TV NEWS: MEGHANN FAHY TO LEAD NEW SMOKESHOW DARK ROMANTIC THRILLER SERIES, AUSTRALIAN STAN MAKING NEW MCLEOD'S DAUGHTERS TV SERIES

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MEGHANN FAHY TO LEAD SMOKESHOW SERIES

Meghann will also produce

Our dearest Meghann Fahy has scored yet another lead role as she will topline SMOKESHOW series based on a novel by Catriona Stewart to be produced by David E. Kelley. As Deadline reports, part thriller, part dark romantic comedy, the new series centers on a covert operative, Rory (Fahy), who becomes entangled with her target, the charming and devastatingly earnest Nolan. Rory must then choose between the life she’s known and the chance to break free. 

 

NEW MCLEOD'S DAUGHTERS AT STAN

Twenty-five years since Tess and Claire McLeod first graced Australian screens, MCLEOD'S DAUGHTERS is set to return. A lot has happened since Australia last visited Drovers Run, but what hasn’t changed is the landscape and the uplifting spirit of the strong, resilient women navigating life on the land alongside the challenges of finding love and connection in the modern world. Building on the iconic world created by Posie Graeme-Evans over 224 episodes, new series will be done for Australian streamer Stan. See teaser below:

  

DOMINIC COOPER TO PLAY FAMOUS FRAUDSTER IN WHO THE HELL IS HAMISH? TV SERIES WITH JOEL JACKSON AND CLAIRE VAN DER BOOM

  WHO THE HELL IS HAMISH? 

NEW TV SERIES WITH DOMINIC COOPER

As TV Tonight reports, shooting has wrapped on new eight part series WHO THE HELL IS HAMISH? which will air later this year on Paramount +. The series is inspired by an industrious fraudster, and the group of victims who eventually decided they had had enough of him. The charming and cultured Hamish (Dominic Cooper) sets his sights on Bec (Claire van der Boom), a recently divorced single mother with three sons and access to a significant family trust. When Bec notices gaps in his story and some odd behaviour, what starts as private unease widens into something far larger: a pattern of deception spanning continents and suspected of leaving more than $70 million in its wake. Our dearest Joel Jackson also stars next to Simone Kessell.

ENJOY SOME ROMANCE ON HALLMARK THIS AUGUST WITH LOVE FINDS YOU, ABSOLUTELY DEVOTED TO YOU AND AUSSIE AT HEART ROMANTIC MOVIES

   AUGUST ON HALLMARK  

ABSOLUTELY DEVOTED TO YOU

Absolutely Devoted to You is on this weekend

A short spotlight on brand new movies premiering Saturday nights over at Hallmark this August if you are in the mood for some sweet summer romance. ABSOLUTELY DEVOTED TO YOU will be aired to the audience for the first time ever August 8th with our dear Jesse Metcalfe in the lead role. Kimberley Sustad takes the female lead as a television producer with a plan that leads her down a road she never expected. Planning an annual summer bash, she comes up with an idea to reunite a beloved 90s boyband, but when she falls for the singer, things go in a different direction than she had anticipated. See trailer below the post.

 

 LOVE FINDS YOU WITH DELIVERY DRIVER

Meanwhile,closing the romance summer nights this August is LOVE FINDS YOU which we be ready for your watching August 22nd. Aimee Teegarden stars together with Chris McNally in this romantic movie. Receiving a mislabeled package that leads her to believe she’s found her dream guy, Alex teams up with Jack, a delivery driver, in an unexpected adventure throughout their city. 

 

  

AUSSIE AT HEART TAKES US DOWN UNDER

Aussie At Heart is on August 15th

Since Hallmark often likes to take us to exotic destinations during summer, this year we are going to Australia on August 15th in romantic movie AUSSIE AT HEART. Rhiannon Fish and Daniel Lissing take the lead roles in this fun flick set Down Under. Fish stars as Samara, a former lawyer who now makes her living as an event planner. When planning an anniversary for a couple in Queensland, she’s reunited with an old co-worker who used to be her rival. As they work together yet again, the tensions of their past slip away as they fall for one another. All three movies will be available for streaming the day after on Hallmark + streamer.

