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Murdoch inquiry TV guide … a political review … the Louise boat ...

TV guide: Murdoch inquiry. For a while there Seven looked like it would be the only free-to-air commercial network in Australia to broadcast the appearance of Rupert Murdoch, son James and former News International lieutenant Rebekah Brooks at the phone hacking inquiry, to kick off at 11.30pm AEST. Another get-square in the bitter feud between Seven tsar Kerry Stokes and the Murdoch clan, we wondered? Not so, a spokesperson insisted: “Seven News asked the question of our programming guys on the broadcast of the appearance on Seven or 7TWO commercial free, given the news interest, and programming said yes. Really simple news call, nothing else.”

In fact, Nine will broadcast the parliamentary inquiry as well, news boss Mark Calvert  announced on Twitter last night. Peter Overton will stay up late to anchor from Sydney. The ABC will broadcast via News 24, while Sky News joins the other international news networks in broadcasting the testimony of the News threesome. An ABC presser said: “ABC News 24 will carry the questioning of the main figures, regardless of how long it runs.”

And Channel Ten, under Murdoch heir Lachlan? There’s nothing in the TV guide and we hadn’t heard back from a spokesperson by deadline.  —   Jason Whittaker last Saturday. While some might baulk at the idea of politicising a food review, Broadfield managed to effortlessly bring his write-up of Sandrinos Pizza Restaurant into line with the rest of the paper’s editorial policy with this not-so-subtle reference to one of the tabloid’s favourite subjects of late: belief in the notion that “Brownites already lead the Gillard Government around on the end of a nosering, and have done so since the last election”.