# ABC 2025 **URL:** \ **Category:** ABC\ **Tags:** abc\ **Created:** [November 19, 2024, 2:19am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/abc-2025/26358 "2024-11-19T02:19:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TV.Cynic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/tv.cynic/32/316932_2.png) [@TV.Cynic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TV.Cynic)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2024, 2:19am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/abc-2025/26358/1 "2024-11-19T02:19:19Z")
Discussion of ABC’s 2025 slate of programming. ABC Upfronts are Thursday 21 November. > **[ABC announces broadcasting plans for 2025 with focus on the arts](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-21/upfronts-2025-arts-content-new-programming/104629308?utm_medium=social&utm_content=sf275524401&utm_campaign=tw_abc_news&utm_source=t.co&sf275524401=1)** > > On Thursday, the ABC announced its content slate for 2025, across broadcast and digital platforms, including six arts series. ---
**Author:** ![bacco007](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/bacco007/32/99038_2.png) [@bacco007](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/bacco007)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2024, 2:48am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/abc-2025/26358/2 "2024-11-19T02:48:33Z")
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**Author:** ![bacco007](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/bacco007/32/99038_2.png) [@bacco007](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/bacco007)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2024, 2:48am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/abc-2025/26358/3 "2024-11-19T02:48:38Z")
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**Author:** ![bacco007](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/bacco007/32/99038_2.png) [@bacco007](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/bacco007)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2024, 2:48am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/abc-2025/26358/4 "2024-11-19T02:48:42Z")
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**Author:** ![bacco007](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/bacco007/32/99038_2.png) [@bacco007](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/bacco007)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2024, 4:29am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/abc-2025/26358/5 "2024-11-21T04:29:38Z")
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**Author:** ![Expensive\_Horse5538](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/expensive_horse5538/32/434563_2.png) [@Expensive\_Horse5538](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Expensive_Horse5538)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2024, 4:30am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/abc-2025/26358/6 "2024-11-21T04:30:36Z")
> **[ABC reveals 2025 content slate - About the ABC](https://www.abc.net.au/about/media-centre/press-releases/abc-reveals-2025-content-slate/104629714)** > > The ABC has today revealed its 2025 content slate, delivering Australian audiences compelling programming across broadcast and digital platforms that is always on, always entertaining and always free.   > **[Upfronts 2025: ABC: New drama, comedy, factual and The Piano. | TV Tonight](https://tvtonight.com.au/2024/11/upfronts-2025-abc-new-drama-comedy-factual-and-the-piano.html)** > > Loads of returning shows include Mystery Road, Bay of Fires, The Newsreader, plus a new thriller, comedy and Media Watch host in 2025. ---
**Author:** ![Expensive\_Horse5538](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/expensive_horse5538/32/434563_2.png) [@Expensive\_Horse5538](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Expensive_Horse5538)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2024, 4:45am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/abc-2025/26358/7 "2024-11-21T04:45:39Z")
Absent from upfronts: - Monday Night Experts - Question Everything - Fisk - Ladies in Black - House of Gods - White Fever - Troppo - Total Control - Maggie Beer’s Big Mission, - Tony Armstrong’s Extra-Ordinary Things, - Grand Designs Transformations - Stuff the British Stole, - Better Date than Never - This Is Going To Be Big - Australia’s Open - That Pacific Sports Show - Planet Lulin - Tales from Outer Suburbia - Little J And Big Cuz - Ginger And The Vegesaurs - After the Party ---
**Author:** ![JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9dc877/32.png) [@JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/JohnsonTV)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2024, 4:52am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/abc-2025/26358/8 "2024-11-21T04:52:56Z")
Total Control has finished its run. Overall a good line-up of drama and comedies. But I would like to see live televised sport returning to the ABC. There are still sporting competitions out there that deserve national TV exposure. ---
**Author:** ![Expensive\_Horse5538](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/expensive_horse5538/32/434563_2.png) [@Expensive\_Horse5538](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Expensive_Horse5538)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2024, 4:55am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/abc-2025/26358/9 "2024-11-21T04:55:32Z")
I agree - sadly most of the commercials have sealed up most of the rights to sports, and the remaining one’s wouldn’t possibly have an audience large enough to justify the expenditure, keeping in mind the ABC no longer has in-house OB vans and teams available. However, as always, a very variety of shows from the ABC - along with SBS and 10, there is more of a range of shows for everyone than what Seven and Nine offer these days. ---
**Author:** ![David](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@David](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/David)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2024, 4:57am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/abc-2025/26358/10 "2024-11-21T04:57:22Z")
Shame it appears there’s nothing for 6:30pm weeknights. ---
**Author:** ![TV.Cynic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/tv.cynic/32/316932_2.png) [@TV.Cynic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TV.Cynic)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2024, 5:00am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/abc-2025/26358/11 "2024-11-21T05:00:00Z")
Video [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/wNBVbphBV7Y/maxresdefault.jpg "ABC 2025 Upfronts | ABC Australia") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNBVbphBV7Y) ---
