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Sorry to tell you Brandex One Tree Hill will have to be moved again as the AFL Season 2010 starts next week and this is where chan 10 shows the footy on Saturday afternoons,
Hey David, on ‘Aussies in America’ news: Rebel Wilson has been cast in the new Judd Apatow movie Bridesmaids where she will play Matt Lucas’s (of Little Britain fame) sister.
I just realised (While flicking through channels) that One Tree Hill is back on Saturdays at 3pm. Luckily it’s only the second week it’s been back. David, do you know if Ten actually plan on showing more than 3 episodes in a row before it’s dropped for some form of sport?
To add further birthday embarrassment… Happy Birthday David =D
@ Craig . GO! are in the process of getting the 16×9 versions from the BBC. so hang in there tiger!
Any idea when Ultimate School Musical starts. I thought I read April 20th but haven’t seen any adds or promotion for it yet.
Happy birthday David! (found out from tweet from Amanda Meade, from the Australian’s media section…)
I recorded series 5 of Top Gear on BBC K late last year and it was 16×9, why can’t Nine/GO! get this copy? Having it in 4×3 makes it look cheap on the digital channel with is 16×9, especially with fans knowing it’s in wide screen else where.
I for one will not be watching TG on GO!, especially if it’s not 16×9, first it conflicts with other shows, 2nd I can watch them on BBC K and 3rd I have them recorded in 16×9 so I can watch them any time I choose.
For those fans waiting for Benidorm to air – it looks like its coming to UKTV either in April or May. The UKTV facebook page has a video posted on it which previews whats coming up in April/May, and its one of the titles it previews.
I wonder if that might make the 7TWO programmers wake-up and put it back on the schedule?
Similarly, also apparently on the way shortly is reality TV titles “Any Dream Will Do” and “I’m A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here!” – both ideas already tickle my fancy!
@ Brian…. sorry. that information is incorrect. sunday’s ep will be 4×3.
and the rest of series 5 will be 4×3
re: Top Gear in 4×3 on Thurs. That was all the BBC were able to supply in time for broadcast. From this Sunday onwards16×9 copies have been sourced.
Thanks Craig.
@ Craig .. for the record.. the series that GO! is currently showing (series 5) are the copies from SBS and there were in 4×3.
@ Beckala ….. and anyone else who whats to know.
Ch9 has not edited anything out of any Top Gear ep’s. what u see on tv is the whole ep from the BBC. The BBC supplies different versions to certain network/countries. Nine gets the international version. also for everyone interest…part of the deal is, no matter what network, they are not allow to alter the ep’s in any way. thats is one of the conditons of obtaining it. So now no more questions about Top Gear!
@ Craig… GO! has the 4×3 version of Top Gear (season 5) from the BBC. Not the 16×9 versions. that is what they were given.
Hi David, random question – how much of a gap is there between Oprah screening in the US and here? Reason i’m asking – they’ve just announced that the cast of Glee will be appearing on it on April 7, so I’m wondering if it’ll be on air here soon after. Or, if indeed like they have in the past, Ten plan on screening it in prime time…?
Any info would be greatly appreciated!!
Sorry Alf it’s just a hot topic but people are still complaining about Nine screwing up the show, not I like a bit of Nine bashing as much as the next TG fan but in this case with TG they are not to blame, as far as we know. That said they still managed to screw up last nights TG on GO! showing it in 4:3 when it is a wide screen production dating back to the first season of the current version.
Craig thank you for the info about Top Gear, but please try and remain calm and (more importantly) polite when responding.
I was only inquiring and did not know that you had already written about it beforehand. Cheers.
David with FlashForward just getting back underway in the US is there any news on it’s return to Seven?
I contact Arena asking if the new season of Celebrity Apprentice was returning any time soon, and they wrote back saying it’s moving to FOX8 from April 14, and will air 8.30pm Wednesdays.
And I was soooo looking forward to “The Train Robbers”.
You can tell they had no intention of showing an old western in favour for encores.
More repeats for Survivor / V this Sunday:
Syd / Bris:
1pm Survivor
3pm V
Mel:
2pm Survivor
4pm V
For the last time Nine is not responsible for the editing, that is the BBC, please people read the forums!
