More than 70 million viewers tuned into the US election across more than a dozen channels.

Launch a stupid idea, expect to be the butt of some stinging jokes.

Often when we watch TV it's a minor character we most fondly remember. Here are six unforgettable supporting roles.

These latest online leaks appear entirely plausible, coinciding with scenes the cast have been spotted filming in Spain.

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.

Gerard Whateley is a benchmark of sports commentary.

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.

The comedian talks about tackling serious issues with her new talk show, Chelsea.

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.

Violence at home and psychics are among the broad range of subjects covered in ABC and Screen Australia's Opening Shot initiative which has conjured up five half-hour documentaries by filmmakers aged under 35.

Which Ten Network reality stars made the cut ... of Ten's 2017 reality shows?