Preview trailer for Absolutely Devoted To You starring Kimberley Sustad and Jesse Metcalfe premiering August 8th on Hallmark Channel! 🎤 🩷🧡

🎥 Hallmark Media pic.twitter.com/CIZtlgBcR0

— Hallmark Enthusiast☀️🏝 (@PinkSunsetxo) July 24, 2026

AIR DATE AND TRAILER WITH HUGO WEAVING AS THE LEAD STAR OF NEW SBS AND NETFLIX MINI TV SERIES THE AIRPORT CHAPLAIN

   THE AIRPORT CHAPLAIN  

SERIES TRAILER WITH HUGO WEAVING

The series will also stream on Netflix

Australian SBS has released a trailer with Hugo Weaving as the lead in their eight part series THE AIRPORT CHAPLAIN which was shot down in Melbourne capturing the high-stakes world of a bustling international airport. He plays Tobias Wallace a fast-moving fixer with a constantly ringing phone, pockets full of cash and an unorthodox approach to the daily crises unfolding inside the terminal. Convinced the airport couldn’t run without him, Tobias has never encountered a problem he couldn’t solve. Until he meets his formidable new boss Mira (Shabana Azeez), who deems him a walking liability. Their clash sparks a power struggle that reverberates through the terminal, affecting the cleaners, baggage handlers, and passengers, who are all navigating their own hopes and challenges amid the constant chaos of life in the airport. The series will stream both on SBS and Netflix around the world from August 26th in eight half hour episodes.

 

NEW SUMMER 2026 AUSTRALIAN TV SERIES: TREASURE & DIRT WITH MICHAEL DORMAN, THE KILLINGS AT PARRISH STATION WITH MIA WASIKOWSKA

  NEW AUSTRALIAN SHOWS  

TREASURE & DIRT AT ABC

New six part series starts this July

I have two new Australian shows to present to you today, spylings, beginning with TREASURE & DIRT which arrives to their national broadcaster ABC July 19th with our dear Michael Dorman, whom you watched in Territory series, in the lead role. The story of the six part crime thriller is set in the scorched, dust choked opal mining town of Nulla, where the brutal beheading of local miner pulls big-city detective Ivan Lucic (Dorman) into a labyrinthine case with no easy answers. Assigned to him is ambitious rookie detective Nell Buchanan (Liv Hewson) who knows Nulla’s lawless, corrupt underbelly far better than he does. Together, they’re drawn into a strange, surreal underworld of secrets, greed, and old sins that won’t stay buried. Dean O'Gorman and Eamon Farren also star.

 

 

THE KILLINGS AT PARRISH STATION

New six part series hits Stan next week

Arriving even sooner, next week actually - June 24th to Australian streamer Stan is six episode mystery crime drama THE KILLINGS AT PARRISH STATION. In 1987, detectives Georgia Cooke (Mia Wasikowska) and Michael Thorne (Xavier Samuel) are called to investigate the bizarre and brutal killings of four scientists at the remote Parrish Research Station. They uncover a complex case involving mania, ritual, and the occult, and Georgia's obsessive truth-seeking spirals, threatening her family, career, and sanity. Thirty seven years later, a chilling new spree of murders pull Georgia (Heather Mitchell) back into this nightmare as she confronts the possibility that the horrors at Parrish Station were never fully buried.

 

TRAILER AND STREAMING DATE FOR PARAMOUNT + AUSTRALIAN TV SERIES TWO YEARS LATER WITH BRENTON THWAITES AND PHOEBE TONKIN

   TWO YEARS LATER SERIES  

The series arrives June 4th on Paramount

DEEPLY RELATABLE ROMANTIC TV DRAMA

We are used to getting a couple of amazing series every year from Australia and Paramount + is now ready to give us  TWO YEARS LATER, an eight episode series, a funny romantic drama set in a post-pandemic world, following thirty-somethings Emily (Phoebe Tonkin) and Ryan (Brenton Thwaites) whose brief, daily flirtations on their work commute aboard a bus are abruptly cut off by COVID-19. Two years later, they reconnect unexpectedly, and Ryan impulsively proposes they go on eight dates to decide if they’re meant to be married. Their love story evolves over eight dates comprising personal revelations, unexpected family drama, professional upheavals, and their contrasting worldview. The cast of the series that starts June 4th also features Roy Billing and Heather Mitchell. See the trailer below.

