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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Seven has withdrawn the episode from its network schedule to play at a later date.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.
Is Dance patronising the audience?
I happen to think the dancing on So You Think You Can Dance Australia is exhilarating stuff.
The young dancers are terrific with their energy and art, putting celebrity dancers on other shows to shame.
But it’s an endurance test to sit through the rest of the showjust to watch the dance content. It feels like advertorials and verbal padding outweight the actual dance.
If TEN wants to look at one of the reasons why the show is down this year maybe they should be asking if there is too much filler?
On Wednesday night …
House tops Timeshifted
Top Gear’s premiere episode rose from 1.68m viewers to 1.77m viewers after Consolidated figures were released for Week 7. That meant 86,000 had Timeshifted the show within the next 7 days, boosting its status as the #1 show of the week.
But the biggest rises went to House (up 135,000) and The Good Wife (up 100,000) against One Day Cricket.
NCIS also gained 88,000 -enough to see it move from #5 for the week to #3.
Drama continues to be the big winner in Timeshifting, with extra gains for Grey’s Anatomy (Ep 1, 97,000 …
Returning: RPA
Nine’s factual series RPA, narrated by Max Cullen, will return to screens from 8:30 Wednesday February 24th
Updated: Cold Case will return 9:30pm Wed Mar 3.
Last night the show rated 726,000 / 675,000 for two episodes, beaten by Spicks and Specks 1.07 am, Criminal Minds 1.00m and So You Think You Can Dance Australia 984,000.
Cold Case becomes the first prime time show to be removed by a network following official survey ratings.
RPA will be followed by Olympics highlights at 9:30pm.
Tonight on the series return of RPA, Fiona was due to be married …
Alex O’Loughlin locks on Hawaii Five-0
After much speculation, Alex O’Loughlin has been confirmed as the new Detective Steve McGarrett in the CBS remake of Hawaii Five-0.
The Aussie actor will play the role of the head of the Hawaii State Police portrayed by Jack Lord in the original series. It is his third US series lead following the short-lived series Moonlight and Three Rivers and roles in The Shield and Criminal Minds.
O’Loughlin will join Lost’s Daniel Dae Kim, who will play Detective Chin Ho Kelly in the adaptation by Fringe co-creators Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci and …
Forest Whitaker for Criminal Minds spin-off
Forest Whitaker looks set to star in the spin-off of Criminal Minds.
The new series revolves around a new group of profilers who work outside the FBI bureaucracy.
Whitaker will play the squad leader Cooper, described as dynamic, mysterious, charming and a father figure to the rest of the team. He is a former star profiler in the Behavioral Unit who has been off the radar for the past eight years.
Whitaker, who had a recurring role in ER and The Shield, is in final negotiations for the role and is expected to get …
My Kitchen Rules Mondays and Tuesdays
Seven has announced its new shows set to air in the run-up to official ratings.
In the week of January 31st it will launch My Kitchen Rules (both Monday and Tuesday night) and new factual ICU on Wednesday.
Returning are new seasons of Desperate Housewives, Brothers and Sisters, Grey’s Anatomy, 30 Rock, Gangs of Oz and Family Guy. Criminal Minds resumes new episodes after the season began late last year.
It also premieres US drama Royal Pains and has two double episodes of A Touch of Frost.
Thursday nights look ripe for new …
Seven ready for grand slam
Seven’s Australian Open season begins today, and with it major promos for its upcoming big shows.
Most will premiere in the week of January 31, ahead of official ratings on February 7th.
Coming soon are new episodes of favourite international shows including Desperate Housewives, Brothers and Sisters, Criminal Minds, Grey’s Anatomy, Family Guy, A Touch of Frost and How I Met Your Mother.
It will also premiere Cougar Town and Royal Pains.
Heroes will return to 7TWO along with the new season of 24. Lost is also set for February.
The shows will spearhead Seven’s push …
NBC considers Leno back at late nights
US media commentators are all speculating what NBC will do with The Jay Leno Show, widely perceived as a scheduling failure since it moved to the competitive 10pm timeslot. In the US, 10pm is still prime viewing where shows like Brothers and Sisters, Castle, Ugly Betty, Private Practice, Criminal Minds, The Good Wife and CSI: Miami all air.
Moving Leno to 10pm was considered the boldest programming move of the Fall Season, with Hollywood Reporter recently including his switch in a retrospective story on the decade’s biggest blunders.
NBC knew Leno’s shift …
Say bye to variety for me
The Noughties will end with a nail in the coffin of variety after Rove McManus announced he was winding down his show last Sunday. It closed a ten year chapter for the genre with a string of Logies, A-List guests and live memories to take home. Without any advance warning it also didn’t pull the kind of figures such a farewell deserved. Both the night and the week went Seven’s way for the second last week of the ratings season.
The Seven Network won Week 47 with a big 30.0% ahead of …
Are we there yet?
Are we there yet? Just two weeks to go until the 2009 ratings end, with a baby Rafter, a new Idol, a Celebrity MasterChef, and a first Apprentice all due. Audiences are already showing signs of switch-off as numbers diminish -either from fatigue, daylight saving, multiple entertainment choices or all three. But they are hanging on for Julie Rafter whose motherly condition ensured she was the week’s top show. And Seven again won the week.
Seven Network won with 30.1% over Nine’s 26.3% and TEN’s 19.8%. The ABC had 18.0% and SBS …
Seven amendment update
A pile of changes are in for Seven for the last two weeks of ratings. It’s bad news if you like American Dad but good news if you prefer Family Guy.
Wed Nov 18
11pm American Dad is replaced by Family Guy rpt
Thu Nov 19
10:30pm Family Guy marathon 3 eps rpt
American Dad is out
Sun Nov 22
9:30pm Castle double ep
Real Crime is out
Tue Nov 24
7:30pm Unlikely Animal Friends
9:30pm Private Practice dbl ep
Wed Nov 25
9:30pm Criminal Minds (new ep)
11pm Family Guy dbl ep rpt
Both American Dad and It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (shifting to summer) …