2025 Is Kicking Off With A Pang!
September 16, 2024
Sam Pang, Big Brother, Talkin’ ‘Bout Your Gen And More Are Coming Home To Network 10 In 2025.
If home is where the heart is, then expect a whole lotta love for Network 10’s programming in 2025. Next year 10 brings home some of its most beloved Aussie shows and welcomes a host of brand new, homegrown hits.
One of the stars of Have You Been Paying Attention? and fresh from another stellar job hosting the Logies, Sam Pang is creating and starring in his very own weekly show on 10.
Daniel Monaghan, SVP Content and Programming, Paramount Australia said: “Sam Pang has been part of the 10 family for over a decade and we’re delighted to have commissioned his brand-new show for 2025.
“Sam’s quick wit has kept Aussies laughing for years, and we know his fresh new program will give audiences exactly what they want.
“We are currently in the final stages of development, and we can’t wait to share it with viewers in the new year.”
Next year, 10 welcomes Big Brother home to the network that first introduced this reality TV juggernaut to Australian audiences.
Hosted by Mel Tracina, the resident cultural correspondent on The Cheap Seats, audiences can expect the authentic, OG show you fell in love with all those years ago, including live nominations, live evictions, a brand-new home, engaging housemates and non-stop hijinks.
Mel Tracina said: “I was one of the millions of Aussies captivated by Big Brother when it launched on Channel 10 in the early noughties.
“The show has such a loyal and passionate fan base, and I am excited to help bring back the show’s original spirit (minus the flip phones and bum dancing).”
The lineup of housemates will include a fascinating cross-section of relatable, everyday Australians who audiences will be able to interact with in real time. This exciting Big Brother revival will launch across all Network 10 platforms in quarter four of 2025.
Daniel said: “Big Brother, the show that started it all, is coming back to 10 where it belongs. It’ll be bigger, better and bolder than ever before and we are thrilled to welcome Mel Tracina as host.
“With 24-hour live streaming, live nominations and live evictions, viewers won’t dare miss a moment of the drama as it all unfolds in real time. Get ready Australia – Big Brother is watching.”
Whether you spill the tea or hear it on the grapevine, here’s some news both young and old can get behind: much-loved comedy quiz show Talkin’ ‘Bout Your Generation – now known as Talkin’ ‘Bout Your Gen, is returning to 10 for loads of fresh laughs for the entire family.
With a new host and three new team captains, this intergenerational panel show pits Gen X, the Millennials and the Zoomers against each other in a riotous battle to find out which is the best generation of ever.
Now for some dead good news: critically acclaimed international comedy Ghosts is being adapted by BBC Studios Australia in a brand-new local version.
Based on the smash British sitcom, this hilarious eight-part series will be set in a haunted country house and feature hilarious new ghosts with a distinctly Aussie twist.
Ghosts Australia will commence production in the new year and premiere on 10 and Paramount+ in 2025.
From poltergeists to pranksters in 2025, The Inspired Unemployed remain as busy as ever with a brand-new comedy travel series: The List.
A bucket list comedy travel show, The List follows Jack and Matt (AKA Falcon) as they holiday around the globe. From Japan to South Africa, Germany to Finland and Malaysia to India, The List promises an itinerary high on laughs and awkward and unexpected situations. The List is coming to 10 and Paramount+ in 2025.
Rounding out the year with a good dose of festive cheer is Staycation, a feature-length, live action Christmas movie from Ludo, the producers of the smash hit series, Bluey. This madcap comedy sees a dysfunctional middleclass family attempt to survive their Christmas break at home, only to find themselves accidentally mixed up with some very dangerous characters indeed.
With more than a nod to the uproarious National Lampoon film franchise, this Aussie comedy will be ready to unwrap Christmas on 10 and Paramount+.
New reality series Airport 24/7, with exclusive, unfettered access to Melbourne Airport’s air traffic control tower, drops viewers into the daily mayhem of the Aussie airline industry as it shines a spotlight on the firies, Feds, border patrollers, air traffic controllers and baggage handlers on the frontlines. With over 700 flights and 90,000 passengers passing through Melbourne Airport every day, there’s sure to be no shortage of drama both in the air and on the ground.
If you have a penchant for the rollercoaster ride that is the property market, then make a date to inspect House Hunters Australia. From humble suburban homes to high-end city pads, House Hunters Australia pairs potential buyers with agents in the quest for a win-win deal.
Kicking off the year while you’re relaxing through summer, I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! is back in the jungle with a new batch of celebrity campmates.
Who’ll be tucking into eyeball hors-d’oeuvres or bunking with bed bugs when the show returns Sunday, January 19? That’s for hosts Robert Irwin and Julia Morris to know… and for us to find out!
