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66-396: The Magilla Gorilla Show is an American animated television series starring Magilla Gorilla . The series was produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions for Screen Gems , and was originally sponsored in syndication by Ideal Toys from 1964 through 1967. The show had other recurring characters, including Ricochet Rabbit & Droop-a-Long and Punkin' Puss & Mushmouse . In syndication,

132-513: A datacast service on LCN 14, on 24 September 2012. In late 2012, Ten reported a loss of $ 12.9m as it battled poor advertising markets and failed to hold larger audience numbers. They made positions at the station redundant and said that production may become centralised. Ten launched Spree TV , an Australian free-to-air datacasting television channel mainly carrying paid programming and home shopping , on 17 September 2013, on LCN 15, with Brand Developers. Analogue broadcasts ceased in

198-578: A 33% share in the multichannel Eleven and was Ten's largest creditor) had entered into a binding agreement to purchase the company for $ 123 million. CBS refinanced Ten's existing debt including guarantor fees to billionaire shareholders James Packer, Lachlan Murdoch and Bruce Gordon, and existing loans from the Commonwealth Bank. Shareholders in Ten Network Holdings lost their investment. Gordon and Murdoch had also placed their own joint bid for

264-485: A bidding partnership with Foxtel. In July 2015, Paul Anderson was announced as the new chief executive officer. A high-definition simulcast of 10 was revived on 2 March 2016. As a result, One , now known as 10 Bold, began broadcasting in standard definition only. On 29 April 2016, the Nine Network pulled its regional affiliation with WIN Television over a lawsuit involving its catch-up service 9Now , and announced

330-528: A bit too seriously. Magilla mistakenly thinks Peebles is going to get rid of him, so he joins the junior rangers of Camp Kitchy Gooney. Ogee gets upset as she can't prove the existence of the Purple Mask to Hector. Magilla takes the place of the superhero to help Ogee. Peebles sends Magilla to take his sick goldfish to the Oceanland doctor. During the check up, Magilla gets tangled in the aquarium where one of

396-539: A company registered in the Netherlands. Following the CBS acquisition, the network became a division of CBS Studios International. Ten moved to commission more Australian content. The additional programs were financed by the savings from the dissolution of Ten's output agreement with 21st Century Fox. CBS also moved to re-establish an in-house advertising sales department for 2019, bringing to an end Ten's four-year period with

462-478: A drain on the businessman's finances. Mr. Peebles marked down Magilla's price considerably, but Magilla was invariably only purchased for a short time...for example, by thieves who needed to break into a bank or by an advertising agency looking for a mascot for their new product. The customers always ended up returning Magilla, forcing Mr. Peebles to refund their money. Magilla often ended each episode with his catchphrase "We'll try again next week." Magilla's only friend

528-491: A gorilla to break into a bank or by an advertising agency looking for a mascot for their new product. The customers always ended up returning Magilla, forcing Peebles to give a refund. In the case of being bought by thieves, he was seized by police for being used in criminal activity and returned to Peebles' store. Magilla often ended episodes with his catchphrase "We'll try again next week." Like many of Hanna-Barbera's animal characters, Magilla Gorilla sported human accessories:

594-483: A hand-to-mouth existence. By the beginning of the 1970s the network was in a precarious financial position and there were predictions that it would fail. In 1971, the 0-10 Network first aired Young Talent Time , which was a huge rating success, and ran for 17 years. However, the network's true financial reprise came about due to the fact that the controversial adult soap opera serial Number 96 premiered in March 1972 on

660-484: A new affiliation agreement with Southern Cross Austereo , Ten's then-primary regional affiliate. Ten subsequently negotiated a five-year affiliation deal with WIN; the new affiliations took effect on 1 July, with WIN becoming the carrier of Network Ten programming in regional Queensland, Northern NSW, Southern NSW, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, Western Australia, the Australian Capital Territory and

726-466: A new digital channel, Eleven , on 11 January 2011. The channel is aimed at a "distinctly youthful" audience between the ages of 13 and 29. Neighbours and The Simpsons were high-profile programs migrating from Ten to the new channel. The channel was a joint venture with CBS Studios International , which owned a 33% stake. On 8 May 2011, Ten relaunched its sports-based channel One , with general entertainment programming aimed at males taking over

