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Good stuff David.
“influential box blog”
Hi David,
Was it just me, or were there no advertisements during ‘The First Australians’ on Sunday night ? Hmm, SBS ? An hour and fifteen minutes uninterrupted - I wonder why ??
TGA is predictably a let down if you’ve seen the UK original but the presenters need some work. You want them to less bank teller and more surf shop if you understand or even if you don’t - just back off the scripted or pre rehearsed deliveries down the barrel and relax. The track is somewhat pathetic - hopefully will improve - needs some unique features they can develop rather than 100 percent copy/reproduce the UK features
I know 9 are bagged alot but I’m glad they rescreened Wipeout in the 30 min slot since I missed most of the first series. The host on Hole in the Wall though should have a hole in the head, what a dope.
Any word if Ten are committed to the Sport channel; some reports suggest they are not doing it but evidence seems to show more scheduling and improved choice in prime time e.g. this weekend with the F1 and Moto GP coverage. Not sure about the Indian Open though - high probability a player called Kumar was going to win judging from the names on the leaderboard. Hopefully some NCAA stuff could make its way in 2009 (basketball, athletics)
Do 9 have the rights to The Wire 5 and any possible screen date?
does anyone know what is happening with mcleods daughters?
December for McLeod’s. I think there are new, unaired eps on Nine’s download site if you an cope with the cumbersome software involved.
Does anyone know if the NBA will be returning to Fox Sports this season?
It’s been easy to find the upcoming ESPN coverage but I have been unable to see if Fox Sports will also be showing games like they did last year.
Cheers.
Hi David,
Well, no advertisements in episode 2 of ‘First Australians’. Surely this is polical correctness gone made ? Why isn’t someone putting this on the front page of the paper ? Are we all too frightened ?
And of course I really meant “political correctness gone mad”.
David, any chance of getting the preview button back ?
Rush
I hope people get behind this show as it is very good. Good acting and the story lines are not too drawn out. I love Catherine McClemants role, so on edge all the time. I see it rated .927m last night, not bad but most probaly needs more people watching to get to a second series.
David, how much do you know about FOXTEL’s new Channel 111 in regards to programming?
Come on ABC, another round of Scrapheap Challenge repeats, we have seen this series twice already.
why did they axe make me a supermodel off the runaway, it was probably more interesting then the thursday night shows, they even advertised it would be on (Oct 7th) but it wasnt, dissapointed, do you know if i can still watch them somewhere??
Just a quick few questions for you today David.
1) With the new channels Nine, Seven and TEN are launching next year is it safe to assume that the HD shows, eg. Smallville etc, will be going on them so I do not need a HD set top box to view them?
2) Will FOXTEL carry these channels as soon as they are launched? So I do not need even a SD Set Top Box.
3) Will they have the failed (low rating) programs on them? Such as shows we haven’t seen like Las Vegas. In other words the shows that networks say “Will be back in Non-ratings period”.
4) As we know the FTA networks can not pick up every new show the US launches, will the new channels carry some as well?
Thanks for the clarification David.
David I can’t give you any clarification on what they are doing as I don’t have a crystal ball…..Foxtel’s ability to carry extra channels is dependent on where you live and their satellite access. I suggest you ask customer service these qs. We are still waiting to see what is on offer for multi-channelling, including a launch date for each of them.
Scrapheap is replaced from next week, no word on new eps.
111 hasn’t indicated what it is yet offering.
Rudi, what “preview” button? Never had anything called that.
Off the Runway was apparently only planned as a short run early in the Supermodel series to lift its run. Not axed, just a short run. Apparently.
David, there used to be an option to “preview” the comments typed on here, when it had the old format (the Blogger one). It was good to weed out typos, etc
David why doesn’t channel nine show AFL matched only channel seven and ten
David, I think they want a spell checker lol.
Whats with the music on the TV show life? The last few episodes from season 1 had different music than the original ones aired in the US. Does anyone know if they are doing the same thing for season 2?
I hope not as the music selection they chose was horrid!! Completely ruined the scenes
Joshua the music on the Life season 1 DVD was replaced because the tools at NBC wanted to be cheap. You’re not alone, many people on the IMDB message boards are also complaining about this problem.
Here’s an article about it: http://www.thepathtozen.com/news/life-season-1-dvd-its-the-wrong-music/
Hey David, did you manage to ask Fox8 when the top 8 Simpsons episodes would be airing yet? thanks.
hey david, i was wondering if Supernanny was still being produced in U.S or U.K and if it would ever come back to NINE, thanks
Billy - Season 5 of Supernanny is currently airing in the US
Fox has just ordered a full second season of The Sarah Conner Chronicles - hopefully we will see it here……
with nine just pulling Fringe I think their foray into sci fi may be over! I hope not, but I doubt we will see it (at least in a normal time slot!!)
