Breaking news: TEN has revamped its schedule in the wake of dire ratings for Everybody Dance Now, and heated competition.
As tipped by TV Tonight, major format changes will be made to the show from Sunday night. It will now run for one hour (more changes below). It has also stripped Modern Family repeats at 7pm weeknights and changed the premieres for Don’t Tell the Bride and I Will Survive.
SUNDAY 19 AUGUST
6.00pm – The Project
6.30pm – MasterChef All Stars FINALE (90mins special)
8.00pm – Everybody Dance Now S1 Ep4 (new time)
9.00pm – Sunday Night Movie – A-TEAM (new time)
MONDAY 20 AUGUST:
6.00pm – The Project
7.00pm – Modern Family RPT
7.30pm – Don’t Tell The Bride SERIES PREMIERE (new day, new time)
8.30pm – Can of Worms SERIES 2 PREMIERE
9.45pm – The Shire Ep6 (new day, new time)
10.25pm – TEN Late News
TUESDAY 21 AUGUST
6.00pm – The Project
7.00pm – Modern Family RPT
7.30pm – I Will Survive- Priscilla SERIES PREMIERE (new day, new time)
8.30pm – NCIS RPT
9.30pm – NCIS: LA S3 Ep13 RPT
10.30pm – TEN Late News
WEDNESDAY 22 AUGUST
6.00pm – The Project
7.00pm – Modern Family RPT
7.30pm – I Will Survive- Priscilla S1 Ep2 (new day, new time)
8.30pm – Puberty Blues S1 Ep2
9.30pm – Class Of… S1 Ep2
10.30pm – TEN Late News
THURSDAY 23 AUGUST
6.00pm – The Project
7.00pm – Modern Family RPT
7.30pm – Jamie’s 30 Minute Meals RPT
8.30pm – The Game Plan NSW/QLD & Before The Game SA/VIC/WA
9.30pm – Law & Order: SVU S13 Ep2 RPT
10.30pm – TEN Late News
FRIDAY 24 AUGUST
6.00pm – The Project
7.00pm – Modern Family RPT
7.30pm – The Living Room S1 Ep16 (new time)
8.30pm – Friday Night Movie
SATURDAY 25 AUGUST
6.00pm – The Simpsons RPT
6.30pm – Movie TBA
Amended: TEN will also replay Puberty Blues this Friday night at 9pm.
“It is not unusual for television networks to change programs. For some time now, we’ve talked about creating more programming options for TEN and moving away from the ‘one bet, one punch’ mentality of old,” Network TEN Chief Programming Officer, David Mott, said.
“These changes highlight that strategy. We are re-setting Everybody Dance Now. But it clearly remains part of the TEN schedule, along with other exciting new local programs such as Puberty Blues, I Will Survive, Don’t Tell The Bride, Class Of, Reef Doctors and Come Date With Me.
“We believe in the Everybody Dance Now format. We have listened to the feedback from viewers and we are working with production company FremantleMedia to reset the show and make it more engaging for viewers.”
Changes to Everybody Dance Now format will see the show shortened to one hour playing once a week only. It will now have three dance duels. The studio audience will choose one winner on the night to take home $10,000. The remaining two teams will enter a Wild Card vote by the viewing audience.
This post updates.
Ten needs to fix itself up.You had Taken Out and Project as the first steps in ditching the done to death sitcoms at 7pm.They need to find something long term at that hour and not fall back into old habits(Modern Family won’t last forever and then what they have to start again from scratch).Their after school schedule needs a fix too 4:30pm when I was a preteen in the eighties was Wonder World or Double Dare Time None of this Bold and the Beautiful nonsense Move that back to 1pm and think of the younger generation and those with school aged kids too.
“It is not unusual for television networks to change programs” says David Mott. But every night???? which is what most of the networks do (allowing for slight exaggeration).
Watching TV is a total lottery these days, drives me inssaaaaaane!
The Living room is so boring….Amanda Keller is so bright and funny on her radio program but lacks personality on this program….won’t last…
Hmm with The Living Room up against Better Homes and Gardens I wonder if that is a good thing and I wonder if that means and end to the ridiculous 9pm finish to Better Homes and Gardens ?
