Try not to look surprised.
We all saw this comin’ as soon as it was announced. But it was pretty clear Nine was going all out with a do-or-die move with Dance Your Ass Off. Consider it dead, and jot it down as one of those titles we’ll all reference when we get to the end of the year and look back and ask “what the hell were they thinking?”
The show is no more. As of next week it’s more Two and a Half Men at 7:30pm followed by the return of New Adventures of Old Christine.
At 8:30pm, yes it’s more 20 to 1 with a new episode.
At 9:30pm CSI: NY returns with “The Box” S5E09 followed by “The Triangle” S5E10 ( a week later the 10:30 slot is a repeat)
Nine has even pulled Little Britain as a result. That’s an awful lotta changes.
So far Nine News is still intact at 11:30pm but hey, they still have a few days up their sleeve.
What they could do is bring back an Airline/Airport Type Programme and put that on between 7:30 and 8pm one or two nights a week.
Here is an even better idea find a home grown Australian Comedy or something from America or England one hasn’t seen in years and use that Any Ideas anyone?
Look at the Nine Viewing these days.
I remember as a kid after school watching Humphrey Bear,Channel Niners later known as C’Mon Kids Plus Looney Tunes Cartoons This was The Channel Nine of Kerry Packer.
Now look at them today they are the home of 2.5 men CSI and 20 TO 1
axed too soon!! too soon!!
Good to see Nine’s living up to it’s promises – there’s a good reason their new digital channel is called ‘GO!’ coz nothing they put on seems to ‘Stay!’ for long
hillarious…
nine really should just go back to the drawing board, something new is needed. And no more reality based TV for you, just doesn’t do it for me
A twisted part of me smiles when I hear shows like that getting canned, not because I like to see someone eles failure but I feel insulted that comercial networks seem to peddle this rubbish out expecting that the public will jump on board no matter how stupid it is (I’m looking at you David Tench Tonight ).
The part that gets me is that if most people commenting here could pick it as a dud then why did it get the green light to begin with?
Well I guess it was bound to happen. Great to see Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ comedy make a return to screens.
So is the Saturday afternoon encore showing of Dance Your Ass Off still screening or not?
@Scott – Nine are rarely original these days. Queue to their DWTS rip-off, Dancing on Ice, and now another rip-off of that, playing off the ratings of Biggest Loser. What I’m waiting for is a rip-off of Masterchef (and I wouldn’t be surprised if there already is one).
what ..i stood to lose 5 kilos with the way this show was putting me off my food!!!!…bugger back to exercise
Fatty Dancing?????!!!! The question has to be asked – worst show ever? Monster House and Yasmin are two contenders that come to mind, but I think it was Fatty Dancing that saw the last hope for humanity cast aside and the the time come for us, as a species, to check out.
I wanna look surprised.
Still the same question remains unanswered – who is running the programming department at Nine and how on earth have they still got a job.
Such a shame, this show really lifted Nine’s credibility.
Nice to see Old Christine back, but I don’t see it rating well against 7′s factual (forgot which one they have on then) and Your Gen. Or then again it might end up rating well like TBBT. Also this means that 20 to 01 is on at 8:30 Tues and Thu. They may as well just strip it across 8:30 weekdays.
I can understand the decision to remove Dance my Buttocks Away, but some day soon Nine are really going to have to find something other than CSI, 20 to 1 and Two and a Half Men to fill their schedule.
Yes these endless repeats rate reasonably well, but there is nothing to build a schedule on here. No home grown programs thta can generate international sales, no new concepts thart can inspire loyalty and big viewing figures (a la carte Masterchef.) Nothing.
Whilst many may cheer Nine consuming itself in an endless circle of Two and a Half Men repeats it just encourages laziness and makes life less attractive all the time for the average viewer.
@ jb LOL
This doesn’t surprise me and very happy to see CSI: NY in it’s place.
Aside from the fact that it was such a stupid show in the first place so why would anyone want to watch it, what’s the point in watching any new show on nine anymore? They can have so much trouble keeping shows that people have proven they watch on regularly, so why risk gettong attached to a new show. Now they’re gone after one episode.
At least 9 are moving quickly to kill off duds. The question is, how long will 10 take to put the 7PM Project out of its misery? I see where it’s lost over 30 per cent of its audience in its first 3 days of airing. Ouch, that hurts!
I wasn’t at all surprised to see the axing of Dance Your ss off.
So disgusting How can anyone watch a show about fat people.
But why more 20 to 1 or 2.5 men Time for something Fresh and New People.
Here is one suggestion why not an OC type show at that time of night something that not even the ABC do anymore
It is good news about New Adventures of Old Christine returning as I have only rarely seen the show due to the fact I work nights.
@ Dan: Nine could do a 40-1 of biggest flops at this rate…
And 2.5-1 for “completely overkilled” shows…
Well Ch9 are true to form. Dump a show, they shouldn’t have aired it anyway.
