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ABC's Easter Cover-Up EXPOSED: The Texts They Didn't Want Found | Channel 10's Survivor Gamble | Why footage from parliament could soon be banned from social media | A lucklustre 70th birthday for TV Rob McKnight breaks down the biggest media stories of the week on Media McKnight. This week: Channel 10 gambles on a new timeslot for Australian Survivor 2027 as it goes head-to-head with the Australian Open and Married At First Sight....

Metro radio ratings Survey 5 has landed, and Spencer Howson joins Rob McKnight to break down every capital city. KIIS Sydney breakfast keeps sliding since Kyle and Jackie O's exit, gold's Christian O'Connell is quietly holding both Sydney and Melbourne, 4BC's Jason Matthews posts a strong number, and 6PR delivers Perth's standout result for Tapped Radio. Plus: Tapped's traffic team gets axed in favour of the Australian Traffic Netw...

Seven's Bullying Tactics EXPOSED | ABC Caught Lying Over Secret Easter News Plan | Kyle Day 2 Verdict | Media McKnight Ep 54 Kyle Sandilands' day 2 was a big improvement — but the Mad Witches drama, an FOI inquiry that catches the ABC out in a lie about their secret Easter news plan, Amanda Rose's bombshell exit from Sunrise, and a growing Seven Network underpayment class action. Plus: where has all the local content gone on ...

Kyle Sandilands joins Rob McKnight for a wide-ranging chat ahead of the launch of his new streaming service, KSLive, this Monday.

Kyle reveals the new venture has already pulled in nearly $2 million in subscriptions before a single episode has aired — including a strange spike of signups out of the EU large enough that European tax authorities contacted his accountants to check the business was legitimate.

Rob puts it to Kyle d...

Netflix Accused of 'TOXIC' Treatment of Aussie Crew | The Voice AXED On Seven | Today Extra's Woke Problem Netflix is facing serious allegations from Australian crew on its new reality series Wonka's The Golden Ticket, shot at Warner Bros Movie World — plus The Voice looks set to be axed on Seven to help fund I'm A Celebrity, Today Extra's panel picks draw scrutiny, and OzTAM's new Streamscape data reveals how Aussies are rea...

KYLE'S REVENGE? Has Kyle Sandilands thrown Jackie O under the bus in her Federal Court case against ARN — and did he do it on purpose? Employment lawyer Michael Byrnes from SWAAB joins me to break down Justice Stewart's ruling, the suspicious timeline of Kyle and Bruno Buchet's affidavits, and whether Kyle and Jackie's secret texts could blow up her case entirely. Plus — News24 (the rebranded Sky News) has a shocker on ...

Pauline Hanson: "I'll Put Ads on the ABC" | 9News' World Cup Blunder | YouTube's Aussie TV Archive Copyright War Pauline Hanson tells Media McKnight she'll allow ads on the ABC if One Nation wins government — turning it into a subscription service. Plus: 9News Brisbane's awkward World Cup graphics mix-up, a bitter copyright fight breaking out between Australian TV archivists on YouTube, why McKnight Tonight called the Ninja W...

It's our 50th edition of Media McKnight — and we're tackling the question that's split the industry: does the $5.3 billion NRL broadcast deal actually breach Australia's anti-siphoning laws? Last week I argued it does. This week, lawyer Michael Wells from Blackbay Lawyers joins me to go line-by-line through the Broadcasting Services Act, Section 146W, the anti-hoarding rules, and ACMA's official response to our questions &mda...

Brisbane's 4BC has announced a major programming shake-up after another bad ratings survey — Dean Miller and Sofie Formica are out of Breakfast, Michael McLaren is being networked in from 2GB, and the weekend line-up is being axed entirely in favour of Sydney content. Former 4BC radio producer Brett Debritz joins Rob McKnight to unpack the changes, and doesn't hold back — revealing 4BC has now churned through six breakf...