**Author:** ![JBar](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/jbar/32/151177_2.png) [@JBar](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/JBar)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2024, 5:08am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/abc-2025/26358/12 "2024-11-21T05:08:28Z")
> [@Expensive\_Horse5538](#): > > - Total Control > - Maggie Beer’s Big Mission, > - Tony Armstrong’s Extra-Ordinary Things, Total Control had a conclusion and we already knew that was the end of that series. Extra-Ordinary Things was based on finding items for an exhibition so that concluded too. Pretty sure Maggie’s mission was completed too. ---
**Author:** ![Expensive\_Horse5538](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/expensive_horse5538/32/434563_2.png) [@Expensive\_Horse5538](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Expensive_Horse5538)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2024, 6:43am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/abc-2025/26358/13 "2024-11-21T06:43:43Z")
What do you think of the ABC’s 2025 lineup: _Poll ([view on site](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/abc-2025/26358/13))_ ---
**Author:** ![mikealsan](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@mikealsan](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/mikealsan)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2024, 6:44am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/abc-2025/26358/14 "2024-11-21T06:44:54Z")
When repeats of Hard Quiz do better than the 6pm show and the Drum, they’re not gonna bother trying anything new. ---
**Author:** ![JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9dc877/32.png) [@JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/JohnsonTV)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2024, 9:04pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/abc-2025/26358/15 "2024-11-23T21:04:13Z")
> **[2025 Upfronts: gallery: ABC | TV Tonight](https://tvtonight.com.au/2024/11/2025-upfronts-gallery-abc.html)** > > ABC Chair Kim Williams sat front and centre as his team unveiled new and returning shows for 2025. ---
**Author:** ![JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9dc877/32.png) [@JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/JohnsonTV)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2024, 10:12am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/abc-2025/26358/16 "2024-11-25T10:12:34Z")
C21 reports the ABC had acquired the rights to Channel 5 drama The Hardacres, the 10th season of Grandchester, and upcoming BBC arts documentary Picasso, in addition to The One That Got Away, and the reboot of Bergerac, which were revealed at the upfronts last Thursday. > **[ABC in Oz picks up Banijay Rights’ drama package](https://www.c21media.net/news/abc-in-oz-picks-up-banijay-rights-drama-package/)** > > NEWS BRIEF: Australian public broadcaster the ABC has picked up a slate of scripted content from UK-based distributor Banijay Rights. Since Britbox in Australia has already bought the rights to The Hardacres, it looks like the ABC has got the second window. > **['The Hardacres': Trailer, Synopsis, Cast and More for Channel 5 Period Drama](https://tellyvisions.org/article/hardacres-trailer-synopsis-cast-and-more-channel-5-period-drama)** > > Forthcoming Channel 5 period drama The Hardacres follows the fortunes of a working-class family as they move from a fish dock to a vast country estate in 1890’s Yorkshire.   ---
**Author:** ![JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9dc877/32.png) [@JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/JohnsonTV)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2024, 11:36am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/abc-2025/26358/17 "2024-11-27T11:36:46Z")
Sue Perkins’ Big Adventure: Paris to Istanbul is “coming soon” to the ABC. The 6-part series was produced by Perpetual Entertainment and premiered on Channel 4 UK on November 5. > **[Sue Perkins - Not The Orient Express - Perpetual Entertainment](https://perpetualentertainment.com/productions/sue-perkins-not-the-orient-express/)** > > 6 x 60 - Channel 4 (Uk) / ABC (Australia) / DCD (Rest of world) ---
**Author:** ![Expensive\_Horse5538](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/expensive_horse5538/32/434563_2.png) [@Expensive\_Horse5538](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Expensive_Horse5538)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2024, 7:26pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/abc-2025/26358/18 "2024-11-27T19:26:55Z")
> **[Where is ABC at with more Utopia, Fisk, Question Everything, Monday's Experts?...](https://tvtonight.com.au/2024/11/where-is-abc-at-with-more-utopia-fisk-question-everything-mondays-experts.html)** > > ABC clocks shows which were not announced at last week's 2025 Upfront presentation. ---
**Author:** ![JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9dc877/32.png) [@JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/JohnsonTV)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2024, 11:18pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/abc-2025/26358/19 "2024-11-27T23:18:06Z")
> [@JohnsonTV](#): > > Australian public broadcaster the ABC has picked up a slate of scripted content from UK-based distributor Banijay Rights. More information and program synopses of the ABC’s Banijay Rights package. > **[ABC secures landmark package of TV dramas and a documentary](https://www.mediaweek.com.au/abc-secures-landmark-package-of-tv-dramas-and-a-documentary-from-banijay-rights/)** > > Banijay Rights, the distribution arm of Banijay Entertainment, has signed a landmark premium scripted and factual package deal with ABC TV. ---
**Author:** ![killy06](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/killy06/32/366375_2.png) [@killy06](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/killy06)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2024, 5:59am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/abc-2025/26358/20 "2024-11-29T05:59:49Z")
> [@JohnsonTV](#): > > Channel 5 drama The Hardacres > [@JohnsonTV](#): > > Since Britbox in Australia has already bought the rights to The Hardacres, it looks like the ABC has got the second window. > > ['The Hardacres': Trailer, Synopsis, Cast and More for Channel 5 Period Drama | Telly Visions](https://tellyvisions.org/article/hardacres-trailer-synopsis-cast-and-more-channel-5-period-drama) This show appears to have gone missing from any of the releases, maybe a mix up somewhere given Britbox already secured the rights? [Next page](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/abc-2025/26358.md?page=2)