UPDATE: Episode two “First in Line.”
North American action drama Flashpoint to screen on Channel Nine has had its “sneak peek” moved forward to this Sunday night.
It will now air at 10:30pm. On QTQ it will air at 9:30pm.
Nine had previously intended to launch with episode 5 on Sunday January 18.
Also this Sunday, Nine will move Secret Millionaire into the 6:30pm timeslot, elbowing 20 to 1 out. Nine is planning a local version of the show for 2009.
Nine will also air a ten minute network promo Nine’s Sneak Peek 2009 10:30pm Tuesday Jan 13 and 10pm Fri Jan 16 (TCN / GTV) and 9pm Fri Jan 16 (QTQ).
Secret Millionaire:
Self made man Paul Williams started in business 25 years ago. He’s now worth 60 million pounds and lives on the richest private estate in England. He wants to make a difference in people’s lives and give away some of his fortune, but he’s not alone. His 20 year old son Ben is with him.
Okay just watched what was original meant to be the 13th ep (the final for the first season) and it has direct links to the pilot, now waiting for ch9 to screw up another show!
David has ch9 said why they are showing Flashpoint out of order?
So know ‘sneak peek’ of the year ahead aired here tonight on ch9, did the cricket run over or did they show it during a break in the cricket?
I give this show one week then it will be pulled off air.
Are the programmers over at ch9 12 year olds?
Bit hard to get enthused about sneak peak,when you don’t know exact starting time.
I flipped over around 11, think I saw from start , watched 20 mins, found it tediusand very slow moving – got really bored, turned over to Holby Blue and Benny Hill – yes, I was that disappointed with Flashpoint.
Sneak peaks, like some have said, do make you wonder , big hit or big miss.
then to show eps out of order – yuck.
Doubt if I will be back.
Yes I just got TV Week and s01e05 “Who`s George?” is Sunday followed by s01e04 “Asking For Flowers” on Monday, they are going backwards. will ep 3 be the following Sunday then maybe the pilot on Monday?
Don’t hold your breath, Craig…
Flashpoint returns at the much-better timeslot of 8.30pm next Sunday (18 Jan), but they’re playing s1e5 “Who’s George”, according to yourTV. It’s also billed there as another “sneak peek”.
David, what did last night’s sneak peek rate, considering it aired at *10.50pm AEDST* due to the cricket running late?
So it was on tonight, no promoting that I saw but I didn’t watch the cricket. Noting in TV Week or the electronic on screen guide so unless you check on line guides or are in the know this ‘sneak peek’ is likely to be a ratings flop even with the cricket!
I just hope they decide to run the series in the correct order come Feb and re-run the 2nd ep.
Well at the very least it has been given the decent timeslot of 8.30 in Perth. Though these dodgy timeslots and sneek peaks of episodes out of order are only going to f**k up what is an alright show.
Like, who is the current programmer at Nine? I maen the McLeods Daughters marathon travesty, returning new eps of Cold Case with out notice and now this. Have they got a work experience guy there, that never watched much tv or something?
“Maybe the 10 minute promo is a shortened version of their one on youtube.
It promotes all the shows Nine are showing next year.”
I think that’s what it is, but this is stupid. They should have done what ch7 has for the last 2 years and aired it right after the fireworks on the new year, instead of cutting to a movie for 1980!
ITA ep 5 is good, but it features a core character introduced in the real pilot in a similar SL, viewers are going to be lost when the real pilot comes up.
Again I’m really liking the show, its a procedural cop show but it goes one step further than most.
Maybe the 10 minute promo is a shortened version of their one on youtube.
It promotes all the shows Nine are showing next year.
episode 5 is an alright episode but they could have chosen one that didnt have such a major character development in it. airing after the cricket is a good idea, hopefully the commentators mention it a few times.
The 2nd ep has the new guy (who is introduced in the real pilot)
I just finished ep 4 and really like it, it has a Rush feel with a touch of NCIS and I love the end bits with the music over the closing scenes.
And I already have the 4 pre-aired eps for S2 which originally were going to be ep 10-11-12-13 of S1.
Just saw Ad on Nine.
Slated to start – right after the cricket.
So could be anytime, not neccessarily 10.30 unless they throw up half hour comedy or pad out other programme.
This move looks sillier and sillier every minute and once again the Nine plant’s all have gone missing.
Can’t justify the unjustifable.
Melb: That would be because “The War At Home” is scheduled for Nine HD, and like Gossip Girl, if a show gets bumped to a post 10.30pm time slot, it is not screened in HD as Nine has burn-off programming running on that channel.
Yet another reason to download it, really.
Being on after the cricket, it’s virtually guaranteed to start later than scheduled anyway.
If Channel Nine wanted people to watch it wouldn’t they put on the first episode on at an earlier time? Nobody’s gonna see it at 10:30. The people who did see it would be wondering about the silly episode order. The people who watch it after the “Sneek Peek” will be wondering about the missing episode between ep 1 and 3. This is if we are assuming that Nine won’t air it again. But who knows! BTW I’m not even interested in this show but it is very, very odd programming from a television station that you’d think would want to attract viewers rather than repel. If it were me I would do a proper “Sneek Peek” i.e. five minutes instead a whole episode, and at an appropriate hour of the day. Then again, that type of “Sneek Peek” didn’t work for Fringe.
I have noticed that on the Foxtel EPG, now that it is listed, it is only showing on the Standard Def Digital Channel. I wonder why?
