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Returning: Numb3rs
US procedural Numb3rs returns to TEN next month with new episodes.
The show is back at 10pm Friday April 9th in place of White Collar which ends on April 2nd.
“Frienemies” S5E10 guest stars Colin Hanks. It aired in the US in December 2008.
Charlie must team up with his arch rival-Marshall Penfield to solve a case. Meanwhile, Don is still struggling to decide whether his religion holds the answers he’s been looking for.
Airdate: Michael Buble meets Madison Square Gardens
The dashing Michael Buble appears in a sell-out 2008 concert at Madison Square Garden New York, the culmination of a two-year world tour.
It shows footage of Buble’s visit to the Blue Note Jazz Club where he played 6 years earlier plus backstage action and family scenes.
Songs in the show include Leonard Cohen’s I’m Your Man, Me and Mrs Jones, Crazy Little Thing Called Love and his own haunting love letter Home.
Coincidentally, Buble has a return performance at Madison Square Gardens tomorrow!
Michael Buble meets Madison Square Gardens airs 10:30pm (Good) Friday April …
20 to 1: All Time Favourite TV Themes
Now here’s an episode of 20 to 1 that might be worth a look: All Time Favourite TV Themes.
From comedies to cop shows, these theme songs are so catchy you can sing them in your sleep. But what is the Number 1 TV theme?
Well Sherwood Schwartz would have to configure highly in this. As well as creating both The Brady Bunch and Gilligan’s Island, he composed the theme tunes, both of which perfectly delivered the premise to the show in a catchy, succinct way. If you had never seen an episode …
Marilyn back in the Bay
Marilyn Chambers, aka Emily Symons, returns to Home and Away tonight as a permanent cast member.
Symons played the always-vibrant Marilyn Chambers / Fisher from 1989 – 99.
She went on to appear in Emmerdale in the UK from 2001 – 2008.
Her return marks the soap’s concerted effort to lift the tone from grim, police-laden plots to lighter fare.
It airs at 7pm tonight on Seven.
Airdate: The Best of Tropfest 2010
Nine will once again air The Best of Tropfest over the Easter break.
Richard Wilkins will host the two hour showcase of the Finalists from the 2010 Tropfest which was held last month.
Nine has been an ongoing supporter of this event, and screening the films will also get them local quota points, even in the non-ratings period.
It will also feature an appearance by Elijah Wood.
This airs at 10pm Saturday April 3rd, rated M.
Might be one for a GO! repeat at some stage too?
Jolene to debut in Play School
Jolene Anderson (Rush, All Saints) makes her first appearance as a Play School presenter on April 1st.
She will appear with fellow presenter, Andrew McFarlane, as part of a new three-week series which began on Tuesday March 2nd.
Anderson is one of the newest recruits to the iconic children’s series which also includes actress Abi Tucker (McLeod’s Daughters, The Secret Life of Us) and film actress Essie Davis (Hey Hey its Esther Blueburger, The Matrix Reloaded) and actor Hugh Sheridan (Packed to the Rafters).
Survivor double dose
Survivor isn’t getting bumped by Nine, but boosted.
Next week Nine continues with the double episodes, which will see it catch up to the US even faster.
“Tonight We Make Our Move” and “Knights of the Round Table” will both air next Tuesday -the latter aired in the US only last week.
Ratings last night were rather soft, 735,000 / 710,000, thumped by My Kitchen Rules (1.53m) and NCIS (1.4m). It was a significant drop from Top Gear’s 1.31m lead in.
Perhaps plugging the leak from illegal downloads via a quicker turnaround of episodes will …
Airdate: The Operation: Surgery Live
Are you really ready for this one?
Next week SBS will air a UK series The Operation: Surgery Live in which live open heart surgery was performed for a studio audience. A later episode features brain surgery on a patient who was awake! Ewwwww.
At least the audience wasn’t in the operating theatre, but watched in a studio via a link. This one could be up there with Anatomy for Beginners that SBS used to show.
SBS has a “Medical Evolution Season” beginning next week with Michael Mosley’s series Blood & Guts: …
Airdate: Dead Gorgeous
The ABC has backtracked from plans to give ABC3 the World Premiere of Dead Gorgeous, its new Australian-produced children’s drama.
The spooky series about 3 girls who died in 1861 but return to their estate as ghosts 150 years later will instead launch on ABC1.
Produced by Burberry Productions, the series features Melissa Howard (Rebecca), Poppy Lee Friar (Sophie), Alexandra Coppinger (Hazel), Blake Davis (Jonathan), Chris Milligan (David), Jay Kennedy Harris (Charlie), Aisha Dee (Christine), Gerry Connolly (Mr Griffith), Julie Forsyth (Haiwyn Sinclaire) and Julie Eckersley (Agatha Heggleby).
It begins 5:20pm Monday April 5th …
ACA: Sex scandal behind Hey Dad
A Current Affair tonight is promising to reveal details of a “Sex Scandal” that allegedly took place behind-the-scenes of Hey Dad.
The sitcom remains Australia’s longest-running sitcom, originally airing from 1987 to 1994 on Seven.
The story airs at 6:30pm tonight on Nine.
Gangs of Oz halts ‘Ibrahim episode’
“Kings of the Cross,” an episode of Gangs of Oz which features John Ibrahim, has been pulled from the Seven schedule.
The episode of the re-enactment series was due to air next Wednesday March 24th but TV Tonight understands due to legal advice it is unable to play in New South Wales.
Seven has withdrawn the episode from its network schedule to play at a later date.
It will be replaced with a repeat episode of Criminal Minds.
Extra serve of MKR
Tonight’s 90 minute episode of My Kitchen Rules is now 100 minutes.
Instead of ending at 9pm, it will end at 9:10pm, pushing back the start times for Grey’s Anatomy (9:10pm), Brothers and Sisters (10:10pm), Super Skinny Me (11:10pm) and a repeat of Blue Heelers (12:10am).
Or maybe it’s just Seven scheduling falling into place with what’s been going on anyway. I don’t remember the last time an episode of MKR actually ended at 8:30pm? More like 8:37pm. Still, audiences are obviously liking the show.
The show has its finale next Monday.