Once we’ve crowned our jungle king or queen, it’s time to dust off those buffs for not one but two strategy-stuffed seasons of Australian Survivor. February sees a sequel of sorts to our most successful theme show ever with Australian Survivor: Brains v Brawn II. Once again, our two tribes are separated by smarts and strength, before battling it out on the beaches of Samoa for the title, the glory, and half a million dollars.
When it comes to Survivor, we Aussies reckon we’re tough as nails. We talk the talk but now the time has come to walk the walk when our local Survivor legends take on players from Survivor franchises around the world in the unsurprisingly titled Survivor: Australia v The World.
Cheer on some of Australia’s most celebrated players including George, Shonee and Kirby as they face off against superstar players from Survivor South Africa, Norway, New Zealand, and of course the U.S., which will be represented by Survivor legends Parvati, Tony and Cirie. This is a world-first event you don’t want to miss!
Meanwhile, contestants in The Amazing Race Australia: Celebrity Edition are still running the 2024 season. The competition has never been fiercer as our teams crisscross the globe in their quest to win $100,000 for their chosen charity.
Hey, can we order another serve of Andy Allen, Sofia Levin, Poh Ling Yeow, and Jean-Christophe Novelli for MasterChef Australia in 2025? Yes, Chef, yes! But our judges aren’t the only ones making a kitchen comeback.
Next year, MasterChef Australia: Back To Win has its plate full of a huge serve of fan favourites who previously missed out on the trophy, all returning for another shot at glory.
MasterChef Australia: Back To Win kicks off with a special guest judge in the kitchen with internationally renowned and multi-Michelin starred Chef, Gordon Ramsay turning up the heat.
Dessert Masters is once again on the menu this October with the launch of the much-anticipated second season. Hosts Melissa Leong and Amaury Guichon have enlisted some of the biggest names in the biz in their search for pastry perfection, including Emelia Jackson, Katherine Sabbath, Reece Hignell, Darren Purchese, Alisha Henderson, Christy Tania, Dan Pasquali, Donato Toce, Jana Lai and John Demetrios.
October will also herald the triumphant return of comedy hit Taskmaster Australia when Season 3 puts Pete Helliar, Mel Buttle, Aaron Chen, Concetta Caristo and Rhys Nicholson to the test.
And because there’s no rest for the wicked, host Tom Gleeson and his trusty sidekick Tom Cashman will be back in the new year to put another bunch of celebs through their paces. The Taskmaster Australia Season 4line up will see Tommy Little, Emma Holland, Lisa McCune, Takashi Wakasugi and Dave Hughes forced to think laterally and maybe fail literally.
Daniel added: “2025 will showcase a super-charged schedule of addictive, premium content on 10, with fresh home-grown hits rolling out right off the bat in January starting with I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! and continuing all the way through to December with Big Brother. It’s a diverse slate of brilliant entertainment mixing audience favourites with brand new shows destined to be viewers’ new obsessions.”
Australia’s favourite larrikin pranksters The Inspired Unemployed also return for another season of comedy chaos in 2025 with a fresh series of The Inspired Unemployed (Impractical) Jokers on 10 and Paramount+.
As the undisputed home of Australian television comedy, 10 will continue to deliver full on LOLs in 2025. For starters, the Logie-winning Have You Been Paying Attention? will be back with host Tom Gleisner and panel regulars Sam Pang and Ed Kavalee.
The Cheap Seats also returns to take a wry look back at the week that was with hosts Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald. And the current season of Thank God You’re Here continues to keep us laughing every Wednesday night when Australia’s funniest performers step through the blue door into the unknown.
Here’s a question. What motivates people to do, well, ‘questionable’ things? Todd Samson is on a mission to find the answers in his new series, Todd Sampson’s Why?.
Todd Sampson said: “‘Why?’ It’s our very first question. Our way of understanding the world. This series explores the ‘whys’ of some of the most fascinating people on the planet. We’ll dive into the death-defying desires of base jumpers, explore the forward-thinking doomsday preppers, investigate the tangled life of a donor dad and delve into the mystical world of an alien church.
“Some ‘whys’ may never be fully answered, and some may be hard to swallow. But it’s by understanding others that we better understand ourselves.”
Here’s another ‘why’ question: Why is 2025 looking so exciting for 10? The answer is simple. When you’re onto a good thing, you stick to it. That means the return of popular hits The Dog House Australia, Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly Australia, Deal or No Deal and the Logie-winning Gogglebox Australia.
It means our sharks are back to take a bite out of the next big business idea when Shark Tank Australia returns in October. This time, we’re thrilled to welcome new sharks Maxine Horne and Nick Bell, who’ll join returning investors Davie Fogarty, Jane Lu and Robert Herjavec.
