Thursday nights just got a whole lot more interesting with TEN confirming it will be the new night for Rush.
The TEN drama will return Thursday July 16 at 8.30pm.
That pits it against Trouble in Paradise and whatever Seven has in store, given Grey’s Anatomy is coming to an end soon (Seven will begin double eps after Private Practice ends).
It will also be the only Aussie made drama on the box after 7:30pm. Well… The Footy Show likes to manufacture a bit of drama but that doesn’t count…
The 8:30pm timeslot should give the show a bigger audience than it was attracting against All Saints, given it is an earlier timeslot. It also forces the show to be M rather than MA rated (last year it was regualrly M rated anyway)
The second season of Rush will be considerably longer this year, with new cast member Joelene Anderson.
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PS. please leave the cinematography as is. It sets them apart from the other australian shows. i dont think there is anything like it in australian tv.
Rush appeared then disappeared. How is it that nothing is mentioned in the media. Was it a teaser? What happened? Its April already.
Yes, no date yet.
Is Rush returning in 2010? If so, when? I used to enjoy this show last year.
i hear that Rush is a great show and having read the feedback i am sure it must be However as the camera is always moving around I cannot watch the show. because of this eratic camera movement i get motion sick. surely i am not the only person to experience this sensation i am wondering what mindset from the directors would force this sensation upon viewers to the point where we cannot watch the show. give us a break and change the camera work next season, you might get a nice surprise and attract more viewers.
I am very happy Rush’s return date has been announced.
I can’t understand the comments about it being boring or like NCIS and CSI. It is original, fast paced, always something new and different happening and the chemistry between the characters was amazing last season.
As for the shaking cameras I never noticed it or had a problem with how it was filmed. I take it you don’t watch any reality series like The Force: Behind the Lines or Recruits either because they have very noticable shaking cameras.
And just for the record DJ I am not an employee of Ten or Rush just a genuine fan and to say that these people aren’t out there and actually commenting on here is just ridiculous.
Also I love the current promo for the new series, semi naked Callan and Rodger, how could I not!! I’m also very glad they put a link to Grace to show Josh hasn’t forgotten her, I think that was needed.
love the ads with a shirtless rogder corser in them… hopefully we get to see more of him like that in the new series
DJ, what and odd comment. Rush isnt really like any of those shows as the whit of the series i think is very Australian. Maybe you dont get it?
I tolerated the first season of ‘Rush’, because I’m a Catherine McClements fan, even though I couldn’t stand the shaky camera work in the show, and would otherwise have stopped watching it… I dread the second season will use the same technique, to highly aggravating effect again, although I’m not home at 8:30pm on Thursday nights, so I won’t be seeing the show in that timeslot…
Dj
well said
How is putting this pap on going to make Thursday nights ‘a whole lot more interesting’?
Just watch any re-run of any Aussie-made cop show that draws too much from a American influence, take out any subtle acting and you have an episode of Rush.
There is nothing in this show that hasn’t been done somewhere else before, and better… especially the characters – yikes! If I was the producers of NCIS and CSI I would be suing Rush’s producers for plagurism!
This show stinks and it’s staff who infiltrate message boards (such as this one) to promote the show, should be dedicating their time to other things (like writing a believable piece of dialogue).
Would be nice if Rush could nab 1.2 each week. Thats exactly what TEN need on Thursdays – a show that consistently rates. I hope its better than the first season, Id hate for it to sit on around 800k.
This is the most sensible timeslot for Ten to put it in, I’d expect it to consistently grab figures of 1.2 mill, possibly even higher as the weeks go on. Let’s see if it lasts longer in this slot than The Strip, yet another one of Channel Nine’s horrible dramas (Canal Road anyone?).
How cool would it be if Seven brought city Homicide to Wednesdays, we’d have Sea Patrol Monday, Packed to the Rafters and All Saints Tuesday, CH Wednesday and Rush Thursday. Thats the kind of Australian TV lineup you want to see
Yay, finally something to watch on Thursdays. It does need a good lead in show though. Thursday usually a low rating night anyway isn’t it. Or maybe thats just because there’s always crap on Thursday.
Don’t expect Glee before its Sept 21 US premiere, and yes at least M rated. Please use TV lounge for off topic?
