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Channel Nine has announced more details of its line-up across the next two weeks.
Underbelly secures a two hour premiere at 8:30pm Monday February 9th. A week later Aussie Ladette to Lady joins in the 9:30pm slot.
The Farmer Wants a Wife (pictured) will premiere 7:30pm February 11th, with Domestic Blitz moving to its regular Sunday 6:30pm slot following the end of Nine’s cricket commitments.
Also announced are Adults Only 20 to 1 for 8:30pm Thursday February 5th (the mind boggles, Bert!) and the return of 60 Minutes and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation on February 22nd.
“We are very excited about the schedule for the new year,”said Michael Healy, Nine’s Director of Programming. “It will really entertain Nine’s core audience of 25-54s and 18-49s and offer a great variety of new and returning shows.
“Nine is especially thrilled with the new series of Underbelly which will more than live up to audience expectations. It is just sensational.”
Ratings return Sunday February 8th.
Select highlights:
Sunday, February 1
Cricket – One-Day International: Australia v New Zealand
Monday, February 2
7.30pm – Two and a Half Men – ALL NEW
8.00pm – Big Bang Theory – ALL NEW
8.30pm – Movie: Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
Tuesday, February 3
7.30pm – WIPEOUT AUSTRALIA: SNEAK PEAK, ALL NEW
8.30pm – Two and a Half Men (adults only)
9.30pm – The Allan Border Medal: Special Presentation
Wednesday, February 4
7.30pm – Domestic Blitz: SPECIAL PRESENTATION
(returns to its regular slot of 6.30pm Sunday on Sunday, February 15)
8.30pm – The Mentalist: ALL NEW
9.30pm – Flashpoint: ALL NEW
10.30pm – Cold Case: ALL NEW
Thursday, February 5
8.30pm – Adults Only 20 to 1: ALL NEW
9.30pm – Kitchen Nightmares USA: ALL NEW
Friday, February 6
Cricket – One-Day International: Australia v New Zealand
Sunday, February 8
Cricket – One-Day International – Australia v New Zealand
Monday, February 9
8.30pm – PREMIERE OF UNDERBELLY: A TALE OF TWO CITIES (2-HOUR TELEMOVIE)
Tuesday, February 10
Cricket – One-Day International: Australia v New Zealand
Wednesday, February 11
7.30pm – THE FARMER WANTS A WIFE: Series 3 PREMIERE
8.30pm – The Mentalist: ALL NEW
9.30pm – Flashpoint: ALL NEW
10.30pm – Cold Case: ALL NEW
Friday, February 13
Cricket – One-Day International: Australia v New Zealand
Saturday, February 14
6.30pm – Australia’s Funniest Home Video Show: 2009 Series Return
Sunday, February 15
6.30pm – Domestic Blitz: ALL NEW (regular timeslot)
7.30pm – Cricket – Twenty20: Australia v New Zealand (final game of season)
Monday, February 16
8.30pm – UNDERBELLY: A TALE OF TWO CITIES (regular timeslot)
9.30pm – PREMIERE of AUSSIE LADETTE TO LADY: ALL NEW
10.30pm – CIA: Crime Investigation Australia
Sunday, February 22
6.30pm – Domestic Blitz: ALL NEW
7.30pm – 60 Minutes: 30 YEAR ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL
8.30pm – CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: ALL NEW SERIES RETURN
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Yes and it was Nine that screwed ER several years ago. I have since amended my schedule with ER at 10.30 tuesdays after Eleventh Hour with Celebrity Singing Bee at 8.30 thursdays.
why would channel 9 put e.r. back on during the ratings period. even if it is the last season coming up its been a ratings disaster for them. hence why it was thrown away and shown during the non ratings period
I’ve given up on Nine. Can’t be bothered chasing shows around the schedule, being stuffed around with late changes, late starting times. I’ll wait for UB2 to come out on DVD with the extra footage/ features etc. It’s not like anyone can ruin the ending for me.