And on that, tonights TG on GO! (s05e01) was shown in 4:3! TG has been wide screen since the current version started in 2002 and it was not a channel error as the ads were WS and ER which aired right after was WS.
Guess the monkeys are running things again at GO!
Hey David, or anyone!!! Does anyone know when ABC are going to show Ashes to Ashes series 3????
The EPG is worthless, hopeless and useless.
Watched Top Gear the other night for the first time since I moved to Nine from SBS. It seems to be edited differently. It felt as though parts of it were missing. I suppose Nine has altered it to fit in all of its advertising.
Seven’s Union contract expiring? Interesting… Considering 7’s had it since the mid 90’s, inc two World Cups, (1999 and 2003), this would be a major loss for Seven. Maybe SANZAR wants more from the next deal, e.g. some Super15 games on FTA digital.
The Sydney Morning Herald says today that Channel Nine is being lured by SANZAR (the body representing rugby union in South Africa, Australia and New Zealand) to cover home Test involving the Wallabies, as well as the Tri-Nations Series in 2011-15, with the big drawcard being the British and Irish Lions tour of Australia in 2013. Nine has free-to-air rights to Rugby World Cups in 2011 (in NZ) and 2015 (in England). Channel Seven, whose rights to rugby union expires at the end of this year, is also involved in talks with SANZAR.
Did anyone see The Today’s Show’s Steve Jacobs on the Jaywalking segment on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno last night? They showed clips this morning on Today on Nine.
David, I’m interested to know whether any Australian channels have picked up The Pillars Of The Earth mini series yet. I understand it will be shown on Starz in the US in July.
When eill new episodes of The Simpsons and The Cleveland show air?
Also when will the next season of The Amazing Race air on Seven ?
@tomothy. IQ series link has been ‘inconsistant’ for the last few weeks (again). They put our fees up though.
Yes Marco, Ellen yesterday (Monday’s US show) was not a re-run it was new, the clips of Demi Moore are on YouTube dated March 15. But for what every reason Nine and now I find out Arena didn’t air it (I didn’t check them yesterday), it might have been technical issues then or copyrights?
Arena showed a different repeat the same day as Nine did for Ellen. Strange the Demi Moore ep then seems to have been skipped altogether on both stations?
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If Ellen occasionally has a repeat in the US, as she did this week, then Nine delves back into eps it has held over due to Cricket / Olympics obligations. Makes sense to me.
Here we go again – Syd Nine did not edit Top Gear, BBC sends them the 50 minute international version, this week it was over 52 minutes. I don’t know why they cut out the bits they did but blame BBC not Nine for that!
David I wanted to ask is there any reason Nine didn’t show the new Ellen yesterday with Demi Moore, Channing Tatum, Michael Buble but a re-run from last month with Tracy Morgan?
Monday night UKTV aired the final episode of the current season of The Graham Norton Show, which recently aired on ABC2. This ep was cut off in the last 5 mins by ABC2 at the beginning of January. When I watched it last night in IQ, I realsied not only did ABC2 cut of the last few mins, they cut out an entire segment prior to Will Young singing.
If ABC2 edit the next season, I may have to wait for UKTV or obtain from other sources.
Also, anyone noticed on IQ that series link button is not working lately. Did a reboot, and still it wont link in most new shows added.
It’s terrible the way the Nine Network has edited Top Gear. Has anyone else noticed this !
Hi David, any news on when new episodes of The Simpsons will come back to Channel Ten?
Season finale of Big Love is on tonight… is there any word on when SBS will show season 4? I don’t think I can deal with another two year wait!
Any new timeslot for Ghost Whisperer yet?
It’s usually on 7:30pm Thursdays -but from the 25th, one of 7’s new footy shows airs in that timeslor.
Not yet, but last Wednesday they added a Sunday rpt.
David, is there plans for Survivor to be repeated by Nine later in the week?? With MKR extended, and NCIS on i’m stuck. Too many things i wanna watch. Hope you can answer this quickly.
@Clint – using an RSS reader on your phone should help!
The Lair (2007–)
Which Oz channel will air this gay vampire series, from the makers of Dante’s Cove?
It is getting a bit old now.
David, have you thought about a mobile version of this web site? Recently when I was away in Sydney, I tried to get onto the site via 3G on my iPhone, and it was God awful slow. I also tried again when I got home to Queanbeyan – which has pretty fast 3G at most times (guessing due to limited congestion) and it was God awful slow again.