Yeah i was surprised to see that TSCC was renewed. I thought that with that, prison break, lie to me, idol, etc etc, there wouldn’t be enough room. Perhaps if they get rid of kitchen nightmares, hole in the wall, til death - which are all performing horribly, then there would be room for a midseason switch.
Well I hope 9 never pick up another Sci-Fi show ever again. They treat them exactly the same.
I’m really surprised that TSCC got a full season. I heard it was hanging by a thread. I hope it gets renewed for a third season. I enjoyed the first season a lot.
David is the RSS feed not working or is it just me?
Hi - is Lost coming back or is it going to be another show never to be seen again!!!!!!
I doubt there will be a third season with ratings like its getting, but obviously enough to get a full second season. I heard that the terminator movie comes out mid next year, so that could be another reason for its full season.
hey david, any news on seven fast tracking 24:redemption?
ten, whats going on??
arias not on 10hd.
why not???
bad move i think
24 is awesome!!
BTW Elizabeth LOST is coming back in February next year for season 5. Seven will likely air it at 10:30pm. I for one will stick to downloads
I’m hearing 24: Redemption will air shortly after its US premiere yes, but it isn’t confirmed.
Be sure to let us know… I’ve missed 24… hopefully it wont be ignored at a stupid timeslot like they have given it the last few seasons… it was great when they had it on at 8:30… please none of this 10:30 bull :(…
Hi David, loved your segment on Bumper-to-Bumper way back when, and am now loving the website! Any thoughts on you putting together a daily Podcast? Would love to listen to your TV “insights” on the train to work…
David, can you provide any clarity on what the Australian Network Output deals are? I know CBS is aligned with TEN, but aren’t some US studios split between different Australian Networks? Any good reference sites for this? I’ve been searching for the past hour and can’t find anything current !!
David, heard any reason why TV1 dropped their 4×4 comedy block on weeknights? I was beginning to really enjoy 4xFraiser on Mondays!
Corey FOX8 advises the Simpsons “best ep” vote was for a single ep which already aired. Oddly, episode #1 won it. How the hell that beat Dog of Death don’t ask me….
slydoggie, it seems to be up in the air half the time, but a basic rundown would be something like this:
Seven: NBC, ABC
Nine: FOX, CBS
Ten: FOX, The CW
Then again there are exceptions all over the place. Seven has Criminal Minds which is a CBS show and Bones which is a FOX show, while Ten has Life on Mars and Women’s Murder Club (axed) which are/were both from ABC. Perhaps it has something to do with the production houses and not the networks themselves, I don’t know too much on the subject
Hi David. Hubby forgot to hit record on the VCR last week for Episode 1 of The Amazing Race. To do a search on the net what series (number or title) should I be looking for? Thanks.
TAR last week was S13E1 “Bees Are Much Calmer Than All This!”
Thanks for replying David. I’ve just checked the website and you can still vote for episodes so maybe they just haven’t updated the website and closed the voting yet.
I found it still allowed a vote but indicated the Competition was closed. Terms & Conditions indicate “Entry to the Promotion commences at 00:01hrs on 29 September 2008 and closes at 23:59hrs on 9 October 2008.”
OK, cool. I thought maybe that was a different competiton. thanks for the help again.
Slydoggie:
Seven has deals with Disney, NBCU, ITV (formerly Granada) and some previous deals with FOX.
Nine has WB and Sony.
TEN has FOX and CBS Paramount.
David, You still have not reported on the Airdate of Will and Grace on TEN starting Monday. Do you not know about it? First time for everything. LOL.
Lol it’s up… (possibly at the same time you were writing this)…. Been waiting on TEN to advise episodes which is now locked in.
Oh sorry, I didn’t mean to rush you. I just thought you did not know that’s all.
Well my question is still TV related:
Does anyone know if Channel V (and V2) is under a financial obligation to play certain music videos (getting paid by music labels to play videos)? To me it seems they play the SAME rotation of videos constantly rather than a broader mix unless it’s part of a genre block.
I might be paranoid but I’m curious about it.
Hey David. i just heard on seven news that Sevens Well st studios are finally closed? Did Global Television not purchase all the buidlings? and is city homicide moving to Docklands studios or just next door?
David, What’s taking so long for comments to be processed?
Hey David,
Just wanted to ask you a few questions.
1-Do you know how many eps of Battlefronts have not aired.
2-Any idea of when The Waiting Room or The Gift might air on 9.
