Another programming amendment from Nine indicates it has changed plans to premiere Crusoe next Saturday.
The US family adventure was originally due to screen in double eps.
At the risk of highlighting Nine’s erratic programming / indecision / secrecy or commercial in confidence manouvering, there is currently no replacement for the show yet.
That also means print schedules are effectively out the window… still most networks don’t let that get in the way of aggressive programming.
Crusoe is a good show and it should stay on channel nine
To say I am heartily sick of Channel 9 and other commercial station’s contempt for the public, with their timings and last minute changes, is to put it mildly. However on this occasion, I’m gonna give them the benefit of the doubt, and temporarily presume that the death of Michael Jackson and all the specials that involved, is responsible for the non-airing of Crusoe at this time. That coupled with the release of the latest Harry Potter movie and the desire to air all prequels to coincide in a timely fashion, may have also contributed too. Hopefully I will be proved right and Crusoe will be back on within weeks? If not, then it’s just another nail in the coffin for commercial TV channels. Why do I and many others never get upset with the ABC? Why do I and many others always enjoy stuff on the ABC? Commercial TV stations – Take a good hard look at yourselves.
No date yet.
hi,
i see that harry potter has taken over the scheduled time!!!!!!!!!!
when will this show premier?
Nine really need to just go away!
They keep doing thess stupid changes and making excuses for their blatant incompetence which is evident to the whole country apart from themselves … if I was was in charge of that Network all heads in programming would have rolled months ago …
Get some new blood in the place who actually have some idea of what makes a successful show!
Merlin has proven the value and success of these kind of shows in the right time slot without constant change!
Wake up Nine… you are the biggest loosers in this!
Jack!
What would Nine do without Two and a Half Men and Harry Potter movies to rerun endlessly?
Someone take Nine out into the field and put the channel out of its misery.
The replacement for this Saturday 7.30 is Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire.
What?? I even saw a promo for this show saying coming to 7.30 Saturdays (IIRC) and I thought – cool they have a use for this show and something else to air on Sat night, I thought it was a no brainer but clearly the programmers at Nine are thinking on a whole other level – More Harry Potter reruns perhaps?
Thats so pathetic i was going to watch this show… but now i dont even know if i’lll wait for it to be shown on 9
Yep, still listed in the TV guide this morning.
simply pathetic 9, i was going to watch this show after i saw the ads but i guess that’s off the cards now.
Ah, the hotly-contested battle for Saturday night ratings supremacy. Sheesh. Gyngell can’t be happy unless he’s comparing size with his rivals 24/7 these days. Next they’ll be chopping and changing 2am infomercials in an attempt to “win”.
itll probably be on again people. They need to finish Harry Potter off at the earlier, family friendly time of 7.30pm. Expect it to be rescheduled for Sat 25th or 1st.
Why’d they do this for? Crusoe could have worked, especially on the back of the family-viewing success of Merlin. Dunb, dumb, dumb, Nine.
Looks like Ch Nine is to 2009 as Ch Ten was to 2008
- Chopping and changing of shows that does nothing but lower ratings.
They really do panic about putting on something new. Sometimes odd shows do turn out hits, you only have to look at Master chef & Merlin. It would not have killed them to at least give it a go on Satursday nights. Also they’ve had that coming soon promo for weeks. I hate when they they do that. I still remember the 2006 coming soon promo for Invasion, which they never aired on their SD chanel.
Give us Survivor Gabon. I could only find the first 4 episodes of that series. I’ve found the whole Survivor Tocantins. But, I want to finish Gabon first. Get your sh*t together channel 9.
The tally of pulled shows officially scheduled but pulled before the first airing continues. No wonder Channel 9 are the joke network of Australia. They never commit to anything. Its time to get rid of Gyngell
And they think they can handle a whole new “young person’s” channel? The demographic they respect the least?
My oh my,
this so unprofessional
come on channel 9
please please for everyone’s sake get it together
Nine is an absolute disgrace! Pull your head in programmers at Nine if you want people to watch your programs ever! If it weren’t for Sea Patrol and 60 Minutes you wouldn’t be blessed with my viewing of your crap network! Seven isn’t much better either I guess with programs like World’s Strictest Parents – Go Ten! Enough said from me…
I would have actually put Dance your Ass Off at Saturday 7:30. It has a good lead in from the Video Show, and people are after light entertainment on Saturday nights, not dramas, etc.
Must be time for update of all shows promised by networks and not delivered as yet.
Odds are this is one race Nine will win !
Very professional nine….
Show it, don’t show it, but for god sake, make a decision and stick with it for once (until the end).
That’s why they are 3rd these days.
Not surprised at all. Nine are becoming a joke.
I reckon they’ll put the third Harry Potter movie in there to compensate for it being bumped by Dance Your Ass Off.
Now, this confirms it, that the programmers at nine are in fact, a bunch of monkeys!!
They don’t know what they are doing and like someone turning a light on and off, on and off etc etc, they do this with their programming, mostly to pi** off there viewers.
I was looking forward to this, having seen the very limited promotions, okay of to the BT site! When will Nine learn?
I guess they’ll hold it for their 2nd SD now?
I guess with satellite technology as advanced as it is now, 9′s weather department don’t need that dart board anymore, so the programming guys are giving it a good work out.
Whatever…they probably figured no one would watch it as it’s been axed in the States anyway. I know I wouldn’t bother…I’m done with series without endings.