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The veteran commentator's golden age run on the Wide World Of Sports in the '90s opened up a generation to a, well, wide world of sports.

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The ABC has announced a new-look Catalyst in 2017, but scientists have been quick to criticise the plan.

A record number of shows are being made as broadcasters try to compete against Netflix and other new competitors.

Broadcaster Hamish McLachlan is in hospital after being trampled by a horse on Wednesday.

Nine Network sports presenter Ken Sutcliffe has announced he will retire from full-time news reading and presenting at the end of the year, after 50 years of working in the media.

The master of observational comedy will perform Down Under for the first time in almost 20 years next August. But don't expect any cracks at Melbourne's expense.

Dean Strang and Jerry Buting are in Australia on a speaking tour in which they discuss the Steven Avery case and the wider issues dogging criminal justice.

Fewer people than last year paused their betting and boozing to watch the race that stops a nation.

In this era of contrived audience manipulation First Dates manages to be both thoughtful and culturally diverse.

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For a comeback so critically despised, the show's been raking in the ratings for Netflix.

This two-part ABC architecture doco pits Modernism against McMansions - but what's wrong with either? And why do we need to make a choice?

As the ABC prioritises cultural diversity, some popular programs face an uncertain future.

When Q&A; goes bush, Q&A; gets bolshie - sometimes with a bit of barnyard banter thrown in for good measure.

In Black Mirror, Charlie Brooker imagines a future that is simultaneously prescient, pessimistic and hopeful.

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When a mass orgy featuring 40-odd nude players can't excite audiences, where do we go from here?

Gus Worland, presenter of Man Up, is one of the most under-used talents on TV today.

Despite certain programming failures, the last thing the ABC should do is axe its flagship science program, says one critic.

Like its ingenue star Sutton Foster, Darren Star's new sitcom Younger is breezy, charming and ingeniously clever.

How do you know a talent show is floundering in the ratings? Look for a quickly manufactured feud between its female judges.

As the Sunrise v Today stoush reaches its pitiful climax, ABC provides a smart alternative.

The future of Catalyst, the controversial ABC science program, is hanging in the balance amid reports the show's current format is to be axed and 11 staff made redundant. 

Has streaming ruined some of the qualities that we once loved about TV?

Reacquaint yourself with "Paul Anka", the world's snippiest concierge and motor-mouth Lorelai Gilmore ahead of what promises to be the TV reboot of 2016.

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Exclusive As the Seven and Nine networks prepare to slug it out in court - with both insisting their breakfast shows are No. 1 - some old press releases could prove pivotal.