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Returning: Sunday Night, Border Security.
No surprises here….
Seven will return Sunday Night to our screens at 6:30pm Sunday February 14th with Mike Munro and Chris Bath. The show will again get a jump start on 60 Minutes for the year, which has to wait until Nine’s cricket commitments conclude.
It will be followed by the season return of Border Security at 7:30pm, which will precede the domestics of Airways at 8pm.
Turbulence on the air
With her extensive background in comedy, Corrine Grant was probably an uncoventional choice to narrate another factual show for Seven. But she happily returns to Airways this Sunday night.
Even more surprisingly, Tiger Airways has agreed to another season of more ‘warts-and-all’ stories of irate travellers, abusive passengers and customer care 101. Somewhere in there too, there are tear-jerker reunions and positive stories for balance.
As Grant tells TV Tonight, it’s a case of what you see is what you get in the budget airline industry.
“It must be working for them because they …
Seven 2010: Drama, factuals, epics and comedy
The Pacific, My Kitchen Rules, Cougar Town, ICU, The Marriage Ref, Damage Control, Hung and Royal Pains -just some of the new shows Seven has unveiled as part of its 2010 programming.
Following some time after announcements by opposition networks, Seven demonstrates another strong local slate, with several big international acquisitions. The titles may not be quite as lengthy as Nine’s promise for the year, but Seven has a good track record in delivering on its shows while some networks float titles that just never seem to eventuate (The Irwin Family’s Australia …
Audiences flock to quality
This week the ABC delivered commercial networks a bit of a lesson as US cable series United States of Tara swooped with 1.27m viewers in a 9:30pm timeslot. It highlighted the fact that audiences will flock to supposedly niche stories, if they are accessible. Even subscription television had passed on this one, but the ABC was able to win the slot with Toni Collette.
Once again, however, it was Seven’s week, scoring a very strong 29.3% over Nine’s 24.3% and TEN’s 22.4%. The ABC had 17.6% and SBS 6.3%.
Seven won 18-49 and …
TEN loses week to Seven
There isn’t really any other way to put it. This week was TEN’s to lose.
After it set record television records with the MasterChef Australia finale its lead was superb, almost double Seven. While it was never going to maintain that distance it was left to face the reality of its core programming. Nine generally wins weeks with State of Origin’s 2m+ but TEN couldn’t take the week with a show on 3.7m.
Instead it was Seven that quietly strode through on 27.3% beating TEN’s 25.0% and Nine’s 23.4%. ABC had 16.5% and …
Ed Kavalee hearts TV
If you truly love your television, you should cast your eyes Ed Kavalee’s way this Thursday night. Sure, it’s a clip show with gags, unapologetically. Sure it’s a format ripped from the UK. But boy do we have some bad telly. And it’s Ed’s job to remind us.
TV Burp, as Kavalee explains, is not out to critique television. It’s an affectionate look at the week in TV. It’s an absurdist time capsule of the last seven days, slicing scenes out of context, giving them inappropriate set-ups, and letting the …
TEN wins second historic week
Network TEN has won the ratings week for only the second time since OzTAM people meters started in 2001.
The last time it won was April 2006 on the back of a week with The Biggest Loser finale leading into Big Brother and Thank God You’re Here.
This week it again won with reality television, the king hit MasterChef Australia. The show was number one for every one of its six nights this week powering to 2.36m viewers on Thursday. Unlike 2006, its share also gets a modest boost from having ONE HD.
As …
Airdate: Airways. Returning: Surf Patrol
Airways, Seven’s newest factual series (first tipped on TV Tonight) will start 7:30pm Tuesday July 14.
The series, filmed around budget airlines Tiger Airways, is put together by Border Security producers.
Corrine Grant has been reported as presenter of the series.
It will be followed by the series return of Surf Patrol, now hosted by Tom Williams at 8pm.