David, I know this is a bit off topic, but I saw a promo on Ten the other night for Glee, do you know when they plan on showing this? I was thinking Sunday nights after Merlin finished but from the promo’s on youtube I’ve seen I’m guessing it will have to be in an M-rated time slot?
shouldnt be put on a thur! s.v.u did fine getting an average around 1.2m when it was on thur 8.30, so really there is no problem with thursdays except tens refusal to return s.v.u. the problem days are weds and fridays, so really they should have put rush 8.30 wed, and move the non rating house to 9.30 when it returns.
A good timeslot with less competition for Rush, although I don’t know what the lead-in will be like – we already have the modest-rating Rules of Engagement and then it’ll probably be the equally dismal 5th Grader. Hopefully people will give Rush a go so it can have numbers more like Sea Patrol Season 1 and less like The Strip, both former 8:30 Thursday Aussie dramas.
Awesome! Thursdays is one of the evenings which are relaxing for me and it’s good to see something interesting will finally be on TV that night.
I wonder what TEN will put on 7:30PM Thursdays seeing as MasterChef finishes soon and The 7PM Project will only be 30 mins right?
Cant wait, already put that date in my diary!
Cool that Rush is coming back, I thought that it was going to take oure the NCIS spot when that ends this week or on a wensday night after SVU.
So what’s going to happen to Criminal Intent is that going to be on after Rush or move to another day?
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now now not so rude please
Really, the show was never really MA rated. I’ve watched a couple of so-called MA rated episodes last year, and both of them were tame even by M standards.
So I was not in the least bit surprised when the first season DVD was granted an M rating for “Violence, themes, sex scenes and coarse language”.
Ten are just playing it safe in light of the Big Brother/Californication debacles of years past.
ten should consider moving a 90 minute MC to Thursday for that week.
they will have to do three double episodes of RUsh if they want to finish it in 2009. i’d say there’s a good chance 7 will put the amazing race up against it.
I think Rush is great and I agree that it will be good to have something to watch on a Thursday night.
I think the only reason it doesn’t get the massive ratings is because it is actually an intelligent show not lowest common denominator like PTTR – Michael’s comment below illustrates this perfectly.
Ten should put rush in the rubbish (slot) bin rush is crap
Should be a relatively easier spot for Rush to score some decent numbers, hopefully – the show deserves it.
It will have the exposure of the final week of Masterchef….hopefully Ten start to pump out the promos now.
And given Greys is over, it gives me something new to get stuck straight into. It should get 1.2 at a minimum in this slot – similar audience to Law and Order ?(crime) makes sense. Though Thursdays are lower rating nights which could be a problem.
Yay im sooo excited. I love this show. This is the perfect slot for it, and it gives me sumthing to watch thursdays. i must say thou, it would have an even better chance of doing well with a better lead in than what Rules is provding CI at the moment. Also im assuming CI moves to 9:30 since Medium is almost finished. In saying that it should do at least 1mil, hopefully head to the 1.2mil region by the end of the season.
Bloody hell for me. Ten better make episodes available for online viewing. I work every Thursday night so I will never get to watch it live on air. I was hoping for Wednesday 9:30, that way I could have TGYH, S&S, TCWOE, Rush then FG all in one night. Oh well.
I hope it does well at 8:30, could do with a better lead in but I hope people try it out. And good on TEN for sticking with it and not canceling.
Awesome news, Thursday 8.30 should be a very good time for Rush. Can’t wait!
Will be interesting to see how it goes. Thursday is a rather low rating night, but it’s certainly better than pitting it head to head with All Saints or Rafters.
Ten would be expecting a little more than 900k out of it this time. Especially when their much cheaper reailty series are booming at the moment.
.At Last, I’ve been looking forward to the new Rush, some really talented Aussie actors already there, however with Jolene Anderson added this season Rush can only get better.
My Husband recently whinged that none of his favourite Aussie made crime series were being shown at present. I just told him that it’s all about ratings ……..not us the viewer !!
Great time slot, finally something to watch on a Thursday. This was a great show last year, and really hope that it has the same quality this season.
This is the most logical spot for it. I am so glad Channel 10 were able to see that
great decision, that’s where i would put it.