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@ Bella….agree…tired of going to watch Bargain Hunt…which is listed in Freeview….and finding the tennis still on….
Also missing Escape to Country….
Any news yet on when Seven will be starting Once Upon A Time, from what I’ve seen the show looks fantastic, each episode adds to the mystery without leaving you wanting, like Lost often did.
Also Grimm which I haven’t seen as much yet, Nine has that one right, any news there?
Dear TV Loungers, can anyone clarify if TV stations are required to indicate in information supplied to printed and online guides and EPG’s if a program is a repeat? I think it used to be a regulation but it seems to have stopped completely over the last couple of years. Would be so handy with the constantly changing mix of repeats and new eps for things like Modern Fam, Big Bang etc etc.
@ MuchoTB says:
January 12, 2012 at 10:04 am…
Join the club …of disappointed TEN viewers!
@Johnno They have not showed Stablers final eps which are in Season 13 I have no idea when they might do so. I posted the following on their Facebook Nov 25th 2011
“Thank you Oh so much for showing the last episode of SUV Season 12 for the Third time in about 6 months we love watching Repeats, we love watching Repeats,we love watching Repeats,we love watching Repeats opps did I just repeat myself! Please move on to Season 13
”
Of course no reply although I’d probably catch more flies with honey lol
The Social media guys never know what the programming dept is doing anyway
@ William – the NAB Cup telecast are a bit inconsistent. Ch7 will show matches 1, 2, 5 and 8 while Fox will show all games.
Ridiculous choice to move Glee to Friday nights – way to kill one of your only hit shows, Ten.
Interesting, didn’t they learn from the same mistake with 90210 on 11 at that timeslot ?
The return of Glee…..at 7pm ……….. Fridays from January 27th on Ten with all new episodes.
David (or anyone) do we get the US People’s Choice Awards here? I only ask as Kaley Cuoco is hosting them this year.
@Michelle Smith – I’ve said from day one that TEN should also air Ferguson after Letterman so those who want to see both can just record them on TEN. And of course keep Ferguson on CH11 at 10:30. I agree the news on TEN (if it returns) needs to be stable at around10:30 each night.
Fridays can be really busy for talk show junkies, some weeks Letterman, Fallon and Conan overlap, this doesn’t even take into account Fallon on Pay TV.
@Andrew B, thanks
@Craig I just hope they put it on at the regular time of 10:30pm. It was one of Ten’s highest rating shows when it was on at 10:30pm. It got to the stage over the past 2 years that it could start at anytime between 10:30pm and midnight. Late News, and more significantly, Sandra Sully have an extremely loyal following and that following will increase if programmed at a regular timeslot.
what is the NAB Cup deal with Seven Network is it going to be the same like the AFL $1.253b deal.
Please bring back a new sesion of worlds strickest parents and start auditions for this show again. I liked the Australian version better than the US version because Australian version shows what they have been up to after they get back the US show does not do this. Also drop the aged to 13-14 yr olds
Really hope that 7two will stick with a proper lifestyle lineup. The past 4 weeks or so its been a bit hit and miss.
Also it would be good if ONE ore 7mate could buy the rights to Dirty Jobs. ABC2 have shown really old eps from 2005 or even older.
As a Brisbanite/Queenslander, and a supporter of our ABC, I just wanted to say how delighted I was to watch ABC TV news coming from the new headquarters at South Bank on Monday night. A spanking new news set (obviously modelled on News 24′s) was great to see, especially after several years of us having to endure their cheap-jack, second-hand kitchen bench set! After all that the ABC’s Brisbane-based staff have had to put up with over the past several years, it was great to see some really good news happening for them at last.
has anyone been watching MotoGP Classics on ONE from late 80′s to the late 90′s.
@Michelle Smith – that is good news (hope it happens) but it better not mean Letterman and Ferguson over lap!
Word is Ten Late News is returning – it should never have been axed. Lets hoping Ten have finally screwed their head on straight and ensure Sandra Sully is the presenter. She is Late News
Hope someone out there can help. Has C10 screened all episodes of the last series of SVU when Elliot Stabler left the show in the finale? I thought I’d taped them all but bthe last 4-5 were repeats.
@ Kenny well it’s not hard to be TEN”s top rating program and you do realise it’s summer, not much competition about and an odd 600K is nothing to be too pleased about. Modern Family doesn’t rate because of its camp value.
