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Question Everything returns for its fourth season, bringing much-needed laughter to the news cycle. Join Wil Anderson, Jan Fran, and a talented lineup of Australia’s comedic talent as they dissect the headlines and uncover the tricks of the trade. In this comedy panel show, Wil Anderson and Jan Fran are joined by a rotating cast […]

Question Everything: Season 4 Premiere...

As Love Island enters its third week, Wil Anderson joins the villa as one of three new bombshells. The 23-year-old quantity surveyor from Whitley Bay is bringing a cheerful, cheeky vibe to the show. Standing at 6ft4, Anderson believes his height, smile, and personality will make him a catch. Despite having the option to be […]

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Long-time best mates and long-term podcasters, comedian and broadcaster Wil Anderson and actor and writer Charlie Clausen, are bringing their hilarious and wildly popular podcasts, Tofop and Fofop, along with Anderson’s Wilosophy podcast to LiSTNR.

Anderson and Clausen have collaborated on Tofop (aka Thirty Odd Feet Of Podcast) since 2010 and are now bringing their more than 400-episode library to LiSTNR. On Tofop, the pair discuss popular culture, film, sport, personal stories, and usually intense discussions on a range of hypothetical situations.

The aptly named Fofop (or faux Tofop) sees the pair take Tofop to an alternative universe, interviewing a range of guests over another 400-plus episodes.

Although on production hiatus, Anderson will also bring his podcast Wilosophy, where he asks “smart people stupid questions and tries to find out the meaning of life”, to LiSTNR. Launched in 2014 and also standing the test of time, recent episodes have included guests Josh Szeps,...

Wil Anderson and Jan Fran will front a new ABC quiz show set to air on Wednesdays.

Created by Anderson, Question Everything is set to provide audiences with the tools to understand everything they see, read or sometimes share without reading.

Helping the hosts ‘question everything’ each week will be a revolving panel of up-and-coming comedians with the occasional big name thrown in too.

The series is produced by Cjz, with Jess Cohen Cornelius as the series producer.

Wil Anderson, Polly Connolly, and Nick Murray are executive producing alongside ABC executive producer Rachel Millar and head of entertainment Nick Hayden.

Fran said she couldn’t wait to get started.

“Question Everything is our chance to take a microscope to all the misinformation that we are bombarded with every day to see where it starts and how it spreads,” she said.

“At least, that’s a rumour someone sent to me on WhatsApp.

Australian comedian and podcaster Wil Anderson discusses a few of his favorite Australian films.

Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode

The Crying Game (1992)

Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! (2008)

100 Horsemen (1964)

Mad Max (1979)

Walk Into Hell a.k.a. Walk Into Paradise (1956)

Walkabout (1971)

The Chain Reaction (1980)

Wake In Fright (1971)

Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)

Time Bandits (1981)

The Road Warrior (1981)

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)

Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)

The Witches of Eastwick (1987)

Crocodile Dundee (1986)

The Castle (1997)

Chopper (2000)

Young Einstein (1988)

Reckless Kelly (1993)

Mr. Accident (2000)

Wolf Creek (2005)

Romper Stomper (1992)

Hammers Over The Anvil (1993)

Unhinged (2020)

The Nice Guys (2016)

Gladiator (2000)

Two Hands (1999)

The Dark Knight (2008)

Ned Kelly (2003)

Monty Python And The Holy Grail (1975)

10 Things I Hate About You (1999)

What We Do in the Shadows (2014)

Kenny (2006)

Borat (2006)

Gallipoli (1981)

Phar Lap (1983)

Seabiscuit (2003)

The Dish (2001)

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‘Lion’. (Photo: Mark Rogers)

What’s your favourite Australian film of the last decade?

That’s one of the questions Aacta is putting to the general public over the coming week as voting opens for its new Audience Choice Awards.

In contention for the film award are: Peter Rabbit, Red Dog, The Sapphires, The Great Gatsby, The Water Diviner, The Dressmaker, Lion, Ride Like A Girl and Mad Max: Fury Road.

While many of those nominated correspond to the Academy’s own ‘Best Film’ winners over the past 10 years, there are some notable exclusions – 2016’s Hacksaw Ridge, 2018’s Sweet Country and 2019’s The Nightingale.

