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We live in a world of 500-plus scripted TV series a year, where there is literally more programming than anyone can watch (even those of us whose only job is watching television). So discussing Emmy snubs feels somewhat beside the point, and any new show or performer breaking into a category filled with past nominees should almost by definition qualify as a surprise.

But even so, there was a lot to be unexpectedly happy about within this year’s nominees, as well as some disappointing — or even startling — absences. Here...

The Chaser's Media Circus will return for a second season on September 10.

However, according to a statement from ABC TV, management has confirmed it hopes to replace the second series with cat videos.

.As soon as we can find enough left wing cats who instinctively hate Australia, they.ll be replaced,. said an ABC representative.

The game show about the news is hosted by Craig Reucassel with Fake Fact Checker Chas Licciardello.

It is produced by the creative team behind The Chaser and The Checkout, including Ben Jenkins, Zoë Norton Lodge, Scott Abbot, Andrew Hansen and Julian Morrow.

"ABC management confirmed that for the second series the show has been moved out of the news division to allow it to be more biased and have less rigorous vetting of the studio audience," according to a statement.

Filmed in front of a live audience each week shortly before broadcast, The Chaser...

Melbourne, Jun 25: Seal has said that he is more concerned about the impact of social media on his children today than the lure of illicit drugs.

The British singer and father of four told Ellen Fanning's Sbs series, 'The Observer Effect', while "drugs have always been here" the new challenge for parents was protecting their kids from the "recklessness" and "harmful rhetoric" of anonymous online trolls, News.com.au reported.

In a compelling interview recorded last week after his Twitter rant about Joel Madden's hotel drug raid, Seal said while he warned his kids drugs weren't "something that you should be dabbling in," he was.

Australian journalist Ellen Fanning will host a new interview series, The Observer Effect, which has been commissioned by the Sbs, it was announced today. The 20x60-minute series, produced by Shine Australia, will be broadcast from June 2, 2013 and will invite high-profile Australians to offer their personal opinions on the news and current affairs of that week. In a statement released by the Sbs, the broadcaster stated, .By viewing news and events through the eyes of .the observer., the audience will get to know who they are beyond the 24 hour news headlines - whether politician, author, journalist, business leader, academic or philosopher.. Sbs Managing Director Michael Ebeid said, .Through The Observer Effect, we wanted to create a show that would continue to build on Sbs's reputation for content which provokes debate by bringing audiences a fresh and edgy take on the issues Australians are talking about, and gives them a new...