 

TAKE A TRIP TO NEW ZEALAND WITH BRETT TUCKER IN NEW COSY CRIME TV SERIES BLUE MURDER MOTEL

   BLUE MURDER MOTEL  

NEW BRETT TUCKER SERIES IS AIRING

Blue Murder Motel airs from March 7th

Airing as of yesterday, Saturday March 7th on Australian broadcaster ABC is new mini TV series BLUE MURDER MOTEL starring Brett Tucker and Michala Banas. They star as 40 somethings Vanessa and Peter Coleman – known to friends and colleagues as Vinny and Cole – who have been married ever since they met as junior constables in Sydney. Both of them followed the police path until the very recent final years of their careers as senior homicide detectives. Working together, living and loving together, it’s fair to say that police investigations and murder were a 24/7 thing for Vinny and Cole. But now – for reasons the Colemans are keeping to themselves – it is time to leave all that behind. Blue Motel, in the summery beach town of Mōwai Bay in New Zealand, offered the perfect escape, the ultimate retirement dream. But only six weeks into their new life, that dream has taken an unexpected, annoying turn when a body is discovered in Unit 3. The series already aired on TVNZ in New Zealand back in January.

BLUE MURDER HOTEL. I directed episodes three and six. It starts in New Zealand Sunday on TVNZ+ & TVNZ1 at 8:45pm. It was my huge pleasure to have been part of those episodes. I think you’ll really enjoy this series.@TVNZ pic.twitter.com/MRDyc5xMK8

— Lucy Lawless (@RealLucyLawless) January 13, 2026

FIRST LOOK AT HUGO WEAVING AS THE LEAD STAR OF NEW SBS MINI TV SERIES THE AIRPORT CHAPLAIN

   THE AIRPORT CHAPLAIN  

FIRST IMAGE WITH HUGO WEAVING

Australian SBS has released first image with Hugo Weaving as the lead in their eight part series THE AIRPORT CHAPLAIN which is shooting in Melbourne capturing the high-stakes world of a bustling international airport. He plays Tobias Wallace a fast-moving fixer with a constantly ringing phone, pockets full of cash and an unorthodox approach to the daily crises unfolding inside the terminal. Convinced the airport couldn’t run without him, Tobias has never encountered a problem he couldn’t solve. Until he meets his formidable new boss Mira (Shabana Azeez), who deems him a walking liability. Their clash sparks a power struggle that reverberates through the terminal, affecting the cleaners, baggage handlers, and passengers, who are all navigating their own hopes and challenges amid the constant chaos of life in the airport.

2026 PERIOD SET NETFLIX TV SERIES AND FILMS FROM AUSTRALIA: MY BRILLIANT CAREER, EAST OF EDEN, THE MOSQUITO BOWL

 NETFLIX AUSTRALIAN SERIES 

EAST OF EDEN TV ADAPTATION 

A small screen adaptation of a classic coming to Netflix in 2026 will be a contemporary reimagining of John Steinbeck’s classic novel shot exploring the mult igenerational saga of the Trask family with Florence Poo, Christopher Abbott, Mike Faist, Hoon Lee, Tracy Letts, Martha Plimpton, Ciarán Hinds leading the cast. It is set in California’s Salinas Valley over a period that stretches from the Civil War to end of World War I.

 

 1901 SET MY BRILLIANT CAREER

A TV adaptation of Miles Franklin’s novel follows Sybylla (Phillipa Northeast), a shockingly modern young woman in 1901. Australia with one searing ambition: to be a writer. With an irrepressible taste for fun, the choice between adventure and a safe marriage is easy, until she falls in love. Should Sybylla marry, or should she throw herself to the winds of fate and risk a creative life? Anna Chancellor also stars.