@Johnny – Modern Family (repeat) was #8 and TEN’s top rating program last night.
Joshua Jackson from Fringe will be on the Ellen DeGeneres show at midday on Ch 9 and it gets repeated on Ch 90 at 5pm. I would of said earlier but the internet is playing up.
Just been checking out the US ratings on a US tv site and all the comments about NBC sound exactly the same as we hear about Channel Ten here. Heaps of comments say NBC used to be a favourite but has fallen fast, people have lost faith in the network because they always get burned, they desperately need a hit because none of it’s shows rate, and that the network is in real trouble. Basically everyone’s given up on NBC. Carbon copy to Ten.
Week 2.
Is this Week 2 or 3 of the year, I never know exactly when they start?
Does nine not own the rights to the first two seasons of Friends?
Nothing more camp than Modern Family, that’s why it doesn’t rate.
Woohoo season 3 of Misfits begins on ABC2 on 3rd of February.
I was going to get the bluray from Amazon because I thought they would hold it back for most if the year, but I can wait another month.
At least Ten is fast tracking Graham Norton.
Eleven is probably waiting for Nurse Jackie to start in March to pair with new Californication. Will probably replace Dexter.
I just want to say I’m happy with Star Trek : The Next Gen on Thursdays on Eleven. As for Alan Carr and his campness I seem to recall Julian Clary including him wearing make-up on Friday nights as well as double entendres on the ABC. So campness is nothing new.
Warren, Warren says:January 9, 2012 at 7:25 pm, have you ever watched Graham Norton on the ABC? The guy is very funny and has a good following there But what will kill the show on TEN is, by the promos, the shows will be repeats and the commercial breaks they will edit it down to fit 48 mins to allow at least 12 mins of commercials. And while on Graham Norton his replacement show on the ABC Alan Carr looks very very much more camp if normal Australian audiences cannot relate to anyone it will be this guy.
so Californication has returned in the US, no sign of Fast-tracking on Eleven like all the previous seasons were on both channels? Eleven are returning Dexter to Tuesdays but they should have left that for another night or something, like Thursdays or late Sundays.
Am enjoying Dragons Den ep 1 from 2005 off ABC 2, but am curious to know if anyone knows if ABC has rights to all 9 seasons ? or not ?
Cmon Ch 7 play out those final 2 or 3 eps of Reaper.
@APM – yes with the Tool Time girls
SBS update – so they showed the evening news from 5:30, probably the NSW feed and then re-run it at 6:30 form the local QLD feed. Clearly they had the Ch9 work experience kids at SBS today. Not sure what happened before 5:30 as I tuned in at that time for the Dakar. Good thing today was a re-cap of the first week since it was their rest day on the rally.
was just thinking, why doesn’t 7mate play ‘Home Improvement’ at all? if there was ever a male aimed family show to play on the channel that would be it. it could be paired with My Wife and Kids and According to Jim. I find it very odd its not there in the daytime slot, wouldn’t imagine 7 loosing the rights?
Oh come on, I really don’t think Graham Norton is as good or as popular as some on here think he is. He will fail with normal Australian audiences just like others before him; ie. Jay Leno, Conan O’Brien and David Letterman. It’s nothing to do with the timeslots or any other excuses but for the simple fact of the matter that normal Australian audiences cannot relate to them.
Forgot to add it’s like SBS here in QLD is running on DLS time, so an hour earlier than it should be. So i missed the Darak which we probably on at 4:30 not 5:30. I’ll have to keep an eye on it as I want to watch Mythbusters. What the frak is going on?
Where is Dakar today (SE Qld Monday 9th) the SBS news is on. Dakar is listed on the EPG and online guides and was meant to be 5:30pm every day for about 2 weeks.
Any one have any ideas about Happy Endings returning??
@ Vanessa. I think the after the Tennis promo annoyed viewers, but that is when most of them will start! What will annoy me is that My Kitchen Rules will air @ 7:30 probably three nights a week like last year and then all the shows you highlight will begin 15 minutes after their advertised time like 8:45 and 9:45!!
I am hoping Revenge and DH are on Mondays DH belongs their for its final season and Revenge will suit the Monday Night demographic that used to watch DH and Brothers and Sisters!
