EXCLUSIVE: TBS has put in development Stubs, a half-hour comedy from writer Lindsay Golder and The Mick creators Dave Chernin and John Chernin.
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Manori Ravindran International EditorAustralian soap opera “Neighbours” is going off air after 37 seasons.The embattled series has been under threat of cancellation ever since its primary funder, U.K. broadcaster Channel 5, pulled the plug in early February.
On Thursday, the show’s official Twitter account revealed that production would end in June.Following the loss of our key broadcast partner in the UK and despite an extensive search for alternative funding, we simply have no option but to rest the show— Neighbours (@neighbours) March 3, 2022“Following the loss of our key broadcast partner in the UK and despite an extensive search for alternative funding, we simply have no option but to rest the show,” reads a tweet.“To our amazing, loyal fans, we know this is a huge disappointment, as it is to all of us on the team. We thank you for all your messages and support and promise to end the show on an incredible high.
From here on, we are celebrating Neighbours.”The soap is produced by Fremantle and was watched by 1.5 million viewers a day in the U.K. but its Australian audience has been on the wane.
Although “Neighbours” is produced in Australia, it is largely bankrolled by Paramount-backed Channel 5. Australia’s Network 10, which airs the soap on its 10 Peach channel, is only a part funder.
Channel 5 first began airing “Neighbours” in 2008, and struck a new deal for the program in 2018 that allowed it to air all year round. In the last few years, however, priorities have changed for the channel, which has enjoyed success with new dramas such as “All Creatures Great and Small.”The soap featured several performers who would go on to stardom including Kylie Minogue, Margot Robbie, Russell Crowe and Guy Pearce.More to come.
.EXCLUSIVE: TBS has put in development Stubs, a half-hour comedy from writer Lindsay Golder and The Mick creators Dave Chernin and John Chernin.
Viewers of the Jeremy Kyle show documentary Death on Daytime were left disgusted after it was revealed that Steve Dymond’s ex fiancée had the host’s signature tattooed on her after appearing on the show.The Channel 4 programme aired on Sunday and Monday and investigated the bad practices that were claimed to have taken place in production by guests and former staff of the now axed show.The Jeremy Kyle Show ended in 2019 following the death of Steve Dymond, 63, who took his own life days after appearing as a guest and failing a lie detector test taken during filming. Get exclusive celebrity stories and fabulous photoshoots straight to your inbox with OK!'s daily newsletter. You can sign up at the top of the page.
Manori Ravindran International EditorAmar Chadha-Patel has been cast in Gareth Edwards’ forthcoming sci-fi pic “True Love.”The up-and-coming British actor will appear as multiple characters that are called “Simulants” in the movie, and include Satra, Sergeant Bui and Inspector Omni. Details about the film are still being kept under lock and key, and all that’s known is that it’s set in the near future.
Craig Melvin will leave his 11 AM ET MSNBC show and focus on NBC News’ Today.
an unfinished Jane Austen novel of the same name, “Sanditon,” is set in the early 1800s England. Season 1 follows Charlotte Heywood (Rose Williams), who travels to the seaside resort of Sanditon. There, she meets a slew of colorful characters including her surly love interest Sidney Parker (Theo James), his entrepreneur brother Tom (Kris Marshall), West Indian heiress and Jane Austen’s first black heroine, Georgiana Lambe (Crystal Clarke) and sassy Lady Denham (Anne Reid).
Steve Dymond tragically died on 9 May 2019 from a suspected overdose just days after appearing on ITV’s The Jeremy Kyle Show, leading to the programme being taken off air indefinitely.The tragic guest’s death will be discussed in upcoming Channel 4 documentary Jeremy Kyle Show: Death on Daytime, in which his devastating final text messages are seen. While the episode in which Steve appeared never aired, his death led to a probe into alleged lack of care on the ITV show. Who was Steve Dymond? Steve was a 63 year old who was tragically found dead seven days after appearing as a guest on The Jeremy Kyle Show.The construction worker had appeared on the show after his fiancee, Jane Callaghan, accused him of cheating on her.
Messages sent by a Jeremy Kyle Show guest before he took his life have been shown for the first time.
Steve Harvey couldn’t hide his emotions thinking about Michael B. Jordan marrying his daughter Lori Harvey. The host was put on the spot on Friday’s episode of Today with Hoda & Jenna when Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager brought up his daughter’s relationship of almost a year.
Game Of Thrones actor John Stahl has died at the age of 68. The Scottish actor played the role of Rickard Karstark in two series of the popular HBO fantasy show. His agent, Amanda Fitzalan Howard, described him as “an actor of remarkable skill and a stalwart of Scottish theatre”.