“Red” (parts 1 and 2) guest stars John Corbett as Roy Haines and Kim Raver as NCIS Special Agent Paris Summerskill.

As the NCIS: LA team begins to investigate the murder of a suspected arms dealer named Rashid Santoso in Griffith Park, they are informed that the weapon used to kill Santoso was also used to kill Master Seargent Edward Shaw in Idaho less than 48 hours later. Hetty orders Kensi and Deeks to look into Santoso’s murder here in LA, and dispatches Sam and Callen to Idaho, where they rendezvous with the NCIS: RED team, a mobile unit of agents who are constantly on the move for work.

However last week CBS confirmed it was not proceeding with the spin-off series.

9.30pm on Tuesday May 28th. Part two continues a week later.

Rowland joins newly-announced judge, Mexican-born Paulina Rubio, plus returning judge Demi Lovato and creator Simon Cowell.

Rowland and Rubio replace Britney Spears and LA Reid.

Rowland, who was a dance master on TEN’s short-lived talent show last year, also judged The X Factor (UK) last year.

The US version doesn’t air in Australia.

Source: Digital Spy

This week the team tackles all those pesky “terms and conditions” we always accept online, plus Cadbury Chocolate’s “10% Extra Joy.”

The show has its final episode next week.

In this week’s episode:

· Click “Accept” to Continue – Did you know that you have to agree not to develop nuclear weapons before Apple will let you use iTunes? Craig looks at the “terms and conditions” and all the objectionable contract rules we can’t object to.

· Chocolate & Weight Loss – is Cadbury really giving us “10% Extra Joy” by adding 20g to a block they reduced by 50g not so long ago?

· Tricks of the Trade Mags – Jules compares the way VB and American Express advertise to us with what they tell the people who sell their stuff to us.

· Energy Crisis – The worldwide energy-drink market is estimated to be worth $37 billion a year. Extreme Correspondent Ben Jenkins asks Dr Naren Gunja (Clinical Toxicologist from Westmead Hospital) why these drinks are so awesome!!!!!!

· Parallel Consumerverse – imagine a world where bread was sold like houses…..

· Snack Break: Trail Mix – Jules does the nutritional numbers on Trail Mix. You won’t believe how much exercise desk jockeys need to do to burn the calories from this healthy snack.

· If I Could Say One Thing – Fiona Guthrie, Executive Director for Financial Counselling Australia explains why it’s more important than ever to pay our debts on time – and how it could affect the interest rate you pay on loans for the rest of your life.

· Lipo Lunch-hour! – The face of Australia is changing…… maybe because we now spend $644.7 million on non-surgical cosmetics each year. Kate explores the poorly regulated world of lunchtime procedures – from botox, lipo, laser hair removal to teeth whitening, fraxel, LED light treatments, micro-dermabrasion and skin needling.

· F.U.Tube – Kirsten presents the latest viewer complaint videos … including all the ingredients in the apple juice that claims it’s “Nothing But Apples”.

Thursday May 23 at 8pm on ABC1

On the Queen’s Birthday Holiday Monday, June 10, there will be a complete day of Royal Family programming.

A Right Royal Year
Sunday June 2 at 8:30pm
A Right Royal Year takes a look back at what a memorable year the Diamond Jubilee was for the Royal Family in 2012, particularly as it coincided with the London Olympic Games.

In 2011, Prince William’s Wedding to Kate Middleton rekindled the romance between the public and the British royal family. But as the following year loomed a combination of unexpected elements made 2012 a stand out for the Royal Family both personally and publicly, culminating with the exciting news that Princess Kate was pregnant with a Royal Baby expected in July 2013.

This Australian Premiere documentary talks to those who know the royal family intimately, including former MP Ann Widdecombe, Princess Diana’s private secretary Patrick Jephson, the pageant master of the jubilee flotilla Adrian Evans, royal correspondent Robert Jobson and social Historian Dominic Sandbroke. Only on Bio Sunday June 2 at 8.30pm.

The Royal Variety Performance 2012
Sunday, June 9 at 8.30pm: The 100th anniversary of the Royal Variety Performance presents a stellar cast that includes Robbie Williams, Neil Diamond, Rod Stewart, Kylie Minogue and Alicia Keys.

Elizabeth – Queen, Wife, Mother
Sunday, June 16 at 8.30pm: Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry join the Queen’s closest companions in a rare and intimate account of Queen Elizabeth, the woman beneath the crown.

Elizabeth – The Diplomat Queen
Sunday, June 23 at 8.30pm: Through interviews with historians and guests, ambassadors, royals and palace staff, this documentary focuses on the significance of the great state banquets of the last sixty years.

Changing Face of… The Queen
Sunday, June 30 at 8.30pm: This is a celebrity biography series that tells the incredible stories of those A-listers whose careers have endured across the decades.

