| name | date | name | date |
| Mikey's fun and Games | 30/3/00 | Mikey back on the mic | 3/4/00 |
| Julie McCrossins dream night | 3/4/00 | Lawyers get over an inspiring lunch | 6/4/00 |
| Mikey Robins's dream night | 1/5/00 | Pick of the night | 4/5/00 |
| Good News for Debate Fans | 25/5/00 | McCrossin set to swan in for ABC | 25/5/00 |
| GNW Great Debate | 4/6/00 | GNW Great Debate | 11/6/00 |
| Three's right for triple M | 15/6/00 | McCrossin in for change of life | 15/6/00 |
Mikey's Fun and Games - Daily Telegraph 30/3/00
Television personality and comedian Mikey
Robins is tipped to join Triple M in June with a brief focus on the Olympics.
Rather than host his own program, the former Triple J presenter will make
regular guest appearences with Andrew Denton and Amanda Keller in breakfast
and with Club Veg at drive time.
Triple M program director
Guy Dobson has dissmissed speculation that Robins may be groomed for a
national drive slot. Dolson says Triple M is sticking with Club Veg,
and has deliberatly choosen to keep the show local.
"It's not true that
Austereo doesn't consider the Vegies network material," he said.
"If they are good enough to be drive in Sydney, they are good enough
to do drive anywhere in the country."
Club Veg presenters
Vic Davies and Mal Lees came second to 2DAYFM in the drive shift in Tuesday's
survey with 13.1 share, and managment has already began negotiations to
renew their contract in August.
Dobson said a number
of interstate metropolitan and regional stations had approached Sydney
about networking Club Veg but had been turned down.
"We believe the strength
of the drivce shift is localism," he said. "It gives the Vegies a
definate edge."
Vic Davies likens it
to a company not wanting to diversify too quickly. "We want to build
our base firmly in Sydney before branching out to interstate audiences.
"It sounds corny but
we feel Sydney listeners made us welcome after a four-year break from radio
and we want to show them we appreciate that.
"That's not to say
we won't network eventually."
It's not clear what
Robins will do after the Olympics, but perhaps Austereo is taking precautions
in case Andrew Denton decides not to renew his contract this year.
Mikey back on the mic - The Guide 3/4/00
Mikey Robins is busy with Ten's Good
News Week and making a series fo TV documentries, but he's missed radio
so much since leaving Triple J that he's agreed to "pop in" at Triple M
and be a regular guest on various network programs.
"There's nothing signed
on the dotted line yet, but we're looking at me popping in as soon as possible,"
he sayd. "Basically, I'll be there and if people want me they can
grab me. We're not talking about me doing a shift of being groomed
for anything."
Would he ever return
to presenting breakfast?
"Not at the moment.
I have seven years of getting up before sunrise. I've never worked
in commercial radio and they've never worked with me so we're going to
take our time and see if we get on this year."
Robins says he has
already shot on TV documantary for the GNW production team "and
i still have another one or two to do. They're live Clive James Postcards.
The first was a look at the pub culture in Australia, which I enjoyed doing,
but it was flat-out work for a very intense period. I'm doing other
docos for Ten which we're still figuring out; I'm doing Good News Week
and I'll be contributing to the Triple M network so I think that might
for enough for one person for a while."
my prime time - the guide 3/4/00
Julie McCrossin's dream night
6pm Pets Behaving Badly
6:30pm SBS World News
7pm The League of Gentlemen
7:30pm Four Corners
8:15pm Good News Week
9:45 Lateline
10:15 Compass
10:55 Ten Late News with Sandra
Sully
11:25 SBS Late News
Lawyers get over an inspiring lunch - Daily Telegraph 6/4/00
As reported here two weeks ago (see here),
the legal dispute between Britain's Hat Trick Productions, which makes
the show Have I Got News For You, adn Ted Robinson's FBN Enterprises,
which makes Good News Week, has indeed been resolved.
Hat Trick's James Mulville
visited Australia in 1994 adn had clained he pitched the show over lunch
to Robinson.
In a joint statement,
the two companies said last week: "It has been agreed that Good News
Week was based on the original UK program Have I Got News For You.
A format licence and on-screen credit arrangement has been agreed."
Robinson said the confidentiality
clauses in the out-of-court settlement constrained him from saying too
much. But he did say: "We've been involved in a legal action for
more than a year now. They were asserting they had given us
the key to perpetual success adn happiness of which i have no memory and
blame lunch.
He added: "It's finally
settled and I'm delighted."
Mikey Robins's dream night - The Guide 1/5/00
6pm The Simpsons
6:30pm The Sopranos
7:30pm Foreign Correspondant
8:30pm SBS Wrold News
9pm ABC news
9:30pm The Larry Sanders SHow
10pm Saturday Night Live
11pm The Fat
11:30pm Four Corners
12:15am The Games
12:45am Media Watch
1am Front Up
Mikey Robins is a team leader on Good News Week on Ten, Saturdays at 9:30pm.
