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Lock it in again, Eddie
Nine has just slipped in extra late-night runs of Hot Seat into the schedule from 11:30pm tonight.
It will run Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday this week. Thursday and Friday schedules are usually affected by sports so it isn’t slated to run then.
Repeats of The Ellen De Generes Show, normally in at 11:30pm, will screen at midnight.
Most networks run extra screenings of shows to lift ailing figures.
Curiously, Nine hasn’t flagged this as an “Encore” screening, which is often the branding given to repeats by many commercial networks.
When Obama meets Leno
Anything KRudd can do?
Jay Leno has landed an interview with President Barack Obama this Thursday night (US), the first appearance by a sitting U.S. president on a late-night TV talk show.
NBC said Obama would sit down to talk about his economic plan and “other topics.” In contemporary America, late night shows are obviously now fundamental for communicating to Joe the Plumber. Obama also gave late night appearances during his election campaign and Michelle Obama has appeared as a First Lady on The Ellen de Generes Show.
It will also be Obama’s first …
Gone: The Doctors. Returning: Dr. Phil
TEN’s new daytime show The Doctors will be out taking house calls in March as Dr. Phil moves back into the schedule.
Dr. Phil returns from 12pm Monday March 9th with an “Octuplet Special Week.”
Whilst this could well be TEN responding to a topical subject given recent news in America (which was even featured on Sunday Night this week) the show is also struggling in its timeslot at around 120,000 or less.
The Doctors yesterday failed to make the daily Top 100 while The Ellen De Generes Show sits at around 200,000.
A spokesperson …
TV Tonight Awards: Underbelly wins Best Drama
TV Tonight readers have voted Underbelly the Best Australian Drama of 2008.
Channel Nine’s gangland mini-series polled ahead of Seven’s Packed to the Rafters and City Homicide. TEN’s Rush came in fourth place.
Kat Stewart and Gyton Grantley, who played the role of Roberta Williams and Carl Williams, both thanked readers for the win.
“Thank you TV Tonight readers, for voting Underbelly as Best Drama for 2008!” said Kat Stewart.
“Being based on real events that were still unfolding around us, the stakes felt pretty high. You dream of getting a job where cracker scripts …