Update: The petition authors, who took aim at Triple J's Hottest 100 date, have announced that they will continue to keep the petition going until the ABC youth station makes clear its plans for an alternative date in the future.

A former Married at First Sight contestant has unloaded on the program during Tuesday night's finale, calling the show a sham.

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It was a show that changed the way we think about public shaming.

The all-dancing television debut of disgraced US Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte got off to a bumpy start after members of the studio audience attempted to tackle Lochte while he was on stage.

Triple J is in serious discussions to shift the Hottest 100 away from Australia Day, in response to a growing campaign to move it out of respect to Indigenous Australians.

The host of drag reality series RuPaul's Drag Race has won his first Emmy Award in a huge victory for the queer community.

Aussie actor Damon Herriman hopes he'll finally stop being the face that people can't put a name to when HBO drama series Quarry airs next month.

Family feud came to the ABC on Monday night - and, oh brother,  it was quite a climax to an extra awkward day for a bumptious Nationals senator from Bendigo making her debut on Q&A.; 

Ex-Australian soldier Adam Whittington has told Sunday Night that 60 Minutes left him to rot in one of the world's worst prisons, even though they paid for the child retrieval operation.

All the blood, sweat and tears has paid off for the Australian special effects company that has just won an Emmy for its Game of Thrones work.

The Biggest Loser is being revived by Channel Ten but both Michelle Bridges and Steve "Commando" Willlis have quit, with a new face joining the series.

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Adam Whittington, the hero/bad-guy/patsy in 60 Minutes' disastrous Lebanon adventure, has unloaded on the Nine network.

Despite a stellar television career - including marquee roles on Saturday Night Live - the comedic actress has never received one of those gold Emmy statues.

Programs running late used to be our biggest bugbear. Now, we fret for our public broadcasters.

Being confined to a wheelchair hasn't slowed Tim Ferguson down. He's back in a reunited Doug Anthony All Stars, he's directed his first movie and he just might have a new TV show too.

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You're not imaging it: our TV dramas are way too dark. Literally.

Italian media called it the 'trial of the century'. Now, Netflix promises to shed new light on the Amanda Knox saga.

Tony Marrero told Katy Perry her song Rise was a huge inspiration for him as he recovered from life-threatening injuries.

When you think of science fiction it doesn't take long to arrive at Captain Kirk, phaser guns, warp drive and Star Trek's USS Enterprise.

Despite illness, Clive James has found time to binge-watch and write about the golden age of TV, writes Louis Bayard.

Would you give up a beer so your mates could have one?

TV industry news: it's raining literary adaptations while a "lost" Doctor Who episode gets re-animated.

Wake in Fright joins Picnic at Hanging Rock os new adaptations coming to television next year. But are the odds of success too high in the face of the definitive 1970s film versions?

The Family Law, Barracuda, A Moody Christmas, Please Like Me, Upper Middle Bogan - the list goes on - and Debbie Lee is a formidable force behind the scenes.