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Wednesday, 26 March 2008 2
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The Victorian Court of Appeal has not only upheld the banning of screening of Underbelly, but it has savaged Channel Nine, writes Greg Barns.
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Friday, 14 March 2008 0
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The internet is making a fool of the Underbelly ban in Victoria, writes Margaret Simons.
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Friday, 15 February 2008 3
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We are somewhat circumspect in relating this parable about an unnamed TV program which may – or may not – have gone to air in Australia this week. Because fear drives our typewriting fingers, gentle reader, there will be no names and no pack drill – just join the dots if you want to know what all the fuss is about, writes the Kooka Brothers.
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Thursday, 14 February 2008 4
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There's lot's of finger pointing going on over the decision to suppress the broadcast of the Nine Network series, Underbelly in Victoria last night, writes Glenn Dyer.
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Thursday, 14 February 2008 3
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The Supreme Court of Victoria’s attempt to prevent that state’s citizens watching Underbelly was doomed to fail before it had begun. In the brave new age of the internet, a TV program is just another bucket of digital data, ready to be poured from computer to computer across state and national boundaries. And boy did it flow, writesStilgherrian.
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Wednesday, 13 February 2008 4
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The Nine Network's chances of gaining any traction in the 2008 ratings battle have taken another blow, with the performance of two new programs last night leaves the network's comeback strategy looking tatty, reports Glenn Dyer.
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Tuesday, 12 February 2008 7
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What a disaster. The Underbelly series will not go to air in Victoria or online, with all that implies for Channel Nine in the ratings this year, writes Margaret Simons.
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Monday, 11 February 2008 2
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The Underbelly saga was back in Victoria Supreme Court this morning. It has been adjourned until tomorrow and Justice Betty King is yet to make a decision, writes Greg Barns.
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Friday, 8 February 2008 5
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the Channel Nine series Underbelly, by all accounts a landmark piece of drama, is introuble. How on earth did things get to this stage – with the whole series under threat and with it Channel Nine’s hopes for the new year? Who were the lawyers, and what did they advise? Margaret Simons writes.
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Wednesday, 6 February 2008 1
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The hottest DVD around is a TV series that hasn’t even been shown yet – Channel 9’s Underbelly. Why? If Underbelly portrays any person who is currently facing the courts on criminal charges in a poor light, then it might lead to that individual seeking a stay – or delay- in their trial, writes Greg Barns.
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Tuesday, 5 February 2008 1
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With eight days to go before the debut of the Nine Network's most important program for four years, Underbelly, there's strong talk the production has hit huge legal problems that have set the network and the producers, Screentime, at loggerheads, writes Glenn Dyer.
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Wednesday, 9 January 2008 0
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Underbelly is due to start “shortly” on Nine and is being heavily promoted on air and during the Test Cricket. It is based on the book of the same name by veteran Age journalists John Silvester and Andrew Rule. But could there be a hold-up?