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Sunday’s magic million
What’s this? Big brand shows landing under the 1m mark on a Sunday night? And we’re not even in daylight saving yet.
60 Minutes, Australian Idol, 20 to 1, Rove, Rescue: Special Ops, Talkin’ ‘ Bout Your Generation (rpt) all landed under the magic million mark last night.
The hits were over on the ABC and Seven.
Midsomer Murders surged to another 1.48m, Border Security had 1.42m, The Force took 1.41m. Sunday Night won with 1.32m, and even the ABC’s Yellowstone doco defeated 60 Minutes and Idol at just under 1.1m viewers.
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ABC2: Cranford & Hornblower
If you missed it the first time around, ABC is repeating the wonderful Cranford series from Sunday night on ABC2.
This is a top-notch series featuring Judi Dench in an adaptation of three classic Elizabeth Gaskell novels.
Cranford in the 1840s is a small Cheshire market town on the cusp of change. The railway is pushing its way relentlessly towards the town from the northern industrial city of Manchester, bringing fears of migrant workers and the breakdown of law and order.
The cast includes Michael Gambon, Eileen Atkins, Philip Glenister, Imelda Staunton and Julia …
ABC acquires FM, Boy Meets Girl from ITV
The ABC has picked up more than 40 hours of drama from ITV for broadcast on ABC 1 and ABC 2 later this year.
The deal includes the ITV Studios comedy-drama series Boy Meets Girl, starring Martin Freeman (The Office), as well as FM, which stars Chris O’Dowd (The IT Crowd) and comedian Kevin Bishop. The show features music from up and coming artists and also guest stars from the music industry.
It has also picked up season five of the crime drama Blue Murder , starring Caroline Quentin as DCI Janine Lewis, …