Former Home and Away star announces pregnancy live on air
Radio host and former Home and Away star Christie Hayes announces pregnancy live on air after years-long fertility struggle.
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Sydney Morning Herald
11 hours ago
- Sydney Morning Herald
Why the big streamers failed at the Logies and what it means for Aussie TV
What did we learn from last night's Logie Awards? That we love free-to-air TV (hooray for the ABC!), Netflix is bad (only one win from 18 nominations) and Home and Away's Lynne McGranger is the 'best' dramatic actress on Australian television. Mostly, that's correct. We do love the ABC – however much we like to complain about it – and its domination of the Logies, with 11 awards, including five for Kitty Flanagan 's terrific comedy Fisk, is a definite win for our public broadcaster. The ABC is the only free-to-air station providing a regular home for locally made dramas and comedy (honourable mention: SBS) and that should be celebrated, particularly in the face of a dramatic drop in locally made productions. But does the ABC's dominance mean we have turned our back on the flashy streamers? How else can you explain that Netflix, the most nominated streamer, won only one award (best miniseries or telemovie for Apple Cider Vinegar)? That's where it gets tricky. Netflix is the most popular paid streaming service in Australia, with an estimated 6.2 million subscribers. But over its 10 years in operation here, it has produced only a handful of local dramas, including three of the shows nominated last night: Apple Cider Vinegar, Territory and Heartbreak High. And while those dramas all feature high-profile talent, how many of us are actually watching those Australian dramas on Netflix? For the purposes of voting in the Logies, we don't really know as, unlike the ABC and the other free-to-air broadcasters, the streamers are unwilling to provide concrete ratings data. And when ratings data makes up 20 per cent of the Logies vote – along with 50 per cent for the popular vote and 30 per cent for the expert vote – the streamers are automatically kneecapped. But, wait, there's more! If you look at the results, it also shows us that yes, while shows such as Territory, for example, were disadvantaged from the beginning, it seems the audience didn't show up and vote for it, either, despite Netflix trumpeting its worldwide success.
The Age
11 hours ago
- The Age
Why the big streamers failed at the Logies and what it means for Aussie TV
What did we learn from last night's Logie Awards? That we love free-to-air TV (hooray for the ABC!), Netflix is bad (only one win from 18 nominations) and Home and Away's Lynne McGranger is the 'best' dramatic actress on Australian television. Mostly, that's correct. We do love the ABC – however much we like to complain about it – and its domination of the Logies, with 11 awards, including five for Kitty Flanagan 's terrific comedy Fisk, is a definite win for our public broadcaster. The ABC is the only free-to-air station providing a regular home for locally made dramas and comedy (honourable mention: SBS) and that should be celebrated, particularly in the face of a dramatic drop in locally made productions. But does the ABC's dominance mean we have turned our back on the flashy streamers? How else can you explain that Netflix, the most nominated streamer, won only one award (best miniseries or telemovie for Apple Cider Vinegar)? That's where it gets tricky. Netflix is the most popular paid streaming service in Australia, with an estimated 6.2 million subscribers. But over its 10 years in operation here, it has produced only a handful of local dramas, including three of the shows nominated last night: Apple Cider Vinegar, Territory and Heartbreak High. And while those dramas all feature high-profile talent, how many of us are actually watching those Australian dramas on Netflix? For the purposes of voting in the Logies, we don't really know as, unlike the ABC and the other free-to-air broadcasters, the streamers are unwilling to provide concrete ratings data. And when ratings data makes up 20 per cent of the Logies vote – along with 50 per cent for the popular vote and 30 per cent for the expert vote – the streamers are automatically kneecapped. But, wait, there's more! If you look at the results, it also shows us that yes, while shows such as Territory, for example, were disadvantaged from the beginning, it seems the audience didn't show up and vote for it, either, despite Netflix trumpeting its worldwide success.
West Australian
14 hours ago
- West Australian
'I've got a pair of bookends!' Lynne McGranger reflects on her Logies Gold AND Silver triumph
Lynne Mcgranger may have only had three hours sleep, but after winning the Gold AND Silver Logies at last night's TV Week Logie Awards, she's still riding high — and she has a brand new shiny pair of bookends. 'I do! And in the middle will go my Wagga Wagga Drama Award for 1974,' she joked. McGranger, who left Home and Away earlier this year after playing her beloved character Irene for 33 years, was the odds-on favorite to take home TV's highest honour, but she still didn't think her win was a foregone conclusion. 'Everyone was telling me I was a shoo-in for the Gold, and that's not great because many a nag has fallen at the last hurdle!' she said. 'But look, I'm so happy and so thrilled. 'I could never have envisioned something like this (would happen). 'The publicists and my managers and everyone worked so hard for me — I might as well have been on the campaign trail and running for bloody president! 'I thought if I didn't win the Gold, I'd be so disappointed for them. 'But as it turned out, I did — and it was wonderful.' In the next few weeks, McGranger's Home and Away exit storyline will play out on screens, with her final scenes set to air within weeks. The Gold Logie winner worked with the show's writers to help shape the story, which sees her beloved character battling a devastating Alzheimer's diagnosis. 'I'm hoping that people who perhaps hadn't been on board with the Irene's journey might jump on board now, and, you know, ride the wave home with her, so to speak,' she said. 'I'm invested in it, and I know the writers are, and we have this beautiful Jessica Mauboy song that will be used (in scenes), and she's done such a great job. 'I'm very, very, proud of it and I think it's an important story that needs to be told.' Though the Gold accolade means a great deal to McGranger, the Silver Logie is acknowledgement for the work she's done on Home and Away over her record-breaking 33 years. The 72 year-old star was touched she walked away with that award, too. 'I means such a lot,' she said. 'And (when the award was read out), I thought 'My life is complete now, because, you know, I've got this one and it means the most,' she said. 'The Gold is a lovely affirmation, and a lovely validation from the fans — it really is sensational — but the Silver just meant the world to me, because I absolutely did not expect it.' McGranger, who will soon be touring her successful stage show The Grandparents Club, is taking the next few days to recover from her epic night of triumph. She admitted that her and daughter Clancy, who attended the awards with her, opted not to attend the event's many after-parties, swapping their high-heels for slippers and some downtime. 'You know what, people had had enough of me by that stage — they just want to mingle, not wait for somebody to swan in with a couple of statues,' she said. 'That is absolutely bull dust, and (no one wants that).' McGranger, who took her daughter as her plus-one, said the pair of them had a wonderful night. 'Especially Clancy — she was loving life. She was next to Dr Chris Brown, and across from Richard Marx, though I'm not sure she knew who he was,' she said. 'Guy Sebastian was there, and Jimmy Barnes was singing — she was loving life, knocking back the bubbles. 'I said to her, afterwards, do you want to go to the after party? She goes, 'hell no, I'm going home, taking off my clothes and my shoes and jumping into bed. 'I though, 'Oh, that's my girl!''