Cpandilo thats a good schedule you’ve got there, its a lot better than the awful one Nine has at the moment which is chock a block full of 2.5 men and Cricket, and I know your list would please a lot more ppl like those who want Primeval and Survivor back on. Plus Underbelly giving 11th Hour a good lead in is a smart move, as is The Mentalist on Sundays where it belongs. Pity Nine lack the intelligence to make moves like this and instead insist on making mistakes instead (Mentalist on Wed where it will be eaten by Criminal Minds, 2.5 men 8x a week, 20 to 1 dominating the schedule, etc)
Here is what i would have scheduled for Nine in February, please tell of what you think. Is it better or worse than Nine’s actual line-up?
Sundays: 6.30 20 to 01 / 7.30 60 Minutes / 8.30 The Mentalist / 9.30 Cold Case
Mondays: 7.30 Domestic Blitz / 8.30 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation / 9.30 CSI: NY
Tuesdays: 7.30 Wipeout Australia / 8.30 Underbelly 2 / 9.30 Eleventh Hour
Wednesdays: 7.30 Farmer Wants A Wife / 8.30 CSI: Miami / 9.30 Aussie Ladette To Lady / 10.30 Hotel Babylon
Thursdays: 7.30 Getaway / 8.30 ER / 9.30 Kitchen Nightmares
Fridays: 7.30 Motorway Patrol / 8.00 Police Ten 7 8.30 Waking The Dead / 10.40 Seinfeld
Saturdays: 7.30 Primeval / 8.30 Survivor
Obviously 20 to 01 would not be adults only. It’ld just be the usual series.
Cant see Fringe, none of those others excite me
So Flashpoint series ‘permiere’ in Feb 4, but in TV Week it has CSI Miami, now i know there had late changes but not having the correct listing in TV Week and other printed guides it makes it really hard to find shows and this is being listed as the series premiere, confusing viewers even more after the ’sneak peaks’ that were more than that.
Plus it goes up against 24 and House, IMO it will be gone with-in the month!
I honestly initially read that as “Nine declares ratings suicide”…
Wouldn’t be surprised if it turned out that way, though…
The 9 button on my remote will definitely gather dust this year. What an absolute shamble, such rubbish programming. Ladette to Lady, Farmer wants a wife, wipeout, 20 to 1, Ramsay nightmares, Only real quality hits are underbelly, CSI, blitz, 60 minutes, the latter under serious threat
The thing is Channel 7 have a heap of shows that they know and we know will do well, Border, 000 heroes, rspca, find my family, packed to the rafters, australia’s got talent, all saints, city homicide, criminal minds, better homes and gardens, home and away, how i met your mother. These are all certified hits (aside 000 heroes, bound to be) with guaranteed audiences.
People can praise nine about ‘all the new shows for 2009′ but really, they aint great or that worthy of praise. A decent network should start the year off with a fair amount of well established shows, of course hard for Nine to do after the shocking 2007 and 2008 years
Nine’s trotting out Ramsay again? Last time I checked, viewers were sick of him…
Well, there’s a wee bit less 2.5 men so that’s a plus I guess. Adults 20 to 1?? That made me lol. (It’s on at the adult time of 8:30 as well XD)
I. Want. Temptation!
wilmawalrus, it’s just a few clicks away…..
yes, what was the point of starting the new series of ER last night if they’re not going to continue with it!!!!! David, any news at all about series 14 of ER?
Farmer wants a wife, Laddette and Wipe out should all be on one night from 7.30. Underbelly followed by Laddette does not make any sense at all. Ch9 have no idea about the flow of their shows. These 2 are not even the same demo at all. Underbelly followed by Mentalist or a CSI even would make more sense and produce a blockbuster night for 9.
And ER? Where’s ER? Even if its a 10.30 show, its OK, as long as it continues. I’m sure many fans are hooked again after it being on through summer.
When is Survivor coming????????
