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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.
The Inbetweeners
Now this requires a bit of a clarification…
According to the schedule for GO! next Tuesday night The Inbetweeners premieres with S1E1 “The First Day.” The DVD preview I received was actually “The Field Trip,” S2E1.
So I’m not exactly clear what that means…
Suffice to say I really enjoyed what I saw.
This UK comedy penned by two writers from Flight of the Conchords centres around four sixth form students at a public school: Will (Simon Bird) who has relocated following his education at a private school, Simon (Joe Thomas), Jay (James Buckley), and …
Returning: The Vampire Diaries, Nip / Tuck, Weeds
The Vampire Diaries returns to GO! at the end of the month with “A Few Good Men.”
Airing at 8:30pm Monday March 29th, it will be fastracked by GO! after airing in the US on March 25.
A new episode of Nip / Tuck follows at 9:30pm, the first episode of the sixth and final season. “Don Hoberman” aired in the US in October. The salacious plastic surgery series has only recently aired its final episode in the US.
Finally two episodes of Weeds will return at 10:30 / 11:00pm with “Wonderful Wonderful” and …
Airdate: An Englishman in New York
This will be one to watch -John Hurt returns to play gay activist Quentin Crisp as he did in 1975 in The Naked Civil Servant.
This ITV production picks up where that left off, following Crisp to New York and through to his death in 1999 at the age of 90.
The telemovie won a GLAAD Media Award GLAAD Media Award and also features Cynthia Nixon and Swoosie Kurtz.
The 1975 television series The Naked Civil Servant transformed the life of its creator – fifty-something part-time life model and novelist Quentin Crisp.
The story about …
Gone: Ocean Force, Beat Squad
Seven is dropping two late night factual imports from its schedule effective immediately.
Ocean Force will not air tonight -instead replaced with a repeat of Border Patrol at 11pm.
Wednesday night’s Beat Squad is also out, replaced with a repeat of Highway Patrol at 11pm, effectively creating a double episode from its already-slated 10:30 repeat.
Two more will air next Wednesday night.
There is still a TBA at 19:30pm Monday March 29th. Surely something with the word “Patrol” in it?
Any suggestions guys?
Q & A: March 15
Tonight’s Q & A will see the battle of the columnists, as conservative columnist Miranda Devine and outspoken writer / performer (and former TV critic) Catherine Deveny join the panel.
Also on the panel are:
Waleed Aly, politics lecturer;
Bill Shorten, Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Children’s Services; and
Peter Dutton, Shadow Minister for Health and Ageing.
Hosted by Tony Jones, it airs at 9:35pm tonight on ABC1.
Memo to Seven promos dept
Why must television promos give everything away?
Network promos for tonight’s episode of Brothers and Sisters identifies the show’s final scene, including the very last story point, which is effectively the episode cliffhanger.
If you haven’t seen it I’ll refrain from the finer detail…
These kind of clumsy mistakes only illustrate that someone doesn’t have their eye on the ball. Nine has some online promos for Survivor recently that showed contestants at Tribal Council. Not too smart when it was getting down to the final few. Apparently that was the work of NineMSN, which …
Lost catches up on Seven
Good news for Lost fans who watch on Seven, and not 7TWO.
A double episode will air on March 31st to bring them in line with 7TWO.
When the season premiered on Seven last month, just one episode of the double premiere aired, effectively putting the two channels a week apart.
“Recon” and “Ab Aeterno” will air at 10:30pm / 11:30pm respectively on Seven. Thereafter both channels will be in sync with the same episode.
US dramas directed by John Polson
Aussie director John Polson sure is doing well for himself in the US.
In the next 7 days there are 2 US shows he has directed airing on Australian television.
Tomorrow night’s episode of The Mentalist “Blood In, Blood Out” airs at 8:30pm on Nine.
Next Sunday night the Tropfest creator has also directed “Unorthodox”, an episode of The Good Wife. It airs at 8:30pm on TEN.
My Kitchen Rules finale
Seven’s new cooking reality show My Kitchen Rules will have its Grand Final on Monday March 22nd.
In the 90 minute finale, one team will win $100,000.
As noted previously, this pushes Desperate Housewives back to 9pm and Brothers and Sisters to 10pm.
The following night Seven will screen Border Security at 7:30pm followed by The Force.
Seven is already on the hunt for new contestants for a second season of MKR.
Meanwhile when The Bounce premieres at 7:30pm Wednesday March 24 in Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth, its episodes of RSPCA Animal Rescue and …
Airdate: The Great Australian Doorstep
Lifestyle show The Great Australian Doorstep will be added to 7TWO later this month.
Hosted by former AFL footballer Peter ‘Spida” Everitt, the caravanning show visits some of the smaller towns in Australia.
Produced by Everitt and his wife Sheree, the show has already been airing on Pay TV on the How To Channel.
It premieres 5pm Saturday March 27th on 7TWO.
Returning: Supernatural
TEN has confirmed the return of the Winchester brothers.
Supernatural is back in its traditional timeslot of 9:30pm Mondays from March 29th.
It returns with S5E7 “The Curious Case Of Dean Winchester.”
The move will surely please fans who were furious with the TEN after it was removed in December. It attracted a slew of complaints online, including on TV Tonight, and even triggered a postcard campaign directed at the network (“you blogged, we listened?)
Good News Week will air for 60 minutes on March 29th to accommodate the drama’s return in the first week …