And i saw in the Daily Telegraph today that Stephanie Rice would not be doing DWTS or It Takes Two
Sorry i forgot to add this in my last post but i was wondering David why Cold Case is not listed in The Sunday Telegraphs TV Guide for tomorrow night
Hey David, just wanted to let you know your site got a mention in today’s Sunday Telegraph in Sydney! Andrew Mercado wrote a section in his TV page about your poll on favourite TV network slogans. Nice one
interesting to note the daily telegraph reported on your slogan poll, david..
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,24552585-5009160,00.html
david. do u know when 90210 will be back in australia….cos i love that show. also.
do u know why all the free to air channels don’t use the channel space. they just simulcast every show. i wish they’d show different shows at different times.
1. I can’t believe that 10 is sooo far behind with The Office - they’re showing series 5 in the US currently, and we’re just getting eps from half-way through series 3 (which I bought the series DVD of from Amazon over 6 months ago…)
2. Not only that, but they cut us off half way through series 3 (for no real reason) last year, and now everyone’s supposed to just remember where things were at?
3. Then, when they do bring it back, they bump it to 11:20 on a Sunday night
4. Not only do they bump it, but if I wasn’t a subscriber to tvtonight (or paying attention to my epg on my PVR, but let’s give some love to tvtonight), I would have recorded it at 10:20, because that’s the time that was in every TV guide in Adelaide this week (Wed’s weekly guide, the programming for Sat and Sun TV in yesterday’s paper, the weekly TV Guide today)
Come on 10 - you wonder why you’re losing audience share, and why people are downloading…? And as a PS, take the opportunities that are there, 10… With the one show that is “truly” being fast-tracked - House (this week’s episode is on in the US on Wed morning our time, and we see it Wed night) - 10 had a golden opportunity to promote that fact at the end of last week’s episode, but instead did a lame voiceover which sounded the same as their other supposed fast-tracks. If it is that “fresh”, tell us, and get some respect back!
Hi,
Just wondering if Channel 9 will ever screen the rest of ER? They ripped it off our screens somewhere in season 13. The US is now screening the final series 15. I have watched this show from the beginning and own all the seasons up to 12… I would love it if you could possibly find out if/when it is coming back…
David, How did the film premier of Walk The Line on Channel 7 last night rate? It finished just before midnight.
Comments took a little while to approve over the weekend as I gave myself a few days off, the first in a year.
90210 is back in summer. No word on ER.
Global Studios only took Coventry Street, Sth Melb.
since you had the weekend off david i thought i’d tell you incase you didn’t already know, or perhaps you just chose not to report it, but the 7 corporate site has a media release that says they will be providing live coverage of the US presidential election.
Yup, I’ll be posting a guide to the coverage across several networks a little closer to the event… Nine has just sent theirs now, so it’s a bit of a work in progress.
hey david, hope you enjoyed your time off. Just wonderinf if you had any idea or a guess of when The Waiting Room or The Gift will air on Nine and if you knew how many eps of Battlefronts fave been produced but not aired, Cheers
Noticed that Channel 7 is slotting in an ep of American Dad (”42 yo virgin”) at the odd time of 10:35pm on Saturday in Vic, SA & WA, before its delayed Bledisloe Cup coverage.
I assume this will be one of the episodes that weren’t aired duiring September due to the AFL Finals bumping it out of the Thursday line-up?
i’ve been downloading kyle xy off itunes each week as i don’t have pay tv, and at the end of this week’s episode (overheard) there was an ad for “fallen” it looked good. is it coming to foxtel or itunes soon? are the ads airing on foxtel? there are normally no ads on the downloads so i was hoping that they showed the ad for a purpose- like we might be able to watch the thing, but i can’t find it in any tv guides. it said it was an “abc family event”, i looked it up and it seems it is a 3 part mini series about angels from 2007, the effects in the ad looked pretty good, i hope they put it on itunes. any idea if it is coming soon or was the ad just a pointless teaser for a show i will never see?
Why was City Homicide a Repeat last night on Channel 7?? It was irritating to discover and I switched off.. disappointing!
David, do you know when summer programming officially begins?
No word on Gift or Waiting Room. I don’t think we’re in or many more new ongoing shows on commercial FTA before summer (Nov 30). City Hom repeats are Seven storing new eps for next year. They will probably keep winning Mondays regardless, but if they suddenly plummeted, expect new eps to return. No word on Fallen.
when will tasmania get [proper] HD channels? all we have is a few shows simulcast with the SD channels but not nip/tuck or any of the other shows that the mainland HD channels show
Isnt it time the classic Aussie soap “Chances” was brought back? It would be a massive cult show.
Hey David, is it possible to have a quick link to the previous top stories, like the ‘more latest news’ and ‘more programming news’ links. Thanks.
