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E! is an Australian
pay television
Pay television, also known as subscription television, premium television or, when referring to an individual service, a premium channel, refers to Subscription business model, subscription-based television services, usually provided by multichan ...
channel, owned by NBCUniversal International Networks
NBCUniversal International Networks, formerly NBC Universal Global Networks and Universal Networks International, is a part of NBCUniversal, owned by Comcast.
History
When NBCUniversal was formed in 2004, it owned many entertainment television ch ...
. Much like its American counterpart it features entertainment-related programming, reality television and Hollywood news. It is currently available through the Foxtel
Foxtel is an Australian pay television company—operating in cable television, direct broadcast satellite television, and IPTV streaming services. It was formed in April 2018, superseding an earlier company from 1995. The service was establi ...
and FetchTV
Fetch TV is an Australian IPTV provider that delivers a subscription television service over a user's regular internet service. Fetch TV launched in 2010 backed by its Malaysian parent Astro Malaysia Holdings. On 2 August 2022, Telstra acquire ...
platforms in Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
and the Sky
The sky is an unobstructed view upward from the surface of the Earth. It includes the atmosphere and outer space. It may also be considered a place between the ground and outer space, thus distinct from outer space.
In the field of astronomy, ...
platform in New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...
. It was also available on the Austar
Austar was an Australian telecommunications company. Its main business activity was subscription television but it has also been involved with internet access and mobile phones. It was founded in 1995 under the name Community Entertainment Telev ...
service prior to 2012. In 2014, it became available on Australian streaming service Foxtel Play.
NBCUIN signed a content agreement with Seven West Media
Seven West Media Limited is an ASX-listed media company and is Australia's largest diversified media business, with an extensive presence in broadcast television, print and online publishing.
Seven Group Holdings Ltd (SGH), a company control ...
in the autumn of 2022, which includes the launch of a new terrestrial channel, 7Bravo
The Seven Network (commonly known as Channel Seven or simply Seven) is a major Australian commercial free-to-air Television broadcasting in Australia, television network. It is owned by Seven West Media, Seven West Media Limited, and is one of ...
on 15 January 2023, that will include E! content; with this, the previous content agreement with Foxtel will expire, and E! will be wound down on 31 January 2023.
History
E! was relaunched in 2012, shortly after the American version of E! did the same rebrand, which included a revised logo.Kim Kardashian
Kimberly Noel Kardashian (formerly West; born October 21, 1980) is an American socialite, media personality, and businesswoman. She first gained media attention as a friend and stylist of Paris Hilton, but received wider notice after the sex ...
visited Australia to promote the rebranding.
The channel issued a casting call for journalists to become the face of E! Australia, and report on local entertainment news. The contest was won by Ksenija Lukich
Ksenija Lukich or in Serbian Ksenija Lukić (born 12 February 1990) is a Serbian-Australian model and television presenter. She is of Serbian descent and her parents are originally from Serbia and moved to Australia.
Lukich grew up on the North ...
.
Programming
Original local programming
*''Fashion Bloggers
''Fashion Bloggers'' is an Australian reality documentary television series that premiered on 15 October 2014 on the Style Network. The series is the first local commission for the Australian Style Network. The reality show chronicles both the ...
'' (season 2 only, season 1 aired on sister channel Style Network
Esquire Network was an American pay television network that was a 50/50 joint venture between NBCUniversal and the Hearst Corporation. The network carried programs aimed at a metrosexual audience centering on travel, cooking, sports and fashio ...
)
*'' The Hype'' (starts October 17, 2015)
Acquired programming from American E!
*'' Botched'' *''Botched by Nature
''Botched by Nature'' is an American reality television
Reality television is a genre of television programming that documents purportedly unscripted real-life situations, often starring unfamiliar people rather than professional actors. R ...
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*''Christina Milian Turned Up
''Christina Milian Turned Up'' is an American reality documentary television series on E! that premiered on January 18, 2015. E! announced the series in September 2014 as a "docu soap hatfollows singer and actress Christina Milian’s career, l ...
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*''Dash Dolls
''Dash Dolls'' is an American reality television series that premiered on the E! cable network, on September 20, 2015. The show is a spin-off of ''Keeping Up with the Kardashians''. The series features a group of young female employees, referre ...
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*''E! True Hollywood Story
''E! True Hollywood Story'' is an American television documentary series on E! that pulls back the curtain and highlights some of pop culture's most fascinating people, moments and trends. The series offers exclusive interviews with new insigh ...
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*''Famously Single
''Famously Single'' is an American reality television series that premiered on June 14, 2016, on the E! network. The series follows eight single celebrities who all move in together and try to solve their romantic problems.
Production
The sh ...
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*''Fashion Police
''Fashion Police'' is an American television series that premiered on September 10, 2010, on E!. It was originally hosted by Joan Rivers and featured panelists George Kotsiopoulos, Giuliana Rancic, and Kelly Osbourne commenting on celebrity fash ...
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*'' Good Work''
*'' Hollywood Cycle''
*''I Am Cait
''I Am Cait'' is an American television documentary series which chronicles the life of Caitlyn Jenner after her gender transition. The eight-part one-hour documentary series debuted on July 26, 2015, on the E! network. The series focuses on th ...