I got a response from TEN on their Facebook page, they will have Graham Norton available on their online catch up site for those of us who don’t want to play chasey or record from 8.30-10.30 every Saturday night hoping the episode is somewhere in between those two hours.
@Vanessa – Alcatraz is on Nine/WIN it doesn’t start in the US (Fox) until Jan 16 so next Monday. I’m predicting Nine will have this in early Feb so it’s some what fast tracked.
As for the others (on Seven) well they are all half way through their current seasons, so Seven might bring they out in Feb as the ratings wars hot up.
Hey David, Lea Michele just announced that she has been confirmed for Season 4 of Glee – and apparently the other “graduates” will be too.
Oh dear, the ABC is running The Drum on both ABC1 and ABC News 24 at 6-7pm Mon-Fri from tonight. Disappointed. i enjoyed quite a few of the shows ABC1 was running at 6pm but I’ve no interest of an hour of the Drum 5 nights a week. ABC2 and ABC3 are playing children’s shows at that time, so it looks like it’s off to Letters and Numbers plus World News for me from now on.
Any indication as to when all these new and old shows start? ie Revenge, Alcatraz, Desperate Housewives, Greys Anatomy etc?
Sick of Channel 7 only saying that they’ll start (then again, who knows when), January.
I note they’re not going with the “after the tennis” promos.
@JB – fair enough, altho’ I only recall two articles. Still don’t want general entertainment stuff here tho’. Plenty of other places to go if I want that.
@Secret Squirrel. David wrote an article on the topic when the story first came out, several in fact, and it’s something that would affect all actors including tv actors. And she’s “appeared” in Gene Simmons: Family Jewels, and Penn & Teller: Bullshit, both of which have been on Australian tv, if that satisfies your requirements.
My original comment was a little tongue in cheek though, clearly didn’t come across that wayt.
Just notice TEN has TBA next Sunday, surely they will have the Terra Nova final next Sunday at 8:30?
@JB – this is not a blog about US B-movie actors. If she hasn’t been on Aus TV she doesn’t belong here.
Remember that story about the actress suing IMDB for revealing her age. Well she’s been forced to identify herself by the judge if she wants to sue them so now we know who she is. Except I have no idea who she is. She doesn’t look 40 and actors such as Corey Monteith are playing characters decades younger than their actual age, and heck Brad Pitt played a 90 year old man and a foetus in the same film so her claim she ain’t getting work cos of her age is ridiculous. Maybe she’s just not a good actor. Come on David, name and shame her on here.
Hi David, I was browsing your site on my smartphone yesterday and noticed that the mobile site is up and running. It looks quite good too.
@Andrew B – I think I’ve seen some before, I only bought it up because its not very common for them to do that for new shows.
Speaking of, when do the ratings officially start?
Top Gear – Latest word is the S18 starts in the UK Jan 29, so maybe Nine will fast track the series within a week of the BBC?
Looks like Australia’s Funniest Home Videos:Summer series won’t be on this Saturday due to the cricket being on at 6:30pm.
Also David Campbell will be co-hosting Mornings with Sonia Kruger.
@vinny why did I have to say anything ? Thankfully I can record it!I can not see the change yet what are they replacing it with?
I checked at the EPG for Perth markets (14th Jan 2012) it says that GEM is broadcasting Magic Millions from 10.30-2.30. GO! is broadcasting Youth Olympics 7.30-8.30am and 4.30-5.30pm. While Nine is not broadcasting cricket in full from 3-5.30.
Janey…most over 60s are the biggest spenders of all these days!!!
If Please Marry My Boy rates well it will prove once and for all that Seven can put on any crap and it will rate. It looks like absolute garbage. And along with Four Weddings, Excess Baggage, Celebrity Apprentice, plus rumours of a Brynne Edelstein show, Australian tv is quickly becoming just as crappy and trashy as some of the stuff we see from the US. This is what networks want to invest in, as the expense of wuality dramas like Rush and City Homicide. Pretty soon i won’t even be watching Australian shows on tv.
Should that be lie in bed, not lay in bed, Charlie? Just being picky
@Christopher Hull – Home and Away (Early Years) , Sons and Daughters, Shortland Street, Coronation Street and Emmerdale all return on Monday the 16th of January, as there is another tennis match starting next week. However, the 18th is the last day for Emmerdale for some reason 7 is cancelling it . Shortland Street returns in NZ also on the 16th of Jan, so we are not getting further behind.