Top Stories covers any of the other categories here. At the moment they all move into their respective home News, Review, Pay, Programming after shifting out of Top Stories. Majority will be found in News.
hey david, thanks so much for all your work that you put into tv tonight. just wondering if you knew how far we were behind with The Closer from the US and how many eps of Battlefronts have been made but not screened.
Well when you put it that nicely…. we were around the end of S3 when The Closer last aired. I will have to ask about Battlefronts.
Any Thank God You’re Here fans might want to take note that the show is on at 6:15pm this week, as they are screening one of the 75 minute episodes.
This also means The Simpsons beforehand will be edited down to 15 minutes (they are showing Treehouse of Horror 13, so they’ll just cut out a story).
But thank god Californication & The Office won’t be bumped even further into the night.
I remember that episode, i think that was the one that was the lead-in to the premiere of 5th grader last year.
It would be interesting to have a Top 10 of Movies that are screened more than once a year, such as “Love Actually” & “True Lies”. Come to think of it maybe it should be a Top 20. I think they have been shown so many times, you could recite whole blocks of dialogue. TV stations must think “we’ve run out of ideas, let’s treat viewers as brain dead, stick on a favourite and relax for the night”.
Did anyone catch the first ep of The Sarah Jane Adventures?
is hollowmen coming back on abc
love the current poll topic, which network is the worst offender! But there is one option you missed, “All of the above”!
Although out of all those I’d let ABC off the hook, they can’t make the dramas without the money, and ABC is at least doing its bit for promoting digital TV with ABC2, Breakfast, etc.
Hey David, Do you know if anyone’s picked up David Tennant’s 90 minute movie called Recovery it was broadcast on the BBC in February 2007 but I’ve not seen it advertised here. Cheers
Also Sunyal re your question The Hollowmen last I heard was Working Dog had decided to do a second series but hadn’t even gone into pre-production yet. Expect 2009 winter at the earliest.
We’ve had Hollowmen S2.
you know what i find really annoying.
saturday night live is probably one of the funniest Shows in the history of television. and we are currently 8 Months behind the US. SNL has a huge influence on the US audience. it’s up to date. it’s edgy. it’s funny. and we get the cut down Hour long version.
so we’re behind by 8 months and then we don’t get the full experience.
i know it’s foxtel. but come on. why do you cut it down from 90 mins to 60 mins??
i love SNL.
David, is Californication still being cut-up by Ten? I can’t help some scenes faded out too early.
I’ve got to agree with Phillip on SNL, why is Australia so far behind? Seems really unusual when the comedy channel has all the night shows the day after…..
David, all the electronic guides online (icetv, yourtv.com, even channel 7s!!) all say prison break will be on this week at the 11pm timeslot. Are you sure seven are changing things around this week, or is it next?
Joshua the info came thru late Friday arvo, I can only assume they will all get to it today (most take tguide info from one company, Pagemasters). Seven’s amendment definitely notes Thu Nov 6, and furthermore I checked with my sources for the show’s future.
I will ask about Californication edits…
also. wouldn’t it be awesome if there was another channel that automatically got all the shows the keep getting axed from the free to air channels? such as 90210, fringe, prison break, (even tho i don’t really like prison break) and all the shows that are bumped to a later starting time such as Heroes?? instead of spreading all the shows out?? in the US they have 5 main free to air commercial networks. ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox & the CW. so far we only have 3. Seven, & Ten. ABC & SBS aren’t really commercial networks.
i just wish that we all got the US networks. because i hate having to wait for shows I’ve heard about when they have already started airing in the US.
Phillip, i would like to introduce you to the wonders of bit torrent
ali.
i do download torrents.
but I’m only a teenager with a crappy job making cookies.. so i can’t afford the internet i want. it takes forever for me to download the shows after 25GB is used up. stupid bigpond.
and cos i live with family. everyone uses the internet so it slows down faster.
plus sometimes when i download shows. there’s no sound. and pisses me off. so i gave up on it. I’ll just keep complaining until channel Seven Nine And TEN actually hear and read what i say.
People have been complaining for many years, but they don’t give a damn about the viewers, so your efforts are wasted. They may well read comments, and i’m sure someone from 7, 9, and 10 will read this comment as well, but they certainly won’t change their ways anytime soon. If you look hard enough, you will find it is quite EZto find the TV shows you like with good quality……
thats not the point.
i used up my internet usage without downloading TV shows each month. so if i do..then my net will go so slow i can’t do anything.
but meh.
Wireless Broadband - Or you could look into some unlimited download plans. Maybe pick a couple of shows a week to download? Thats only a few eps a week at 350mb each….