 

WW2 THE MOSQUITO BOWL

Will be a Second World War drama based on the true story of four college football stars who enlist in the Marines following the attack on Pearl Harbor. As they prepare for the brutal invasion of Okinawa, they participate in a legendary game featuring some of the greatest players in history — a game that, for many, will be their last. The cast led by Nicholas Galitzine and Bill Skarsgård is under the helm of director Peter Berg.

SEE A DELIGHTFUL TRAILER FOR NEW AUSTRALIAN POOCH COMEDY TV SERIES DOG PARK

  DOG PARK TRAILER  

FOR NEW AUSTRALIAN COMEDY SERIES

Here is something cute for you today coming from Australia: their new pooch comedy series DOG PARK will premiere on their national broadcaster ABC next February 1st and we have a trailer for it. When Roland’s (Leon Ford) wife Emma leaves him with their teenage daughter Mia who barely notices him and Beattie, the dog he never wanted in the first place, he’s determined to cope brilliantly. But when Beattie disappears and turns up at the local dog park, Roland meets the unbearably optimistic Samantha (Celia Pacquola) and her mismatched, life-loving group of dog-parkers. As Roland begrudgingly keeps returning to the park, he comes to realise he might actually need a community to belong to.

 

SEE FIRST IMAGES AND TRAILER FROM CHANNEL 5 SPLASHY SEASIDE HOTEL TWISTY FAMILY DRAMA THRILLER MINI TV SERIES THE IMPOSTER

     THE IMPOSTER   

FIRST IMAGES FROM CHANNEL 5 TV SERIES

British Channel 5 has sent us the first images from their new four part explosive twisty thriller mini television series THE IMPOSTER which will air in four consecutive weekdays from Monday December 15th till Thursday December 18th as their new Australian original. 

  WHAT IS THE STORY OF THE SERIES?

A sprawling seaside hotel sits at the heart of a dispute between matriarch Helen (Jackie Woodburne with the ugliest hairdo I have seen in a long time) and her three adult children, Simon (Don Hany), Kate (Jane Harber) and Ian (Jackson Gallagher). The kids want to sell to take  advantage of a lucrative deal from a buyer, but Helen is against the lucrative deal, despite her ailing health. But Helen also has a secret – an older child, Amanda (Kym Marsh), who she gave up for adoption in the UK before the other kids were born. When Amanda turns up out of the blue, Helen embraces her, believing she is the answer to her problems. But Amanda is actually an imposter, out to dupe Helen – in a plot that will lead to murder. Pop star
Dannii Minogue also stars as does Kabir Singh. Channel 5 has released a trailer as well earlier today so you can check it out below:

 

A family torn apart by secrets meets an imposter with a deadly plan.
The Imposter. 15th December 9pm. Watch | Stream on 5#newseries #drama @DanniiMinogue @msm4rsh pic.twitter.com/NWsDE6azOl

— Channel 5 (@channel5_tv) December 1, 2025

SEE BEN LAWSON AND DANIEL HENSHALL IN TRAILER FOR STAN'S NEW MOVING SERIES DEAR LIFE

   DEAR LIFE TRAILER  

FOR NEW SERIES FROM AUSTRALIAN STAN

The series  starts January 1st on Stan

Australian streamer Stan has released a trailer for their new series DEAR LIFE (previously known as Love Divided by Eleven) which will be available for streaming from January 1st launching the New Year! Brooke Satchwell leads the drama as Lillian Vandenberg, a woman struggling after the death of her fiancé who finds comfort in seeking out the recipients of his organs, triggering a tangled chain of connection. 

 

  AFTER ASH

 a doctor, is attacked by an ice addict, his fiancée Lillian turns off his life support. Months later, Lillian is still reeling in the aftermath of her fiancée’s death when she receives a letter from a man crushed by a motorbike, thanking her for his new heart. Suddenly, Lillian feels better. And she wants more of that feeling. She wants to know more about the people that were able to live. Our dear Ben Lawson also stars in the six part series alongside another of our Australian faves Daniel Henshall. Check out the trailer below and tell us what you think.

