The reason 10 moved reality from 7pm was because they didn’t have enough reality shows to fill the slot all year. The 7PM Project was created to fix this problem.
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They moved it because they couldn’t find anything to fill the slot between August and December. Everything that they tried failed. That’s when they brought in the 7pm project. They also found that their reality shows were doing better in that 7:30 slot so thought this would boost their 8:30 offerings. My suggestion is to just air their reality for 90 minutes so it doesn’t have that same issue as before. Perhaps you aren’t old enough to remember the days 10 had reality at 7pm to understand the success of the network when it did air there.
It’s a mock schedule mate. We are allowed to throw up ideas
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I seriously doubt this was the case given that The 7pm Project was launched at the same time as 6pm with George Negus and a 6:30 news bulletin as part of the so-called news revolution. It also timed in with the launch of Channel 11 and moving Neighbours from the main channel.
It was also around the time that 10 made one of many attempts to take on 7 and 9 in the breakfast television and morning television market.
If 10 were thinking of going down the path of getting a leg up on competitors in the reality TV market, then they wouldn’t have had the same start time for reality TV nor would they have moved reality to 7pm on Sunday - 10 would have kept the 6:30 Sunday timeslot for reality.
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The 7PM Project was launched in 2009. ELEVEN & the news revolution was 2011.
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Do we really need a history lesson on what happened at 10, this is the mock schedule thread where someone has done a mock of their idea.
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Nope you have your years mixed up.
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TV3
5.30am: AM Early
6.00am: AM
9.00am: Mornings
12.00pm: Newshub Midday
12.30pm: The Bold and the Beautiful
1.00pm: The Young and the Restless
1.30pm: Million Dollar Listing N.Y. (from Bravo)
2.30pm: CBS Evening News
3.00pm: Sticky TV
4.30pm: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
5.30pm: Deal Or No Deal: New Zealand
6.00pm: Newshub Live at 6pm
7.00pm: Ryan Bridge
7.30pm: The Graham Norton Show
8.30pm: 3 Event: 2025 New Zealand Screen Awards (LIVE)
10.30pm: Newshub Late
11.00pm: Below Deck: Mediterranean (from Bravo)
12.00am: NCIS (repeats)
1.00am: CBS Evening News (repeats)
1.30am: Infomercials
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What is Ryan Bridge?
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I’m assuming it’s something like the show he was actually supposed to do at 7pm before Newshub got killed off.
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TVNZ 2 Monday mock for 2026
6.00 Children’s programs
9.00 Les Mills
10.00 Extra (US Import)
10.30 Home And Away (repeat)
11.00 Shortland Street (repeat)
11.30 Home Economics
12.00 The Young And The Restless (return)
1.00 Days Of Our Lives (return)
2.00 Tipping Point Australia
3.00 Children’s Programs
3.30 The Feed (linear TV return)
4.30 Brain Busters (linear TV return)
5.00 Seinfeld (repeat)
5.30 The Big Bang Theory (repeat)
6.00 The Simpsons (repeat)
6.30 Home And Away
7.00 Shortland Street
7.30 Reality (Feb-Apr: Australian Survivor, Australian Idol, May-Aug: MasterChef Australia, Shark!, Sep-Nov: The Voice Australia)
8.30 Drama (Feb-Jul: The Rookie, Jul-Dec: Doll (new fast tracked US drama)
9.30 Drama (Feb: Fire Country, Mar-Aug: Sheriff Country, Sep-Dec: Watson (season 2)
10.30 Newsnight (revival)
11.00 US True Crime series: Killer Siblings, Snapped, An Expected Killer, The First 48 and Snapped Killer Couples)
12.00 Premium Drama (Feb-Jul: Spirited, Presumed Innocent, Hacks and Tokyo Vice (season 2) Jul-Dec: Cape Fear, Long White River, Copenhagen and The Burbs)
1.00 Emmerdale (repeats from TVNZ 1)
1.25 Informercial