I work full time and am paying off a mortgage, buying food, paying bills etc with no spare cash either.
BTW if you dont earn enough cash, get a job at ALDI - they pay really well. I was a waitress all through Uni, working 30+ hrs a week on top of full time study, for $10 an hour.
@ Phillip - if (when) the commercial FTA channels take their digital option seriously, all those programs (and more) would be aired.
Hey David
Do you know if Ten or TENHD is bringing back the new season of Smallville? Alot of people on the channel 10 forum all want it back.
Also, what happened to The Unit on channel 7. next minute its on, then its replaced by a show called Caveman which looks like a really dumb show
hey david, i was wondering if you knew when 9 or 7 were planning to release their summer schedule, cheers
Hey David, any news on if Seven has plans on showing the remaining American Dad! S3 episodes in summer?
have the new episodes of 2.5 mem been to monday from now on or will it return to tuesday nxt week? also can u confirm that there is a new episode of scrubs on friday? according to yourtv there is
Summer announcements for free to air will be very soon, plus news on 2009 goodies.
Smallville: nothing in coming schedules yet. The Unit was dropped with 2 eps to go as I recall.
American Dad: dunno, awaiting Seven summer plans, maybe in repeat?
2.5 Men is repeats next Tue / Wed. Mon is Domestic Blitz special. Yes there is a new Scrubs on Friday, probably to get them all played before end of ratings.
Hi David, any word on True Blood being screened in Australia? Cheers!
@ali.
i have bigpond unlimited. but after 25G. it slows down. so much for unlimited. lol.
and yes i should get a job. ALDI is a good option. i’ll send in my resume tomorrow.
and also. my sister has just discovered the internet and you and myspace. and she continuosly watches jonas brothers on youtube. so half way through the month my net slows down.
but yeah i will definately consider ALDI.
thanx ali.
watever happened to giving shows a chance?? Please Channel Ten. I am going through withdrawals without my 90210 dosage!
I’m not complaining, but i have bigpond 12gb, but i am also the only one in my family who heavily uses the net. It is at full speed 256kbps for about 20 days of the month, then dial-up the rest. Although i am trying to get other people to download my other shows so that doesn’t happen. Prison break, heroes and how i met your mother are the shows i have decided not to fall behind in, since they have more of a storyline than others and are more prone to spoilers. Others can wait a few weeks or more.
Try streaming the shows, it can cut up to half the bandwidth usage, although they aren’t entirely reliable.
Prime Coverage into the Gold Coast.
Just discovered that the Prime transmission into the Gold Coast of the US Election was delayed by an hour. I know of the problem re DLS, but this was a momentous event.
Seven and Nine were live, why couldn’t Prime. What a fraud on the viewers on the Gold Coast. So in response I’ve deleted Prime from my TV channels on my set top box.
I have a few friends who download certain shows that we all enjoy, and we swap dvds on a weekly basis so we can all keep up to date without too much downloading. , and we can see shows that wont be seen in Aus for ages, or only on Foxtel.
Im on an episode of Fringe, Mentalist, House, Gossip Girl, Entourage, My Own Worst Enemy, Numbers, Criminal Minds a week
and I only bring three or four down myself.
@Phillip - at ALDI you can sit on your butt while you work at the registers and I think the pay is around $18 an hour. Sure beats Maccas. Good Luck.
BTW, where are you located?? If you’re in Melbourne Ill give you a job
LOL all this effort for TV piracy. Just goes to show the true state of FTA TV here.
Why don’t they show Entourage on a FTA channel, even if it is not the latest season it would be a lot better than some of the current rubbish on TV. There is a limit to the number of CSI’s, 2 & half men and Law & Order’s that someone can sit through. Honestly there are just to many Crime shows on TV.
How about the Apprentice (US) or some of the great educational programs from Discovery Channel & National Geographic. I personally love Air Crash Investigation, Deadliest Catch & the new Ice Road Truckers show on ch10. Other good shows I would like to see are Mega structures & Dogs with Jobs
BTW I subscribe to a website to download the episodes, and some i buy off itunes so there is no ‘piracy’ thankyou very much.
If we had access to Hulu or something similar, we wouldn’t need to download at all.
David, is ABC1 going to air the Extras Xmas Special(which believe aired in the UK almost 12 months ago)?
Why hasn’t ABC1 aired it is yet?
Oooh good question Nick it is frustrating the hell out of me that it hasn’t been broadcast yet.
Extras Christmas Special is on youtube!
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=PBFZP2wU1Tg
Not TV quality, but better than never seeing it. Its well worth the 90 mins to watch. Its never been on Australian TV to my knowledge, which is why its not available on DVD locally.
