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Big Time Rush

Venue:Nickelodeon Australia
Date:'Saturday May 14th, 21st, & 28th'
Time:6:30pm
Kendall, James, Carlos and Logan are back writing songs, competing with a new girl band and playing match maker in new episodes of Big Time Rush this May.

The Troop

Venue:Nickelodeon Australia
Date:'Every Thursday from May 5th'
Time:6:45pm
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House of Anubis

Venue:Nickelodeon Australia
Date:'Monday May 2nd'
Time:6:30pm
The mystery continues in May with brand new episodes of the hit new telenovela series House of Anubis, which premiered in February this year exclusively on Nickelodeon. The series continues as Nina and the other kids follow a trail of riddles and clues in search for a hidden treasure.

Jerseylicious Season 3

Venue:Style Network
Date:'Thursdays in July'
Time:8:30pm
Another season of the hair-raising drama surrounding the staff and clients of a New Jersey beauty salon.

Clean House Season 9

Venue:Style Network
Date:'Mondays in July'
Time:6:30pm
This is the series that helps families by giving them professional help to overcome clutter and the mess that goes with it. In each episode, hosted by comedian and mother Niecy Nash, Clean House brings its team of experts into a domestic morass of too much furniture, too many magazines, and too much visual Clean House MessiestHome PRstimulation!

How'd You Get So Rich Season 2

Venue:Style Network
Date:'Fridays in July'
Time:8pm
The series features Joan Rivers travelling around the U.S., interviewing self-made millionaires and billionaires. These are what Joan calls, Rag-to-Riches stories. These self-made millionaires and billionaires started with little to nothing, and made their way up in society.

Jersey Shore: Season Four

Venue:MTV Channel 124
Date:'From Wednesday September 7th'
Time:9.30pm
Get ready to say "G.T.L" in Italian! MTV's Jersey Shore cast goes to Florence, Italy for Season 4. This season will be hotter than ever when America's favorite roommates head overseas to learn all about the culture they love and live by, in the birthplace where it all began. As they navigate a new country, they will bring their trademark hilarity, fist=pumping and family dysfunction to "the beautiful country."

Insight: Tough Love

Venue:SBS ONE
Date:'Tuesday, 14th August 2012'
Time:8.30pm
Next week, parents and children will take centre stage as Insight looks at what is acceptable when it comes to disciplining children.

There are different cultural and generational attitudes to keeping kids in line. Every parent seems to have their own boundaries.

Divine Design Season 8

Venue:Style Network
Date:'Monday - Friday in July'
Time:9:30pm

The 28th Annual MTV Video Music Awards

Venue:MTV Channel 124
Date:'Monday 29th of August'
Time:11am
Continuing the tradition of shining the spotlight on emerging artists, MTV announced today that the up-and-coming indie=rock band, Young the Giant, will make their VMA performance debut at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs). They join an impressive line=up of 2011 VMA performers that include Adele, Lil Wayne, and Chris Brown. The 2011 MTV Video Music Awards will air live from Nokia Theater L.A. in Los Angeles on MTV Australia, Monday August 29 at 11am (AEST).

Style Star

Venue:E! Channel
Date:'Tuesdays, starting November 1st '
Time:7:00pm
Style Star examines the fashion trajectory of Hollywood's most watched celebrities, telling their stories through their fashion evolution, and what put them on the map.

Hungry Beast

Venue:ABC1 and ABC iview
Date:'Wednesday 23 March'
Time:9.30pm
The team from Hungry Beast is back. Once again, the show will challenge audiences with a mix of the unexpected and the unconventional - this year sharpening its focus with episodes themed around specific issues facing the world today.

E's Tyra Banks

Venue:E! Channel
Date:'Sunday, November 6th'
Time:8:30pm
Tyra Banks never ceases to surprise us. Last year, the America's Next Top Model host turned heads when she decided to enter an elite Harvard Business School program. In this half-hour special, Tyra and those closest to her open up about the pivotal moments in this model-actress-host-mogul-author's spectacular life.

