Wrapping Up A Fabulous Pride Month 2026 at ITV Studios Australia!

Last month, we came together to celebrate, learn and advocate for LGBTQIA+ rights and inclusion. We kicked off in style with rounds of dazzling drag bingo featuring the iconic Ivory Glaze! We listened to Max from LGBTQIA+ youth charity Minus18, who shared lived experiences that helped us deepen our understanding in being active allies. 

Pride is so much more than a single month—it’s about authenticity and the freedom for everyone to be exactly who they are, every single day. As proud ACON members, ITVSA is committed to carrying the Pride spirit forward by ensuring that inclusion remains woven into the fabric of our workplace culture.

Visibility matters. Kindness matters. Representation matters. 

Here’s to equality. Here’s to Pride.🏳️‍🌈

Shaun Micallef’s Parents’ Evening Coming Soon To 10

Australian comedy royalty Shaun Micallef is returning to 10 with a brand-new comedy show, Shaun Micallef’s Parents’ Evening, based on the hit UK format created by Ranga Bee for ITV. And because nepotism is alive and well, Shaun has enlisted his son, Gabe Micallef, to co-host alongside him!

In this new cross-generational game show, it doesn’t matter what you know. It matters what your mum or dad think you know.

Here’s the deal. Each week, three well-known Australians team up with their lesser-known parent or child. A topic is presented, and the parents have to guess how many correct answers their grown-up kid will know.

If they get it right, they’re cruising toward victory. If they get it wrong, they can enjoy a very awkward drive home.

Family pride, bragging rights and a very real pile of cash for charity are all on the line as Shaun and Gabe steer each family through the chaos.

Shaun Micallef said: “I’m very much looking forward to working with 10 on a show that will either bridge the intergenerational divide and bring families closer together or blow up that bridge and drive us all further apart.

“I’m also looking forward to working with my son Gabe, who moved out recently and I don’t get to see that much.”

Gabe Micallef said: “What an exciting opportunity it is to work with my father! I look forward to discovering whether the Australian public finds our relationship charming or deeply strange. Either way, I’m grateful to 10 for giving us the chance to conduct this important father-son experiment on national television.”

Packed with laughs, surprises and more than a few bruised egos, the series proves that no one knows how to push your buttons quite like family.

Catch your first look at Shaun Micallef’s Parents’ Eveninghere.

Shaun Micallef’s Parents’ Evening is produced for Network 10 by ITV Studios Australia.

Parents’ Evening is created and produced by Ranga Bee Productions for ITV.

The format and finished program are distributed internationally by ITV Studios.

Shaun Micallef’s Parents’ Evening.
Coming Soon To 10.

All-Star Cast Announced for SHARK! Australia

If there’s one thing Australians fear most, it’s the greatest predator of all – the shark. Lurking in the shallows, the single fin is an image impossible to shake. Our unique relationship with sharks and the water is like no other. That fear is about to surface in the most heart-pounding new series to ever reach our shores, SHARK!

In this bold new show, six Australian celebrities will face their greatest fears when they enter the water with some of the most frightening species known to humans – the bull shark, the hammerhead and the tiger shark. There has never been a show like this before. It’s raw, it’s real and it will be life changing.

Our six celebrities have a genuine, palpable fear and in SHARK! they attempt to overcome this while at the same time confronting their individual personal fears – by swimming in shark infested waters.

Shot in the Bahamas, which is known as the shark capital of the world, SHARK! will push these celebrities to their absolute limits.

  • Recently retired swimming superstar and four-time Olympic gold medallist, Ariarne Titmus 
  • Beloved actress and 2025 TV Week Gold Logie Award winner, Lynne McGranger
  • Social media star and entrepreneur, Tammy Hembrow 
  • Media personality and one of Australia’s favourite hosts, Scott Cam 
  • NRL legend and commentator, Sam Thaiday 
  • Hollywood actor and former rugby league player, Matt Nable 

Australian shark attack survivor and former Navy clearance diver Paul de Gelder, who lost his right hand and leg in a Sydney Harbour bull shark attack, will guide the six celebrities through their high-stakes journey. He will be joined by shark expert and conservationist Annie Guttridge.

Paul de Gelder said: “Australians have a deep, complicated relationship with sharks. We’re a coastal nation — we swim, we surf, we fish. We love it. And when tragedy strikes, it hits close to home. That’s why this show matters and why Annie and I felt compelled to help create SHARK! We’re bringing something different — a series that blends intensity and drama with our real love for the ocean and the animals that call it home.

Fear is understandable, but sharks aren’t villains. They can be dangerous — yes — but they are also beautiful, vital to the health of our oceans, and worthy of respect rather than fear alone.”

The celebrities will face high-tension, heart-stopping shark challenges that escalate in danger and intensity: from diving with the safety of a protective cage to the most terrifying test imaginable – an open water swim with one of the most aggressive of all sharks. Regardless of how many shark encounters they can successfully navigate, all of them will leave the Bahamas with a completely new perspective of these remarkable creatures.

SHARK! will push their minds and bodies to breaking point. How will they fare when they face their greatest fears? Will they be brave enough to take fear to the next level?

SHARK! is based on the original format Shark! Celebrity Infested Waters created and produced by Plimsoll, part of ITV Studios, for the 9Network.

SHARK! COMING SOON TO CHANNEL 9 AND 9NOW

This Is Your Life Celebrates Ian Thorpe

ITV Studios Australia & Channel Seven’s ‘This Is Your Life’ To celebrate one of our finest.

Australia’s most successful male Olympian Ian Thorpe is celebrated by the people who know him best in the premiere episode of the all-new This Is Your Life, 7.00pm Sunday July 24th, on Channel 7 and 7plus.

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