2.30 Late Dramas
5.00 Informercial
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10Daytime
6:00am Good Chef Bad Chef
6:30am Lingo
7:30am Bold And The Beautiful
8:00am Judge Judy
8:30am Entertainment Tonight
9:00am Reality Encores
10:00 Good Chef Bad Chef
10:30am Lingo
11:30am Deal Or No Deal
12:00pm Millionaire Hot Seat
12:30pm Family Feud USA
1:00pm Ten News Lunchtime
2:00pm 10 News + Afternoon Edition
3:30pm 10 Afternoon News
4:00pm Wheel Of Fortune USA
4:30pm Bold And The Beautiful
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With Neighbours (and its morning repeat) and 10’s Afternoon News not returning to 10 in 2026, they have 90 minutes of free space. Here is my mock of 10’s daytime schedule for 2026:
5.30am: CBS This Morning
7.00am: Entertainment Tonight
7.30am: Family Feud US
8.00am: Millionaire Hot Seat (rpt)
8.30am: Good Morning Australia (can be extended if reality shows are shorter)
10.30am: Reality Show repeats
12.00pm: Beauty and the Beast Aus
1.00pm: 10 News Lunchtime
2.00pm: The Cooking Hour (local)
3,00pm: Lingo
4.00pm: Wheel Of Fortune USA
4.30pm: Bold and the Beautiful
5.00pm: News
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New Zealand TV Friday Mock:
TVNZ 1
6.00am: Breakfast
9.00am: The Finish Line (repeat)
10.00am: Tipping Point (repeat)
11.00am: The Chase (repeat)
12.00pm: 1 News Midday
12.30pm: Emmerdale
1.00pm: Coronation Street (repeat)
1.30pm: Kirstie And Phil’s Love It or List It (repeat)
2.30pm: The View
3.30pm: Deal Or No Deal UK (repeat)
4.00pm: Te Karere
4.30pm: Tipping Point: Best Ever Finals (repeat)
5.00pm: The Chase
6.00pm: 1 News At Six
7.00pm: Seven Sharp
7.30pm: The Repair Shop Christmas Special 2025
8.40pm: Chateau DIY at Christmas
9.40pm: Interior Design with Alan Carr
10.55pm: 1 News Tonight
11.25pm: Shortland Street (repeats from TVNZ 2) (Final Episode of 2025)
12.55am: Help! We Bought a Hotel (repeat)
1.45am: Te Karere (repeats)
2.00am: Infomercials
5.30am: Te Karere (repeats)
TVNZ 2
6.00am: Children’s Programming
9.00am: Infomercials
9.30am: Les Mills Adult Classes (repeat)
10.00am: The Good Doctor (repeat)
11.00am: Home and Away (repeat)
11.30am: Home Economics
12.00pm: Tipping Point Australia (repeats)
1.00pm: Come Dine with Me (repeat)
1.30pm: ABC World News
2.00pm: Jimmy Kimmel Live
3.00pm: The Simpsons (repeat)
3.30pm: The Feed
4.30pm: Tipping Point Australia (repeat)
5.00pm: The Big Bang Theory (repeat)
6.00pm: The Simpsons (repeats)
6.30pm: Home and Away
7.00pm: Shortland Street
8.00pm: Gordon, Gino And Fred: Christmas Roast (repeats)
9.05pm: Gordon, Gino And Fred: Desperately Seeking Santa (repeats)
10.20pm: Gordon, Gino And Fred: Three Unwise Men (Final) (repeats)
11.20pm: Hell’s Kitchen (repeats)
12.10am: Caught on Dashcam (repeats)
1.10am: Emmerdale (repeats from TVNZ 1)
1.35am: ABC World News (repeat)
1.55am: Infomercials
4.10am: The Voice USA (repeats)
5.00am: Infomercials
TV3
5.30am: AM Early
6.00am: AM
9.00am: Mornings (Final show of 2025)
12.00pm: Newshub Midday
12.30pm The Bold and the Beautiful
1.00pm: The Young and the Restless
1.30pm: CBS Evening News
2.00pm: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
3.00pm: Sticky TV
5.00pm: Entertainment Tonight
5.30pm: Deal Or No Deal: New Zealand (Final Episode)
6.00pm: Newshub Live at 6pm
7.00pm: Ryan Bridge
7.30pm: The Floor US
8.30pm: The Graham Norton Show
9.30pm: The Office U.S (two episodes) (repeats)
10.30pm: Newshub Late
11.00pm: Snapped (repeats from Bravo)
12.00am: House (repeats)
1.00am: CBS Evening News (repeats)
1.30am: Infomercials
Sky Open
6.00am: Infomercials
8.00am: Children’s Programming
9.00am: The 100K Drop (repeats)
10.00am: Infomercials
12.00pm: World’s Most Scenic Railway Journeys (repeat)
1.00pm: Inside Longleat (repeat)
2.00pm: Lighting Up Christmas (repeat)
3.00pm: Man v Food
4.30pm: Halberg Awards Finalists
5.00pm: Sky Speed Best Of
5.30pm: News First at 5.30 on Sky Open
6.00pm: The 100K Drop (repeats)
7.00pm: Movie: Arctic Justice (2019)
9.00pm: Mud Mountain Haulers (repeats)
10.00pm: Raised by Refugees (repeats)