Ch9 are airing more 2.5 men and CSi and 20 to 1. I agree with the Lewis and GuanoLad. Is this really all they can offer……… I don’t watch any of them!
At least we get Old Christine back, but for how long?
At this rate Ch9 will need a 2nd GO! channel for all the failed shows it will need to find a home for and the main channel will be nothing but 2.5 Man and 20 to 1 re-runs…
That picture doesn’t look like Christine…
I’m not sure why no one else hasn’t made this connection. Nine are screening these horrificly cheap and nasty pieces of programming and then shifting them straight to GO99. Whilst it doesn’t do any good for Nine SD, it’s a great way of exposing their programs to a wider audience and then saying, if you like it then you can find it here on our new channel. Besides, they really have nothing to lose by doing this- their ratings slide for this year is already cemented!
Nein makes me laugh!
What they don’t achieve with their programs they sure manage with their colossal programming blunders.
And to think they took Ice to court over it…
hahahaha
Dance Your Axe Off, Nine.
Very happy to see CSI:NY back…though I’m not holding my breath for it to stay on.
Should not have been on to start with. As for Perfect Couple, like HomeMADE, it will remain as its locally produced. I guessed 20-1 would replace Dance, was close. 2.5 Men. Same deal. Still a very poor Tuesday night line up.
not suprised that nine has kicked ass but i was hoping it would last another week so it could be thumped even more australias pefect flop will be next i would say
9 could do a 20 to 01 called 20 to 01 the biggest flops on channel 9
I find it appalling the way Nine use Old Christine as filler. It rarely get screen more then 5 episode consecutively. I even try taping it but that doesn’t work when they don’t screen it. Sorry, but I won’t be back this time.
Lol…
Well then, guess Nine were really dreading that next Catherine Deveney column, and decided to beat her to the punch!
I can’t believe they still rely entirely on Two and a Half Men, 20 to 1, and CSI, to give them ratings. If you were to look at their schedule a year ago, two years ago, would it look virtually identical to today?
If APC doesn’t lift next week I’d say that’s it. I was also surprised Sea Patrol had been burned off given it wasn’t to make way for Rescue.
Wow.
That’s surprising.
Nine ought to stop and think about why it didn’t rate, rather than filling the gap with more 2.5 Men and 20 to 1.
Not surprized by Dance been axed. But annoyed that season 5 of CSI: NY is scheduled in yet another time slot, and to late for the printed TV guides. At least I go the series “from other sources”
Lol, geez, it didn’t take long to get the axe. And, yes, I wasn’t at all surprised
After booting Ass Off after one horribly rated episode how long do you think they’ll give Australia’s Perfect Couple which scored the exact same low ratings just one night later?
I thought it would at least last 2 weeks not 2 days. I guess Nine have no dignity left at all. LOL. More 2.5 Men and 20 to 1. Surprise. They are so one dimensional. The should just not program anything and have a black screen Tuesday night. I actually might watch Channel Nine then. So will they stick with Perfect Couple. Did just as bad.
lol, i knew it would get cancelled but i though it would take more than one week, so this means that nine devoted 1 and a half hour to a show last week which will never be seen again. how can anyone one keep track off all this changes, people dont even now what will be showing on nine week for for week cause there’s no consistency, they just completely revamped there Tuesday night line up! the programming depart at nine must be a bunch of pot smokers lol.
Nine’s strategy is often to follow bad news with good, or bury it amongst other news. A bit like politicians leaking bad news at Xmas time, when it won’t get analysed. To dump Ass on its ass after one day is a great headline. They avoid it by holding it and announcing more new shows such as Rescue and Farmer instead.
Dance didn’t rock the competition’s asses off. It was a risk Nine took which could have easily been the next big thing but Generation provided a lot better entertainment. Dance should move to GO! next month. Love Christine so I will be watching Nine again on Tuesday even if some shows are timeshifted. 20 To 1 and CSI:NY look like stronger performers so hopefully Nine will improve next week.
At least Christine and CSI:NY will return for another go as we are behind and 20 to 1 should provide stronger competition for Rafters and NCIS than this weeks Dance and Men.
I have found Nine pretty weak on Tuesdays over the year even though there have been some good ones like Wipeout (the US one could return to Tuesdays) and Secret Diary of a Call Girl. Ten has been the standout with NCIS, Bondi Rescue, Generation and Lie To Me but as NCIS is in repeats, there is time for Nine’s shows. Also enjoy Rafters and I am glad that does well.
What took them so long?
Me Too!!
Now to Ch9, here’s a show for you which im starting.. based on Dance your Ass Off being axed after 1episode!!
Laughing my ass off!
[deadpan] I’m stunned.
That didn’t take long to happen. Once more, Nine reshuffling around their schedule and alienating viewers. Here we go again.
Excellent news about New Adventures of Old Christine coming back
Now we’ll never know if they lost their asses.
I was only off by 1 week