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Watch: He Pulled An 'Anchorman'

16 May 2013 9:27 AM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »

If a colleague is a known prankster, it's probably a good idea to read the script before going on air.

One reporter learned that the hard way when TV host Karl Stefanovic pulled an "Anchorman" prank on Australia's "Today" show and changed the teleprompter in order to trick his colleague into reading a humorous line.

Sports reporter Roz Kelly was recapping a recent soccer match in the Europa Cup when she fell for trick, reading straight off the screen.

"How good are the cookies... there," she says with some hesitation, as Stefanovic breaks into laughter.

"You didn't check your scripts did you?" co-host Lisa Wilkinson questions.

The presenters then joke about who may have planted the line -- "your flatmates upstairs?" -- but its fairly obvious from Stefanovic's reaction that he was the culprit.

While Kelly admitted that she "knew exactly what had happened" as she was reading the line, »

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Is the door locked?

8 February 2013 5:34 PM, PST | Encore Magazine | See recent Encore Magazine news »

While it’s fair to say that Richard Wilkins and Ben Fordham are no Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant (or indeed Karl Pilkington), the first webisode of Today Office does show some promise…

Dr Mumbo quite looks forward to seeing what happens next.

He suspects that in future episodes the joke will usually be on Karl Stefanovic…

It’s like Larry Sanders never went away.

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Ten both shines and canned in TV Tonight reader awards

8 January 2013 7:50 PM, PST | Encore Magazine | See recent Encore Magazine news »

The Ten Network may have been the ratings basket case of 2012 but readers of TV Tonight have given it a vote of confidence in the website’s annual awards.

Ten programs Homeland, Offspring, Modern Family, The Project, The Living Room, Before The Game and Puberty Blues were all winners in their various categories, with Offspring’s Asher Keddie voted Favourite Female Actress for the third year running in the show voted Most Popular Drama.

“Once again I am absolutely thrilled that Offspring has connected with so many viewers,” Keddie told TV Tonight.

“The third series was a challenge but as always a pleasurable and fulfilling experience for me, and I couldn’t be happier to be back for a fourth series, one that I feel sure will be our most exciting yet.”

But the pleasure was dulled as viewers also decided Ten’s The Shire was Worst Show of the year, »

- Marcus Casey

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