Has anyone else noticed Ten is using their 11.30pm timeslot to air shows like In Plain Sight and Three Rivers (shows that are cancelled but they have rights to but never played out).
aussie, I’m intrigued – which show did you ask about?
Well good luck to them, just so long as they leave Puberty Blues alone, perfect as is, timeslot and all.
at long last “normal programming has resumed” and it is so refreshing to see shows starting at the traditional times of 7.30, 8.30, 9.30. I predict I will be bored of the inane teenagers on big brother by Monday so I may even give channel 10 one last chance. I was really enjoying watching The shire but its too much like hard work trying to find it in the schedule, I wish my PVR was more intelligent. It doesn’t have a series link like my Foxtel IQ. I will watcg can of worms, I will survive and might even watch modern family. i stopped watching MF the start of the year when they advertised the premiere ep at 8pm and then showed it at 7.30pm with no notice. I have never seen the Living Room but now i can watch it and then flick over to ABC1 for Scott & Bailey (unless ten has a really good movie on that i’ve never seen before). The only thing different I would have done is move neighbours back to 6pm and the project to 6.30
Randwick: Bingle finished last week. The Shire is there on Mondays.
Bigmouthmedia: Yes this is correct. EPGs will be adjusted in time.
Yes, I agree that 7:00pm should be a regular stripped half hour show, which is a constant all year except over Christmas / Year. They once had this, up until 1992-3. Sitcoms have a use by date whose seasons only run 22-24 eps, therefore on continual repeat. TEN should be supporting its own and bring Neighbours back to this slot. They have not shown any support for this program in well over a decade, and by putting it on Eleven, in effect, announced to the world that they have no faith in it, whereas only 18 months before being “relegated” it was rating well above 800000 and sometimes over a million. Look at Home and Away, they are now hovering at just over a million, sometimes less. And don’t tell me that had anything to do with the Olympic, this was happening well before the Games started.
I would even be happy if they brought it back at 5:30pm, but whatever they do, it must be on the parent network, where it belongs. And as I’ve said, numerous times, 6:00pm to 7:30pm is sacrosanct and should not be meddled with. Only 2-3 years ago, TEN were spruiking that they were going to fix the rot that had set in at 7:00pm, with Reality and Sitcoms given the heave-ho.
David Mott clearly has to go.
as i rarely watch live tv anymore, i’m not worried about the schedule, the good ol PVR will record what i want to watch, then i can watch it when i choose
As there seem to be more & more people with pvr’s (or at least some sort of recording device), or people being able to watch online, i’m not sure why schedule is still such an issue really…
David,
Is this correct ? The promo on Channel Ten tonight (Thursday) indicated Priscilla starts on Wednesday @ 7:30pm, and my EPG still shows it starting then, and Don’t Tell The Bride on Tuesday….
So in this schedule there is no bingle, no shire…. so it looks like by the end of the year ten will have done their shareholders cash on bingle, shire, edn, ytt with the possibility of I will survive and dont tell the bride …..
this doesnt take into account other programs over the past few years gone …some that come to memory are yasmine’s getting married, are you smarter than a fifth grader …..
I’m just wondering when somebody will sack the programmers as they just seem to keep on producing crap which nobody wants to watch …..
I hate what has to fta but i hate even more a channel which just doesnt give a damn about the majority of the population ……..it’s time to change your format ten – scripted programs work much better than meaningless reality shite which you serve in abundance ……
EDN might actually get good ratings on its next showing as everyone tunes in to watch how they spin their great new changes on air…
Ten must be kicking themselves for letting Big Brother go. Only thing watchable on Ten up until last night was 5pm News. Now we at least have a quality drama in Puberty Blues.
Late News is like watching a trainwreck unravel as the much hyped MacDonald trips over his ego on a nightly basis.
The Shire, Being Lara Bingle, Everybody Dance, all total rubbish.
Oh dear. With Mastechef finished, there’s not one show I’ll be watching on my once favourite channel.
The only change that needs to happen is David Mott himself. Send him on his way already!
House of Lies was the only show on Channel 10 that I was going to watch. With that now gone, there’s nothing on their list that interests me.
When I called TEN yesterday to enquire about another show in their schedule that they consistently edit for timing, I was abruptly told they do not edit the show and it is delivered to Ten in that manner from the US. She hung up on me when I challenged her integrity.