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792-665: A prized commercial television licence in Australia's largest capital city market, Sydney. This began when Murdoch's News Limited purchased the Wollongong station WIN-4 in the early 1960s, around the same time he bought Festival Records . In 1977, frustrated by regulatory blocks that prevented him from expanding into the Sydney market, Murdoch sold WIN and purchased a 46% share in Ten Sydney. In 1979, Murdoch made an unsuccessful takeover bid for

858-442: A purple bow tie, red shorts held up by green suspenders, a purple undersized derby hat , and brown dress shoes. The only customer truly interested in owning Magilla was a little girl named Ogee (voiced by Jean Vander Pyl and pronounced "Oh Gee!"). During the cartoon's theme song, "We've Got a Gorilla for Sale", she asks hopefully, "How much is that gorilla in the window?" (a twist on the old standard, " (How Much Is) That Doggie in

924-421: A skull bashing mallet that pops out of the shell) to help him take down criminals. He would introduce himself as "Sheriff Bing! Bing! Binnnng! Ricochet Rabbit!" In a send up of the feuding Hatfields and McCoys , an orange hillbilly cat named Punkin' Puss (voiced by Allan Melvin ) is constantly chasing a hard-to-catch hillbilly mouse named Mushmouse (voiced by Howard Morris ). Punkin' Puss' weapon of choice

990-690: A special mission: being the first American to land on the Moon . Peebles sells Magilla to a couple of thieves who are hoping to make use of him, but Magilla foils their robbery attempt. Magilla drinks Professor Skiball's anti-gravity formula, making him float up in the air, and some advertisers take advantage of this. Peebles sells Magilla to a mad scientist who takes the gorilla to his laboratory to perform some sinister experiments on his brain. Upset that she can't have Magilla, Ogee runs away and Magilla goes after her, thinking of her safety. Magilla's fairy godmother grants Magilla three wishes. The first to go to

1056-448: A wholly-owned subsidiary of Paramount Global 's UK & Australia division. As one of five national free-to-air networks, 10's owned-and-operated stations can be found in the state capital cities of Sydney , Melbourne , Brisbane , Adelaide and Perth while affiliates extend the network to regional areas of the country. As of 2023, Network 10 is usually the fourth-rated television network and primary channel in Australia, behind

1122-427: A year on airing its original runs, repeats of all 31 episodes were aired between 1966 and 1967 during ABC-TV's Saturday morning schedule and on Sunday mornings the following season. The show aired on Boomerang until July 22, 2012. After an eight-year wait, The Magilla Gorilla Show returned on Boomerang for four days during November 26 until November 30, 2020 including the opening and closing themes and titles. During

1188-465: Is a fun-loving yet trouble-prone anthropomorphic Western gorilla who spends his time languishing in the front display window of Melvin Peebles' pet shop, eating bananas and being a drain on the shop's finances. Peebles (voiced by Howard Morris and later by Don Messick ) frequently marks down his price considerably, but he is invariably only purchased for a short time, typically by some thieves who needed

1254-578: Is a shotgun. The show made its first premiere on January 15, 1964, on first-run syndication. When The Magilla Gorilla Show first aired on television, the show was not broadcast on the same day of the week or the same time, in every city's affiliation. For its original run until 1965 in syndication, some of the major markets in cities such as New York City , Los Angeles , San Francisco , Chicago , Indianapolis , and Dallas aired The Magilla Gorilla Show on independent stations, such as WPIX , KCOP , KTVU , WGN , WTTV , and KTVT . Overlands and overseas,

1320-613: The NRMA ) on 4 April 1963. Structurally, the Australian television industry was closely modelled on the two-tiered system that had been in place in Australian radio since the late 1930s. One tier consisted of a network of publicly funded television stations run by the ABC, which was funded by government budget allocation and (until 1972) by fees from television viewer licences. The second tier consisted of

1386-788: The Seven Network , Nine Network and ABC TV and ahead of SBS . From the introduction of TV in 1956 until 1965, there were three television networks in Australia, the National Television Network (now the Nine Network) , the Australian Television Network (now the Seven Network) , and the public ABC National Television Service (now ABC TV ). In the early 1960s, the Australian Government began canvassing

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1452-751: The Brisbane station continued to broadcast as TVQ -0 until 10 September 1988 when the station changed to TVQ-10. In 1987 Adelaide's Network Ten affiliate (SAS-10) and Seven Network affiliate (ADS-7) successfully negotiated to exchange affiliation rights and channel frequencies due to ownership problems. On 27 December 1987, the exchange came into effect and ADS-7, owned by the same owners as the main Network Ten stations, became ADS-10 with SAS-10 converting to SAS-7, operated by TVW -7 in Perth. When Murdoch became an American citizen in 1985 so that he could expand his media empire in