RATINGS SHOCK: 2GB's Breakfast Bleed Continues | ABC Surges in Three Cities | FIVEaa's Adelaide Breakthrough | Triple M's Brisbane Breakfast Collapse — GfK Survey 4 2026 The first radio ratings of the back half of 2026 are in, and there's a shake-up in almost every capital city. On this episode we break down GfK Survey 4 market by market — Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. 🔹 SYDNEY: smoothfm consolidates...

Australian Survivor's Final Season? Inside the LaPaglia Feud That Sank the Show | NRL's $5.3B Deal | Hey Hey Snubbed This week on Media McKnight: insiders reveal the behind-the-scenes tension between sacked Australian Survivor host Jonathan LaPaglia and production that led to the show's downfall, as it shoots what could be its final season in Malaysia. Plus — Peter V'landys locks in a record $5.3 billion NRL rights deal, but ...

Karl Stefanovic is out at Channel 9 — but the network still hasn't given a straight answer as to why. Was it the podcast interviews? The #KancelKarl campaign? Or something else entirely? Rob McKnight breaks down Nine's statements, Fiona Dear's email to staff, and what it means for the future of TODAY. Plus this week: Anthony Portelli's My Reno Rules misses its window for a second season, the ACCC takes Amazon to court over Pr...

My Kitchen Rules Abuse Scandal | Pauline Hanson Wants SBS Axed | Beetlejuice Musical Cancelled | Free TV Switch-Off Looms | Hot Podium Guy Strikes Again | Don Lane Show Throwback.

Rob McKnight breaks down the week's biggest media stories on Media McKnight, from his garage on the Gold Coast. My Kitchen Rules contestant Anthony — found not guilty of historical sexual abuse charges — joined McKnight Tonight with daughte...

Rob McKnight, from his garage on the Gold Coast, covers the big media stories of the week on Media McKnight, episode 45. Robert Irwin has been named host of the 2026 Logie Awards, and the reaction in the comments has been overwhelmingly negative. Rob breaks down what the appointment might signal for Channel 7's longer-term plans — and what it could mean for Dr. Chris Brown. FIFA has introduced mandatory water breaks at the Wo...

Media McKnight: Nat Bass dudded by BBC? | When Australian Ninja Warrior is filming | Big Brother Brisbane Location Confirmed | Guy Ashford Out | Nine & the NRL | Qld Govt False Advertising | Darren Sanders On tonight's Media McKnight: Nat Bassingthwaighte reveals her song Voodoo Child was used in one of the most iconic Doctor Who episodes ever — distributed to more than 200 territories — and the Rogue Traders receiv...

Ch 10 axes I'm A Celebrity | Angus Ross returns to 7 | Kyle & Jackie O staff sacked | Colbert's bizarre finale | Eurovision TV tech Rob McKnight, television and radio producer-presenter with over 30 years experience, brings you the week's biggest media industry stories from his garage on the Gold Coast. - Channel 10 confirms I'm a Celebrity axing — Rob broke it first - Angus Ross returns to Seven in expanded MD role - Kyl...

Live TV Chaos, Channel 10's Regional Retreat, Karl & Eddie's New Show, Fair Dealing Explained + Logies Salute & Slap - Live TV chaos — Sky News UK and CBS News meltdowns dissected - Channel 10 dropped in three regional markets — WIN Network exits - Karl Stefanovic and Eddie McGuire launch The Long Weekend video podcast - Meta book piracy lawsuit — fair dealing law explained for Australian media - Salute &a...

In this special edition of Media McKnight, Rob McKnight — television and radio producer and presenter broadcasting from his garage on the Gold Coast — goes deep into the latest batch of Federal Court documents in the Kyle Sandilands and Jackie O case against ARN. The Federal Court has released the initial claims, the defence, and the applicants' replies — and there's a lot to unpack. Rob is joined by employment la...

News bargaining incentive: social media vs AI | Screen Forever: Bluey IP, Stan, Channel 10 | Sarah Abo's maternity leave play | Channel 9 job cuts | All My Friends Are Back in Brisbane | Tony Jones: 40 years at Nine Rob McKnight brings his three decades of broadcasting experience to this week's Media McKnight, with a pointed take on the federal government's draft news bargaining incentive legislation — and why politicians are...