The Favourite TV Drama of The Decade category sees each broadcaster score two nods – bar Sbs, who were snubbed. They include 10’s Offspring and Neighbours, ABC’s Mystery Road and Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, Foxtel’s Top of the Lake and Wentworth, Seven’s Molly and Home and Away,...

Wil Anderson.

Stan has commissioned Guesswork Television to produce the Australian Lockdown Comedy Festival, a series which will see local comedians perform material from their planned 2020 shows – from their homes.

Signed on are Wil Anderson, Cal Wilson, Nazeem Hussain, Dave Hughes, Zoe Coombs Marr, Tommy Little, Geraldine Hickey, Dilruk Jayasinha, Steph Tisdell, Aaron Chen, Sam Campbell, Michelle Brasier and Nath Valvo, with more to be announced soon.

The series has been announced as a direct result of the cancellation of many of Australia’s comedy festivals and tours as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, including the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and Sydney Comedy Festival.

Filming will take into consideration all current health measures – including comedians setting up and operating their own cameras, with a director on hand via video conferencing.

Stan’s chief content officer Nick Forward said: “The brand-new Stan Original Australian Lockdown Comedy Festival will bring together some of our brightest talent,...

Mel Gibson on the set of Hacksaw Ridge.. . Mel Gibson's Hacksaw Ridge cleaned up at the 6th Aacta Awards ceremony last night, taking home five awards, including Best Film and Best Original Screenplay. . Gibson was honoured for Best Direction, while Andrew Garfield won Best Lead Actor and Hugo Weaving nabbed Best Supporting Actor. . .I need to thank Australia for making this film,. said Gibson in his acceptance speech. . He praised the "homegrown" film.s cast and crew, .the calibre of which is as good or better than anywhere in the world.. . .I.m not the only one who wants to make films here all the time, Ridley Scott said the same thing,. Gibson said. .I.m honoured to receive this.. . . The five awards add to the four Hacksaw Ridge already picked up earlier this week at the Aacta Industry Luncheon. The film was nominated in 13 categories overall. . Odessa Young...

Mel Gibson on the set of Hacksaw Ridge.. . Mel Gibson's Hacksaw Ridge cleaned up at the 6th Aacta Awards ceremony last night, taking home five awards, including Best Film and Best Original Screenplay. . Gibson was honoured for Best Direction, while Andrew Garfield won Best Lead Actor and Hugo Weaving nabbed Best Supporting Actor. . .I need to thank Australia for making this film,. said Gibson in his acceptance speech. . He praised the "homegrown" film.s cast and crew, .the calibre of which is as good or better than anywhere in the world.. . .I.m not the only one who wants to make films here all the time, Ridley Scott said the same thing,. Gibson said. .I.m honoured to receive this.. . . The five awards add to the four Hacksaw Ridge already picked up earlier this week at the Aacta Industry Luncheon. The film was nominated in 13 categories overall. . Odessa Young...

One Night Stan..

Streaming service Stan has commissioned a new comedy series, One Night Stan. It will see a host of the country.s most popular stand-up comedians.—Wil Anderson, Judith Lucy, Tom Gleeson, Celia Pacquola, Tom Ballard and Sam Simmons.—.each star in their own feature-length comedy special.

Each show will be filmed live and exclusively for Stan over the summer at Melbourne.s Comedy Theatre.

.We are thrilled to be exploring new genres as part of our ever-growing slate of Stan Originals,. said Stan content chief officer Nick Forward.

.We are proud to be the first streaming service to commission stand-up comedy specials in Australia, and we.re excited to start by working with the best in the business..

.Aussies love their comedy and the stand-up circuit has long been a showcase of the best that the Australian comedy industry has to offer. One Night Stan will unite...

Rhys Nicholson.

Australian comedian Rhys Nicholson will host the 28th annual West Australian Screen Awards (WASAs).

.Oh I can.t wait for the awards", Nicholson said. "Who doesn.t love awards? Losers I guess. I.m just so glad Joel Creasey was booked so I could host!.