Just a thought, you can still have ads in a mobile version, and I’m pretty sure WordPress has some really good mobile support etc.
Couldnt let this go. Got a nice Telstra letter telling me Foxtel is going to cost more due (in part) to (recently) ‘a range of advanced features like improved search and recording capacity’. My experience – no A to Z search (still), unreliable series link on IQ2, sound sync issues IQ2, widescreen…stop me. Good old Telstra dont know when to just shut up and send the bill.
@craig – spot on
The Pacific (the first has just aired in the US) is set for after Easter on Seven right, but why the delay?
I know Easter is a problem but then isn’t any holiday or special event?
Right now Seven will be 3-4 eps behind the US by the time it airs here, that’s no good IMO and many will wonder over to the dark side of illegal downloads once again to see what the fuss is all about.
IMO they would be better showing 2-3 eps now, get a sense if it is ratings then maybe use Easter as an excuse to move it if needed or replay it on 7TWO during the holidays.
Being on HBO in the US I can assume it will run each week without a break for it’s 10 eps?
Just to let you know i have no epg for 7TWOPRIME her in newcastle been like it for the last few days.
Anyone without EPG for Prime 7TWO in Central Coast / Newcastle? I have blanks for the next 7 days while Prime/PrimeHD are there.
does anyone know if free to air has any more channels coming
Channel 9 in adelaide and perth which is own by WIN Television has this morning returned the nine dots to it’s logo which brings it in line with Ch 9 on the east coast.
I wonder if WIN in regional areas has brought back the nine balls to it’s logo, properly not since WIN in regional SA broadcast Channel 7 programs.
Real nice Encore of V by Nine. They edited the hell out of it.
I earlier posted a question of when repeats of Invader Zim will air.
Good news-a email received from Foxtel says that show will be airing at 9:30pm weekends (DST)-then 10:30pm after DST.
@Troy Garnhold – I’m not disagreeing with you, I’m just saying we need to lay the blame with the BBC and not Nine in this case, excluding 14.01.
Just a suggestion, but – if you have a problem with fta and/or its programming, and their complete uslessness, get Foxtel. Tried IQing V on Nine last week and gave up after the first 15 mins and 4 ad breaks. Will wait until it arrives on Foxtel(still worth it despite the cost).
anyone…anyone know anything about series 2 of Breaking Bad? anything,
thanks,
Lisa
@vid. I think you might of missed my point. I had taken on board that ch 9 wasn’t editing the show. I was just wondering why the show had been so poorly edited. Having watched top gear for quite some time now, I was just wondering why they would choose to edit parts of the show that are central to the show, ie The Stig. Maybe you could pass on to the bbc that we aren’t happy with the way they’ve chopped our show to pieces. Thanks!
I disagree Craig. Top Gear has been butchered, but I guess we always suspected that this would happen.
Finally, Community has a timeslot confirmed. These NBC comedies really aren’t that loved here are they? I mean, 11:30pm for 30 Rock, no idea where Parks went, The Office was tried in summer after the late night shift… Fingers crossed the Advanced Guides are stuck to, but it’s Channel Nine.
Having just ditched MyStar and purchased a new TV and DVD Recorder….can someone explain to me who is responsible for the EPG information on the FTA channels. I have read similar posts over the years but as it didn’t apply to me until now, I didn’t take much notice.
My main gripe is that more often than not Prime has no info. at all and some of the channels have the same info. as other channels…ie: ABC and NBN might both say “ABC Neews”????
(BTW David….this is my favourite site and I check it daily. Your hard work is much appreciated.)
Attention Go!
The Starsky and Hutch repeats need a better timeslot….when people are actually home to see it would be better….2pm is useless to workers
@Vid – I hate to bring it up but what of the first ep they aired 14.01? Many people recorded it and only got 42 minutes and change, I think the BBC said they were watching them so maybe they did do some extra editing that week? It will be interesting when they show that one again, I’m sure people will be watching to see how long it is the second time around.
I’m begging Go! please out of kindness and to protect my sanity and for the love of all things decent…please stop re-airing that “Go!” song in full every morning and throughout the day. I will lose my mind…