One word: liars!
Michelle in TEN programming dept has to be thee most rudest and abrupt person I’ve ever dealt with.
Is it any wonder viewers want nothing to do with the TEN brand!
David Mott, you have quite obviously not listened to anyone **rolls eyes**
Ten used to be the channel I watched the most. Based on this garbage I will be watching only two programs (Puberty Blues and CoW), Ten are lucky to have Eleven and ONE or they would have lost me entirely….
This schedule is just plain idiotic.
I feel like EDN needs to be on Thursday night’s at 7:30pm as well. Make it a twice a week show. 3 times was overkill, but twice would indeed be nice
David,
Do you think House of Lies will just randomly appear in the schedule sometime soon?
Rearranging the deck chairs once again!
Well, I am pleased to hear that they are listening to viewers and the revamp sounds pretty good, actually. I do think the show can work as people do love to watch excellent dance performances. I don’t think it can bounce back hugely, ratings wise, but I do have to hand it to Ten for having the nerve to stick with it. They’ve got more guts and fortitude for this sort of thing than Nine has. I do give them props for taking risks with their programming.
I think no matter what changes they bring to EDN,the brand has already been damaged.I guess it’s a good thing that Ten are trying to tweak programmes and moving things around to see what works for them,but the problem is people like consistency.The other problem is,they have brought in too many of these reality type shows one after the other.It’s too much,they need to mix it up with a variety of genres.I think with a lot of the shows that are on at the moment or that are coming up,no amount of rescheduling is going to work.
they have marginally improved Mon & Tues at the expense of every other night. That Thursday looks dire. 8% network share here we come.
Was it really necessary to move bride and survive forward one night? after all that promotion.
Ten used to do 7pm sitcoms in the way before 7pm Project/Masterchef amongst other things era which is not necessarily a bad thing.I would sooner on stable mate 11 watch an old Everybody Loves Raymond episode than put up with Home and Away or Gasp Horror more Big Bang Theory or Two and a Half Men.
Good move by Ten to address their issues; however surely there has to be concern around “I Will Survive” It is a very niche proposition and it is on twice a week. What happens if this does not work for TEN. Same goes with Don’t Tell The Bride and Can of Worms – series 1 hardly set the ratings world on fire. It is still a big risk schedule. They should have held onto a few shows and waited to allow the bad vibe around EDN cleared – TEN could have burnt through their US imports to protect their schedule better
I’m tipping TEN to finish 4th (again) next Monday night with that line-up. Those mediocre shows will all be smashed by BB, Underbelly, X Factor, Q&A, etc.
So NCIS is back in repeats again? New eps were supposed to start on 21st August…..
They’re still not giving EDN much of a chance with its 8pm starting time, the second half of the show up against the premiere of Kerry Packer’s War.
They should’ve given EDN a week off to get it completely right, let the Masterchef finale run for two hours, and start afresh in a 7.30 time slot on the following Sunday.
At least they are listening to viewer feedback and trying to bring it all together. I certainly don’tenjoy seeing a Network suffering so badly, and wish them all the best with this new schedule. I will give EDN another go now.
Firstly, I see TEN have taken a Nine idea and placing a sitcom in the 7pm slot (with Nine showing The Big Bang Theory when Big Brother/The Block isn’t on). Definitely not a bad idea but I can’t see it rating as well as TBBT.
Secondly, an entire week of little overseas content is rediculous. When I would usually watch a good 5-6 hours of TEN a week, I am now watching none which is the least amount since my area starting receiving the channel. I realise that others are opposite of me, prefering local content over imports, and they will love this week of programming, but a fair few of us will be switching to Seven, Nine and Foxtel.
@Dodge – the problem isn’t really that Modern Family (or 2.5 Men, or Big Bang Theory) is played out to death in repeats, the problem is the way it is scheduled. You destroy a show by shunting it around or by using it as wholesale filler.
If Modern Family had, say, 8:30pm Wednesday as its permanent slot for premiere episodes throughout a whole season, that would be fine. It can be pre-empted sometimes. TEN can show repeats at that time instead some weeks. But it needs to have the slot for the season.
I couldn’t tell which timeslot on which night TEN was using for premiere episodes. It’s ridiculous.
