S03E29 Changes, Cuts & Censorship

Summary: The whole team (including new recruit Ben Norris) is all together for one of the biggest weeks of the year in TV! Finally, Nine confirm TV's worst kept secret with the return of Karl Stefanovic to the TODAY show but that's not the story that really fires up the team. Each week the TV Blackbox team take you behind the scenes, wade through the PR spin and launch into the reality that is the Australian television business. On this episode: • 2:31 - A new look TODAY in 2020, but will it be any different? • 17:36 - Sonia Kruger leaving Nine... but just what is she doing at Seven? • 24:01 - Sky News fails free-to-air viewers during the bushfire crisis • 28:08 - A controversial episode of Q&A censored by the ABC • 34:44 - The ABC's clever budget strategy • 37:12 - Foxtel's drama streaming service could be too little too late • 40:38 - The Force comes to end end on Channel 7, but goes out with legal issues • 43:40 - Sarah has another dose of Hatches & Dispatches • 46:00 - Brooky has a special report on the ABC's Upfronts • 56:42 - We open the Binge Box to find out what everyone's been watching Follow the @TVBB_podcast crew: @rob_mcknight @shrimptank @viscountbrooky @BenjaminJNorris @SteveMolk Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tv_blackbox Find us on Facebook: https://facebook.com/TVBlackbox/ Visit our website: https://tvblackbox.com.au