 

NEW PERIOD SET SHOWS FROM AUSTRALIA: FLORENCE ON THEIR FAMOUS FASHION DESIGNER FLORENCE BROADHURST AND GRAND DAYS SET IN POST WAR AUSTRALIA

  NEW AUSTRALIAN SERIES  

FLORENCE BROADHURST TV SERIES

Screen Australia has announced some new period set series that they will fund including FLORENCE a six episode series based on the true life story of the iconic and enigmatic designer Florence Broadhurst. It unpacks the life of a woman who irrevocably changed the style of Australia. When Florence was brutally murdered in her celebrated wallpaper studio at age 78, the shocking crime led to a mystery that remains unsolved today. 

 

 GRAND DAYS PERIOD SET TV SERIES

There is also a six episode series GRAND DAYS from writer Emily Balou, an extraordinary love story set against the rise and fall of the League of Nations and the hopeful vision of post-war Australia! No broadcasters announced yet for either series.

 

 

SEE GWILYM LEE IN TOP END BUB A PRIME VIDEO TV SERIES SEQUEL TO HIT ROMCOM TOP END WEDDING

  TOP END BUB TRAILER 

TV SERIES SEQUEL TO TOP END WEDDING

If you liked Top End Wedding movie six years ago you will be happy to hear it is getting a sequel but in the form of an eight part series TOP END BUB 

The series starts September 12th

set to launch on Prime Video September 12th with our dearest Gwilym Lee in the lead role. If you remember he and Miranda Tapsell played a couple trying to get married in the movie. 

 

 NOW IN THE SERIES Lauren and Ned are living their best life in the city, which is tragically interrupted when Lauren’s sister Ronelle dies in a car crash in the Top End. Rushing back to Darwin, Lauren and Ned are thrown into the chaos of Top End life with Lauren’s parents, Daffy and Trevor, and confronted with another curveball when they unexpectedly become the guardians of Ronelle’s lively and cheeky young daughter, Taya. The series was created, written and produced by Tapsell herself. Check out the trailer below and tell us what you think.

 

CHANNEL 5 ADS DANNII MINOGUE TO THE CAST OF THEIR SPLASHY SEASIDE HOTEL FAMILY DRAMA IMPOSTER

     NEW IMPOSTER TV SERIES    

Dannii Minogue has joined the cast

 CHANNEL 5 ADS DANNII MINOGUE TO THE CAST

In the whole slate of new series in production over at Channel 5 announced last month, there was also IMPOSTER, a four part series set in sunny Australia, where a splashy seaside hotel becomes the centre of a bitter family dispute when matriarch Helen refuses to sell, despite pressure from her three adult children. But what her children don't know is that Helen has a daughter who she gave up for adoption decades ago, and when Amanda suddenly appears, Helen welcomes her into the family with open arms – but is Amanda who she says she is? Joining now Kym Marsh and Jackie Woodburne in the leads is Dannii Minogue! 

SEE SAM NEILL AND EWEN LESLIE IN THE TRAILER FOR THE THIRD SEASON OF THE TWELVE SERIES TITLED CAPE ROCK KILLER

   THE TWELVE SERIES  

SEASON THREE TRAILER IS HERE

Eight new episodes arrive August 4th

Australian Foxtel and streamer Binge have released a trailer for the third season of their THE TWELVE series with Sam Neill in the lead role as a prosecutor with a new case and twelve new jury members in each season. 

 

 Out August 4th, new season titled THE TWELVE: CAPE ROCK KILLER is unlike any other as things get personal for Brett Colby (Sam Neill) after he is thrust into a murder trial to defend the husband of a life-long friend accused of a heinous murder. As the trial unravels a deeper mystery, a 1968 cold case murder of two teens is re-opened, and the twelve jurors sworn in for the trial find their own lives changed by the experience. Ewen Leslie leads the jury with Danielle Cormack also in the cast. The eight episode series also airs on BBC in UK. 

