The future of the US Rake looks to be in doubt as its audience hit an all-time low after Fox moved the legal drama from Thursday to Friday nights.
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English-born Australian actor Nic Bishop has joined the cast of Covert Affairs, the US spy drama series that airs on Foxtel's Universal Channel.
Playing the lead in the sci-fi adventure telemovie Arrowhead, Dan Mor is in Coober Pedy working 12-hour days and battling intense heat, flies, dust and wind and, 12 metres underground, bats.
Foxtel has promoted Shaun James to director of Presto, the subscription Video-on-Demand service that launches on Thursday.
In the head-to-head battle of Australian dramas, the Nine Network's Love Child has increased its lead over Network Ten's Secrets & Lies.
In a bid to help revive its flagging ratings Network Ten has hired veteran Seven and Nine programming executive John Stephens.
Despite all the talk about audience fragmentation, mobile devices and online viewing, the vast majority of Australians continue to watch free-to-air television, overwhelmingly live.
The odds were probably stacked against the premiere of the second series of Puberty Blues on Network Ten last night.