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Olympian Scott Miller tells his story in the ABC documentary Deep End: The Scott Miller Story.

‘I know I’m not a bad person’: Scott Miller opens up about drugs, prison and Alan Jones in ABC documentary

The former Olympian was so stung by his last media appearance that he initially said no to the two-part series.

  • Bridget McManus

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Pauline Hanson and Barnaby Joyce

The shock-jock whisperer managing One Nation’s talent

Rookie One Nation senator Sean Bell, who was embarrassed on 2GB last week, has a talk radio veteran running his media.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman
Kyle Sandilands and Jackie Henderson when they signed their $200 million deal with ARN in 2023.

Radio ratings: ABC still struggling, but does anyone miss Kyle and Jackie O?

Some green shoots for ABC 774, but the bigger problem remains, while KIIS listeners say “Kyle and Jackie who?”

  • Karl Quinn
Josh McConville, Emma Harvie, Dylan Murphy, Sam Pang and Lucy Durack in Ground Up.

How do you make a comedy about a subject that very few people find funny?

The fact that Tasmania is a state divided by its new AFL stadium was more of a help than a hindrance for Ground Up.

  • Louise Rugendyke
Justin Stevens (background) and Hugh Marks at an estimates hearing in December.

ABC News boss unaware he was being replaced, managing director says

Hugh Marks said that Justin Stevens resigned, but his exit was “inevitable” after the pair disagreed on the right direction for Australia’s largest newsroom.

  • Calum Jaspan
Witchery trench coat, slip dress and knit T-shirt. Bianca Spender trousers. Dinosaur Designs jewellery. Bared shoes. Samsonite suitcases from Strandbags.

Zan Rowe once broke off her engagement. Now, she’s taking the biggest leap of her career

There’s a “dorky” side of the ABC-TV personality that audiences rarely get to see.

  • Kate Halfpenny
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The ABC has improved its pay offer just days after a 24-hour strike.

New Four Corners boss begins shake-up at current affairs flagship

Only a few months into the role, the new boss of Four Corners plans to change editorial processes at the longest-running show on Australian television.

  • Calum Jaspan
Australian-made children’s content on TV has collapsed in recent years.

‘I give us 10 years’: The alarming collapse of Australian children’s TV

Industry insiders feared what the removal of commercial quotas on children’s content in 2020 would mean for local content. Six years later, their worst fears seem to have been realised.

  • Nell Geraets
Emma Harvie as Destiny Pitt and Sam Pang as Hugh Shen in Ground Up.

An ABC comedy about Tasmania’s new AFL team should have worked. Instead, it’s an own goal

Ground Up relies on low-hanging fruit for its gags, while most of the withering dialogue is delivered with indifference.

  • Paul Kalina
Best TV shows this year (so far): Celia Pacquola in Dog Park; Madeleine Sami and Kate Box in Deadloch; Kylie Minogue in her Netflix documentary; Peter Claffey and Dexter Sol Ansell in A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms; and Noah Wyle in The Pitt.

The best TV shows of the year (so far)

While big hitters such as The Pitt delivered, there have also been a few genuinely delightful surprises.

  • Meg Watson, Louise Rugendyke, Craig Mathieson, Debi Enker, Kylie Northover and Karl Quinn