Melissa McCarthy has returned to Saturday Night Live to reprise her impression of White House press secretary Sean Spicer, skewering his gaffe last week involving Hitler and the Holocaust.

Plans by North Melbourne and the Western Bulldogs to turn Good Friday football into an annual marquee fixture have received another boost, with strong broadcast ratings for the historic clash.

The news of John Clarke's death wrenched Bryan Dawe back 54 years to the worst day of his own boyhood.

A contestant on the American reality series Survivor has dramatically revealed a fellow contestant is transgender sparking widespread criticism that has rippled well beyond the show's audience.

YouTube hasn't killed the video show - not in the case of the ABC's weekend all-nighter Rage, anyway. Three decades after it became the favourite of late-night party animals and early-morning risers, it is still going strong. What's the secret to its longevity?

Jude Law's Pius XIII may be a young pope but he's no moderniser.

Netflix's glittering scripted drama jewel The Crown has led the nominations for the annual BAFTA television awards.

The ABC will air a John Clarke special this weekend to honour the late comedian, writer and satirist. 

Nine's hit television comedy is among the nominees for the annual Monte Carlo Television Festival.

Comedian Charlie Murphy, a standout presence on Chappelle's Show, has died at 57, according to news reports.

The Gold Logie must weigh a bit, as organisers have asked the God of Thunder to present it.

John Clarke's daughter Lorin Clarke has described to her father's beloved ABC audience what happened in Victoria's Grampians, where the comedy veteran died suddenly while hiking with his wife.

The danger of a video being viral on the internet has caught out Channel Nine after it aired a story about a racist Sydney bus passenger on the Today Show, four years after other media outlets, including fellow Nine news outfit A Current Affair.

Social media punters, customers and even the share market have pummelled embattled carrier United Airlines after a video emerged of a bloodied man being forcibly removed from a flight.

Time is right for a repeat of The Games, starring an unforgettable John Clark.

The man behind one of the greatest sitcoms ever created is returning to television.

Minhaj is a fierce Trump critic who has denounced the president as a "racist Cheeto."

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Australian author says the second season of the hit TV show will focus on Bonnie and Celeste.

Our pick of the best of the small screen this week.

Natasha Exelby may not have been pulled from her ABC newsreading gig over her hilarious on-air gaffe, but she has certainly secured a new newsreading position on Kiis FM as a consequence.

"From the get-go, I wasn't feeling it," says Milanka, a perhaps understated response to the nightmare date that kicked off the new season of Seven's First Dates.

Peter Capaldi is a little wistful and sentimental at the passing of his Doctor Who.

Australian journalists have taken to social media to share their most embarrassing blunders to show solidarity with ABC news presenter Natasha Exelby.

When it rains live news bloopers, it pours.