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Jill Singer's family announce her death on Facebook, remembering her as a 'bright life who made a difference'.

"This season's going to be a lot darker, a lot bigger, and a lot faster-paced."

Comedians fear opportunities for Australia's up-and-coming stars are narrowing after SBS announced it will shut down the comedy section of its website, including satirical news publication The Backburner.

Steve Yeun from The Walking Dead has spoken for the very first time about his character's grisly death in the hugely popular television series, saying he not only accepted his character's fate, but actively campaigned for a grisly end.

Comedic powerhouse Hamish and Andy no longer have the most-listened to drive program in Melbourne despite their radio station FOX FM making healthy gains across the board.

"What a life I've had," Jack Charles tells Anh Do. We can only agree.

• Green Guide letters

Audience and presenters of Footy Classified deserve better treatment from the channel's programmers.

Despite a recent burst of welcome publicity, Em Rusciano's 2DayFM breakfast show has slid spectacularly in the latest Sydney radio ratings

• Mouthing Off

Soon amateur cooks on MasterChef will be showing the pros how it's done.

'Dubbo boy' Stephen Peacocke reveals his trick to gaining a foothold in the American TV industry.

• ANALYSIS

On Monday night's Q&A;, a debut panellist stole the show - and along the way delivered perhaps the pithiest quote of the year in summing up a variety of issues.

• COMMENT

Troy's 'big balls' were not enough to swing the competition his and Bec's way, but were enough to make a few more mouths drop open.

ABC journalist and broadcaster Mark Colvin has been farewelled by friends, fans and colleagues.

• Hindsight

This hot-blooded comedy fearlessly marches into the territory of female desire.

After years of planning, the cameras have finally started rolling for an Australian version of hit reality television series Mob Wives.

Fiction and friction in the second series of sweet-natured domestic comedy The Family Law.

The estranged partner of Ben Cousins has spoken about her fear of living with the former AFL star and how she and her four children were forced to seek refuge at a women's shelter when his drug addiction spiraled out of control.

Back for season five, Piracy hasn't dented the success of Orange Is The New Black.

• COMMENT

Instead of creating a tropical oasis, Troy went for volcanic eruption by picking a fight with judge Drew Heath on House Rules.

HBO late-night host Bill Maher apologised for using a racial slur during an interview on his show, Real Time, which led to a firestorm of criticism, including from the cable network.

• ANALYSIS

Netflix Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos described the hip-hop drama The Get Down as a success. Eight months and 11 episodes later, The Get Down is history.

• Pay-TV pick

Netflix documentary exposes Republican party 'tactical specialist' Roger Stone.

Six fishermen died during the latest crab-fishing season in the freezing Bering Sea.

• Streaming pick

Not entirely a satire, but not sufficiently a drama, director David Michôd's latest effort feels tonally disjointed.