After winning Best Newcomer at Sydney Comedy Festival in 2012, Nicholson has performed around the world, supporting the likes of Louis Ck (Us), Amy Schumer (Us), Kathy Griffin (Us), Fiona O.Loughlin (Aus) and Wil Anderson (Aus)..

.I.m looking forward to some type of Miley Cyrus/Nicki Minaj style feud", Nicholson said. "I won.t be satisfied until a key grip punches out a Dop and two nominees are wrestling in the aisles."

The 28th WASAs will be held on June 4 at the Heath Ledger Theatre at the State Theatre Centre of Western Australia.

The awards are presented in conjunction with the Revelation...

Cordell Jigsaw Zapruder's Gruen is back for its 12th season on the ABC from September 9.

The series, which debuted in 2008, will return with Will anderson as host and executive producer. Advertising execs Todd Sampson and Russell Howcroft will also rejoin the panel.

But, according to a company statement, the show will include new panelists from spin doctors and marketing gurus both in Australia and visiting..

This time round the show will focus on the increasingly sophisticated methods advertisers are using to target their intended audience.

"We.re still the show that analyses what most other shows are there to sell: advertising. But we.re also the show that knows you can.t click on a link without surrendering all your personal data to a corporation trying to sell you shampoo," according to a Cjz statement..

"Gruen will run an X-Ray over advertising, spin, branding, positioning and image control, wherever they are found.

Shaun Micallef as a fictional former prime minister who is desperate to stay relevant, a comedy series starring The Project.s Charlie Pickering and a modern re-telling of Anna Karenina.

These are among the highlights of the ABC.s 2015 line-up unveiled today by director of television Richard Finlayson. .The breadth and depth of our slate reflects the quality of Australian independent production,. Finlayson told If.

The executive acknowledges producers are fearful of the impact of looming budget cuts to be imposed by the federal government but says, .We know the cuts cast a pall of uncertainty but we are getting on with the process of commissioning as best we can. By and large it is business as usual.. Micallef will star in The Ex-pm as Australia.s third longest-serving Prime Minister who has far too much time on his hands and no one to waste it on in a Cjz...

If the 3rd annual Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards could be categorised as a David vs Goliath battle between The Rocket and The Great Gatsby, Goliath is the hands-down winner.

Baz Luhrmann.s opulent romantic drama won six awards tonight, for best film, director, adapted screenplay, lead actor Leonardo DiCaprio, supporting actor Joel Edgerton and supporting actress Elizabeth Debicki.

That.s in addition to the six awards in craft categories plus the Aacta award for outstanding achievement in visual effects bestowed on Luhrmann.s film on Tuesday.

Kim Mordaunt's The Rocket, which had 12 nominations versus 14 for Gatsby, had to be content with just one trophy, for Mordaunt.s original screenplay.

The outcome is likely to reignite the debate about the near-impossibility of comparing a lavishly-mounted 3D film financed by Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow Pictures, which cost $160 million, with an independently-funded Lao-set film from a first-time director budgeted at about $2 million.

Gruen Planet has moved to reassure its viewers that Y&R Brands boss Russel Howcroft’s move to Ten will not spell an end to his appearing on the ABC show.

After several fans took to Facebook to express their concerns about Howcroft’s job move, Gruen posted a message saying that Howcroft would still be allowed to appear.

Howcroft would not be the first media person working for a rival organisation with a regular ABC gig. Alan Kohler, who writes for News Limited’s Business Spectator is a regular on ABc television.

Along with Leo Burnett’s Todd Sampson, Howcroft has been with the Zapruder’s Other Films-created show since The Gruen Transfer first started pulling back the curtain on the advertising world nearly five years ago. last week, Gruen Transfer was revealed as Australia’s favourite TV show at the Mumbrella Awards. The show is hosted by Wil Anderson.

ABC’s Gruen Planet, last week voted as Australia’s favourite TV show, will this week tackle cigarette plain packaging, people smuggling and why apologising is good marketing. In the pitch is Group Hug Creative and Made4Media

The announcement:

Picking up where they left off last year, host Wil Anderson and regular key panellists Todd Sampson and Russel Howcroft run the Gruen Planet scanner across the stories of the week, at home and abroad, pinpointing exactly where the truth stops and the spin, branding and image control begin.