Well despite what everybody is saying this could be a smart move. It is following the 20 20 cricket, which i bet will get at least 1.5 mil. Even if it gets 500k then that is a possible 500k extrea that will tune into it the following Monday as well as others. David do u know what will air on the following Sunday instead. And this way there wont be 3 hrs of it spread over 2 nights. Also i think Secret Millionare on Sundays could pay off, does anyone know if it will continue on Thursdays.
It’s difficult to commit to as you jsut don’t know how long the show will be on for or how many changes will be made once it is on…
hmmm. . . This show looks really good but i think i might just resort to torrents straight up, i dont trust nine
Does not matter to me any more now. I wanted to watch this in correct order and am now doing so. so far so good. Now I certainly will not be watching this on Nine.
Sigh…. Another day, another programming change. Are Channel Nine just wanting to run Flashpoint into the ground? When will Australian programmers realise it’s 2009 and people aren’t going to take crap like this.
What I find remarkable about this change, and really, most of the programming decisions that have already come about this year (and plagued last year), is that it would be rare for it to happen in any other industry. Could you see the AFL decreeing at the last minute that a Saturday match of St. Kilda versus Hawks would be moved to Sunday at 10.30 pm and in its place Port will be playing Geelong? Or that a movie being released in a weeks time being pushed back two months (and yes, movies do get moved around, but there is normally a lot of notice)? No other industry would do things like this and it’s amazing TV networks are getting away with it.
Channel Nine are certifiably insane!! Who on earth is making these programming decisions?! Change number 100,000 this month alone!!1111111 What is going on?! I think Gyngell’s a funny dude even though I think Nine is the worst network, but that guy really has to get his act together and make sure stupid decisiosn like this don’t happen. I’m positive putting Flashpoint on at an earlier 8:30pm slot would be a better idea than the graveyard 10.30pm slot instead of a years old movie. It just doesn’t make sense
bit-torrent lined up and on hot stand-by
I think I get what the 10 min sneak peek is now. I’m not just Flashpoint but a highlights package for the year to come.
RIP Flashpoint
well this show has no interest to me at all, i have really gone off crime tv. but i really did think it would rate well.
but now i will smile as it gets the low low ratings and ch9 burn off another show that has potential.
i hate 9 with so much passion.
For those asking about what Flashpoint’s “Sneak Peek” means – I have no idea either. The episode is played in full. Does it mean the ep will be aired again later in sequence? Doubtful.
The term makes sense for the 10 min network promo… but it confuses us all when applied to a full episode.
say what? they have been promoting the shit out of this all summer but clearly its going to become another one of those 10.30pm shows that gets F**ked around with all the time, shame, its looks really good…oh, well, ill wait for the DVD…
Is it really that hard
start the week after the aus open, with episode one, and then in the same timeslot next week air episode 2 and so on.
what is all this sneak peak, last minute program change, future timeslot and day change, 10:30, out of order, starting in non-ratings rubbish.
i’d say this will be the mentalist of 2009.
lol instant death of a possibly good show becaue of extremely poor scheduling choice
Ryan, a “sneak peek” is, I presume, an attempt to both build interest in a new show and also get a measure of that interest before committing to a permanent timeslot.
Nine, however, still lives in the 1970s and truly believes that people only watch their network, and will therefore know that this unlisted “sneak preview” is on.
I predict ratings disaster in the size-comparing room.. err sorry, I mean the Nine boardroom, and that Flashpoint will be the Pushing Daises of Nine’s 2009.
I don’t get it, i just don’t. Why? It makes no sense at all.
Why on earth would you premiere one of your big hopes for the new season at 10.30pm in summer?
All I can think of is that this ep 5 is a turkey for some reason and they want to get it out of the way.
What leads into it?
Are these the same eps of Secret Millionaire shows on Foxtel? Yet another rescreening on FTA of a Foxtel show?
Sneak Peak 10-30 pm and who knows what episode.
Nine really must have high hopes (sarcasm meter turned up high)
Gyn, what are you thinking ?
Be brave, be bold.
Sunday or Monday night 8.30 PM and show the eps in order, so sneak peak is Episode One (1) yes, the first ep in series.
Sunday 10:30pm, do they want to kill this show before it even has a chance???
And I’m still confused with the ‘sneak peak’, 10 minutes of what?
Ch9 leading the way once again LOL
I’m assuming this is sneak peak only timeslot? – I don’t really get what a sneak peek is.
I wish they’d just air the show from the start.
I’m also assuming it will be getting an 8.30/9.30 timeslot considering the promotion I have seen for it.
and with this move the show is now doomed. no one will watch it coz it won’t be in the printed guides and no one will know it is on. only avid 9 watchers will catch on air ads saying when it is on and most people don’t pay that much attention to ads, you tune them out, all you really pay attention to is the show and the fact that it will be on, you presume that it is in its weekly slot or that you will see it in the tv guide. this premiere will fail dismally especially with the late timeslot, 9 will have to follow the sneak peak with a bunch of encores if they want to save the show.
So it’s moved to an unscheduled timeslot that isn’t reflected in the major printed guides, with an episode that may or may not be the first episode or may just drop unsuspecting viewers who tuned in for the movie “The Score” in the middle of a Canadian drama series where they don’t know the characters, don’t know the premise and don’t care as they reach for the remote to change channels.
Yes, folks, more genius work from Nine’s would-have-been-fired-ages-ago-in-any-sane-company programming department.
Those who find Flashpoint’s premise interesting will find a more reliable “sneak preview” in the usual online places.