So what’s been your summer gem?

January 13, 2010  Filed Under Programming, 78 Comments » 

The other week a journalist asked me for some quotes on how our TV summer season was faring and I pointed out that historically, the 09 / 10 season has offered an abundance of choice -at least compared to when we had just 5 channels, half of which were stuck on sport.

This year the amount of content has boomed, thanks to our extra digital channels.

But when the article appeared in print, readers hit back saying summer is still a dead zone. I got slammed. Well, it is if you stick with …

Seven summer update

November 20, 2009  Filed Under Programming, 29 Comments » 

Seven has updated its first week of summer programming, filling in several TBAs and shuffling a few shows around.

New titles include Stephen Fry in Kingdom as a kindly solicitor who devotes his career to representing the oddball people in the Norfolk town of Market Shipborough, England. Kenneth Brannagh stars as Inspector Kurt Wallander, a brilliant detective who takes each murder case he works on personally and will stop at nothing in his search for the truth. The Take is a UK drama set in the criminal underworld of the East End …

Gone: Gary Unmarried, Sexiest Beach Bodies, Most Shocking

November 18, 2009  Filed Under Programming, 15 Comments » 

Seven has made some changes to its first week of summer scheduling, and so far they are an improvement.

It has deleted a number of titles that weren’t exactly inspiring.

The following are all now out:

Monday, November 30th
7:30PM Whacked Out Sports
8:00PM Gary Unmarried

Tuesday, December 1st
9:30PM Sexiest Beach Bodies

Wednesday, December 2nd
9:30PM Most Shocking

You blogged, they listened? Maybe.

Seven is yet to announce the replacement titles.

UPDATE: Some shows are back on a new night. See Seven summer update.