Tim's last rose heaven sent "The Batchelor" star Tim Robards with his mum Tanya Robards. KEEPING mum about this week's finale of The Bachelor has not been easy for Tim Robards' mother Tanya, but for the record, she has given her blessing to his choice for the last rose. With the Channel 10 series gathering momentum for its romantic conclusion on Wednesday night, Tanya Robards will be relieved when it's over. After months of keeping her son's relationship secrets, she revealed he had done himself and his family proud. "Right at the minute, it's a bit hard, but I've impressed myself that I was able to keep the secret this long," she says. The Sydney chiropractor will choose between model Rochelle and lawyer Anna, after sending Ali Oetjen home last week (watched by a season-high audience of 870,000 nationally). Of course, Mrs Robards and her husband Colin have been the show's biggest fans and, despite complaints from some of their friends that the show was "a bit slow and boring," she says they have taken comfort in the fact their son has "not done anything that would sensationalise the situation." Watching him snog on with several young women was no problem for Tanya. Even as a mum, there's a part of me that thinks: 'Oh ya lucky bugger'. We think he's handling himself really well. While she could not be drawn on who her favourites were from this season, she thinks his pick has "potential." We can see he's got a lot to give and it's nice to see someone bringing out the best in him. I think certainly there's potential for them to both make the most of the situation ... without a doubt. We're very, very happy. On whether she approves of the prospect of her son popping the question on reality TV, Mrs Robards says cryptically: "My own personal view is it's too soon to make that commitment. If Tim did do that it would be his choice and he would work with that whatever that was. The extended finale airs on Wednesday on Ten from 7.30pm with a reunion special After The Final Rose to follow in the same timeslot on Thursday night. Australian actress Kate Box with Tara Summers, who plays the same character on the US version of "Rake." Double take on US Rake TALK about spitting image, the casting agents behind the US production of the ABC's acclaimed black comedy Rake deserve applause for finding the doppelganger of Australian actress Kate Box to play her American counterpart. Tara Summers, who local audiences will know from her Boston Legal days, will play Leanne, the legal aide to Greg Kinnear's Cleaver Greene character (renamed Keegan Deane for US audiences). Box met her double on the Los Angeles set this week, where the series is currently filming its first season. Interestingly, Miranda Otto (who dated Rake star Richard Roxburgh in real life) will play his Cleaver character's ex-wife in the US version, with another Aussie, Bojana Novakovic, playing Keegan's secret squeeze. Tom Gleisner has cast off his Warwick Todd character to take charge of "Have You Been Paying Attention." Picture: Working Dog Source: Supplied Late reunion comes to Ten HAVE you been paying attention, Late Show fans? Well tonight's the night to tune in to Ten's new trivia show, from Working Dog Productions, where panel master Tom Gleisner will be joined by old mates Jane Kennedy and Mick Molloy. The mini Late Show reunion will see the trio reunited for a pop-culture trivia battle with Sam Pang, Celia Pacquola and Ed Kavalee. We expect at least one answer will be Tonga (trust me on this one, YouTube it). Have You Been Paying Attention airs from 7pm. The Channel 9 cricket team dedicated their award to Tony Greig. Picture: Getty Images Source: News Limited Howzat for cricket team THE Aussie cricket team might be going into this week's Ashes rematch with a series loss against their ledger, but the Channel 9 commentary team calling all the action already has much to celebrate. In a season shaded by the sad loss of Tony Greig last year, the Wide World of Sports cricket team was honoured with an award for coverage of the 2012 Boxing Day Test by the Association for International Broadcasting. The AIB's judges praised Nine for "the use of the spidercam (which) took viewers up close and personal" to the action last year. The prize was accepted in memory of Greig. All the Ashes action against the old foe from Brisbane's Gabba begins at 10am Thursday on Nine. George RR Martin has been astounded by the reception he has received in Australia. By George he's GOT some fans GA ME Of Thrones author George R.R. Martin will surely leave Australia with RSI after being inundated by fans of his books and the addictive TV series on Foxtel's showcase. Martin's promotional visit to Sydney this week saw him sign 10,000 autographs and he's not done yet. He will be working the crowds in Adelaide this weekend. At a special "in conversation" event at the Sydney Opera House on Monday night, Martin revealed he would like to write more episodes of the acclaimed HBO series (he does one per season) but that would keep him from finishing the two remaining GOT books he still has on the drawing board. The extreme fan responses to the TV series he inspired left him humbled, then puzzled - especially those who filmed themselves breaking down after the controversial Red Wedding. For me, I very quickly went from finding it gratifying to the level beyond that and wondered what on earth was going through the head of the person who set up the camera to think 'Let me record the angst of my wife and put it out there for the world to see'. Season four of Game Of Thrones airs exclusively on Foxtel in 2014. Queensland up-and-coming actor Eamon Farren. Love for R-Patz's Aussie 'twin' is Now IN the age of Twilight, passing as Robert Pattinson's twin is not a bad calling card for Gold Coast actor Eamon Farren. But the adulation already building for the 28-year-old is not for his good looks alone, but a reflection of the textured and diverse work he has produced. Most recently he starred as Mercutio in the Sydney Theatre Company's Romeo and Juliet, revelled in a role opposite NIDA classmate Jessica Marais in ABC telemovie Carlotta and just wrapped local film, Love Is Now. Adam Richard. Spicks and shocks with Adam HE'S built his career on shock value, but one wonders how long before Aunty has a quiet cuppa and a stern word with new Spicks and Specks team captain Adam Richard about his conduct on Twitter? Among some of his more crass postings last week, he shared his apparent affection for Dynasty icon Joan Collins, tweeting: "She could be sprung shouting the n word and raping a baby, and we'd still ache for her." Not funny and surely not OK under the ABC's social media policy? Rob Lowe as President John F. Kennedy in "Killing Kennedy." Rob Lowe kills as Kennedy ROB Lowe is nailing this biopic business. Earlier this year Lowe (pictured) camped it up as Liberace's plastic surgeon in Behind The Candelabra, this week he is statesmanlike in JFK docudrama, Killing Kennedy. The adaptation of the best-selling book by Bill O'Reilly set record ratings when it aired in the US, where Lowe and co-star Ginnifer Goodwin as Jackie Kennedy were praised. Killing Kennedy, 7.30pm, Tuesday, Nat Geo