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*''Keeping Up with the Kardashians
''Keeping Up with the Kardashians'' (often abbreviated ''KUWTK'') is an American reality television series which focused on the personal and professional lives of the Kardashian family, Kardashian–Jenner Stepfamily, blended family, airing b ...
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*''Mariah's World
''Mariah's World'' is an American reality show that premiered on December 4, 2016 on the E! cable network. Announced in March 2016, the eight-episode series follows the life of singer Mariah Carey as she begins her The Sweet Sweet Fantasy Tour a ...
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*''New Money
''Nouveau riche'' (; ) is a term used, usually in a derogatory way, to describe those whose wealth has been acquired within their own generation, rather than by familial inheritance. The equivalent English term is the "new rich" or "new money" ( ...
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*''Rich Kids of Beverly Hills
''Rich Kids of Beverly Hills'' (stylized as ''#RichKids of Beverly Hills'') is an American reality television series that premiered on E!, on January 19, 2014. The series focuses on the lives of a group of twenty-something millionaires and billi ...
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*''Sex with Brody
''Sex with Brody'' is an American talk show that premiered on July 10, 2015, on E! television network. Announced in April 2015, the show features television personality Brody Jenner, actress Stevie Ryan, and relationship therapist Dr. Mike Dow as ...
''
*''Stewarts and Hamiltons
''Stewarts & Hamiltons'' is an American reality documentary television series. Announced in April, the eight-part one-hour television series debuted on July 26, 2015 on the E! network. The show follows the blended families of Alana Stewart, incl ...
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*''The Soup
''The Soup'' is an American television series that aired weekly on E! from July 1, 2004, until December 18, 2015 as a revamped version of ''Talk Soup'' that focused on recaps of various popular culture and television moments of the week. The ...
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*''The Grace Helbig Show
''The Grace Helbig Show'' is an American late-night talk show created and hosted by YouTube star Grace Helbig which aired on E! cable network. It premiered on April 3, 2015, and the first season ended on June 7, 2015.
History
On August 6, 2014, ...
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*''Total Bellas
''Total Bellas'' is an American reality television series that aired from October 5, 2016, to January 28, 2021 on E!. A spin-off of ''Total Divas'', the series gave viewers a further look into the lives of twin sisters and professional wrestle ...
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*''Total Divas
''Total Divas'' is an American reality television series that aired from July 28, 2013, to December 10, 2019, on E!. The series gave viewers an inside look into the lives of female WWE wrestlers from their work within WWE to their persona ...
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*''WAGS
WAGs (or Wags) is an acronym used to refer to wives and girlfriends of high-profile sportsmen. The term may also be used in the singular form, WAG, to refer to a specific female partner or life partner who is in a relationship with an athlete. Th ...
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*'' We Have Issues''
Acquired programming from other distributors
*''Burning Love
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Former programming
*''Chasing The Saturdays
''Chasing the Saturdays'' is an American reality documentary television series that follows the British-Irish girl group The Saturdays. The series premiered on January 20, 2013, at 10 pm ET/PT on E!.
On June 1, 2013, 4Music revealed an adver ...
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*''Chelsea Lately
''Chelsea Lately'' is an American Late night television, late night Television comedy, comedy talk show created by Brody Stevens and hosted by comedian Chelsea Handler which was broadcast on E! The show debuted on July 16, 2007, and was produced ...
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*''E! Host Australia Search''
*''Hello Ross
''Hello Ross'' is an American late-night talk show hosted by Ross Mathews. The show debuted on September 6, 2013, on E!. The show was executive-produced by Chelsea Handler, Ross Mathews, Tom Brunelle, and Ray Giuliani. The show was taped in fron ...
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*''House of Carters
''House of Carters'' is an American reality show on E! in the United States & MuchMusic in Canada, about the lives of Backstreet Boy Nick Carter and his four siblings reuniting in Los Angeles (while Carter was gearing up for the Backstreet Boys ...
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*'' Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best?''
*'' Kimora: Life in the Fab Lane''
*'' Love You, Mean It with Whitney Cummings''
*''Opening Act
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*''Sunset Tan
Sunset, also known as sundown, is the daily disappearance of the Sun below the horizon due to Earth's rotation. As viewed from everywhere on Earth (except the North and South poles), the equinox Sun sets due west at the moment of both the spring ...
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*''The Soup Investigates
''The Soup Investigates'' is a comedic news television series on E!. It is a spin-off of ''The Soup''. While ''The Soup'' reports and makes fun of news events during the previous week, its spinoff follows a group of newspeople who inquire around f ...
''
*''The Wanted Life
''The Wanted Life'' is an American reality television series that follows the British-Irish boy band group The Wanted
The Wanted are a British-Irish boy band consisting of group members Max George, Siva Kaneswaran, Jay McGuiness and N ...
''
*''What Would Ryan Lochte Do?
''What Would Ryan Lochte Do?'' is an American reality television series on E! that debuted on April 21, 2013. The series chronicles the life of American competitive swimmer and Olympian Ryan Lochte as he prepares for the 2016 Summer Olympics
...
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See also
* E!, the American version of the channelReferences
External links
* {{Subscription television channels in Australia Television networks in Australia English-language television stations in Australia E! 2004 establishments in Australia Television channels and stations established in 2004 2023 disestablishments in Australia Television channels and stations disestablished in 2023