The Queen’s Birthday Public Holiday programming on June 10 begins at 8.55am with A Royal Year to Remember, followed by The Royal Collection series starting with Making of a Queen, Memories of a Queen, Princess Margaret and lastly, The Queen Mother. At 1.35pm Bio will screen an encore of The Royal Variety Performance 2012 followed by the encore of A Right Royal Year at 4.05pm.

All times are in AEST.

Based on the Stephen King novel, Under The Dome is the story of a small town inexplicably sealed off from the rest of the world by an enormous transparent dome. The town’s inhabitants must survive the post-apocalyptic conditions while trying to discover what the dome is, where it came from and when it will go away. If ever…

The first episode will be directed by Niels Arden Oplev (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, 2009) and the second by Jack Bender (Lost).

This one premieres in the US on Monday, June 24th (and we’ll need this fast-tracked if it has any shot in Australia).

Seven Network share was 29.1% then Nine 26.2%, TEN 20.4%, ABC 18.0% and SBS 6.4%.

Seven News (1.3m) was Seven’s best performer then Packed to the Rafters (1.26m), Today Tonight (1.15m), Home and Away (987,000), House Rules (954,000), Border Security: International (706,000), Deal or No Deal (580,000) and Travel Unravelled (410,000). Cougar Town was 147,000.

Nine News was #1 with 1.33m for Nine. The Block was 1.2m and A Current Affair was 1.02m. Celebrity Apprentice continues to fiddle with coding for no apparent reason. The Boardroom segment was 754,000 (unofficially the entire show would have averaged around 783,000, lower than most Celebrity Splash episodes). Hot Seat was 714,000 and Movie: Love and Other Drugs was 302,000.

NCIS was best for TEN with 768,000 / 724,000. The Biggest Loser was 690,000, TEN News was 663,000, The Project was 577,000. The Simpsons was 370,000.

ABC News (1.00m) topped ABC1 then New Tricks (843,000), 7:30 (822,000), Croc College (548,000), At the Movies (459,000) and Time Team (302,000).

The final Who Do You Think You Are? was 445,000 for SBS ONE then Insight (202,000), World News Australia (193,000) and Dateline (155,000).

Neighbours topped multichannels with 321,000.

OzTAM Overnights: Tuesday 21 May 2013

_Channel\^Variable

FTA SHR %

Network ABC1

13.8%

Network ABC2

2.5%

Network ABC3

0.6%

Network ABC News 24

1.1%

Network ABC TTL

18.0%

Network 7

22.0%

Network 7TWO

4.5%

Network 7mate

2.6%

Network 7 TTL

29.1%

Network 9

20.3%

Network GO!

3.6%

Network Gem

2.3%

Network 9 TTL

26.2%

Network TEN

15.4%

Network ONE

2.3%

Network ELEVEN

2.7%

Network TEN TTL

20.4%

Network SBS ONE

5.1%

Network SBS TWO

1.2%

Network NITV

0.1%

Network SBS TTL

6.4%

Free to Air:  25-54 demographics (Overnight)

Free to Air:  18-49 demographics (Overnight)

Free to Air:  16-39 demographics (Overnight)

© OzTAM Pty Limited 2013. The Data may not be reproduced, published or communicated (electronically or in hard copy) without the prior written consent of OzTAM. Program performance and ranking information subject to change when not based on final program logs. Ranking information is for individual episodes.

The 61 year old then pauses for a moment to help a tiny, struggling frog reach some much-needed water. Yes, Cliffy is that kind of guy.

Before long we learn that the family farm is struggling to pay the bills, so he tries to sell a Jersey cow, but can’t bring himself to do it. Like Jack in Jack and the Beanstalk, he returns home to mum (Joan Sydney) unable to part ways with the poor thing.

As one local tells him, ”You are bloody useless. No wonder you can’t pay your bills. Your old man would be spinning in his grave!”

Not to be outdone, the unassuming Cliff has one trump card: his ability to run, and run and run…

It’s 1983 and he hears about the Westfield Ultramarathon race from Sydney to Melbourne with a $10,000 prize. Gyton Grantley plays the marathon promoter Powell (a fictitious character added by the writer) with big dreams and a handlebar moustache.

Young asks friend and masseur Wally (Roy Billing) to train him, but Wally takes some convincing.

“You always were a dreamer, Cliff,” he insists.

During his training regime he encounters a local girl, Mary (Krew Boyland), 39 years his junior, but our coy hero can’t manage much more than a sheepish grin.

When his family and locals get wind of his grand plans they laugh off the idea, but in his need and naivete Cliff plods forward.

By the time Cliff reaches the registration point in Sydney with his family support crew, Powell tries to stop him from entering the event. “You’re 61 and a potato farmer and I will not have my race turned into a farce,” he says.

