Jessica's Rowe with Seven

Jessica Rowe will be reading news on Seven and signing for the next Dancing with the Stars according to Media Spy.

And in New Idea magazine this week the former host of the Today Show talks about a struggle with post-natal depression following the birth of her daughter, Allegra.

Speculation continues that Rowe's hubby Peter Overton may end up leaving 60 Minutes and join Rowe at the Seven Network.

Press Release:

Channel Seven has today announced that Jessica Rowe will soon return to Australian TV screens.

Jessica, who has been on maternity leave since the birth of her daughter Allegra in January, will first appear on Seven in the next series of Australia’s favourite show, Dancing With The Stars. Season seven of Dancing With The Stars kicks off later this year with nine more celebrity dancers still to be revealed.

Jessica will also join the Seven newsreading team as a regular presenter.

“I’m thrilled to be a member of the Seven news team as I’m very passionate about news and public affairs. Also, I couldn’t pass up the invitation to take on the challenge of Dancing With The Stars,” Jessica said. “I’m going to have a ball swapping my sneakers for dancing shoes.

“This is an opportunity which gives me the chance to balance my number one priority – being a mum to Allegra – with returning to work.”

Channel Seven CEO David Leckie said: “We are delighted to welcome Jessica to our team at Channel Seven. Jessica's charm and grace under pressure make her a perfect contestant for the next series of Dancing With the Stars.

"Once her Dancing duties are complete, Jessica's return to newsreading will be welcomed by audiences around the country”.
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400th Simpsons coming

TEN will end the current series of new Simpsons episodes with the show's 400th episode, on Tuesday August 7.

In the episode "You Kent Always Say What You Want" Homer buys the 1,000,000th ice-cream cone at a local shop, and ends up on Kent Brockman's news program, 'Smartline.'

It aired in the US in May.

It will be preceded by two new eps, "Stop Or My Dog Will Shoot" (July 24) and "24 Minutes" (July 31) which is a parody of 24.

Meanwhile the new feature film breaks out in cinemas on Thursday.

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Every kid wins a prize.

This week the top three shows were evenly distributed.

TEN managed the week’s top show with Thank God You’re Here snaring an impressive 1.84m viewers, just ahead of Seven’s Border Security (1.83m). And Nine will be smiling at Sea Patrol (1.79m) rising after a small dip in its second week.

Overall however, it was again Seven that won Week 29, just, with 27.5% to Nine’s 27.0%, TEN’s 22.5%, the ABC’s 16.7% and SBS’ 6.3%. Seven won Monday, Tuesday and Friday nights. Nine won Sunday, Thursday and Saturday, leaving Wednesday as a win for TEN.

Seven won Sydney, Adelaide, Perth and tied for Melbourne with Nine. Nine again won Brisbane.

Seven continues to thrive from its locally-produced observational shows, with the new RSPCA Animal Rescue and Medical Emergency beating Nine’s new Tuesday competition Things To Try Before You Die. Surf Patrol also put in a strong performance in its second week, buoyed by the lead in of Border Security. Once again Seven News and Today Tonight dominated nightly viewing, with Desperate Housewives’ finale, Grey’s Anatomy, Home and Away, All Saints, Better Homes and Gardens, Where Are They Now and That 70’s Show all solid. Thursdays continue to be Seven’s weakest night but Lost will end in the coming week.

Aside from its new drama, 60 Minutes was Nine’s next best. Elsewhere it was Getaway, News, A Current Affair, Things to Try Before You Die. The new show managed to turn Nine’s poor Tuesdays around, but it still lost to Seven. On Sunday the CSI franchise was dented by the ABC’s Midsomer Murders. Meanwhile Victoria Beckham tanked and Nine’s The Nation is at a paltry 363,000 – what is Nine waiting for? More positively, The Footy Show passed the million mark.

Following TGYH, Ten’s new House episode was tops –it must be relieved The Chaser boys are resting. It also had it’s biggest Big Brother eviction this year, thanks to a stunt involving Kyle Sandilands as a lead-in. It’s a good sign as the show enters its final full week. The Simpsons was again popular, then the acronymous NCIS, SVU and CI. Thursdays are a problem for TEN, with Pirate Master’s poor 620,000 seeing it removed from schedule.

The ABC surprised everybody with Midsomer Murders strong faring on Sunday, and its top show of the week. It even passed Spicks and Specks. Next were Silent Witness, ABC News and Worst Jobs in History.

Top Gear’s 900,000 was its best ever figure for SBS, suggesting that viewers are disillusioned with commercial offerings at the same time. It was in the same league as 20 to 1 on Nine, and Big Brother nominations. It helped lift SBS’ share on Mondays to 8%.

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