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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 …
First look: John Barrowman on Desperate Housewives
Minor spoilers: And here is a first look at John Barrowman on Desperate Housewives, thanks to AfterElton.com.
So far we know he’s playing a baddie named Patrick, albeit a dashing one, in episodes that will be some time away on Seven (they haven’t even aired in the US yet).
Joining him in this pic is actress Emma Crawford.
Writer Marc Cherry wrote the role for him after being a fan of his other work, including Torchwood. Who can blame him?
Might wanna check what’s actually in the tea before you drink it…
Source: AfterElton
Charlie puts the Sheen on Mondays
What is it about Melbourne viewers and Two and a Half Men? Last night the new episode hauled 635,000 in that city, rising to a big 1.58m viewers -and very probably assuring its place as the week’s top show. No doubt the end of the long weekend in Melbourne helped as viewers settled in for an early night.
Both the Charlie Sheen comedy and My Kitchen Rules have been battling it out for top place recently. Last night Seven’s cooking contest ina pseudo MasterChef kitchen settled with just under 1.4m viewers, still …
John Barrowman for Glee?
UK actor John Barrowman will have discussions with Glee producers in LA soon.
The Torchwood star told The Mirror, “I absolutely love the show. What would I play in it? I’m not sure what kind of character I’d like to play, maybe I could be a teacher, you know, another teacher who comes in and helps out.
“That’s me just kind of brainstorming but the fact that they want to have a meeting with me is really quite nice in itself, it’s so exciting!”
Barrowman, who has done a number of music theatre …
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 …
John Barrowman off to Wisteria Lane
Minor Spoilers: John Barrowman is finally heading to the US next week to begin a 5 episode arc on Desperate Housewives.
He will play the role of a villain.
Creator Marc Cherry has always been a big fan of the Barrowman since seeing him in Torchwood and in hiring the actor, he becomes the first UK based-actor to appear on the show.
“There’s been other Brits on there, but they all live in Los Angeles,” says Barrowman.
“I will be involved in the mystery storyline that they’re doing which is with the new woman on …
Desperate Housewives actor for Outrageous Fortune remake
Former Desperate Housewives actor Neal McDonough will star in Scoundrels, the US version of Outrageous Fortune.
McDonough, who played Dave Williams, the psycho husband of Edie (Nicolette Sheridan), will play the patriarach of a family, who is sent to prison leaving the matriarch to try and steer her family back on the straight and narrow. The latter role is to be played by Virginia Madsen (Sideways, Candyman, Monk).
Scoundrels will be the second attempt by ABC to remake the NZ dramedy after Good Behavior, by Rob Thomas (Veronica Mars, Dawson’s Creek) did not …
Seven’s Kitchen on the rise
As 2010 audience trends continue to settle, it’s good news for Seven but not so good for TEN on Mondays. And Nine had good news in the morning.
My Kitchen Rules is rising like a soufflé for the network. The reality show took a cool 1.47m last night, as the night’s #1 show. Seven also introduced 5 new teams to the gameplay surprising both contestants and viewers. The show beat Two and a Half Men / The Big Bang Theory (1.32m / 1.08m) and thrashed The Biggest Loser (658,000). TEN’s reality show …
And the first amendment of the 2010 ratings year goes to…
Channel Nine is officially holder of the first amendment of the 2010 ratings year after it issued a switch this morning.
It’s adding a repeat of The Mentalist to 9:30pm this Thursday, in place of a double episode of CSI: New York.
Now instead of two CSI episodes airing, it will just be one, “Communication Breakdown” moved to 10:30pm.
The Mentalist repeat is “Bloodshot” S1E16.
Of course late on Friday TEN also suddenly dumped Malcolm in the Middle in favour of more Simpsons repeats plus Biggest Loser replays, while Seven last week added a bunch …
Cougar Town
If we were to drop in on Monica Geller ten years after her life on Friends, would we find her living in a suburban cul de sac in the state of Florida? Very possibly.
At least that’s what it feels like on Cougar Town. Here is Courteney Cox, still doing schtick, slapstick and sexy, only this time with a teenage son and an ex-husband. The thing is, Cox does this sort of thing very, very well.
Real estate saleswoman Jules Cobb (Cox) spends most of her Friday night with scrabble, wine and her …
Seven’s Kitchen yet to rule
Seven will be reminded today that MasterChef Australia was no breakout hit for TEN, after a soft launch for its new cooking reality show, My Kitchen Rules.
The show managed 1.1m viewers in its premiere, beaten by a new episode of Two and a Half Men on 1.51m which boomed in Melbourne. The Big Bang Theory also bettered it with 1.24m viewers.
Seven’s show, with a format that so far skates dangerously close to Come Dine With Me, will be trying to get viewers to bond more with its personalities with another episode …
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 …