Gruen Planet – Episode 5 (September 19 at 8:30pm on ABC1)

Guest Panellists:

Dee Madigan – Madigan Communications boss and Transfer legend.

Jeremy Nicholas – CEO of Bmf, one of Australia’s most awarded agencies.

In tonight’s episode:

People Smuggling – You may not know it, but one of the methods used by the Australian government to stop the boats is advertising. The Gruen team...

In the world of promotion, media and marketing bugger-ups, it’s a brave network that hands Gruen Planet and its host such a ‘gimme’.

But that’s what Nine did when, in a scene for its new drama House Husbands, it altered a bus ad for Wil Anderson’s stand up comedy show Wilarious, presumably so as not to promote the ABC talent.

Instead, ‘Ilarious’ the new show by ‘Wil Anders’ got a mention, but Nine got the take down on Gruen last night.

The Sydney suburb of Cronulla and the Sutherland Shire will be the focus of a brief on advertising show Gruen Planet this evening.

The show has asked a panel of marketing experts to tackle the beachside community’s image problem not helped by the Cronulla riots and dramality show The Shire.

Tackling the brief will be Splash Agency’s Johnothan Naiman and Jack Watts Currie’s Colin Watts. Joining host Wil Anderson and regular panelists Todd Sampson and Russel Howcroft will be Liquid Ideas’ Stuart Gregor and former Olympian and marketing specialist Jane Flemming.

As well as Tourism Cronulla, the show will also look at the controversy surrounding Lance Armstrong’s doping scandal, his sponsors and How his charity will help him.

Aami’s Rhonda and Ketut’s unresolved sexual tension also goes under the microscope, a look at recent PR stunts – genius or stupid; and the worst performance by...

Ever wondered what a tweet from Wil Anderson does for a website’s traffic? Allow Dr Mumbo to answer that question.

Here’s a chart of Mumbrella’s Saturday morning traffic as Anderson tweeted a link to yesterday’s piece about Paul Henry’s somewhat robust exchange with a union leader on Ten’s Breakfast.

Thus far, traffic has been twice what Mumbrella would expect on a Saturday.

Dr Mumbo thanks you, Wil.

In this guest post, Sarah Ballard and Sean Rintel warn that marketers who rely too heavily on online influence measurement system Klout may be foolish to do so

Klout is increasingly becoming a hot new marketing metric. But basic tests suggest that it offers highly questionable results. We asked: Could undergraduate students really have more Klout than Gruen Transfer panellists Todd Sampson and Russel Howcroft? While The Gruen Transfer’s panelists may be among the top Australians in the business of influence, the Klout online social influence measurement service shows that typical undergraduates appear to have as much online influence as Gruen panelists.

Online social influence is becoming one of the hottest new marketing metrics. Companies such as PeerIndex and Klout claim to measure influence by weighing up combinations of platforms, followers, and sharing. Klout is currently aggressively promoting itself by pairing with brands; for example, Cathay Pacific is currently...

The Gruen Transfer franchise is to return to ABC1 next month with a four episode Olympics special titled Gruen Sweat followed by ten episodes of Gruen Planet which goes beyond advertising into the world of spin.

Both shows will run at 8.30pm on Wednesdays in the timeslot currently occupied by Randling, which is also produced by Andrew Denton’s Cordell Jigsaw Zapruder.

Randling will move to 9.15pm.

Denton said in a press release: “Every four years, the cream of the world’s advertisers come together for the greatest marketing event in history – two weeks of elite competition played out while the whole planet looks on. This year it’s in London and for the brands taking part, their very presence is a testament to years of dedication and focus, of sweat and toil. What do they want for their efforts? Gold, gold, gold. They want to bring home glory, to...

Wil Anderson has revealed that he will need to have a double hip replacement. The 38-year-old Australian comedian, who is best known for his roles in television shows such as The Gruen Transfer and The Glass House, said that he was diagnosed with osteoarthritis last year during a compulsory medical check for TV employer The ABC. According to the Herald Sun, Anderson announced while on stage at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival on Wednesday night (April 4) that he will require surgery within the next five years. Anderson said that he had suffered from horrific back pain for years and said of the diagnosis: "My first reaction was, 'I can never go on The Amazing (more)...

