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Television

Nine quietly switches to hour-long news

Channel 9 logo

AFR 13-11-2013

Paul Kalina and Scott Ellis 8:00pm With next to zero fanfare, Nine has tweaked the most hallowed institution of the TV schedule, the 6pm news bulletin.

Fellowes

Downton Abbey could end with fifth series

<i>Downton Abbey</i>'s (from left) Lady Mary Crawley, Lady Rose MacClare.

6:11pm Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes has hinted that the next series of the hit television show could be its last.

Ten

Ashes victory draws almost 3 million viewers for Channel Nine

Australia's captain Michael Clarke (R) and Peter Siddle kiss the Replica Ashes Urn.

MICHAEL LALLO 4:02pm Almost three million viewers watched Australia trounce England in yesterday's Ashes telecast, with Channel Ten's Big Bash cricket peaking at almost 1.2 million nationally.

Television

Peter Helliar has a date with The Project

Peter Helliar.

7:59pm Comedian Peter Helliar expects to be spending more time behind the camera now he has joined The Project.

Television

Michael Muhney's dismissal from The Young and the Restless linked to groping claims

Departing <i>Young and the Restless</i> star Michael Muhney.

Lauren Ziegler 10:39am The Young and the Restless star Michael Muhney has allegedly been fired for repeatedly groping co-star Hunter King.

Rejuvenated Neighbours scrub up OK

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ADRIAN LOWE True fans of the grand old dame of Australian soap have hailed its latest facelift.

Golden Globes 2014: all that glitters is gold

THE GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS -- 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards -- Pictured: (l-r) Hosts, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler -- (Photo by: Gavin Bond/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)

David Dale Wit and charm is the go for the Golden Globes when the show hosts are Tina Fey and Amy Poehler.

Can our Rake survive the US culture

Greg Kinnear in the US version of Rake.

MICHAEL IDATO Flamboyant barrister Cleaver Greene, played by Richard Roxburgh, has cut a rough swath through clients, girlfriends and court cases for the past four years on Australian television.

Critic's choice

Melinda Houston.

Melinda Houston Sitting between The Young Ones and Girls, Fresh Meat deserves a bigger audience.

Reality imitates life

Ruth Ritchie

Ruth Ritchie The season of junk TV shows breeds addiction to the oddly compelling antics of the ditzy and desperate.

What's on

Friday, January 3

Paul Kalina
Deputy TV editor
(03) 8667 3279.

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A traditional Ukrainian wedding can mean only one thing - wearing underpants on your head, dressing up in nurses' uniforms and drinking enough grog to kill a horse.

Monday, January 6

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Rick Stein might be cooking's Mr Everywhere but his bona fides are subtler than many of his motor-mouth contemporaries.

Saturday, January 4

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As British bonnet dramas go, The Paradise is a beauty with extravagant costumes, slavish attention to detail and richly interwoven plots.

Thursday, January 9

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It would seem audiences are tiring of the antics of our grating heroine, Meredith Grey, in Grey's Anatomy.

Tuesday, January 7

Hard Time on ABC2

Smith State Prison in Georgia is a cage for exceptionally dangerous men, many of whom are unlikely ever to see the outside again.

Wednesday, January 8

Roddy, a 56 year old hoarder from The Hoarder Next Door on ABC2

There are more than a million hoarders in Britain and their numbers are growing - as are their piles of junk.

Monday, December 30

Paul Kalina
Deputy TV editor
(03) 8667 3279.

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If bagpipes, kilts, tartan, highland drumming and dancing are your thing, look no further than this celebration of 'the Year of Natural Scotland'.

Recaps

MasterChef recap: It's back, and with so many questions

The weather may be turning colder, but the sun is shining in our hearts, because MasterChef is back, with all the deliciousness and spice and subtle psychological torture that that implies.

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Video

The President vs The Pirates reviewed

This documentary follows Somali-Australian former refugee, Abdirahman Farole who returns to his home land to become President. His goal, to tackle the pirate problem and bring democracy to Somalia.

Boxing Day Test TV previewed

The perfect Australian Christmas tradition after the perfect Australian result.

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