Party Down: Precious Lights Pre-School Auction

Venue:ABC2
Date:'Thursday, 24 March 2011'
Time:8:30PM
Party Down with a group of struggling dreamers who are stuck working for tips while waiting for their big break. As employees of the L.A. catering company 'Party Down', these misfits mingle with guests at everything from sweet sixteen parties to the most lavish Hollywood soirees. Follow these engaging wannabes as they wait on guests while waiting on something better to come along.

E's Pawn 90210

Venue:E! Channel
Date:'Sunday, November 6th'
Time:9:00pm
This special will follow the unbelievable stories of Beverly Hills' rich and famous as they come to Yossi Dina to trade their incredible loot at his elite pawn shop.

Britain's Missing Top Model

Venue:ABC2
Date:'Wednesday, 23 March 2011'
Time:9:30PM
During this 6 x 57minute UK series, Britain's Missing Top Model follows eight beautiful disabled women as they compete during seven tough modelling assignments. Their goal is to win a fashion shoot in top magazine Marie Claire which will be photographed by renowned photographer Rankin.

Being Human: Adam's Family

Venue:ABC2
Date:'Friday, 25 March 2011'
Time:8:30PM
Annie (Lenora Crichlow) is keen to suppress the traumas she endured in Purgatory and get back to her usual routine. She also nominates herself as Mitchell's (Aiden Turner) Guardian Angel.

The Tudors

Venue:ABC2
Date:'Friday, 25 March 2011'
Time:9:30PM
Henry (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) is busy courting Anne (Natalie Dormer) while trying to deny Katherine (Maria Doyle Kennedy) access to his court. When Brandon (Henry Cavill) tells him that Anne and Wyatt (Jamie Thomas King) were lovers, Henry says he believes her denials and prepares to take her to see the King of France. As debate arises over Henry's right to refuse orders from Rome, Cromwell (James Fraine) presses the Archbishop of Canterbury to consent to the King's will, even as Thomas More (Jeremy Northam) continues voicing his concerns. Meanwhile, at Anne's urging, Henry banishes Brandon from his court.

Short Cuts

Venue:ABC3
Date:'Tuesday, 22 March 2011'
Time:4pm
Produced by the makers of Dead Gorgeous, Short Cuts is a 26-part Australian drama series about a group of year 9 media studies students who, through using a digital video camera for class projects, learn more about themselves, their class mates and the world around them.

Deadwood

Venue:ABC2
Date:'Monday, 21 March 2011'
Time:9:30PM
Francis Wolcott (Garret Dillahunt), chief scout for a powerful mining operation, arrives to shake up the status quo - beginning with Cy Tolliver (Powers Boothe).

Roy

Venue:ABC3
Date:'Wednesday,23 March 2011'
Time:4:30
Meet Roy O'Brien. Roy is an 'every-day' kid, who lives in an ordinary house on an ordinary street and inside he feels just like an ordinary kid... the trouble is he doesn't look like one. Roy O' Brien is an 11-year-old cartoon boy growing up in the real world!

Stoked

Venue:ABC3
Date:'Thursday, 24 March 2011'
Time:7:40am
Stoked is a comedy about six teenaged groms (a surfer who is under 16) who come together one summer to share a dream - to work at the world renowned Surfer's Paradise Resort. The resort is located on the legendary Sunset Island, the home of the most epic surf break in the country!

Tia and Tamera

Venue:Style Network
Date:'Monday 9th of August'
Engaged. Pregnant. And Totally Unprepared.

Kendra Season 4

Date:'Tuesdays in November'
Time:9:30pm
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Dirty Soap

Venue:E! Channel
Date:'Tuesdays in November'
Time:8:30pm
Docu-soap that will follow the professional and glamorous personal lives of current and former successful soap actors, allowing us to see if life really does imitate art

My Place

Venue:ABC3
Date:'Sunday, 26 June 2011'
Time:5pm
My Place, the Logie award-winning ABC TV drama, returns for a second series on ABC3. This time the drama takes us further back in Australian history, with stories ranging from 1878 to a time before European settlement. Over the 130 years we look at the tales of 13 kids, all of whom have a knack of getting into some sort of trouble.