Logie Award organisers have decided not to ban Twitter at this year's event. Guests at the annual Australian television awards ceremony will be free to use the social networking site during the event. However, according to the Herald Sun, they will be asked to switch off their phones as a "courtesy". In 2009, The Chaser's Dominic Knight used Twitter to slam Gretel Killeen's on-stage performance. Comedian Wil Anderson also came under fire the same year after describing Killeen's presenting stint as "hell". Journalist Catherine Deveny was fired after writing inappropriate tweets about 11-year-old conservationist Bindi Irwin at the 2010 Logie (more)...

Two prestigious Australian independent production companies have joined forces.

Sydney companies Cordell Jigsaw . established by Michael Cordell and Nick Murray . and Zapruder.s Other Films . led by Andrew Denton, Anita Jacoby and Peter Thompson . have formed Cordell Jigsaw Zapruder (Cjz).

The combined company, touted as the biggest privately-owned production company in Australia, currently has 10 shows in the works for ABC, Nine, Ten, Sbs and Foxtel. Such series include quiz show Randling (ABC), telemovie The Great Mint Swindle (Nine), Mega Truckers (Foxtel) and Country Town Rescue (ABC). The first show goes to air this Wednesday morning on ABC3 . You're Skitting Me . which was previously known as Lol. The children's sketch show is a first for Australia.

Established in 2005, Cordell Jigsaw has been responsible for such productions as Bondi Rescue, Hardliners, Recruits, O.Loughlin and the popular Go Back To Where You Came From. The latter . Sbs. highest-rated show of 2011 . saw Cordell...

Organisers of the Adelaide Festival have joined the hordes of people against Melbourne Festival's plan to change dates. Melbourne Festival bosses want to hold their arts event in March instead of the usual October, which will cause clashes with other events in the Australian calendar. Adelaide Festival chief executive Kate Gould told the Herald Sun: "It would be better if they found another slot in the year. There are a number of festivals in that early part of the year in Australia." Organisers of the Melbourne Comedy Festival are especially upset about the date change. Comedians such as Dave Hughes and Wil Anderson said that they don't want the move to overlap with their event and have appealed to Arts Victoria to (more)...

Organisers of this year's Aria Awards have denied that Twitter is banned from the event. Celebrities attending the Australian music awards ceremony were believed to have been told to refrain from posting on the microblogging website during the event, but Aria bosses have insisted quite the opposite. Organisers told the Herald Sun that not only would guests be allowed to use social media during the show, but that they hoped the networking would help create a public buzz around the ARIAs. Earlier this year, guests at the Logie Awards were banned from using Twitter after various controversies in the past. The Chaser's Dominic Knight and comedian Wil Anderson used the website to slam 2009 host Gretel Killeen's (more)...

A number of Australian comedians have started a protest against Melbourne Festival being rescheduled. Stars such as Dave Hughes, Wil Anderson and Charlie Pickering said that they are angry at the event organisers' decision to move the festival from October to February or March, meaning that it will be on during the same period as Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Melbourne Festival has cited the better weather in March as the main reason for rescheduling the event. Arts Victoria has now called a meeting today with representatives of 23 arts events and venues in the city to discuss the idea. Anderson told the Herald Sun: "They don't have the Afl Grand Final the same weekend as the Australian Open. It just doesn't make sense. It might be a good idea for the Melbourne Festival, but it's only going to hurt the Comedy Festival." (more)...

Wil Anderson has revealed that he is looking forward to starting his Australian Man vs Wil tour. The 37-year-old comedian, who is best known as the host of ABC show The Gruen Transfer, said that he will continue to perform at any venue as long as there is "a stage" for him to stand on. When asked why he was heading out into remote parts of Australia such as Sale and Rockhampton as part of his tour, Anderson told the Herald Sun: "Why? Because this is the best part of the deal. "I've spent most of the year working on this show, so now I know exactly what works and it's kind of relaxed and I get to enjoy it more. As long as people are prepared to provide me with a stage, then I think I should make the most of that." Anderson admitted that the vibe at a...

