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Underbelly banned in Victoria.

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10:28am: News from the Victorian Supreme court:

Underbelly has been banned in Victoria and will NOT air Wednesday night in the state. It is also banned from being available online.

10:35am: The Office of Public Prosecution has claimed any airing of the series would prejudice any right or fair trial for an alleged murder suspect.

Justice Betty King has said the series can’t air until the murder trial is over.

Nine is believed to have offered Victorian specific editions of episodes 1 & 2.

This was rejected.

Justice King has said the drama’s storyline has a thread which may influence any potential jury.

Nine is yet to announce whether it will appeal.

10:50: TV Tonight is seeking clarification from Foxtel as to whether it will air the series through its Nine signal.

10:57 Nine will screen a movie in Victoria. TBA.

11:48: Nine has advised it is appealing and as such there is no current program change or amendment. Even in the last hour Nine is still advertising Underbelly on screens as airing Wednesday night.

11:49 Foxtel, as expected, advises it will air the Nine Melbourne signal in Victoria.

4:25pm. Channel Nine will now broadcast Underbelly: A Special Announcement at 8.30pm tomorrow night in Victoria.

6:12pm Nine concedes the series will not premiere in Victoria this Wednesday but hopes a successful appeal might clear the way for it to air next week.

More news as it comes to hand.

7 Responses

  1. Call me old and cynical, but honestly, if Nine couldn’t see this coming they’re even more stupid and arrogant than we thought.

    The latest in The Age, by the way, is that Nine has scheduled a show for the timeslot in Victoria called – wait for it – “Underbelly: A Special Announcement”!

    Somehow I can’t imagine two hours of someone explaining that you won’t see the show and/or two hours of Nine whinging is going to rate especially well.

  4. This is Nines chance to offer downloads of the episodes obviously after being aired in other states on the Underbelly site…. Then Victoria still can watch it legally 🙂

  5. I think the whole series should be held over until it’s ok to be shown nationally. I know the advertising $$$ is mighty important but so is criminal justice. This country is not that big and technolgy makes it even smaller as far as people being able to watch the series from anywhere.

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