Pick of the Night - Daily Telegraph 4/5/00
Good News Week
(Ten, 9:30pm)
Poor old Good News Week. It's
been buffeted from pillar to post in the cruel, hard world of commercial
televison, and now it's found a home on Saturday nights - which is probably
where it should have started. And the move, along with only having
to produce one program a week (as opposed to two) obviously suits the on-camera
personalities and the team of writers, led by Ian Simmons (who also worked
on this year's Logies). The razor-sharp wit of its lead players,
Julie McCrossin, Mikey Robins and host Paul McDermott (pictured), carved
up just about anyone and anything in sight. Despite Good News
Week's dismal ratings, the humour is still sharp and fresh and well
worth watching. So uncork that bottle of red, get out some cheese
and crackers adn catch up on the week's events - with a totally irreverent
adn bitingly satirical edge.
Good News for Debate Fans - Daily Telegraph
25/5/00
During the Melbourn Comedy Festival, the
Good News Week team shot two debates and the first, Loves Makes
The World Go Around, has been scheduled for June 6.
Ten recruit Rove McManus,
who has signed up to do a Tonight - style show for the network this year,
takes the affirmative along with British comic Ross Noble and American
Margaret Smith.
Paul McDermott, Mikey
Robins adn Julie McCrossin take the negetive stance.
The second debate,
Bigger Is Better, will go to air on June 13.
McCrossin Set to Swan in for ABC -
Daily Telegraph 25/5/00
When ABC Radio
NAtional was looking around for a temporary fill-in for sober intellectual
Norman Swan, they naturally turned to wacky Good News Week star
Julie McCrossin.
Radio National anticipates
good ratings for the popular McCrossin next Thursday and Friday.
She has worked on a number of programs for the network, including Late
Night Live.
GNW Great Debate - Sunday Telegraph TV Guide 4/6/00
(Tuesday,9:30pm, Ten)
In the first of a two-debate series from
teh International Melbourne Comedy Festival, the topic is Love Makes the
World Go Around. For the affirmative are comedians Rove McManus (Australia),
Ross Noble (UK), and Margaret Smith (USA). The negetive case will
be put by Good News Week's Paul McDermott, Mikey Robins and Julie McCrossin.
GNW Great Debate - Sunday Telegraph TV Guide 11/6/00
(Tuesday, 9:30pm, Ten)
This week's debate topic is Bigger is
Better. Judith Lucy lead the affirmative team of Melbourne radio
host Dave O'neil and Englich comedian Stewart Lee while Good News Week
host Paul McDermott heads the negetive side. His cohorts are Jean
Kittson and another Brit with the unlikely name of Boothby Graffoe.
GNW regular Julie McCrossin takes on the moderator's role.
Three's Right for Triple M - Daily Telegraph 15/6/00
While Mikey Robins
is a strong contendant to replace Andrew Denton on the Triple M breakfast
show next year, other names have surfaced as possibilities.
One line of thought
is that Triple M will favour a three-perosn team, made up of a strong woman,
a funny male comedian and straight male jock in the tradition sat down
by The Morning Crew on 2Day.
One scenario is Mikey
Robins, Amanda Keller and Triple M afternoon presenter Brendon Jones.
Steve Bedwell, who
co-hosts the Melbourne Triple M breakfast show with Tim Smith, is also
under consideration, as is Billy Birmingham, the 12th Man comedian famous
for his send ups of Australian cricket commentators.
Triple M program director
Guy Dobson has also said Dave Gibson, the voice of 'Nanna' and other populay
characters on the Denton show, will have a role next year.
"There's a pool of
talent to draw from and Triple M will take its time coming up with the
right mix," Dobson says.
McCrossin in for Change of Life - Daily Telegraph 15/6/00
Good News
Week star Julie McCrossin will join ABC Radio National next month as
co-presenter of Life Matters.
The rapid-fire,
gladitor style of GNW seems a world away from the imdepth, earnest
approaches of Life Matters, yet McCrossin poinsts out the similarities.
"It's hilariously different
in style and demographics, and yet both programs are dealing with social
issues and current affairs," she says.
"On GNW you
have to be funny and pertinent in 15-second grabs to survive the editing
process, so it will be luxury to explore the same issue in 10-minute live
interviews."
McCrossin started her
career in children's theatre, moved to ABC Radio for nine years, then worked
in the community sector before joining GNW because producer Ted
Robinson had heard she had an opinion on everything.
She's also almost finished
a law degree and chairs seminars several times a week.
McCrossin will replace
Norman Swan, presenting Life Matters every Thursday and Friday from
July 6.
Geraldine Doogue will
continue as the compere Monday to Wednesday.