Academy Award winning writer/producer/director and playwright Alan Ball, will make his Australian debut at the Sydney Opera House on Thursday 8 September.

Academy Award winning writer/producer/director and playwright Alan Ball, will make his Australian debut at the Sydney Opera House on Thursday 8 September.

Ball won a Golden Globe and Academy Award for best original screenplay for American Beauty. Since then, he’s gone on to create Six Feet Under, True Blood, winning Emmys for writing and directing of Six Feet Under (2006) as well as numerous Writers, Directors and Producers Guild awards for all his efforts.

Ball will be in conversation with comedian Wil Anderson, it’s sure to be a fun night. Tickets are $45.

For more information, visit Sydney Opera House.

Wil Anderson and The Gruen Transfer will return to ABC1 on Wednesday 3 August at 9pm.

In other big news, the team have announced new show The Gruen Planet which will look at the news of the week “through prism of spin, branding and image control,” but are otherwise keeping tight lipped.

The Gruen Transfer, which puts the ad world under the microscope, Anderson will again team with CEO of Y&R Brands Russel Howcroft and Leo Burnett’s CEO Todd Sampson.

Advertising world experts Dan Gregory, Dee Madigan, Jeremy Nicholas, Bridget Taylor, jane Caro, Rowan Dean and Carolyn Miller will be part of the rotating panel of critics.

The Gruen Transfer averaged 1.4 million viewers a week in 2010 and won the 2010 AFI for Best Light Entertainment program.

In a statement, the show says the team are ready to get stuck into everything they’ve missed this year; “crazy mining ads, big tobacco campaigns,...

Red Symons is not replacing Adam Hills on Spicks and Specks, contrary to reports. Since Hills announced yesterday that the music quiz show is coming to an end this year, fans have been campaigning to get a star like former Australia's Got Talent judge Red Symons to take over the series. ABC's head of arts and entertainment Amanda Duthie said that Symons, radio show Dave O'Neil and comedian Wil Anderson are not being considered as replacements because the show wouldn't be the same without Hills and his co-stars Myf Warhurst and Alan Brough. She told the Herald Sun: "The success of Spicks and Specks has been very much due to the relationship between Adam, Myf Warhurst and Alan Brough. It's not just a format - they are the show. "They've left very big boots to fill, and we wouldn't (more)...

Australian celebrities have been banned from using Twitter during this year's Logie Awards. The organisers of the TV awards ceremony recently sent out invitations to stars informing them that "mobiles will not be permitted" at the event. In the past two years, guests at the show have hit headlines for their controversial tweets during the broadcast. The Chaser's Dominic Knight used the microblogging site to slam Gretel Killeen's on-stage performance in 2009. Comedian Wil Anderson also wrote: "Gretel doing a sketch in heaven... And yet we are in hell." In 2010, journalist Catherine Deveny was fired (more)...

Since I'm graduating from graduate school soon (that always looks weird to me), we're fast approaching the day I will need to find a real job and I'm thinking I won't like that since right now at the top of my list of "things I want in a real job" is "nap time" and I don't know of any workplaces that allow that. Even when you're a preschool teacher I think you're supposed to stay awake while the little ankle-biters sleep so you can make sure none of them punch each other or steal your wallet or whatever trouble small children are getting up to these days. At that age most of what I did when I was left unsupervised involved ferreting out inappropriate reading materials and climbing things. Good times. Any suggestions other than winning the lottery? Or becoming a trophy wife? Thanks. Here's your Wednesday night TV:

8:00pm: "American Idol" on Fox.

Pop star Pink's record-breaking 2009 concert tour of Australia has been rewarded - the "Trouble" hitmaker landed a prestigious Helpmann Award for Best International Concert on Monday, September 6. Pink beat AC/DC, Beyonce Knowles and George Michael to take home the top honor at the Sydney Opera House gala.

Other winners at the event, held to salute live performance, included Wil Anderson (Best Comedy Performer), "Jersey Boys" (Best Musical) and actor Ewen Leslie for his portrayal of "Richard III" in a Melbourne Theater Company production.