Fashion Police

Venue:E! Channel
Date:' Saturdays in November'
Time:7:00pm
A weekly half hour in which Joan Rivers and her fashion team dissect the week's celebrities, events, and of course, style, all showcasing Joan's uniquely hilarious point of view.

Stay Tuned: Opera

Venue:ABC3
Date:'Friday, 1 July 2011'
Time:8pm
Access all areas of the music industry during the hottest online and on-air interactive music show, Stay Tuned. Hosts Joel Phillips and Nicole Singh do whatever it takes to hook you up with the answers to viewers' music-related questions while treating your ears to some new tunes.

The Soup

Venue:E! Channel
Date:'Sundays in November'
Time:7:00pm
Host Joel McHale takes a look at the week's hottest celeb news events and goofiest reality clips.

Deadwood: A Two Headed Beast

Venue:ABC2
Date:'Monday, 27 June 2011'
Time:9:30PM
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Chelsea Lately

Venue:E! Channel
Date:'Monday - Friday'
Time:10:30pm
This daily program is an irreverent look at top breaking news stories, celebrity tales that just won't die and other hot topics of the day. Chelsea will feature guests, comedic field packages and viewer call-ins.

Leigh Hart's Mysterious Planet

Venue:ABC2
Date:'Tuesday, 28 June 2011'
Time:9:00PM
On a quest to seek the truth behind the world's greatest mysteries, self proclaimed 'expert' Leigh Hart embarks on a journey to the most challenging, dangerous and remote environments on the planet.

THS Casey Anthony

Venue:E! Channel
Date:'Sunday, November 13th'
Time:8.30pm
For three years, millions of people stayed focused on every detail of this sad and shocking story - how two and a half year old Caylee Anthony went missing for nearly a month before her disappearance was reported by her grandmother, how Caylee's remains were found six months later just blocks from the Anthony home, how her mother Casey lied to authorities and seemed to revel in the attention paid to her as the prime suspect, the sordid facts that were revealed during the trial and finally, the verdict that so few seem able to accept. After she was found not guilty of the murder of her young daughter, Casey Anthony became the most hated woman in America. Mainstream media and the blogosphere have been inundated with cries of outrage that Casey is now a free woman - but even after all the attention paid to this tragic case, we don't know much about who Casey Anthony really is - in this one-hour episode, THS will attempt to find out.

Whitechapel

Venue:ABC1
Date:'Friday, 25 March 2011'
Time:9:25pm
Detective Inspector Joe Chandler (Rupert Penry-Jones) and the team return in this stylish contemporary police drama to find London's East End in the grip of copycat gangsters.

New Tricks: Where There's Smoke

Venue:ABC1
Date:'Friday, 25th March 2011'
Time:8:30PM
The Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad (UCOS) get new information about a fatal fire that swept through a club in 1996. One of the people killed was Mark Johnson, a west London crime figure whose brother Danny now runs his businesses. He and a former gang member Stuart Russell are suspects.

Whites

Venue:ABC1
Date:'Thursday, 24 March 2011'
Time:9:30PM
Caroline (Katherine Parkinson) is annoyed that Roland (Alan Davies) has yet again failed to update the menu and pushes him to come up with a new one. As Bib (Darren Boyd) is so keen to introduce new dishes, Roland sees this as an opportunity and asks him to design the new menu. Bib is ecstatic.

Clean House Season 10

Venue:Style is available on FOXTEL, OPTUS and AUSTAR on Channel 122
Date:'Begins Monday, August 8th'
Time:at 6.30pm
Season 10 promises a chaotic ride!

Glam Fairy

Venue:Style Channel
Date:'Thursdays, starting November 17th'
Time:8:30pm
Jersey's hottest make-up artist Alexa Prisco transforms everyday women into glamazons in this spin-off series.