Absolutely NeonKitten I couldn’t agree with you more. As to your question Benno I would have to think that Nine were:
a) disorganised and didn’t get their info to the printers in time
b) wanted to see what everyone else did before they set their programming
c) need to confirm everything through seven layers of management, sales and PR before getting approval to release info
d) all of the above
I just looked in the Wednesday weekly TV guide, and there were a lot of TBA’s on nine’s schedule. Why is it that secretive? How is it that the US and loads of other TV networks can declare their schedule more than a month in advance, yet they can’t even declare a schedule days in advance? It should be common sense, but if people don’t know about when a show is on, how can they watch? Oh hang on, what if channel seven or ten puts on a show which may rate slightly higher. My bad, forget all that.
slowlylu, NIne sold off all its potential tentpole drama serials. Cupboard’s bare, and tens of thousands are pirating in its wake.
This constant obsession with “winning the year”, “winning the week” blah blah blah… it has to stop. It’s the death of FTA television. Simple as that. The pathetic bitch-fight the networks are having with each other is just turning viewers away. In droves.
Just run a profitable business by fostering customer trust and loyalty, guys, and screw what the other networks are doing. How hard is that? Used to work, after all.
I’m a little surprised at Cold Case being shoved back to 10.30pm. Not sure whether to be hopeful that it might stay put, or fearful that it will be one of the first to be pulled.
Why the hell is ER in this schedule???
boring!! my god im so glad 10 has a good lineup cause otherwise i wouldnt b watching tv at all! i cant wait for dance, loser, rescue, vet, rove, and new eps of law and order, ncis, simpsons and medium!!!
Mmmm… 60 Minutes and maybe Underbelly is all that’s there for me… Underbelly 1 was far too slow – doesn’t bode well for #2.
Hopefully Footy Classified will be back – it’s the only Nine show I watch regularly (except Temptation which isn’t on any more)
Let’s face it Nine are damned if they do and damned if they don’t. The biggest hole I perceive is that Nine is lacking a tentpole drama series (like ER, PTtR). Farmers will rate as will Underbelly and Ladette to Lady but none of these shows are built to endure, foster viewer loyalty and secure consistent ratings over more than one season to build Nine’s brand cache.
Once you’ve seen one bogan drunk girl make an idiot out of herself you’ve seen them all. How many Underbelly series can they honestly make?
It does make me wonder why Australian networks continue to programme to age demographics rather than more inituitive segments like filmsmovies do?
nothing of interest on 9
Wow..
all in one night:
Cricket, SYTYCD, Men’s Final (tennis)
Looks like a good line up to me. Compare this to Nine in 07 and it’s a huge improvement. Underbelly, Kitchen Nightmares USA and Aussie Ladette to Lady should all be worth watching, and I’ll definitely check out Adults Only 20 to 1.
Does anyone know whether they’re going to air the second season of Secret Diary? The first season rated very well for its timeslot but I remember then announcing the show at the start of the year, which they haven’t done this time.
Underbelly and Desperate Housewives on at the same time? Arrgh!
Although Seven not renewing their output deal with Fox (that Ten gladly took up and paid 50 mill for the 5 or 6 year contract) will badly hurt them in 2009, Seven look like they’ll beat Nine (just going on the mostly all 99 % negative feedback here, which Nine would definitely be reading) and win 2009, with the help of their Aus show line up.
While ratings for procedurals like Bones and Criminal Minds went up for Seven in 2008, their 2008 ratings for shows like Brothers and Sisters, Grey’s Anatomy, Desp Housewives, Lost, Heroes and Prison Break were all down – the last 3 shows named, will get dumped to 10.30 pm slots in 2009 (Lost is in it’s 2nd last season). Boston Legal’s final season that’s been slotted to 10.30 pm, only has 13 episodes. Once the now cancelled Prison Break (that has 8 episodes left) ends this year and 24 probably ends next year, the only Fox shows Seven will have, will be Bones, My Name is Earl, Family Guy and American Dad. Not that Seven care less, but Ugly Betty is looking like it’ll be getting cancelled, from declining US ratings.
Not one show is interesting from that line-up. Bring back Survivor.