To Grame re: Prime Gold Coast:
If its anything like the Central coast where we have Sydney channels as well as regional from Newcastle, there is no need for Prime at all! The presentation is 2nd rate compared to 7 and I feel sorry for regional people who have no choice. I never watch Prime.
And as for 9 vs NBN: I only watch NBN at 7pm so I can see A current Affair (as NBN’s news goes for one hour, delaying ACA 30 mins) otherwise 9 is fine for everything else.
In regional areas where NBN news is one hour - you are lucky not to be subjected to all those 7pm episodes of 2.5 men!!!
David, is new scrubs now on 2 nights a week, Thursday AND Friday?? Is this the first week this has happened? The Friday episode used to be a repeat!
David, people over at the TEN forums (90210 forums) are reporting that 90210 is returning Monday 24th November at 7.30pm (which is Idol’s time slot??). Would you mind checking this out for us because they have not given a source?
Thank You….
*yells like crazy* damn I hate channel 7 some times!!! I had scrubs set to record after heroes last night - but instead got an encore of lous theroux because i recorded on channel 7HD!
How was I to know when the guides only update a day before
*ends yell*
Was anyone else subjected to the technical glitches during Ten’s broadcast of X-Men 3? The Fox logo playing twice at the beginning and again after the third break, the film being cut off by the inter-titles, an extended section totally ruined by extreme audio distortion…
The sad thing is, this isn’t the first time this has happened during a movie screened by Ten. I’m interested if it affects ratings for the night.
RE: Joshua and missing Scrubs due to channel 7’s programming scrambles:
I hate to be the youtube guy, but:
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=8olXMnhKtgE
is ep 9 of S7. I’ve downloaded the whole series 7 from youtube, its all still up. *I’m asuming that Youtube leaving this show up means its legal*.
Scrubs S7 is out on Australian dvd first week of December. (I’ve got all the rest, they are around $25 each at the moment).
Channel 7 seem to have been doing this late night scheduling of Scrubs multiple nights thing since the second series. And of course, late nights are very likely to be subject to change.
Hey David do you know if the ABC will air the 2008 x mas special of Doctor who at x mas
James, given they have announced their summer highlights (see Programming) I think we can safely say that’s a no…
Thanks for the info Steven! I’ll probable just be buying it come December now you pointed that out
Anyone know what the hell happend to TMZ on Arena??
@Nathan87
Good Question , I would also like to know what happened to TMZ on Arena, the last episode which aired on Arena was Saturday 4th of October. It was listed in the October Foxtel Guide and even the first week of the November in the Magazine, but have heard no reason on why Arena has not aired it since early October, It hasn’t been axed in the US as it is currently airing there.
David, if you could contact someone at Arena and find out….. that would be great
Hey David, i was just wondering if this Domestic Blitz is just a special or a new series, thanks a lot
It’s a special.
Hey David, just thought id let you know that in the Sunday Telegraphs TV Guide in the Editors Comment they have some info on the Summer schedules, including The Gift, The Waiting Room, Law Vegus, Reaper and Holby Blue all airing over summer.Just wondering if you had any further info. I was also wondering why Bones season final is at 10 p.m. cheers
I’ll be really surprised if Reaper is actually showed. Las Vegas has been gone forever. I really hope it is shown because I miss it so much.
Why on earth is Bones going to be taken off again? We had the season 3 finale Thursday night and we’re not going to see too many more episodes before the 27th, even with double episodes. Why bother calling it a season finale if it really isn’t? I’ve never understood that. And they think people won’t know.
yeah what even happened to reaper? there was a couple of ads for it at the start of the year and it hasnt been seen since. i have to admit i only wanted to see it for brendan nelson playing the devil though..,
Will all of the fast tracked shows, like NCIS, break during summer? I hope not.
@ Nathan
Usually the US networks break after November sweeps, then come back late January. With exception for heroes, chuck, 1 ep of prison break, and a few more having about 1 episode in December.
David
The 90210 rumour is 100% true. I have a mole at TEN.
Anyone else happen to just be watching SBS CNBC finance update at 5:55?
The fire alarm went off just as they went the the air, the poor girl tried to yell over the alarm for a minute or more, but when the started yelling at her over the PA to evacuate the building, then they just had to cut to someone playing a piano.
Quite comical, hope she doesn’t get burnt.
@ Nathan
i would say 100% yes. especially NCIS no network would ever air a high rating american show over the summer. maybe the lower rating fasttracks will continiue.
the reason that throughout history there was never any fasttracks is because the networks like to show a season from start to finish. but downloads and the internet have taken their toll and now we have to pay the price of a huge gap in the middle of seasons
i’m assuming mentalist, house, life, supernatural, CSI, crim minds, and bones will all lose their fat track.
what??? whens 90210 returning?? i need it back…
i’m giving channel ten one more chance.. if they stuff it up..it’s the internet all the way for me
epguides.com will give you the US airdates of all shows, including the next scheduled episodes in the new year.