I’m not sure how long Mr Mott will survive…. Surely the pressure is now mounting on him after such a long run of disasterous ratings.
However theory says that he is just towing the chairman of the board’s line….. Is TEN’s board strong enough to tell L.M. that his grand strategy is failing at every turn?
Wow – Lots of changes there! But had to be done. 8pm weekday start times were just crazy stuff. If you were the leading network..fine….but not when you are trying to find an audience at 7 and 8pm.
MF audience does not compete with BB…good move. Thursday looks a bomb – new Simpsons would fit in there very nicely at 7.30!
Look forward to seeing what the changes are to EDN.
I think we all knew Ten had to do something – there is absolutely no excuse for terrible ratings for a program like EDN which had a ridiculously high amount of promotion for 3-4 weeks before it premiered. 300,000 viewers is half what Excess Baggage was getting before it was bumped to GO! by Nein earlier this year
This schedule is likely to rate better their disastrous week this week but probably not by much – I don’t see Modern Family repeats rating any higher than 500k
Yep I tipped Modern Family as a possible filler and criticised the lack of a single brand across 7pm. TV is habit.
House of Lies is now out.
Modern Family at 7pm weeknights was David’s idea at the start of the week! Having shows back to the normal start times of 7.30pm will really help, especially with the launch of new series starting next week. They may have more of a chance, such as I Will Survive, the original timeslot was as terrible as the show will be. At least they can’t say they didn’t at least try to get the time right for the launch.
The Shire moving to 9.45 (lets face it 10pm) just shows how bad this show is, and the fact that TEN could have put the money towards a short term drama series.
I bet Kelly and Jason from EDN are happy to do less work for I assume the same money.
I can see Thursdays bombing as well. Still its a good move EDN just doesn’t work.
The only show I watched on commercial TV was The Shire as it was such a car wreck however as soon as I tuned in last week to watch and found it bumped I will never watch it again.
Screwing around with scheduling kills shows.
Good to see some common sense at last from Ten.
Very happy that I Will Survive now has a fighting chance starting at a realistic time.
The Shire should be shunted to Eleven and shows of that nature should never haunt Ten’s schedule again. Appalling Sydney centric trash.
More please of shows like Offspring & Puberty Blues.
5 nights a week Modern Family may not have hurt new eps in the US, but it certainly has here. Look at last season’s less than impressive ratings.
The only time I will be watching Ch 10 is Wed night 8.30 – 10.30!
What about ‘House of Lies’ ? That was meant to start next Monday night.
A striped show at 7pm weeknights and primetime starting at 730 is the best news here. Ten should have done this at the start of the year. Hour long shows starting at 7 (unless you are The Voice) just seems to confuse the audience
I like Modern Family weeknights at 7. Broad appeal quality show
US local stations strip the show 5 nights a week now too and it hasn’t hurt the all new original eps. So I think this is a solid strategy from Ten
Some big changes, particularly shifting around two premieres with just days notice.
Highly expecting nights like Thursday to bomb though, with their footy related programs being the only original content for the night.
Cue Devil Wears Prada on Saturday the 25th?
“It is not unusual for television networks to change programs. For some time now, we’ve talked about creating more programming options for TEN and moving away from the ‘one bet, one punch’ mentality of old,” Network Ten Chief Programming Officer, David Mott, said.
See that’s part of the problem with Ten. They think people are happy with a show changing timeslots 5 times in a month, just as long as the show is still on. And that’s why people don’t watch Ten. They want to know when a show is on, and they want to watch it then. People know Ten’s strategy now, so simply won’t watch knowing it will move around the schedule anyway. Good luck with that theory Mott.
Looking over the list of shows, it does look like a very strong line-up of programs for TEN. They do have to be careful about moving around too many programs – like why keep moving the Shire around??!
2.5 hrs is all I will be watching sorry 10.
PB. CoW and the Shire (What happened to the Shire being played twice a week?)
The trouble is that Mr Mott’s track record and credbility aint that great, so his words are fairly meaningless
This was there best and only option and they have so far taken the first step to recovery!
Like I said, a Relaunch for EDN is needed with many changes!
Wonder if Ten are regretting not renewing Big Brother for this year? The ratings for the show each night are higher than any other show Ten has shown.