AUSSIE POLITICAL SHOW LETS 'SESAME STREET' WIN TIME SLOT.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Two of the most compelling daytime TV shows in Australia - one for kids, the other for political junkies - will no longer be competing for the same time slot Continuously repeating interval of time or a time period in which two devices are able to interconnect. . Parliament plans to reschedule re·sched·ule tr.v. re·sched·uled, re·sched·ul·ing, re·sched·ules To schedule again or anew: rescheduled the meeting for the following week; rescheduled the debts of many developing nations. its daily Question Time - when ordinary lawmakers can question the prime minister and other Cabinet ministers - so it doesn't conflict with "Sesame Street Sesame Street is an American educational children's television series for preschoolers and is a pioneer of the contemporary educational television standard, combining both education and entertainment. " on the Australian Broadcasting Corp. "Sesame Street," the perennial children's favorite, is seen at 3 p.m. every day on ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. . Unlike "Sesame Street," Question Time is not for kids. The program often degenerates into bouts of insults and counter-insults - a format that is a hit among the politically jaded. Former Prime Minister Paul Keating For other persons named Paul Keating, see Paul Keating (disambiguation). Paul John Keating (born 18 January 1944) was the 24th Prime Minister of Australia, from 1991 to 1996. He came to prominence as the reforming Treasurer in the Hawke government from 1983. , who lost the March 2 elections, was a master at such put-downs, using the live broadcasts to tar his opponents as "scumbags," "lurk merchants," and "brain-dead loony crims." ("Crim" is Australian slang for "criminal," while "lurk merchant" refers to an unscrupulous businessman who preys on the naive or unsuspecting.) But prior to the election, Keating was losing ground in the polls, especially among women and undecided voters, some of whom obviously didn't appreciate his caustic style. So, critics say, he moved Question Time to 3 p.m., creating a conflict with "Sesame Street," knowing that ABC would opt for the latter. Which it did, deciding to air a delayed broadcast of Question Time at 1 a.m. But on Friday, House leader Peter Reith said he planned to reschedule Question Time earlier in the afternoon, and bring it back live. "The public are entitled to see Parliament," he said. |
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