are They Now Seven 1.538
4. Grey’s Anatomy Seven 1.420
5. National Nine News Nine 1.399
6. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Nine 1.314
7. Ugly Betty Seven 1.178
8. CSI: Miami Nine 1.156
9. Big Brother – Eviction Ten 1.141
10. The Lost Tribes Nine 1.075
11. ABC News ABC 1.054
12. Big Brother – 6:30pm Ten 0.971
13. Robin Hood ABC 0.914
14. Rove Ten 0.902
15. Life on Mars ABC 0.855


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Seven: 28.5%
Ten: 19.7%
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BAFTA TV winners

Life on Mars which premiered on the ABC last night has taken out the BAFTA TV Pioneer Audience Award -the only gong given by the public.

There were other wins for Ricky Gervais, The X Factor and Entourage which beat Lost, House and My Name is Earl.

Full details:

THE ACADEMY FELLOWSHIP
Richard Curtis

THE SPECIAL AWARD in honour of Alan Clarke
Andy Harries

ACTOR
JIM BROADBENT - Longford (Channel 4)
ANDY SERKIS - Longford (Channel 4)
MICHAEL SHEEN - Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa! (BBC Four)
JOHN SIMM - Life On Mars (BBC One)

ACTRESS
ANNE-MARIE DUFF - The Virgin Queen (BBC One)
SAMANTHA MORTON - Longford (Channel 4)
RUTH WILSON - Jane Eyre (BBC One)
VICTORIA WOOD - Housewife 49 (ITV1)

ENTERTAINMENT PERFORMANCE
ANTHONY MCPARTLIN & DECLAN DONNELLY - Saturday Night Takeaway (ITV1)
STEPHEN FRY - QI (BBC Two)
PAUL MERTON - Have I Got News For You (BBC One)
JONATHAN ROSS - Friday Night With Jonathan Ross (BBC One)

COMEDY PERFORMANCE
DAWN FRENCH - The Vicar Of Dibley (BBC One)
RICKY GERVAIS - Extras (BBC Two)
STEPHEN MERCHANT - Extras (BBC Two)
LIZ SMITH - The Royle Family: Queen Of Sheba (BBC One)

SINGLE DRAMA
HOUSEWIFE 49 - Victoria Wood, Piers Wenger, Gavin Millar, David Threlfall (ITV Productions/ITV1)
KENNETH WILLIAMS: FANTABULOSA! - Andy de Emmony, Ben Evans, Martyn Hesford (BBC Drama/BBC Four)
LONGFORD - Peter Morgan, Tom Hooper, Helen Flint, Andy Harries (Granada Productions for C4 in assoc. with HBO/C4)
THE ROAD TO GUANTANAMO - Michael Winterbottom, Mat Whitecross (Revolution Films/C4)

DRAMA SERIES
LIFE ON MARS - Production Team (Kudos Film & Television/BBC One)
SHAMELESS - Production Team (Company Pictures/C4)
SUGAR RUSH - Production Team (Shine Productions/C4)
THE STREET - Jimmy McGovern, Sita Williams, David Blair, Ken Horn (Granada Productions/BBC One)

DRAMA SERIAL
LOW WINTER SUN - Greg Brenman, Adrian Shergold, Simon Donald, Rhonda Smith (Tiger Aspect Productions/C4)
PRIME SUSPECT: THE FINAL ACT - Andrew Benson, Philip Martin, Frank Deasy, Andy Harries (ITV Productions/ITV1)
SEE NO EVIL: THE MOORS MURDERS - Lisa Gilchrist, Neil McKay, Jeff Pope, Chris Menaul (ITV Productions/ITV1)
THE VIRGIN QUEEN - Coky Giedroyc, Paula Milne, Paul Rutman (A BBC Drama/Power co-production/BBC One)

CONTINUING DRAMA
CASUALTY - Production Team (BBC/BBC One)
CORONATION STREET - Stephen Russell, Tim O'Mara, Steve Frost, Kieran Roberts (ITV Productions/ITV1)
EASTENDERS - Production Team (BBC Drama Production Studios/BBC One)
EMMERDALE - Keith Richardson, Kathleen Beedles, Lindsay Williams, Piotr Szkopiak (ITV Productions/ITV1)

FACTUAL SERIES
ROSS KEMP ON GANGS - Clive Tulloh, Amelia Hann, Ross Kemp (Tiger Aspect Productions/Sky One)
STEPHEN FRY - THE SECRET LIFE OF THE MANIC DEPRESSIVE - Production Team (IWC Media, part of the RDF Media Group/BBC Two)
TRIBE - James Smith, Steve Robinson, Bruce Parry, Sam Organ (BBC/BBC Two)
WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? - Alex Graham, Lucy Carter (Wall To Wall/BBC Two)

SPECIALIST FACTUAL*
MUNICH: MOSSAD'S REVENGE - Anthony Geffen, Tom Whitter, Peter Miller, Calum Walker (Atlantic Productions Ltd/C4)
NUREMBERG: GOERING'S LAST STAND - Peter Nicholson, Simon Berthon, Dan Korn, Piers Vellacott (3BM Television/C4)
PLANET EARTH - Alistair Fothergill, Mark Linfield (BBC/BBC One)
SIMON SCHAMA'S POWER OF ART - Clare Beavan, Simon Schama, Basil Comely, Mark Harrison (BBC London Arts/BBC Two)

