One episode in, Sir David Attenborough's latest series has already left viewers in sweaty, heaving hysterics.

Alec Baldwin has mastered Donald Trump this season on Saturday Night Live, receiving rave reviews for his eerily uncanny impressions, but he wonders if there is something medically wrong with the presidential candidate.

Outspoken broadcaster Alan Jones will be forced off-air indefinitely to have major back surgery, sparking concerns by colleagues over his recent run of ill health.

Did you really think Jon Stewart could stay off TV the night before the presidential election?

It was steady as she goes in Melbourne radio in the latest ratings survey.

Seal is making a return among the mix of entertainment highlights planned for 2017 for the Nine Network.

It's a prime-time staple on Aussie screens - and now The Project is planning a Kiwi version.

It seemed like a perfect match but don't believe everything you see on TV, says First Dates' breakout star.

Radio 2GB has scored an unbeaten century at the top of Sydney radio by recording its 100th consecutive ratings success - an unprecedented winning streak that stretches back to a time before Malcolm Turnbull was in parliament, Steve Smith was playing first-class cricket or anyone had heard of Kim Kardashian.

"It's an election like we've never seen before," says Nine News director Darren Wick of the network's unprecedented US election coverage.

Warner Bros has commissioned a prequel to The Big Bang Theory which will focus on a young Sheldon Cooper.

Canadian journalist Naomi Klein has skewered Australia for its treatment of asylum seekers in offshore detention.

As Canberra replaced orderly rule with a game of Twister and Washington replaced democracy with a variety show, Q&A; came at us with a slightly lunatic literary bent.

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Just when we thought we'd seen it all, here's a new form of cruelty TWD-style - the pop song as torture. And the man who wrote it couldn't be happier.

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If the news that documentarian Michael Moore was releasing a surprise film called Michael Moore in TrumpLand had you expecting a rollicking, full-force attack on Donald Trump, prepare to be disappointed.

The Australian series that has been a big hit around the world with teen audiences has successfully found a way to reinvent itself.

Helping an audience understand a character, like a film or television program, via music is all about getting the tone right.

Georgia Love will co-host Christmas episodes of Ten's morning program, Studio 10, after starring as The Bachelorette.

Saturday Night Live's Kate McKinnon and Alec Baldwin have made their final stand before the US election as they broke with character to deliver a more sobering message.

The Big Bang Theory may have taken the Bang a little too literally with an upcoming episode of the tenth season being edited to remove a scene considered too sexy for UK television.

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As Matt Groening appears in Sydney for series of rare public talks, the show he created continues its remarkably long streak of success.

Ten renews fan favourites and launches new programs - but not every show has survived.

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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.