The night's big surprise came when Oscar winner Geoffrey Rush lost out to "Avenue Q" 's Mitchell Butel for the Best Male Actor in a Musical category. "The Pirates of the Caribbean" star was a pre-show favorite.

Wil Anderson has been chosen to commentate during the upcoming Australian election campaign. The Aussie comedian, who recently caused controversy for sending out derogatory messages about various celebrities on Twitter during the Logie Awards earlier this year, will relaunch TV show The Gruen Nation, which will be broadcast during the election. Anderson told ABC: "If the ABC is the national broadcaster, then Gruen Nation (more)...

Host Wil Anderson says the advertising discussion show very nearly grew up in another format.

The Gruen Transfer returns to ABC1 next week as Wil Anderson, Todd Sampson and Russel Howcroft get ready to tackle the Aussie advertising industry.

Produced once again by the Andrew Denton camp, Zapruder's Other Films, the show nearly didn't see the light of day as a panel show.

According to Wil Anderson, it was very nearly...  More >>...

Wil Anderson has caused controversy over Twitter posts again. The Australian comedian, who was criticised for posting derogatory comments about stars such as Matt Preston, John Mayer and Gabriella Cilmi during the Logie Awards broadcast, has now started tweeting about politician Tony Abbott. Anderson wrote: "Tony Abbott admits he sometimes lies. Only problem is that every time he does, his ears grow. "Tony Abbott seen as more 'honest' than [Prime (more)...

Wil Anderson has been criticised for using Twitter during the telecast of the Logie Awards. The Australian comedian, who was nominated for a Gold Logie, aimed tweets at stars including Rebecca Gibney, Molly Meldrum, Matt Preston and Eddie McGuire while watching the awards. Anderson wrote on his Twitter page: "In front row for John Mayer... I may not take home Gold (more)...

Gold Logie

Ray Meagher (Home and Away) - Winner!

Esther Anderson (Home and Away)

Wil Anderson (The Gruen Transfer)

Rebecca Gibney (Packed To The Rafters)

Adam Hills (Spicks And Specks)

Paul McDermott (Good News Week)

Rove McManus (Rove)

Shaun Micallef (Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation) Most Popular Actor

Hugh Sheridan (Packed To The Rafters) - Winner!

Luke Jacobz (Home and Away)

Todd Lasance (Home and Away)

Ray Meagher (Home and Away)

Erik Thomson (Packed To The Rafters) Most Popular Actress

Rebecca Gibney - (Packed To The Rafters) - Winner!

Esther Anderson (Home and Away)

Rebecca Breeds (Home and Away)

Jessica Marais (Packed To The Rafters)

Jessica Tovey (Home and Away) Most Popular Presenter

Shaun Micallef (Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation) - Winner!

Natalie (more)...

Rebecca Gibney has been announced as the favourite to win the Gold Logie. The Packed To The Rafters actress, who pays Julie Rafter in the Channel 7 drama series, is up against stars such as Home and Away stalwart Ray Meagher, chatshow host Rove McManus and comedian Wil Anderson for the most prestigious prize at the Australian TV awards. Gibney, who won the Gold Logie last year, told ABC: "I (more)...

Some of us liked her better than both Kris and Glambert...

Daytime:

"Good Morning America": Portia de Rossi

"Today": Robert De Niro

"Live with Regis and Kelly": Kate Beckinsale, Sting, guest co-host Christian Slater

"The View": Portia de Rossi, Emily VanCamp

"The Bonnie Hunt Show": Ashley Greene, David Zinczenko, Jay Sean

"The Ellen DeGeneres Show": Zach Braff, Allison Iraheta

"Rachael Ray Show": Ty Pennington

"The Oprah Show": Chris Rock, Michael Buble (repeat)

"The Martha Stewart Show": Claire Danes

"The Tyra Banks Show": Bow Wow

Late Night:

"The Jay Leno Show": Kelsey Grammer, Taylor Swift

"Late Show with David Letterman": Al Gore, Brad Paisley, a Top 10 list presented by Michael Buble (repeat)

"The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien": Rachel McAdams, Diane Birch

"Jimmy Kimmel Live": Don Rickles, Anika Noni Rose, Band of Skulls

"Chelsea Lately": Ryan Kwanten,...