1518-766: The Canadian-based Canwest media group, which held a controlling stake in the network until 2009. Also in 1992, the network commenced a strategy of targeting younger audiences. The Adelaide and Perth stations were re-acquired by the network in 1995. With the network having financially recovered, Ten Network Holdings floated on the Australian Stock Exchange in 1998. At this time, Ten had affiliate broadcasting agreements with Southern Cross Broadcasting in southern New South Wales, regional Victoria and Tasmania, and with Telecasters Australia in northern New South Wales and regional Queensland. In 2001, Ten opened

1584-535: The Foxtel-affiliated Multi Channel Network (MCN). One reason CBS acquired Ten was to assist the company to launch its CBS All Access streaming service in the Australian market. The service launched in December 2018 and was branded 10 All Access in the local market. On 31 October 2018, the network unveiled a new logo, replacing the "ten" wordmark used since 1991 with a stylised circle 10, and

1650-545: The Gold Coast. WIN owner and Ten's largest shareholder Bruce Gordon positioned himself to increase his ownership stake in Ten, subject to changes to media ownership laws being passed. Following Ten Network Holdings reporting a $ 232 million half year loss, billionaire shareholders Lachlan Murdoch , Bruce Gordon and James Packer withdrew support for $ 250 million guaranteed loan that would help keep Ten out of receivership. This loan

1716-597: The Melbourne-based The Herald and Weekly Times media group, which originally owned HSV-7. Although the bid failed, he gained a 50% stake in Ansett , which thus gave him control of channel 0 in Melbourne. In 1979, 0-10 first aired the soap opera Prisoner , which was a huge rating success. On 20 January 1980, the 0-10 Network became known as Network Ten to reflect ATV moving from channel 0 to channel 10 – although

1782-662: The United Kingdom, Channel 5 (which was owned by Viacom) as part of ViacomCBS Networks UK & Australia (now Paramount Networks UK & Australia ) division in January 2020. The following month, it was announced that the former Viacom channels in Australia would be brought under the Network 10 sales department, moving away from Foxtel Media (formerly MCN) in April. Network 10 also began to co-commission new programmes with Channel 5, including

1848-657: The United States with the Fox network, Australia's media ownership laws obliged him to dispose of the flagship television stations, which were sold to The Northern Star , an offshoot of the Westfield Group conglomerate controlled by property tycoon Frank Lowy . However, Westfield was badly hit by the stock market crash of 1987, and in 1989 sold Network Ten to a consortium led by Charles Curran and former television journalist Steve Cosser. The network became fully national in 1988 with

1914-559: The Window? "), but she was never able to convince her parents to let her keep him. In Yiddish, a megillah is a long, tedious, or embroidered account, from the Hebrew megillah , a story written in a scroll. The first episode "Big Game" has Magilla saying, "Such a megillah over a gorilla." Magilla has been drafted into the US Army . He performs so well at his duty that Private Gorilla is slated for

1980-496: The antics involves him getting attacked by a shark . Magilla accidentally drives off with a man's sports car, causing a commotion and getting himself in trouble with the police. Don Messick provides the voice of Mr. Peebles after Howard Morris left the show. As pointed out on the Rhino Records ' CD liner notes for their collection of Hanna-Barbera theme tunes, part of Magilla's purpose was to sell likenesses of himself. The show

2046-720: The commercial networks and independent stations owned by private operators, whose income came from selling advertising time. The network was launched as ATV-0 in Melbourne opened on 1 August 1964 and was owned by the Ansett Transport Industries , which at the time owned one of Australia's two domestic airlines. TEN-10 in Sydney, which opened on 5 April 1965, was originally owned by United Telecasters, which also in July that year opened TVQ -0 in Brisbane . Also opened later that month

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2112-435: The company, which was not endorsed by the administrators. At a meeting held on 12 September, Ten's creditors overwhelmingly voted in support of CBS' bid, citing concerns over Murdoch's previous management of Ten and talk of mass job cuts in the news department under Murdoch/Gordon ownership. The CBS acquisition was completed on 16 November 2017, when the shares of Ten Network Holdings were transferred to CBS Network Ten BV ,

2178-483: The doors to the Big Brother Australia house and, with it, reality television. The opening night of Big Brother became the most-watched program of the night. Big Brother became synonymous with the network in the 2000s, with the series lasting 8 season. Even after iterations on rival networks, Big Brother is set to return to 10 in 2025. The trend was then followed by the launching of the Australian version of