The Bones season finale last Thursday really was the Season 3 finale..and now Channel 7 are airing 2 episodes a week for the current Season 4, starting last night (which was actually Part 1 of the 2 hour Season 4 premiere). It just confuses people…
What frustrates me is that Channel 9 are promoting “All New Season” for Cold Case when it fact they aired the Season 5 finale last week and are now airing older episodes from Season 5. They aren’t even airing the current Season 6 from the US. Do they really believe we don’t realise? This is why we all turn to the internet….
Every channel nine show seems to be a ‘new season’, when it so obviously is not. Maybe they don’t know the difference between a ‘new season’ and a ‘new episode’.
ten must really hate us. . . ncis repeat tonight at 8.30
torrents looking good
US election from last week prevents 10 from showing a new episode tonight.
Is next week a repeat of NCIS too? I hope not cause that means Ten might not give us new episodes until next year. Oh well all NCIS episodes are good.
I too was mortified that Channel Ten had the gall to put a NCIS repeat on this week. So much for getting it quick from the US!!! They just treat the tv public like commoners and then wonder why alternative methods of viewing shows are favoured by many. The same goes for House, but given they would have had presidential election coverage i will forgive them a weeks break.
Obviously they have not made it clear that they really are fast-tracking certain shows. But with some stations claiming to fast-track lots of shows (i’m looking at you channel 7), it distorts the trust for this term. They need to make this clearer, otherwise people will simply mistrust them when they are try to regain trust.
Everyone likes to criticise channels about fast-tracking, but you can’t have it both ways. The network executives have to decide whether it is better to show these shows immediately and then take a break when the US does (like NCIS, House) or wait a couple of weeks to build up a buffer so that then they can be shown uninterrupted even when the US has a week off (Heroes, Prison Break).
Although I do agree that better communication is the key.
US election or not… they shouldnt try to trick us with a repeat they should do what 9 did with the mentalist and take it off for a week… people will lose trust in ten and wont come back next week!
Not sure what was published elsewhere, but the Sunday Mail tv guide said that last night’s NCIS was a repeat.
Good to see that ABC2 breakfast has added a clock above their logo
David any new on if Fringe will return over the summer on ch9?
We already know 90210 and Prison Break are coming back.
Why is it local networks insist on calling shows a season final when it’s not even the mid-season final it’s just the last new ep they plan on airing this year?
Case in point is last night with the Mentalist, the promo advertising next weeks ep as the “Season Final” they have a 22 ep season and on 6 have aired. And my my count they will be leaving at least on ep hanging all summer, if they bother to bring it back at all. I’ve lost track of the number of shows that go for the xMas break never to return, or don’t return until mid year.
hy they do it when we all have easy access to the truth.
It’s an old trick. I guess it’s nicer than saying “Last episode while we stop for summer non ratings.” Usually they discern between final and season final.
Fringe is on over summer, still awaiting details.
They should just say ‘in the 2008 final’ or ‘last episode for the year’. Either way, i will be seeing the remaining episodes of house and mentalist played in the states this year, with or without 9 and 10, assuming that cbs and fox air more. But since craig mentioned that nine promoted next week’s episode as the ’season final’, when there is another episode aired the week after on 25th nov (in our ratings period), and perhaps even more this year, then they must really think we are stupid.
NBC just axed Lipstick Jungle and My Own Worst Enemy. Its a pity about the latter, I was looking forward to watching it but I wisely held off. Now I refuse to watch a new show unless its been renewed for a second season, so networks can’t just get my attention and then destroy it like they did with Moonlight and Journeyman last year. No point watching a show n getting into it if the whole thing including storylines are paused and stopped forever.
Although, I made exceptions with Fringe’s pilot (which was horrible) and The Mentalist (which is a great show and will no doubt continue for many seasons). This will no doubt annoy Seven as they were probably riding on the Christian Slater show as a potential hit for next year. Oh well, at least Life got a full season, NBC are better than most when it comes to giving shows a chance and actually doing good for the audience.
If my own worst enemy gets a satisfactory ending, as indicated on messageboards from viewers, i will check it out. Journeyman did have some closure, so audiences weren’t entirely left in the dark, like jericho’s first season before they brought it back.
I doubt it will, 9 eps isn’t really enough to wrap up all the storylines, but maybe it will, its possible
I heard they are currently filming the final episode, so i assume that the writers can quickly come up with a suitable ending, which i assume most writers do when they start working on shows.
