Friday March 12th
Premiere: ‘The Bounce’, ‘The Matty Johns Show’ Returning: ‘Private Practice’, ‘Supernatural’, ‘Strikeforce’ Season Finale: ‘Heroes’, ‘White Collar’, ‘RPA’, ‘My Kitchen Rules’ plus an opportunity wasted from Channel 10, ‘The Good Friday Appeal’ in Melbourne and I list which shows will continue with new episodes over the Easter non-ratings first week of programming.
Monday March 8th
A brand new line-up for Tuesdays on GO! Get ready for ‘Community’ and ‘The InBetweeners’. Also we have an air date for the season final of “Curb Your Enthusiasm’ featuring the entire cast of ‘Seinfeld’. Encore: ‘Cougar Town’ catch up on 7TWO and ‘V’ on Nine.
Saturday March 6th
Returning: Wide World of Sports, AFL, Last Comic Standing, Melbourne International Comedy Gala, NCIS: Los Angeles Update: Market changes to accommodate AFL Wed 24-26th March, Survivor, CSI: Miami, White Collar, Stargate: Atlantis, Make Me a Supermodel, gangs of Oz, According to Jim, My Kitchen Rules Season Finale: band of Brothers
Tuesday March 2nd
GO! changes with ‘Wife Swap’ returning with new episodes, ‘Top Gear’ repeats on Sundays and a copy of 7TWO with an “oldies” line-up on Friday nights.
AFL Programming this Weekend – Adelaide 7pm Friday Night
Due to AFL screening in Adelaide at 7pm this Friday night, other programs such as ‘Better Homes and Gardens’ will be affected. The entire Thursday night schedule will move forward 30 minutes to accommodate a double episode of ‘Home and Away’. Plus get all the times for each AFL semi final for EVERY market.
The Justice Society returns to ‘Smallville’
Geoff Johns appeared at the Emerald City Comic-Con and among other things he let us know that the J.S.A are returning for the season 9 finale entitled “Salvation”.
‘Smallville’ season 10 teaser trailer (fan made)
Here is a fan made teaser trailer that I thought was epic. It chronicles the past ten years of Smallville. Check it out!
Think Box: Edition 4 – Why would we rather be ‘Bewitched’ than spend time with Jack Bauer?
Enough with the repeats. Enough with the old shows. I want fresh, edgy and innovative programming. But that is not what the ratings say.
In Development
What do the networks have brewing in their development slate?
Seven’s ‘My Kitchen Rules’ to take on ‘MasterChef’
August 4th, 2009 6:22 pm
Seven will take on ‘MasterChef’ with ‘My Kitchen Rules’, from the same team that brought us ‘My Restaurant Rules’.
Seven announce local version of ‘Beauty and the Geek’
June 26th, 2009 5:13 pm
The Seven Network have announced a local version of ‘Beauty and the Geek’, set to debut later this year. Applications are now open.
‘The Slap’ moves from page to screen
May 28th, 2009 5:43 pm
Matchbox Pictures eye Christos Tsiolkas’ acclaimed novel “The Slap” for a television adaptation.
Twitter developing a TV series
May 26th, 2009 12:15 am
Twitter are developing a new unscripted television project described as “putting ordinary people on the trail of celebrities in a revolutionary competitive format”.
Seven’s ‘New Idea’
May 9th, 2009 9:25 am
The Seven Network have completed production on a new pilot for a daily TV series produced in conjunction their Pacific Magazine’s ‘New Idea’ title.
‘The Wizard of Oz’ reborn in Manhattan
April 6th, 2009 4:14 pm
The classic 1939 film ‘The Wizard of Oz’ will see new life as an upcoming drama pilot for NBC.
Wanda Skyes to host late-night panel show
April 1st, 2009 8:46 pm
Comedian, Wanda Sykes, is in final negotiation with the FOX network to host a late-night panel show.
The ad industry in the ‘Frontline’
April 1st, 2009 2:23 pm
The advertising industry will be exposed in a new six-part comedy series from Zapruder’s Other Films, heralded as the ‘Frontline’ of the ad industry.
USA welcomes ‘White Collar’
March 25th, 2009 6:09 pm
USA Network is close to giving a series order to ‘White Collar’, which follows unlikely pairing of a con artist and the head of the FBI’s white-collar crime unit.
‘This Little Piggy’ went to ABC
March 5th, 2009 7:29 pm
ABC add another pilot to their agenda, from ‘Mad TV’ writers Steven Cragg and Brian Bradley.
Kutcher’s ‘Beautiful Life’ gets pilot order
February 26th, 2009 3:36 pm
The CW green-light Ashton Kutcher’s drama pilot, based on young models living in New York.
CW’s ‘Melrose’ remake green-lit
February 24th, 2009 4:48 pm
The CW have green-lit a new pilot for ‘Melrose Place’, with Oscar winner Davis Guggenheim set to direct.
McG in a race
February 17th, 2009 7:46 pm
McG’s new reality show, involving contestants driving cars through an obstacle course, is racing its way to CBS.
The CW cash in on blood sucking vamps
February 6th, 2009 5:17 pm
The CW are hoping to cash in on some of that “Twilight” vampire craze. The network greenlight ‘Vampire Diaries’, based on a series of books from ‘Gossip Girl’ publisher.
‘Gilmore’ girl lets go
January 30th, 2009 3:32 pm
Gilmore Girls star Lauren Graham has a new pilot in development that has just been green-lit by the alphabet.
The ABC comedy, entitled Let It…
From Family to ‘Threesome’
January 29th, 2009 3:57 pm
ABC have green-lit a comedy pilot from Family Guy writer/co-producer Ricky Blitt.
The multi-camera comedy entitled, Threesome, centers on a thirty-something guy who finds himself torn between his…
