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And the first amendment of the 2010 ratings year goes to…

By David Knox on February 8, 2010 / Filed Under Programming 11

Channel Nine is officially holder of the first amendment of the 2010 ratings year after it issued a switch this morning.

It’s adding a repeat of The Mentalist to 9:30pm this Thursday, in place of a double episode of CSI: New York.

Now instead of two CSI episodes airing, it will just be one, “Communication Breakdown” moved to 10:30pm.

The Mentalist repeat is “Bloodshot” S1E16.

Of course late on Friday TEN also suddenly dumped Malcolm in the Middle in favour of more Simpsons repeats plus Biggest Loser replays, while Seven last week added a bunch of repeats of My Kitchen Rules, Desperate Housewives and Brothers and Sisters to daytimes too. But it’s all about timing, Nine was first after we crossed the line in the ratings sand.

Next up we’ll have to see who is first to dump a show after getting a look at its 2010 ratings, which is actually a far more significant programming blink than this one.

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11 Comments »

  1. Darrell Tohi February 10, 2010 at 3:58 pm -

    First to dump a show…. My money’s on 10!!!!

  2. Justin February 8, 2010 at 6:43 pm -

    The first dumping of 2010 will be none other than Royal Pains.

  3. Paull February 8, 2010 at 5:43 pm -

    No surprises really, but I feel the most anger and betrayel towards Ten, who dumped malcolm in the middle and judge judy.

  4. al February 8, 2010 at 5:41 pm -

    how could they cut malcolm in the middle. this was the one show that brought happiness and laughter to my family and now its gone. please put it back on

  5. David Knox February 8, 2010 at 5:19 pm -

    Yes CSI: NY is new at 10:30pm.

  6. Vicky February 8, 2010 at 5:01 pm -

    Is CSI NY going to be a new episode or an old one? I hope it’s a new one as we are so behind from the US.

  7. Craig February 8, 2010 at 2:00 pm -

    Is The Mentalist becoming the new L&O, NCIS or other shows over exposed, this week they will have the new episode and two re-runs, that’s 2 wasted hours that could have been used for other shows.

  8. andrew_syd February 8, 2010 at 1:21 pm -

    At least Channel 9 came first in something for once!

  9. David Knox February 8, 2010 at 1:03 pm -

    CDWM is back 3pm Mon Feb 15 at this stage.

  10. Jen February 8, 2010 at 12:55 pm -

    Any idea what has happened to “Come Dine with Me” on 7. This is the second time it has been taken off air. Will it be coming back? Not having pay TV I had not seen it before it came to channel 7. Cheers

  11. vinny February 8, 2010 at 12:02 pm -

    Hardly that much of a change, 2 episodes down to 1…. If on the other hand it was news that Nine was dropping a show now that would be bad !

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