There’ll be a new season of celebrity hilarity with The Graham Norton Show, which is also bound for our screens in October. But if you need even more Graham in your life (and who doesn’t?), then don’t miss the charismatic, BAFTA-award winner when he hosts Wheel Of Fortune Australia. That’s right, it’s everyone’s favourite wheel-based gameshow with Graham Norton in primetime later this year on 10.
Many of your favourite international dramas are heading our way in 2025 too, including all new seasons of Law & Order: SVU, Elsbeth, FBI, FBI: Most Wanted, FBI International, NCIS, NCIS: Sydney, NCIS: Hawai’i and the latest addition to the NCIS franchise, NCIS: Origins. Set in 1991, this prequel to the original series follows Jethro Gibbs at the outset of his career.
For more new drama, you’ll want to make time for Academy Award winner Kathy Bates, who stars as the brilliant Madeline Matlock in the exciting new legal drama series, Matlock.
And don’t miss the 2025 season premiere of Watson, a modern take on Sherlock Holmes’ clever offsider, following the titular John Watson as he pivots from sleuthing to solving medical mysteries.
A world away in suburban Melbourne, life in Ramsay Street continues when Neighbours hits our screens once more. Expect just as much drama, action, scandal and romance as ever!
On the news front, The Project will continue to provide Australians with their dose of news delivered differently six nights a week, while 10 News First will present the most comprehensive coverage of local, national and international news stories.
And news junkies can catch 10’s weekday news offerings around the clock with 10 News First: Lunchtime at 1pm and 10 News First: Afternoon at 3.30pm. There’s also 10 News First at 5pm and then 10’s Late News at 10pm on 10 Play and 10.30pm on 10.
Love your sport? Course you do! In a stunning victory for viewers, Paramount Australia and Football Australia have inked a multi-platform media rights deal for Australian national teams through to 2028. This means Network 10 and Paramount+ will keep kicking goals as the proud home of the CommBank Matildas and Subway Socceroos in Australia.
The network continues its winning streak as the exclusive home ground for all Australian Women’s senior national team matches for the next four years, including the FIFA Women’s World Cup Brazil 2027.
As well, Network 10 and Paramount+ continue to be the proud home of all A-League Men’s and Women’s matches for the 2024/25 season, delivering fans more football than ever before.
Basketball lovers will be thrilled to learn that, for the first time in a decade, the NBL is returning to a main free-to-air channel. Sunday’s 2:30pm marquee game will be broadcast on 10, while 10 BOLD will broadcast a Sunday 4:30pm game.
The MotoGP World Championship returns this October, while the high speed, high stakes, high octane thrills of the Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix will be back in Melbourne next March.
Adam Cush, Sport Production Director, Paramount Australia said: “Network 10 is entering a new era of sport, and we can already hear fans cheering from the sidelines.
“Our offering is as diverse as the Aussie audiences watching in 2025, and we’re committed to showcasing sport in innovative ways across all our platforms. Whether you want your fix of the Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix,double doses of Sunday hoops with the NBL, the adrenaline rush of the MotoGP World Championship or all the A-Leagues, CommBank Matildas and Subway Socceroos football action, we’ve got you covered.”
For those who like to flick between channels – surf’s up! Tune into 10 BOLD Drama for your dose of the serious stuff, while for big laughs from all your favourite classics, check out 10 Peach Comedy.
Plus, with over 60 FAST channels on offer, 10 Play continues to give audiences everything they want – for free. You can binge on almost a dozen dedicated Nickelodeon channels with NickToons, NickTeens, Nick Classics**, SpongeBob SquarePants, PAW Patrol** and everything in between! Or catch up on the latest shenanigans over on MTV with ten channels to choose from including MTV Pranks, MTV Life, MTV Dating, MTV Reality and MTV Ridiculousness, all geared to keep you entertained all day (and all night) long.
Elsewhere you can get your fix of South Park or catch up with local hits including Offspring, Australia’s Next Top Model, Prisoner, Good Chef Bad Chef, MasterChef, and Survivor.
Our universe of FAST channels is constantly expanding with more channels added every month. We’re pretty buzzed to announce an exclusive channel with BuzzFeed Food in partnership with Val Morgan Digital which will launch very soon, for all your breakfast, lunch, dinner and snack inspo!
Clearly, it’s 10’s biggest and brightest year yet. Whether you vibe the tribe, crave the kitchen, jump for the jungle, rave for reality or lose it for live Sport, 10 will dazzle and delight in 2025 with fresh, original new content, reimagined hits and all your much-loved favourites.
2025 on 10… you won’t want to miss a thing!
