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Nine: 2010 Programme Launch
Nine CEO David Gyngell, programmer Michael Healy and sales boss Peter Wiltshire today capped off their East Coast tour to media buyers of the 2010 slate for Channel Nine.
It included a showreel of titles including Underbelly, Winter Olympics, Top Gear, Hey Hey its Saturday, The Real Hustle, V, AFP, Community Wicked Love, and The Politically Incorrect Parenting Show. Nine also talked up the fact it will have four local dramas including Cops LAC, Sea Patrol, and Rescue: Special Ops.
Gyngell said in a statement, “I believe we are going into …
Nine’s Secret Millionaire
In Nine’s 2008 ratings report it indicated some of the shows that are due next year. While most are already known to us there were two new titles:
Secret Millionaire and Little Britain.
Secret Millionaire is a British format in which millionaires give away tens of thousand of their own money after spending time living in a community where no one knows that they are wealthy. A US version also begins this week on FOX.
At this stage it’s unclear if Nine airs an international or local version -presumably, it wouldn’t involve a Packer….
As …
You better smile. It’s Nine.
It was the week that the industry took action on piracy against an ISP, news crews were assaulted by angry locals, a regional broadcaster axed its entire news department, a court ruled regional licenses must be sold, a reality host pleaded guilty to welfare fraud, another reality show mucked up correct voting information, Screen Australia’s new CEO signalled a smoother ride for film over television, a daytime soap would be destined for primetime, the axe fell on more US shows and an old sitcom face left for the bus depot in …
Are we there yet?
It was the week that everybody said they had new toys to unwrap, TEN declared the 2014 Commonwealth Games, Aussie producers gathered on the Gold Coast for their annual gab-fest just as Nine decided not to revisit the only drama set there, TiVo dumped one of its key partners, the last original member of Hi-5 chose to retire, the axe fell on several shows in the US, network programmers tried to defend late amendments, Seven apologised for comments made by one of its stars, Nine was revealed as wanting “no …
Bumped: The Strip, This is your Life, Amazing Medical Stories
Channel Nine has pushed back its local drama The Strip to 10:30pm from this Thursday night.
Last week the show had 834,000 viewers, beaten by Law and Order: CI’s 1.21m and The Amazing Race on 1.01m.
It will be replaced by This is your Life on Nov 13 and 20. The Mike Munro show had been set for a 6:30pm Sunday return. Instead a 20 to 1 repeat will air this weekend.
Amazing Medical Stories which was airing at 10:30pm Thursdays is currently out of schedule.
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Returning: This is your Life
UPDATED: Now 8:30pm Thursday Nov 13.
He may be retiring from the network (even having farewell drinks tomorrow) but Mike Munro is to open his book once more, with another episode due of This is Your Life.
Promising a tribute to a “dead-set legend” it airs at 6:30pm Sunday November 16th on Nine.
For the record, the show is also staying put on Nine, with other rumours about a switch to Seven proving to be false.
Any guesses on who the subject might be?
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THIS IS YOUR LIFE, one of the most loved programs on television, …
Rumour: This is Your Life
TV Tonight hears a show that’s previously been on Channel Nine could be headed back to Channel Seven.
Why else would they be asking for audience members…..?
The show has been hosted for many years by Mike Munro on Nine, but he is retiring from television. With that in mind, could Nine have decided not to renew the format?
The show is still running in New Zealand where TVNZ has just rerun a special on Rob Guest, as a tribute to the star. You can see him surprised here.