Does anyone know if Nine are doing a revamp of their graphics this year? They seem to be getting new ‘looks’ every year.
Yeah I agree with Teepee that having Farmer and Ladette back to back would have been a smart idea. They are taking risks by putting good shows up against other good shows on seven. I hope Nine win. Hope the risk pulls off.
This lineup is terrible. The Mentalist is the only good show and that will bomb now that Nine are being stupid and putting it up against Criminal Minds again. Does anyone really feel interested in watching shows like Wipeout, Farmer Wants A Wife and Ladette To Lady? I don’t see why these shows would appeal to anyone. And as for 2.5 men being on 8 times a week, come on. That’s just woeful, this schedule is almost exactly the same as it was last year. Nine will still continue to rate bizarrely well though as ppl somehow are drawn to watching the same old 2.5 men eps 8 times a week and lowest common denominator rubbish like Farmer Wants A Wife (i.e. a country Bachelor) will end up getting 1.8 million viewers. What a joke.
is it just me or are these announcements coming much later than usual. ch7 have been advertising with timeslots/airdates for well over a week now. haven’t seen much of that at all from 9.
i wonder why they are using up an episode of DB for wednesday if its not the proper timeslot?
also ep1 of Desperate housewives is very hooking and the promotion has been great. and 9 are competing with terminator? they are handing out a big headstart to DH and B&S. not a good sign for underbelly.
knowing this i have revised the 2009 axing/bumped to summer order. to: 1=ramsay, 2=24, 3=BigBang, 4=2.5men(tues), 5=20to1, 6=flashpoint
underperforming (not necessarily axed) will be mentalist, farmerWAW (it’s against AGT!), eleventh hour (just doesn’t look approachable) and wipeout (i think the rating will start pretty much where the US season left off -1.1mil- and go down from there.)
thank god nines thursdays are weak! Hopefully my seven faves ghost whisperer and greys will rate well, GW especially should rate better in the 7:30pm slot. I was wondering if the big bang theory continue during ratings and if new 2.5 men will be on mondays 7:30pm or tuesdays 8:30pm?
Australia’s Got Talent vs. Farmer Wants A Wife should be interesting, although I would have expected Farmer at 8:30 followed by Ladette. Flashpoint/another crime show would have been better to capitalise on Underbelly lead-in. (But now I have to choose between Underbelly and DH!
) Out of all the days though Sunday looks the best, and not just for Nine. Current affairs vs. fatties getting fit vs. tearjerking reno at 6:30. LOL
the only shows that i was slightly considering on 9 was underbelly and L2L but Underbelly is against my 2nd favourite show ever Desperate housewives and i love brothers and sisters as well so i don’t think i will be watching anything on 9.
i’ve also watched farmer in the past. putting it against AGT i think is a mistake. AGT has been a quiet achiever and gets around 1.5-1.6mil in tough timeslots, and has a similar audience to fWAW. and AGT is such a more entertaining show.
they should swap mon7:30 with wed7:30. 2.5men did so well there last year and HIMYM is going to ruin it. i think if they swapped everyone would win.
sorry 9 i have no faith.
As The Footy Shows (both the NRL and ARL ones) have been declining in
ratings and keep getting beaten by Ten and Seven on Thursday nights,
Nine should move them an hour later to a Thursday 10.30 pm slot.
LOL That is a terrible line up. Underbelly is just all hype. The first series was crap. I’m apparently in their core audience 18-49 – i’m 21, but i won’t be watching one single thing on Nine. Until they put survivor on of course. And i’ve downloaded most of pushing daisies which 9 were meant to show – it is absolutely brilliant. Continue to get rid of quality like Pushing daisies and chuck, and stick with Wipeout & Ladette to lady, you won’t be winning anytime soon Nine.
Its a pretty atrocious schedule, underbelly is the only decent thing there.
So they’ll show the T3 movie but give up rights to the TV series?
Underbelly is about it for me, sorry ch9.
