* Channel Seven kills Let Loose Live after two embarrassing episodes -- but not before the reputations of several once-admired comedians have been shredded.

* Channel Nine kills Our Place after four episodes -- finally closing the coffin on the lifestyle/renovation fad that dominated the early noughties.

* Ten is ordered by the Australian Communications and Media Authority to tighten its editing after Big Brother Uncut shows Michael exposing his penis while massaging Gianna.

* Seven runs promos for a Today Tonight report on how "the children of immigrants" are taking the jobs that should go to the children of real Australians.

* Ten kills Aussie Queer Eye after six episodes -- finally closing the coffin on the makeover trend. Nine's cosmetic surgery show, Body Work with Megan Gale, fares only slightly better.

* Seven's new drama, Headland , proves to be Home and Away stretched to an hour, and loses a third of its audience between the first and second episode. The ritual use of cleavages and sixpacks fails to hold the target under-40 audience.

* Nine, caught unprepared by the success of The Supernanny , casts around for a replacement when the season ends, finds Nanny 911 , and has to cancel it after four disastrous episodes.

* Darryl Somers manages to stretch Dancing With The Stars to two hours by promoting a CD of vocal performances that would not have got him an audition on The X Factor.

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