Benidorm out?

January 7, 2010  Filed Under Programming, 17 Comments » 

Uh oh. An amendment came through yesterday that indicates UK comedy Benidorm will no longer screen on Monday January 18th on 7TWO.

It has been replaced by Judge John Deed.

The series revolves around the world of package holidays and is set in the Spanish resort of the same name.

In fact Not Going Out is also, well, out. So are What a Carry One, Ramsay’s Boiling Point (if anybody cares).

The line-up is now:
7:30 Hearbeat
8:30 Judge John Deed
10:30 Infamous Assassinations
11:00 Forensic Investigators
12:00 Movie: Born to Kill (1947)

Updated: Benidorm is now also out Monday January …

7TWO to launch on Prime

December 22, 2009  Filed Under News, 58 Comments » 

Regional Prime viewers will finally get 7TWO on their television sets from 9am tomorrow morning.

The digital channel arrives more than 6 weeks after it aired to metropolitan viewers, and three weeks after its Tasmanian launch.

It will end a long and frustrating wait for regional viewers who have been angered that they have missed out on the extra shows, and never getting any clarity on when the channel would air.

The launch will push the channel into regional homes in NSW, ACT, Victoria and the Gold Coast.

“Over the last few weeks, Prime has …

7TWO to launch November 1st

October 23, 2009  Filed Under News, 199 Comments » 

Channel Seven has unveiled its free-to-air digital channel 7TWO, a broad entertainment channel set to launch on Sunday, November 1, 2009 at 12noon on Channel 72.

Channel Seven’s Director of Programming and Production Tim Worner said, “I am pleased to announce that 7TWO will be the new home for premiere episodes of our international hits including J.J Abrams’ Lost, Ugly Betty, Heroes and 24,” said Worner.

“We’ve been strategic in putting together a program schedule for 7TWO that allows us to grow our audience between our two channels, without sacrificing one for …