2244-404: The four-day broadcast, neither Punkin' Puss & Mushmouse nor Ricochet Rabbit & Droop-a-long were aired. Magilla Gorilla (voiced by Allan Melvin ) is an anthropomorphic western lowland gorilla who spent his time languishing in the front display window of a pet shop run by Melvin Peebles (voiced by Howard Morris in 1964–1965, and Don Messick in 1966-1967), eating bananas and being

2310-561: The horse races in Pakenham, Victoria , which was seen by network and RCA executives and invited members of the media and press. This would be the first of many test colour telecasts for the station, and in tribute to this event, the 0-10 Network adopted the First in Colour slogan in 1974, within months before the 1 March 1975 transition to colour broadcasting. For its first five years, the 0-10 Network led

2376-450: The idea of licensing a third commercial television station in each capital city. This decision was seen by some as a way for the government to defuse growing public dissatisfaction with the dominance of imported overseas programming and the paucity of local content. The first of these third licences was granted to United Telecasters (a consortium of Amalgamated Wireless , Colonial Sugar Refining Company , Email , Bank of New South Wales and

2442-479: The idea that non-whites should be segregated, with Peebles selling Magilla (the gorilla iconography thus evoking a reference to 19th-century racist artwork portraying blacks as subhuman primates) to white customers who would invariably return him to the pet shop by the end of each episode. Network TEN Network 10 (commonly known as the 10 Network , Channel 10 or simply 10 ) is an Australian commercial television network owned by Ten Network Holdings ,

2508-477: The jungle, the second to go back, and the third to get a lot of bananas. Ogee visits Magilla who entertains her with various fairy tales involving the masked stranger and Prince Charming . Magilla drives off with Peebles in his motorcycle all over the town, until they plunge off a waterfall and get rescued by a helicopter. Peebles sends Magilla to the City Zoo where he has to follow the rules, but he takes them

2574-527: The launch of NEW-10 in Perth after the introduction of satellite facilities made it economical for the network to broadcast to Western Australia. Northern Star officially took hold of TVQ-10 later in the year because of swapping frequencies with neighbouring DDQ-0 in Toowoomba and rebranded CTC Canberra under the network banner in time for aggregation. In 1989, Ten's ratings were in decline, so on 23 July 1989, recently recruited network boss Bob Shanks relaunched

2640-504: The main and supporting characters from the Peter Potamus show were also added. Prior to the show's launch, the show made an interview on their "upcoming" series in between the middle-and-late December 1963 on first-run syndication entitled Here Comes A Star . Like many of Hanna-Barbera's animal characters, Magilla Gorilla was dressed in human accessories, sporting a bow tie, shorts held up by suspenders, and an undersized derby hat . After

2706-427: The network celebrated its 40th birthday with a two-hour highlights package called Ten: Seriously 40 , which was hosted by Bert Newton and Rove McManus . On 27 October 2005, Network Ten announced that its long-running morning talk-variety program Good Morning Australia would be cancelled at the end of the year after a fourteen-year run. This ended host Bert Newtons 14-year association with Network Ten; although he

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2772-479: The network is now referred to in the text as Network 10 . The new brand is used across all of Network 10's platforms and services, and was intended to reflect the broadcaster's positioning as an "adventurous alternative" with a "sense of fun". 10 also relaunched its multi channels Eleven and One as 10 Peach and 10 Boss , with Boss focusing on dramatic programming and targeting an older adult audience, and Peach continuing to be targeted towards young adults. 10 Boss

2838-429: The network, re-branding it as 10 TV Australia , and introducing several new programs, including four new prime time game shows. However, by the end of 1989, the ratings failed to improve and most of the new programs were cancelled, except for its Eyewitness News bulletins, Neighbours and E Street (debuting in late 1988). Meanwhile, Northern Star Holdings were having financial and regulatory problems. The company

2904-478: The night that "Australian TV lost its virginity". The series broke new ground for Australian television and captured the imagination of viewers like few programs before or since. For the next three years it was consistently Australia's top-rating television program and, not surprisingly, its huge popularity attracted advertisers to Ten en masse , with the result that its revenue increased significantly from $ 1 million in 1971 to more than $ 10 million in 1972. However,

