Damien Leith to host New Idea Test Kitchen

Damien Leith to host New Idea Test Kitchen

This is quite possibly the best industry cross-over idea ever. New Idea have always included recipes in their magazine, so a move to a magazine-format TV show makes a lot of sense. Including a musician as host is sublime… after all, a musician’s gotta eat,...
Manu Feildel wins Dancing With The Stars

Manu Feildel wins Dancing With The Stars

Congratulations to 2011 Dancing With The Stars winner Manu Feildel and his partner Alana Patience. The couple received a perfect 30 points for their last dance – a freestyle (“When you dance, you entertain,” from Judge Helen Ritchie). It placed the...
TV Guide for week ending 09/07/11

TV Guide for week ending 09/07/11

If you thought that in Week 28 we’d still be getting dished up the same old thing… we’ll you’d have partially been right. The Block has taken a firm hold of the 7pm timeslot as people seem to be tuning in to the long form renovation/reality...
Dancing with the Stars 2011

Dancing with the Stars 2011

It’s back, with the loosest definition of “celebrity” ever. Dancing With The Stars 2011 will strike a combination of fear, dread, joy and confusion into PRs, TV reviewers and viewers alike. Who is that? Why are they famous? She’s been a dancer...