| Screenshot |
Title |
Original airdate |
Production code |
# |
Overall Total |
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"Dick on the Line" |
February 24, 1997 |
FR301 |
1 |
27 |
| Features Mike considering moving to the ABC, in favour of a show which deals with more important issues. |
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"My Generation" |
March 3, 1997 |
FR302 |
2 |
28 |
| Plays on the age range of the audience, and how Frontline always casts a negative view of teenagers as bludgers, vandals and drug-takers, because they are the one demographic that they can alienate without losing ratings. |
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"The Shadow We Cast" |
March 10, 1997 |
FR303 |
3 |
29 |
| After listening to Pauline Hanson's maiden speech, the Frontline crew join a media frenzy attacking her Nativist and Protectionist policies as racist. Alongside this, Frontline runs a swathe of stories about various ethnical groups, which clearly divide racial lines. When Hanson comes into the studio, Mike attempts to attack her for being a racist, but she articulately claims that her policies are not racist, but about removing existing racial lines. It is reasoned that the media is much more racist than Hanson. |
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"One Rule for One" |
March 17, 1997 |
FR304 |
4 |
30 |
| Please feel free to add a caption for this episode. |
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"A Hole in the Heart - Pt. 1" |
March 24, 1997 |
FR305 |
5 |
31 |
| The Frontline office jumping onto the case of a young boy being flown into Australia for heart surgery. All of the work is done and organised by the charity Rotary, which is not made mention of in the story. The subplot of the two episodes features Brooke telling Trish that she's pregnant. Brooke plans to carry out the pregnancy, but the station would rather her have an abortion, as she is neither married and would look fat on camera. The station offers her a secondary role as the host of a new show, and she has the abortion. |
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"A Hole in the Heart - Pt. 2" |
March 31, 1997 |
FR306 |
6 |
32 |
| The Frontline office jumping onto the case of a young boy being flown into Australia for heart surgery. All of the work is done and organised by the charity Rotary, which is not made mention of in the story. The subplot of the two episodes features Brooke telling Trish that she's pregnant. Brooke plans to carry out the pregnancy, but the station would rather her have an abortion, as she is neither married and would look fat on camera. The station offers her a secondary role as the host of a new show, and she has the abortion. |
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"The Simple Life" |
April 7, 1997 |
FR307 |
7 |
33 |
| Mike's recent investments and large salary become public knowledge, and the network convinces Mike to become a philanthropist in the public eye, by loaning an expensive artwork to the art gallery, even though he will get it back much later, and the public exposure would increase the value of the painting. |
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"I Get the Big Names" |
April 14, 1997 |
FR308 |
8 |
34 |
| Mike builds and relentlessly promotes his own profile as someone who interviews major celbreties, political figures, and other influential people from recent history. |
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"The Art of the Interview" |
April 21, 1997 |
FR309 |
9 |
35 |
| An old friend of the office staff gets promoted to executive producer of Sunday Forum, and seets out Prowsie for advice on what to do. Prowsie, Emma and Marty teach him some of the tips and tricks used in interviews. The secret, they say, is that a good 'headkicker' interview is not about logic but fuelling emotional fires, with the argument being more entertaining than the content itself, which is completely ignored. It is the only episode of all three seasons where the journalists are not covering stories. It is also shorter than all other episodes, at only 19 minutes. |
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"I Disease" |
April 28, 1997 |
FR310 |
10 |
36 |
| Plays more on the contrast between journalists and producers than any other episode, where Mike, Brooke and Marty contstantly claiming credit for the work of the producers. |
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"Addicted to Fame" |
May 5, 1997 |
FR311 |
11 |
37 |
| Geoffrey is told that he can run a Sunday night special episode about the weather. He asks Mike and Brooke to host the show, but they turn it down, expecting it to be a failure, and Marty accepts. When the show is a dazzling success and it becomes a regular series, both Mike and Brooke want to be part of the show again. |
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"The Code" |
May 12, 1997 |
FR312 |
12 |
38 |
| Eliott's unfunny songs displease Mike for what seems like a final time, to the point where he sees to it that Eliott is fired. Mike is told that he is to honoured in a show similar to This Is Your Life, where his life events are chronicled in front of an audience. On the premise that everyone in television hates each other but must pretend to get along, people around the network congratulate Mike on his success. During the filming of the show, the final guest to greet mike is Eliott. |
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"Epitaph" |
May 19, 1997 |
FR313 |
13 |
39 |
| Please feel free to add a caption for this episode. |
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