Airdate: Tool Academy

December 5, 2009  Filed Under Programming, 12 Comments » 

GO! has jumped on the Tiger Woods story and brought forward its screening of the aptly titled Tool Academy, featuring Jaimee Grubbs, who claims to have had an affair with Woods for two-and-a-half years.

The reality show is dedicated to “taking the most arrogant, dishonest, thoughtless and unfaithful boyfriends and transforming them into husband material.”

Tool Academy features eight other frustrated women who are all dating complete “tools”, including Jenna, whose boyfriend Ryan is kind and caring – until he turns into his alter ego “Matsu-Flex”, a tattooed tool who feeds off …

Airdate: Survivor: Tocantins

October 17, 2009  Filed Under Programming, 18 Comments » 

Lookout, Jeff’s back on GO! after all.

Survivor: Tocantins will premiere on GO! at 8:30pm Tuesday November 3rd.

The 18th season set in the Brazilian Highlands will kick off with a two hour premiere, followed by The Bachelorette at 10:30pm.

The season aired in the US in February, while Survivor: Samoa is currently on air in the US.

One reader has suggested fans should look away from ads for the upcoming 3 hour marathons on GO! (Oct 20 & 27) with suggestions it may show key moments from Tribal Council.

Tocantins coming to GO! wipes out …

Survivor: Gabon doubles up

October 15, 2009  Filed Under Programming, 23 Comments » 

Heads up Survivor: Gabon fans.

UPDATED: We’re now burning off the remaining eps….

Tue Oct 20
8:30pm: 3 episodes.

Wed Oct 21
1pm: 2 eps rpts

Thu Oct 22
1pm: 1 ep rpt

Tue Oct 27
8:30pm 2 hr finale
10:30pm Reunion

Wed Oct 28
1pm 2 hr finale rpt

Thu Oct 29
1pm Reunion rpt

That also means The Bachelorette is out during these times.

“Survivors ready? GO!”

August 5, 2009  Filed Under News, 68 Comments » 

From today GO! begins its signal on digital televisions, ahead of its ’soft-launch’ on Sunday night with an array of tasty titles.

TV Tonight spoke to Les Sampson, Nine’s Network Director of Multichannels about its programming.

GO! is structured similar to a subscription TV channel with ‘block’ programming from 3:30pm – 12am, which is repeated again the next day. The SD channel has been carefully programmed so as not to cannibalise Nine and to skew towards younger demographics.

“The model is designed so that we get maximum use of the available audience,” says Sampson.

“At …