SINGLE DOCUMENTARY**
BREAKING UP WITH THE JONESES - Ursula Macfarlane, Saskia Wilson, Dave Nath, Gregor Lyon (betty/C4)
EVICTED - Brian Woods, Deborah Shipley, Jeremy Wales, Katy Sheppard (True Vision/BBC One)
9/11: THE FALLING MAN - Henry Singer, John Smithson, Sue Bourne, Julian Ware (Darlow Smithson Productions/C4)
RAIN IN MY HEART - Paul Watson (BBC/BBC Two)


FEATURES
THE APPRENTICE - Dan Adamson, Sanjay Singhal, Martyn Smith, Sir Alan Sugar (TalkbackThames/Mark Burnett Productions/BBC Two)
THE CHOIR - Jamie Isaacs, Ludo Graham, Drew Hill, Sam Grace (Twenty Twenty/BBC Two)
DRAGONS' DEN - Helen Bullough, Dominic Bird, Paul Mackay (BBC Entertainment/BBC Two)
THE F WORD - Production Team (Optomen Television/C4)


SPORT
THE BOAT RACE - John Watts, Tony Pastor, John McKenna, Phil Heslop (ITV Sport/ITV1)
F1: HUNGARIAN GRAND PRIX - JENSON BUTTON'S FIRST WIN - Neil Duncanson, Gerard Lane (North One Television/ITV1)
CRICKET ON FIVE - Jeff Foulser, Gary Franses, Dylan Jane, Diana Keen (Sunset and Vine Productions/Five)
WINTER OLYMPICS - BBC Sport Production Team (BBC Sport/BBC Two)

NEWS COVERAGE
BC TEN O'CLOCK NEWS - TERRORISM PLOT AT HEATHROW - BBC Ten O'Clock News Team (BBC News/BBC One)
CHANNEL 4 NEWS - NEWS FROM IRAN - Jon Snow, Deborah Rayner, Ben Monro-Davies, Martin Collett (ITN/C4)
GRANADA REPORTS: MORECAMBE BAY - Production Team (Granada/ITV)
ITV EVENING NEWS - THE ISRAEL/LEBANON CRISIS - Julian Manyon, Mark Austin, Geoff Hill, Rob Bowles (ITN/ITV1)

INTERACTIVITY
DISPATCHES - WAR TORN: STORIES OF SEPARATION - David Modell, Cassian Harrison, Oliver Doward (Dispatches/Channel4.com)
MELTDOWN AND THE BIG CLIMATE CHANGE EXPERIMENT - Frances McNamara, Jonathan Renouf, Paul Bradshaw, Tolu Aina (Supporting BBC Four)
THE SECRET POLICEMAN'S BALL - Clive Tulloh, Lisle Turner, Mike Agnew, Adil Abrar (Tiger Aspect Productions/4Laughs/C4)
TERRY PRATCHETT'S HOGFATHER - Aidan Conway, Giles Pooley, Rod Brown, Ian Sharples (Mob Film Company/Sky One Networked Media)

INTERNATIONAL
ENTOURAGE - Doug Ellin, Mark Wahlberg, Steve Levinson (HBO/ITV2)
HOUSE - David Shore (Heal and Toe Films/Shore Z Productions/Bad Hat Harry Productions in assoc. with NBC Universal Television Studio/Five)
LOST - JJ Abrams, Carlton Cuse, Damon Lindelof, Jack Bender (Buena Vista International Television/Sky One)
MY NAME IS EARL - Greg Garcia, Marc Buckland, Bobby Bowman (Twentieth Century Fox/C4)

ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME***
DANCING ON ICE - Production Team (ITV Productions/ITV1)
DERREN BROWN: THE HEIST - Derren Brown, Andy Nyman, Simon Mills, Ben Caron (Objective Productions/C4)
HOW DO YOU SOLVE A PROBLEM LIKE MARIA? - Production Team (BBC Entertainment/BBC One)
THE X FACTOR - Richard Holloway, Claire Horton, Andrew Llinares, Siobhan Greene (TalkbackThames in association with SYCO TV/ITV1)

SITUATION COMEDY
GREEN WING - Victoria Pile, Dominic Brigstocke, Tristram Shapeero, Robert Harley (TalkbackThames/C4)
THE IT CROWD - Ash Atalla, Graham Linehan, Derrin Schlesinger, Ben Fuller (TalkbackThames/C4)
PULLING - Sharon Horgan, Dennis Kelly, Phil Bowker, Tristram Shapeero (Silver River/BBC Three)
THE ROYLE FAMILY: QUEEN OF SHEBA - Caroline Aherne, Craig Cash, John Rushton, Phil Mealey (Granada Productions/BBC One)

COMEDY PROGRAMME
THE CATHERINE TATE SHOW - Gordon Anderson, Aschlin Ditta, Geoffrey Perkins, Catherine Tate (Tiger Aspect Productions/BBC Two)
LITTLE BRITAIN ABROAD - Matt Lucas, David Walliams, Matt Lipsey, Geoff Posner (BBC Comedy/Little Britain Productions/BBC One)
LITTLE MISS JOCELYN - Gary Reich, Jemma Rodgers, Gareth Carrivick, Jocelyn Jee Esien (Brown Eyed Boy Productions in assoc. with Pozzitive Television/BBC Three)
THAT MITCHELL & WEBB LOOK - David Kerr, Gareth Edwards, Robert Webb, David Mitchell (BBC Comedy/BBC Two)

PIONEER AUDIENCE AWARD
CELEBRITY BIG BROTHER
DRAGONS' DEN
LIFE ON MARS
PLANET EARTH
THE ROYLE FAMILY: QUEEN OF SHEBA
THE VICAR OF DIBLEY CHRISTMAS SPECIAL

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