@ Jenny- Southland has been bumped to 12.30 midnight and now is in double episodes with the second ep now finishing at 2.30 am.
Last night I couldn’t sleep, so I turn on the TV to see what’s on. There was “Charmed” on channel 11 and I figured “It’s 3am, this is probably the best that’ll be on”. So I lay in bed watching it. On comes the first commercial break less than five minutes into the show. This included half a music video. My God that was a Long break! So long, I almost turned the TV back off!
Well, it got better: Next commercial break, on come The Workers, which is Southern Cross’s group for the pre-schoolers. Yep, it’s around 3:15 in the morning and I’m having the darn alphabet sung to me?
By the end of “Touched By An Angel” (which was on after “Charmed”) I had seen at least half a dozen half played music videos, several segments about having a fish or guinea pig for a pet and two or three songs from The Workers (who have a Fraction of the talent of The Wiggles), it was 5am and I finally felt ready for sleep, wondering what the hell happened to commercial TV.
Though I must say, it was a miracle: I watched two hours of Channel 11 and I did not see any ads for funeral insurance! None! That’s amazing!
Word is out that KAK has left Nine. Off to 7 for DWTS….
Will someone give Kylie Gillies a desk and a chair for gods sake on TT?
Looks like you can only access it through the link on the facebook page, facebook.com/NewGirlonTen
Hey David, Just letting you know that ten has made the first episode of New Girl available on their website as a preview.
does anyone know whether SBS will bring back Gourmet Farmer for season 3?
@ jezza would you have any idea what era that would be in? Is it old or is it more recent?
It sounds like an episode of Murder She Wrote or a plotline right out of a 70′s made for TV movie.
HI David,
What has happened to Shortland Street, Coronation Street, Emmerdale and Hollyoaks on 7TWO? Are they coming back on 7TWO this year? Will we have EastEnders on 7TWO this year ? can you please get back to me.
From
Christopher Hull
just wanted to say i am happy southLAnd is back … have my fingers crossed that it doesn’t go anywhere
Happy Endings??
Dear Network 7, I have been watching only one show over summer on your network, due to the rest not appealing in the summer schedule. I have managed to follow the numerous day and time changes (five at last count). However in the new timeslot of 7:30 Thursdays it is now absent. Where has it gone? If and When will it be back? Please help!
(Note to self, don’t bother getting into new shows over summer when Networks prefer reliable repeats and US/UK/NZ versions of Aussie shows)
Just in case you missed it a few months ago and youve lost the DVD , Channel TEN are showing The Devil Wears Prada Again next friday Night.Be sure to catch it this time as they may take a year to show it next time.
Help!!!
I have a scene from a tv show or movies stuck in my head and can’t figure out where its from.
A man and a women are in a new relationship and he goes away for “business” but when she rings him a women answers. . . the explanation was that he ran over a women who is now paralysed and he goes and sees her every now and then and pays her medical bills and what not. . .
Can someone tell where its from??? Its just one of those things thats stuck in my head
Wow! Have just joined the technical savvy with the purchase of a PVR. (Yeah, OK).
Have discovered it is now possible to watch a movie on commercial FTA! Fast forward x32 and the pain is over within nanoseconds. Brilliant! No more Hardly Normal in my lounge.
Which brings up a question: Why do companies spend money advertising on TV when most sane people, I suggest, zap ‘em?
so David, give me a million dollars, the more i mention something, give me a million dollars, the more likely google ads, give me a million dollars, are likely to respond – interesting!
Not sure if anyone else mentioned this already, but Downton Abbey S2 has been on sale in NZ for a while, so there is another ‘local’ option if you don’t want to get it from the UK. I think it was $35NZD or so at The Warehouse.
The more you mention it Anthony, the more Google Ads will show it on your browser!
I just saw Salt Therapy being advertised on your (this) website, David!
What is it with 7mate keep moving/taking off Gene Simmons Family Jewels? It was on last Friday at 7:30pm and when I checked today its not on. I thought it would of fitted in with the line up of Jersey Shore etc. They’ve moved it around so many times.
Craig: One year we had Seven, Nine and Ten all advertising on Pay TV for their new shows leading up to the ratings season.