2970-440: The original Magilla Gorilla Show main/end title sequences and the cartoons are not restored, drawing heavy criticism from fans. A "Diamond Collection" of the complete series was released on June 6, 2017. All 23 Ricochet Rabbit and all 23 Punkin' Puss shorts are included as they were on the previous release. The opening and closing titles are still not included. Magilla Gorilla Magilla Gorilla (voiced by Allan Melvin )

3036-527: The pattern of rating dominance was already set, and for most of the next five decades from the mid-1960s, there was little deviation from the prevalent rankings, with the Nine Network typically in the first place, the Seven Network second, 0-10 third and ABC TV fourth. The gradual evolution of Network Ten into its current form has its origins in the ongoing attempts by media mogul Rupert Murdoch to acquire

3102-504: The reality singing competition format Idols called Australian Idol in 2003. Australian Idol was a hit for several years, lasting until 2009. In 2004, Network Ten enjoyed its best year since the 1970s , winning two rating weeks (out of 40) and finishing second nationally only behind the Nine Network and well ahead of the Seven Network . This was a departure from previous years; it has typically placed third behind Nine and Seven in most other rating years since 2000. In 2005, Canwest

3168-476: The regions on 10 December 2013. On 1 August 2014, the network celebrated its 50th anniversary. A television special related to the anniversary called 50 Years Young aired on 3 August 2014, after being rescheduled from 8 August by the network. On 15 June 2015, Foxtel (co-owned by News Corp ) bought 15% shares in Ten Network Holdings, pending approval from the ACCC. Prior to the acquisition, Discovery backed out from

3234-462: The reruns were mostly canceled in America, Only a few stations continued their portion to rerun The Magilla Gorilla Show . Chicago's WFLD once carried The Magilla Gorilla Show during the early-1980s in their morning schedule, and one of the longest-running stations to air The Magilla Gorilla Show , New York City's WPIX, continued to rerun The Magilla Gorilla Show for more than a decade until 1984. At

3300-519: The run, both Punkin' Puss & Mushmouse or Ricochet Rabbit & Droop-a-Long segments were not aired during the four-day period; which was replaced by another Magilla Gorilla segment to fill the schedule instead, with both opening theme and closing theme/credits intact throughout every segment. Out of the 31 Magilla Gorilla segments in total, only 20 of them were aired. In 2024 it was announced that The Magilla Gorilla Show would be begin airing soon on MeTV Toons . The episode "Come Blow Your Dough"

3366-593: The schedule. It is aimed at a similar audience to 7mate . In 2012, Ten unsuccessfully launched many new programs. This led to Ten's ratings dropping to fourth place behind ABC TV for over thirty straight nights. The poor performance resulted in Chief Programming Officer David Mott's resignation. In September 2012, Ten made a partnership with TVSN , which meant the TVSN channel became available on Ten's free-to-air multiplex to metropolitan viewers as

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3432-455: The series when it launched years later on October 1, 1992. Cartoon Network's run lasted until 2004 due to its sister station Boomerang at the time airing the show since Boomerang's early years. Boomerang continued to air The Magilla Gorilla Show until July 22, 2012. The show made a return on November 26, 2020 for four days until November 30, 2020, on a Boomerang Thanksgiving weekend containing episodes of various classic Hanna-Barbera shows. During

3498-491: The show aired on CBC Television in Canada at the time since its debut; and in Australia, The Magilla Gorilla Show didn't air in Australia until April 6, 1965, when Network TEN ran the entire series. Beginning in 1966, new episodes and reruns of the earlier episodes then began airing on ABC's Saturday Morning schedule until its last run on December 30, 1967. In Canada and Australia, the show continued its reruns until 1969. After

3564-440: The time, no local station in America has aired them since then. Apparently in the United Kingdom, Yorkshire Television reran the series in the early 1980's; and in Australia, Nine Network reran the show during the mid-1980s. Both channels reran The Magilla Gorilla Show for a short period of time. Back in America, the show was then returned on cable-only USA Network later on during the decade, and Cartoon Network began running

3630-473: Was SAS-10 , serving the city of Adelaide . The new television network was initially dubbed the Independent Television System or ITS, but in 1970 adopted the title The 0-10 Network , which reflected the channels used by the first two stations launched in the group, ATV and TEN. Melbourne's ATV was the first station of the network to stage colour broadcasts in 1967, the broadcast was that of