David will you be releasing TEN and Seven’s summer guides today, as you did for Nine?
hey david
any news on Trueblood airing in OZ??
i’ve watched the previews and it looks really good.
it’d be cool if it could be on sundays channel ten.
with californication.
hey david the page about the airdate of life after people isnt loading. or is it just my computer?
i love the poll at the mo, i’ve been wondering where people place the dramas in relation to each other. rush is doing better than i expected.
i hope this is a premonition for the logies, don’t get me wrong underbelly is good but packed is fantastic on a completely different scale.
lol at strip getting tied last
Is Hey Hey is Saturday coming back to nine next year
ABC radio news is full of shameless cross-promotion for The Howard Years that starts tomorrow night on ABC1.
Is it just a coincidence that Media Watch finished for the year last Monday, and won’t be able to take them to task for it?
Would it be possible to have a “sort” option so that the latest posts could be at the top or the bottom? I find it strange having to go to the bottom of the column.
Having missed most of the wonderful 10 show Rush, do channel 10 plan to screen this again over the summer David?
Yep.
hi david
is it posible for the tv networks to have 3 sd channels mirrored with 3 hd channels i read that one anolog channel = 12 sd channels and 1 hd = 3 sd channels is this correct
No. Networks will only have one HD channel, but can air a second SD from Jan 1.
Who has the rights to the new Twenty20 Champions League series?
Anyone know when Battlefronts will air or when 7 and 10 will release their summer schedule. Cheers
What happened to “Men In Trees”?
I know it was canceled in the US but ch9 hasn’t aired them all (no shock) did they have the rest on the HD channel?
And again with the “season” final! Pack to the Rafters next week but wait don’t they have 22 eps in the season and not 13?
Will 2009 be season 2 or will there be 22 eps on the DVD (If we get one)?
Why was ricky written out of All saits??
any word on when weeds season 3 is airing
because i was expecting it this summer (wed 10.30, but gossip girl took that)
and nine is yet to deliver
when will it be on (if it is on)
and will it be on arena first?
and will sbs “fasttrack” skins or big love in feb
or will they be later in the year
TEN has Champions League Twenty 20 Cricket.
Men In Trees did not finish its Aussie run on Nine.
Unclear how many eps of Rafters for 2009.
Weeds S1 is back on 9HD in repeat. I guess S3 will start after that.
I hear Skins is early 2009.
What the confirmed dates for Neighbours christmas break (ending & restarting) ? (on TEN)
What happened to “Flashpoint” which ch9 was planning to fast track at one point?
Just a whinge - what’s up with Channel 9 cutting off The View today to go to ad break? Bit rude and very annoying
Hello all. Just going to vent my frustrations on Rush. I love the show, I think its one of the top shows on TV at the moment and I would like to say that it should be rating at least above 1 million! What I would do to see its name in that Top 20 list for one night! Its such a brilliant show, I hope it performs stronger next year.
Is there any news on when the ABC will get to the next season of Spooks? We’re a couple of seasons behind the UK now, I think, but for some reason they seem to show it much less quickly than trash like Murphy’s Law.
The Thick of It deserves some love on here. So allow me to wholeheartedly recommend this masterclass of comedy, from the guys behind Alan Partridge and Peep Show, that airs tomorrow (Friday night, November 21, 9:40pm) on ABC1.
I would probably argue that it is funnier than the U.K Office, and is certainly superior to our nevertheless impressive The Hollowmen.
The first 15 minutes of the first ep might leave viewers a bit lost, but from the point in the episode where the guys are trying to think of a policy-on-the-go in the back of the car, (”What if everyone was required by law to carry a plastic bag?”) this show reveals it’s true, undeniable comedic brilliance.
The first ep will leave you in hysterics, and it only gets funnier and funnier.
I only hope ABC will screen the two specials too, which, despite being minus the talents of Chris Langham, are just fabulous.
Hi I have a problem with some of the pages like “News” and “Programming” they’re not updating. They’re stuck on the 13th and 15 of Nov. Its happened to me before so i don’t know if its just me.
I have a solution for TEN - Change Rush’s Timeslot. Put Rush on Mondays.
Does anyone know whats gonna happen in the Neighbours 2008 finale? i really want to know any spoilers greatly appreciated!
Why can 9, not continue running the cricket on 9HD, why do they need the news in HD.
David, do you know when Channel Seven will show the remaining episodes of Series 3 of American Dad?
Since the best shows are going to be shown during the non-ratings period, that means that there’s no reason to just pull a show right? Is there any word on how long some of these new and continuing shows will be shown?