But Powell relents, allowing at least half of the telemovie to focus on his marathon run, with TV news updates from journalist Griffin (Stephen Curry). The rest, as they say, is history.

Harrington has committed much to this role, losing a pile of weight and giving an understated performance as this reluctant folk hero. He has the ‘gumboot shuffle’ down pat and makes the most of a meek role with limited dialogue. Roy Billing largely plays second banana to Harrington’s straight man.

Anne Tenney, Martin Sacks and Josh Hine play family members while a number of actors who have been absent from our screens for some time have supporting roles or cameos: Ross Daniels, John Walker, Spencer McLaren, Babs McMillan, Peter Cousens.

Directed by Nigel Odell (Strange Bedfellows, Charlie and Boots) and written by Robert B. Taylor (Muggers) this leans as much toward comedy as it does drama. Many of the rural characters, especially the men, are portrayed as hokey, simple folk talking in vernacular clichés. Some dialogue hammers home the bleedingly obvious.

Female performers Joan Sydney, Anne Tenney and (despite a dodgy 1980s wig) Krew Boyland, are more effective in giving truthful performances.

The telemovie also encapsulates Cliff Young’s difficulties dealing with post-race fame and, for reasons still unclear to me, we’re even privvy to his honeymoon night with young bride Mary.

Cliffy has its heart in the right place, and would be far weaker without Harrington in the title role, but while it’s admirable to look back on our social history I couldn’t for the life of me work out what the relevance of this bio-pic was. I’ve longed championed the diversity of ABC’s Drama slate but I’m just not convinced we need a telemovie to mark the 30th anniversary of Young’s run.

As I look to this weekend on the ABC we have a documentary about Gough Whitlam and a drama about Cliff Young.

Imagine what we might have gotten if they’d been done the other way around.

Cliffy airs 8:30pm Sunday on ABC1.

Victorian State Liberals claims both organisations are struggling to comply with their charters and that privatising them would raise funds to pay off government debt.

This is a change from the usual catch-cries to merge both (a concept that TV Tonight readers have continually played down as an industry priority in annual surveys).

This weekend the Victorian Liberal Party’s state conference will vote on a motion urging the federal Coalition to make a full-scale ”operational review” of both broadcasters.

Fairfax reports the motion says the original arguments for public ownership and operation of the ABC and SBS are ”no longer valid in 2013”, arguing both ”aggressively compete” with private media outlets in a ”high-velocity public information environment”.

”Public ownership of like corporations is not compatible with Coalition policies,” the motion says. ”In a complex communication market where media outlets are required to set the agenda, ABC/SBS are finding it increasingly difficult to comply with their respective charters, thereby alienating constituents.”

Communications Minister Stephen Conroy said the motion was a ”clear warning” of the policies to expect if the Coalition wins the next election.

KKR will sell its remaining $260 million stake, representing 12% of the company.

Chairman of Seven West Media, Kerry Stokes, said: “KKR has been a great partner of Seven for nearly seven years. We understand their decision to sell their shareholding in the company. We have worked closely together over the years in building Seven Media Group and then working together with West Australian Newspapers to create Australia’s largest and best-performing media company, Seven West Media.

“We will welcome our new shareholders following completion of KKR’s sale of its shares. George Roberts, Justin Reizes and the team at KKR have been excellent business partners and we/regret that they have come to the conclusion of their investment.”

The move comes on the back of Seven appointing Tim Worner being appointed CEO yesterday.

Justin Reizes from Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co said: “This decision was a tough one. KKR has been a shareholder in and partner with Seven for seven years. Seven West Media is a great company with a terrific management team and a strong future. Our decision to sell our shareholding is based on a broad range of parameters on which we based our initial investment and how we sought returns for our investors.

“KKR has immense respect for the Stokes family and the Seven West Media management team and believes that with Tim Worner as the newly-appointed CEO, it will remain the powerhouse in Australian media.”

Communications minister Stephen Conroy brokered the deal for Free TV Australia, according to the Sydney Morning Herald, despite on-going criticism to eradicate promotion of odds during Live sports broadcasts.

The changes would ban promotion of live odds during play, including by commentators, and rule out commercials that update live odds during play.

But Labor MP Stephen Jones will address caucus next Tuesday to rally support for a ban on live odds and all gambling advertising in the PG classification time to 8.30pm.

Yesterday Conroy also told media South Australia had no power to ban gambling odds during sports broadcasts.

“They do have certain other powers, but they reached an agreement at COAG (Council of Australian Governments) to go through a consultation phase,” he said.

Free TV Australia’s changes are being considered by the Australian Communications and Media Authority.

Additional source: News Limited

UPDATE: Statement from Free TV Australia (edited):

Today’s claim in the Sydney Morning Herald and the Age that “The Minister for Communications brokered a deal with the television industry to allow betting companies to continue spruiking live odds” is incorrect.