Compass: Clare Bowditch

Venue:ABC1
Date:'Sunday, 20 March 2011'
Time:10:00PM
What makes a good life? Why are we here? Is there a God and what is God anyway? As a theologian, host Scott Stephens, is fascinated by life's big questions, so he's asking prominent Australians to open up and reflect on their lives to find out what they think is the meaning of life.

Strike Back

Venue:ABC1
Date:'Saturday, 26 March 2011'
Time:8:30pm
Final part of this adrenaline-fuelled, star-studded action series based on the international best seller by Chris Ryan, ex-SAS soldier and Bravo Two Zero veteran. Starring Spooks' Richard Armitage, and Andrew Lincoln (Teachers, This Life).

Chris Humfrey's Wild Life

Venue:ABC1
Date:'Sunday, 20 March 2011'
Time:6:30PM
Meet Chris Humfrey, a zoologist who lives with his young family and their REALLY big dog in an idyllic bush haven in country Victoria. But the Humfreys also share their home with a few other pets - more than 2000 and each one of them needs care and attention 24/7.

Human Planet: Arctic: Life In The Deep Freeze

Venue:ABC1
Date:'Sunday, 20 March 2011'
Time:7:30PM
Narrated by John Hurt and following in the footsteps of Planet Earth and Life, this epic eight-part blockbuster is a breathtaking celebration of the amazing, complex, profound and sometimes challenging relationship between humankind and nature.

How Earth Made Us: Wind

Venue:ABC1
Date:'Tuesday, 22 March 2011'
Time:8:30PM
In this ground breaking series the ever engaging Scottish Professor, Iain Stewart, explores four great planetary forces that have influenced our history: the power of the deep Earth which fuelled technological innovation; wind that shaped the face of entire continents; fire which gave us the power to conquer the planet; and the magic of water and mankind's struggle to control it.

Hungry Beast

Venue:ABC1
Date:'Wednesday, 23 March 2011'
Time:9:30PM
The team from Hungry Beast is back. Once again, the show will challenge audiences with a mix of the unexpected and the unconventional - this year sharpening its focus with episodes themed around specific issues facing the world today.

The True Story: Pirates Of The Caribbean

Venue:ABC2
Date:'Wednesday, 29 June 2011'
Time:9:30PM
The True Story is a documentary series that looks behind the gloss and glamour of cinema legends to discover the truth behind some of the world's most famous films. The first series looked at the real stories and characters that inspired Indiana Jones, James Bond, Escape from Alcatraz, The Untouchables and The Amityville Horror. This time the series explores the truth behind some of the biggest blockbusters of all time: Jaws, Titanic, Pirates of the Caribbean, Jurassic Park and Gladiator.

Wicked Fit

Venue:Style Channel
Date:'Tuesdays, starting November 1st'
Time:8:30pm
With her no-nonsense attitude and brash personality, Katie Boyd trains pageant contenders and everyday women at her growing boutique gym in Boston.

Hockey Mens Champions Trophy

Venue:ABC
Date:'December 3rd - 11th, 2011'
The Kookaburras are arguably Australia's number one sporting team - led by arguably Australia's most successful coach - Ric Charlesworth.

Spooks

Venue:ABC1
Date:'Saturday, 2nd of April 2011'
Time:8:30PM
The Bafta-winning, international hit spy show returns for a ninth series, with more nail-biting stories and edge-of-your-seat action.

Whitechapel

Venue:ABC1
Date:'Friday, 1st April 2011'
Time:9:25PM
The copycat killer has struck again, realising all of Miles's (Phil Davis) fears and as Buchan (Steve Pemberton) predicted. A man called Billy Bunhill is shot dead in a former Kray haunt, his murder mirroring one by Ronnie Kray, one of the notorious 1960s underworld East End crime bosses.

New Tricks: Coming Out Ball

Venue:ABC1
Date:'Friday, 1st April 2011'
Time:8:30PM
Fintan Macentee, a former Irish dissident says he was lying when in 1983 he took responsibility for the kidnapping of an arms manufacturer's daughter, 18-year-old Barbara Linden-Warner.




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