3696-452: Was an adorable, admiring little red headed girl named Ogee (voiced by Jean Vander Pyl ), who asked, "How much is that Gorilla in the window?" during the show's opening theme song. Ricochet Rabbit (voiced by Don Messick ) works as the sheriff of Hoop N' Holler with his slow as molasses deputy Droop-a-Long Coyote (voiced by Mel Blanc ). In addition to his super-speed, Ricochet Rabbit uses an arsenal of trick bullets (for example, one with

3762-547: Was completed on 27 October 1989, effectively splitting Northern Star's Network Ten in half. In September 1990, Northern Star went into receivership and on 13 January 1991 at 8:30pm, the network was re-branded back to Network Ten with the first version of its famous ten watermark logo. The network was placed into liquidation by the National Rugby League in May 1991. In 1992, the network's flagship stations were sold to

3828-561: Was forced to change its name to 10 Bold on 10 December 2018 due to trademark conflicts with Fairfax Media . On 4 December 2019, CBS Corporation completed a re-merger with fellow media conglomerate Viacom as ViacomCBS ; the two companies had previously separated in 2005 . ViacomCBS subsequently began to integrate the companies' operations in Australia; in a reorganisation of the ViacomCBS Networks International division, Network 10 would join its new sister network in

3894-423: Was in discussions with newspaper publisher John Fairfax Holdings about a possible sale of the network, after the federal government indicated it may consider relaxing Australia's media cross-ownership laws. Previously, newspaper owners could not own television stations in the same city. Fairfax owned the Seven Network until 1988 and had been looking for a way back into television for a long time. On 21 August 2005,

3960-510: Was intended to replace an existing guaranteed $ 200 million loan that was due to expire in December. On 13 June, Ten asked the Australian Securities Exchange that their stock be placed in a 48-hour trading halt while it assessed its options concerning receivership. It went into voluntary administration the following day. On 28 August 2017, Ten's administrators announced that the U.S. media company CBS Corporation (which had

4026-516: Was offered ongoing employment with the network, he announced that he would be returning to the Nine Network. 9am with David & Kim replaced GMA as Ten's national morning program from 2006 to 2009. From 2006 to 2008, Ten was the official broadcaster of Sydney New Year's Eve . The rights returned to the Nine Network from 2009. On 7 August 2007, Network Ten and Foxtel signed a new agreement allowing Ten's digital signal to be transmitted via Foxtel's cable and satellite services. Prior to this, Ten

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4092-550: Was only transmitted via cable on Foxtel in an analogue format and Austar in standard definition digital via Mystar. Similarly in October 2007, Network Ten and Optus announced that Ten's digital signal would be available on its cable network from 1 December 2007. On 16 December 2007, Ten HD was officially launched as a breakaway channel, becoming the first new commercial television channel in metropolitan areas of Australia since 1988. Ten HD ceased broadcasting on 25 March 2009 when it

4158-543: Was released as part of the "A Sample of Boomerang" tape, from Cartoon Network's sister channel, Boomerang. Warner Home Video released the Classic Collection of the Magilla Gorilla Show consisting of 31 episodes of Magilla Gorilla , together with the 23 Ricochet Rabbit & Droop-a-Long and 23 Punkin' Puss & Mushmouse shorts in a boxed DVD collection on August 15, 2006. The DVD set does not include

4224-649: Was replaced by what was a sports-only high-definition channel, One HD . On 24 September 2009, Canwest announced that it was selling its 50.1% stake in Ten Network Holdings for $ 680 million, to pay down its significant debt. In late 2009, Canwest filed for creditor bankruptcy protection , due to CA$ 4 billion mounting debt across radio, television broadcasting and publishing assets in several countries. On 20 October 2010, four years after he sold his shares in PBL Media to private equity firm CVC Asia Pacific , James Packer purchased 16 per cent of Ten. Network Ten launched

4290-627: Was sponsored by Ideal Toys , which produced a Magilla stuffed toy. According to Christopher P. Lehman, the trials of Magilla mirrored the attitudes that some American citizens had towards racial integration during the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. In his 2007 book American Animated Cartoons of the Vietnam Era: A Study of Social Commentary in Films and Television Programs, 1961-1973 , Lehman writes that The Magilla Gorilla Show perpetuated

4356-688: Was subject to an inquiry by the Australian Broadcasting Tribunal in relation to media ownership rules and had run into financial difficulties following the 1987 stock market crash two years earlier. On 1 September 1989, Northern Star Holdings announced a major restructuring to pay off debts and help restore profitability. The proposals included selling off the network's three smaller stations ( ADS in Adelaide, NEW in Perth and CTC in Canberra) to Charles Curran's Capital Television Group . The sale

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