 

SEE TRAILER AND AIR DATE FOR NEW AUSTRALIAN TV SERIES THE FAMILY NEXT DOOR WITH TERESA PALMER, MING ZHU HII AND BELLA HEATHCOTE

  THE FAMILY NEXT DOOR  

NEW AUSTRALIAN TV SERIES THIS AUGUST 

August 10th is bringing us a new Australian TV series. Six part series THE FAMILY NEXT DOOR from their broadcaster ABC stars Teresa Palmer, Bella Heathcote, Philippa Northeast, Ming-Zhu Hii, Bob Morley, Daniel Henshall, and Jane Harber. Propelled by a mystery that disrupts a seemingly harmonious beachside community, the series explores the universal challenges of motherhood, marriage, friendship, and the complexities of identity. 

 

IT'S PEAK HOLIDAY SEASON

 in the popular seaside town of Osprey Point when an enigmatic stranger, Isabelle (Palmer) rents a family home in a quiet cul-de-sac. As Isabelle charms her way into her neighbours’ homes and lives, she quickly discovers that everyone at Pleasant Court has something to hide. How far will her obsessive drive to solve a mystery push her to expose the truth?

 

SEE FIRST IMAGES FROM PARAMOUNT + AUSTRALIAN HEARTFELT TV SERIES TWO YEARS LATER WITH BRENTON THWAITES AND PHOEBE TONKIN

 TWO YEARS LATER SERIES 

DEEPLY RELATABLE ROMANTIC TV DRAMA

We are used to getting a couple of amazing series every year from Australia and Paramount + has started shooting TWO YEARS LATER, an eight episode series, a funny romantic drama set in a post-pandemic world, following thirty-somethings Emily (Phoebe Tonkin) and Ryan (Brenton Thwaites) whose brief, daily flirtations on their work commute aboard a bus are abruptly cut off by COVID-19. Two years later, they reconnect unexpectedly, and Ryan impulsively proposes they go on eight dates to decide if they’re meant to be married. Their love story evolves over eight dates comprising personal revelations, unexpected family drama, professional upheavals, and their contrasting worldview. The cast also features Roy Billing and Heather Mitchell.

NETFLIX ANNOUNCES PRODUCTION AND CAST FOR MY BRILLIANT CAREER PERIOD SET TV SERIES FROM AUSTRALIA

   MY BRILLIANT CAREER  

NETFLIX COSTUME DRAMA SETS CAST 

Netflix has commenced shooting of their new Australian period set original series MY BRILLIANT CAREER based on Miles Franklin's classic. In the late 19th Century, Australia, a strong and ambitious young woman named Sybylla Melvyn (Phillippa Northeast) is coming of age 

Alexander England and Philippa Northeast will star in  the series

amidst her family’s financial struggles. After multiple disagreements with her mother, Sybylla is offered the chance to move to the Caddagat estate, where Mrs. Bossier (Anna Chancellor) takes her under her wing to “refine” Sybylla and prepare her for marriage. Eager to move, it’s not long before Sybylla falls in love with life at Caddagat, where she meets Harold Beecham, the owner of

Jake Dunn and Anna Chancellor will also star in the series

 the neighboring estate, and thus the courtship begins. Much to Sybylla’s dismay, her family’s financial troubles force her to travel to Barney’s Gap, where she is to be the governess of the M’Swat household. Christopher Chung, Genevieve O'Reilly, Kate Mulvany, Jake Dunn, Alexander England, Miah Madden will also star.

SECRETS DON'T DIE WITH THE DEAD IN NEW NETFLIX MURDER MYSTERY SERIES THE SURVIVORS WITH CHARLIE WICKERS

  THE SURVIVORS SERIES  

SECRETS DON'T DIE WITH THE DEAD 

The Survivors are now streaming on Netflix

Available for streaming on Netflix as of last weekend is six part mystery series THE SURVIVORS their Australian original with Rings of Power star Charlie Wickers in the lead role alongside Johnny Carr, Benedict Hardie and Jessica de Gouw. Kieran Elliott's life changed forever in his coastal home town of Evelyn Bay, Tasmania after a terrible storm had hit the bay and three people who were close to him had died in the terrible tragedy. When he returns home 15 years later with his own family, the past comes back to haunt him and the tight-knit community when a young woman is murdered. The community is desperate for answers and they are forced to uncover the mysteries that continue to haunt and daunt them all those years on.