The draft code was developed by Free TV, and reflects the position of its members, not the government.

The quote attributed to Free TV CEO Julie Flynn was made in the context of a detailed discussion of the process involved in developing the Code.

On Tuesday, Carlton tweeted: “Bizarre that last night’s Australian Story on Ray Hadley should be a 30 minute commercial for a rival broadcaster. The show was a disgrace.

“I was selectively edited to make it look just that. I’m angry at this travesty, lodging a formal protest with the ABC … It was unethical and irresponsible. A disgraceful pierce (sic) of television.”

Carlton told the Sydney Morning Herald‘s Andrew Hornery he had already informed Australian Story’s executive producers he would lodge an official complaint and had requested his original, uncut interview be maintained.

An Australian Story spokeswoman said Carlton’s comments, were weighed up very carefully but referred to the ABC’s editorial policies.

“We evaluate accuracy, fairness, balance and right of reply issues in deciding what to include and what to exclude. As well as editorial issues, there may be legal issues such as defamation risk,” she said.

Bizarrely, the film will begin at 9:45pm next Tuesday night.

It won’t finish until 11:40pm. On a school night.

What kind of madness is this?

I was no fan of The Kath & Kim Kountdown but this is a first-run movie that should be playing at 8:30 somewhere. If not on a Sunday then how about in place of that dreadful Mrs. Brown’s Boys?

Seven will win the night with this for sure, but it must be resigned to the fact that much of the audience will Timeshift this one on PVRs.

But in October TEN confirmed it wasn’t proceeding with the show. Now we’ll get to see what the fuss was about.

Would you trust a group of strangers to help you make the most important decision of your life? Could you expose your world to their scrutiny and judgement? Can you face the truth to change your future? For one desperate person facing a dilemma, this is their last resort.

Privacy becomes a thing of the past for the participants of The Audience, as every decision, conversation and relationship is open to the scrutiny of the crowd. They may start out as strangers, but The Audience must have access to every aspect of the main character’s life to help with their problem. Should they leave their fiancé for a dream job abroad? Should they get back together with their ex? Should they accept redundancy, or stay and fight? They’ve asked for help, but when The Audience gives honest opinions and brutal life-changing advice, will they be willing to hear it?

This opening episode sees 47-year-old farmer, Ian Wainwright, decide whether to continue running the family dairy farm for his ageing uncles, or walk away and start a new life

8:30pm Monday, 27 May ABC2.

• Head First
• Wentworth
• Beauty & the Beast
• Arrow
• The Very Trevor Ashley Show

After he began filming teens subjects in the US, Bradley later came across Australian trans teens who were prepared to be interviewed.

What happens when you’re born in the wrong body? Biological sex doesn’t always match up with ‘brain sex’ and when that happens, you either spend your life in torment or you make the decision to transition and become the person you know you are inside.

Sabour sets out to get inside the Trans world but he finds it difficult to get people to talk to him on camera because it’s such a sensitive subject in Australia. So he heads off to the USA to meet a group of Trans teens, including teenage singing sensation and activist, Ryan Cassata.

Back in Australia, Sabour makes headway with a number of Trans people who invite him to follow them on their journeys as they move through different stages of transitioning.

Riley, 15, was born a boy, but is starting to go to school as a girl and pondering hormone treatment at age 16. Her parents are agonising over the decision because hormones will allow her feminine features to develop, but they are irreversible, meaning she’ll go sterile. When Riley decides to pull out of the treatment due to ‘pressure’, it throws her parents into confusion. What she wants more than anything is a group of friends she can call her own, but what she gets is an increase in online bullying. Will she choose to follow her own needs or give in to pressures from the outside world?

Jay, 32, once had a ‘well-groomed biker look’ but is now going through hormone treatment and is about to embark on facial feminisation surgery before she comes out at work as a woman. For her, the process is about finding the outer confidence she needs to match the inner confidence she feels as a woman.

Racy Rapidfire is a roller derby champion who was thrown out of a Tasmanian league for being Transgender but decided to fight back publicly. Two years later – after sex-reassignment surgery, mental breakdowns and suicide attempts – she’s left Tasmania, found new love, and is ready to try out for a new league in Brisbane. It’s about acceptance and belonging for her. But is the community ready to accept her back? The answer will shock.

In an effort to broaden his understanding of the Australian Trans community Sabour heads to a conference in Cairns and talks to Trans guys and girls, sings with Sista Girls, gets an exclusive interview with West Australian senator Louise Pratt and her Trans husband Aram, and is swept off his feet by the outrageously flirtatious, Rosie Jones – a 74 year old doctor from Adelaide who went through sex re-assignment surgery at age 68!

This is a journey like no other for Sabour, completely new, always complicated, and with unprecedented access into the lives of Trans people around Australia.

Wednesday 22 May 9.30pm ABC2.