Nine actually has a good schedule – and with the cricket I think they will actually win the first week.
I’m glad they stuck with regular slots of Blitz, CSI etc and think UB on Mondays is a good decision – exactly where I would have put it.
Feb 23 is unannounced but we do know the Oscars will be live at 12 midday with evening highlights. I think Nine knows the main points of interest will have made the 6pm news, so expect a 9:30 or 10:30 package I reckon….probably the latter.
And what about the Oscars? Isn’t Nine supposed to be broadcasting them on Monday February 23rd? Normally the Osars would start at 8.30pm – which is Underbelly’s timeslot. Surely even Nine wouldn’t be crazy enough to squander Heath Ledger’s Oscar – and Hugh Jackman’s hosting on a 9.30 timeslot. Or would they?
*yawn* 2009 could be the year I get off my arse and look into importing shows from overseas either via Torrent, iTunes, or DVD orders!
That said, I am looking forward to checking out Undermybelly and see how the Aussie shielas stack up in Ladette to lady. Dance Auditions on TEN will be good and I am strangely drawn to watching Big Fat Fatties aka Biggest Loser. That Mentalist rip off looks okay (please don’t lie to me TEN) and Rafters on Seven will just about do me.
Bring back the AFL already….at least the Aussies always win!
I like Monday and Wednesdays although I record everything these days. Bugger watching ads.
very few shows that interest me thus far. looks like i won’t be watching underbelly now that it is against DH.
oh dear here we go again, 2.5 men 8 times a week, it will probably be on 9 times when TBBT is cut which will have to. it only gets 900k against the rich list so up aginst HIMYM it can’t possiblt do well.
oh dear thats a terrible lineup, looks they’ll be losing tues and wed by the same proportions that they did last year. the placement of ladette to lady is quite odd. they could have used the leadin to build a crime show like 11th hour, flashpoint or the mentalist. thursday and sunday are also not very strong.
they are risking a lot by waiting until oficial ratings to start lots of shows it will give the other networks a hell of a head start.
what’s airing on 9.30pm Tuesday February 17?
I hear Bert will be doing a striptease in all new Adults 20 to 1
I think it will be the Singing Bee again. There is nowhere else for it to go.
Quite happy with the schedule, looks like it’s a msut see Sunday, Monday and Wednesday for me!
Nine hasn’t revealed its hand for Thursday Feb 12, of particular interest will be the 8:30 timeslot.
Wow that’s a blockbuster line-up! I’m not over 55 and hate factuals so thank god for Nine! And 10 who have some awesome shows.
I might just find other ways of getting Bones and Criminal Minds so I can avoid seven entirely
eugh its a mess, all the leadins and outs are so wrong.
what were they thinking Big bang, underbelly, ladette, crime investigation
i wonder where this leaves 11th hour, singing bee, without a trace, CSI miami, CSI:NY, crusoe, what’s good for you, superstars of dance, secret millionaire, for richer for poorer, when i grow up, and call girl
so many things that have been tried, failed, and are being redone, mentalist on wednesday, adults only on tues, and CSI against city homicide ect. some strange decisions, not exactly the fresh start we were hoping for.
LOL @ “It will really entertain Nine’s core audience of 25-54s and 18-49s and offer a great variety of new and returning shows.“ Isn’t that ALL network’s desired core audience?
And Yeah, when I look at that line-up, the first thing I think is “wow, tonnes of shows for 18 year-old’s there…”
The only thing that would make their line-up any better for the young-uns would be if they had some shows like Chuck, Fringe, Pushing Daisies & The Sarah Connor Chronicles, oh wait…
Ewwww Ladette to Lady after Underbelly. What a waste of a lead in. Underbelly is the only thing I will be watching on Nine in the near future.
Bring back Survivor please!
Adults Only 20 to 1 ideas…
20 to 1-Profanity and Punchups
20 to 1-Gordon Ramsey
20 to 1-Sam Newman’s controversies
20 to 1-Aussie TV bloopers
If anyone has any more good ideas, comment!