11.00pm: Colin from Accounts (repeats)
12.00am: Infomercials
TVNZ Duke
6.00am: On Duke Today
10.30am: Cricket: New Zealand v West Indies (LIVE)
7.00pm: The Simpsons (repeats 2 episodes)
8.00pm: Tool Club
9.00pm: Third Watch
10.00pm: Mayans M.C (repeats)
11.00pm: Arrested Development
12.00am: Closedown
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New Zealand TV Christmas Day Schedule Mock
TVNZ 1
6.00am: Tenable (repeats)
6.55am: Christmas Carol From The London Coliseum (repeats)
7.50am: The Dog House At Christmas (Final Episode, repeats)
8.45am: Nigella’s Amsterdam Christmas (repeats)
9.45am: Mary Makes Christmas (repeats)
10.55am: The Chase (repeats)
11.45am: Tenable (repeats)
12.40pm: For The Love of Dogs with Alison Hammond (repeats)
1.10pm: Coronation Street (repeats)
1.35pm: The Repair Shop Christmas Special 2025 (repeats)
2.45pm: 1 Royal Special: Together At Christmas (repeats)
3.55pm: Bradley Walsh’s Blankety Blanks Christmas (repeats)
4.35pm: Deal Or No Deal UK (repeats)
5.00pm: The Celebrity Chase Christmas Special (repeats)
6.00pm: 1 News At Six
6.50pm: His Majesty The King’s Christmas Message
7.00pm: 1 Royal Special: Together At Christmas 2025
8.10pm: Christmas At The Dog House (Final Episode)
9.10pm: Chateau DIY At Christmas
10.05pm: Alan Carr’s Epic Gameshow
11.00pm: Would I Lie to You? (repeats)
11.35pm: His Majesty The King’s Christmas Message (repeats)
11.45pm: Mrs Brown’s Boys Christmas (Final Episode, repeats)
12.20am: Christmas At Longleat (repeats)
1.10am: Movie: Dream Horse (2020)
3.00am: Infomercials
TVNZ 2
6.00am: Les Mills Born to Move (repeats)
6.25am: Children’s Programming
8.30am: What Now? Christmas Special (Final Episode, repeats)
9.30am: Les Mills Adult Classes (repeats)
10.00am: Christmas With Delta 2025 (repeats)
11.35am: The Rise and Rise of Taylor Swift
12.10pm: Michael McIntyre’s Big Christmas Show (Final Episode, repeats)
1.20pm: The Simpsons (repeats)
2.10pm: Movie: The Princess Bride (1987)
4.00pm: Movie: Saving Santa (2013)
6.00pm: Tipping Point Australia Christmas Special (repeats)
7.00pm: Home and Away (Final Episode)
7.30pm: Movie: Fred Claus (2007)
9.30pm: Wham! Last Christmas Unwrapped (repeats)
10.35pm: I Literally Just Told You At Christmas (Final Episode, repeats)
11.30pm: Michael McIntyre’s Big Christmas Show (Final Episode, repeats)
12.40am: Rob And Romesh VS (Final Episode, repeats)
1.30am: Christmas With Delta 2025 (repeats)
3.00am: Taskmaster’s New Year Treat 2024 (repeats)
3.50am: Closedown
5.00am: Infomercial
TV3
6.00am: Children’s Programming
9.00am: Movie: Red, White and Brass (2023)
11.00am: Movie: The Christmas Quest (2024)
12.30pm: The Famous Five: Peril On The Night Train (2024)
2.30pm: Entertainment Tonight
3.00pm: Sticky TV Christmas Special 2025
5.00pm: Parks and Recreation (repeats)
5.30pm: Deal Or No Deal Australia (repeats)
6.00pm: Newshub Live at 6pm
7.00pm: 3’s Christmas Special: Coca Cola Christmas in the Park 2025 (Hosted by: Ryan Bridge, Colin Mathura-Jeffree & Kate Rodger)
8.30pm: 3’s Christmas Special: Farmers Santa Parade 2025 (Hosted by: Jesse Mulligan, Kanoa Lloyd & Jeremy Corbett
9.30pm: 3 Movie: Last Christmas (2019)
11.05pm: Brooklyn Nine-Nine (repeats)
11.35pm: The Equalizer (repeats)
12.35am: CBS Evening News
1.05am: Infomercials
Sky Open
6.00am: Infomercials
7.00am: Children’s Programming
9.10am: The World’s Funniest Weather
10.00am: Extreme Cake Sports (repeats)
10.30am: Movie: Open Season (2006)
12.20pm: Movie: Big Fish (2003)
2.50pm: Waharoa: Art Of The Pacific (repeats)
5.30pm: News First at 5.30pm on Sky Open
6.00pm: Movie: Arthur Christmas (2011)
8.00pm: Movie: Noel (2004)
10.35pm: Movie: Mad Max (1979)
12.30am: Infomercials
TVNZ Duke
6.00am: On Duke Today
12.20pm: Christmas Wars (Final Episode, repeats)
12.45pm: Movie: No.2 (2006)
2.20pm: Arrested Development (repeats)
3.20pm: TVNZ Summer of Cricket: Tegel’s 4th and 5th test Blackcaps v West Indies: Highlights
5.40pm: The Simpsons (Final Episode, repeats)
7.00pm: Arrested Development
8.30pm: Gavin & Stacey: The Finale (repeats)
10.15pm: Gavin & Stacey: A Fond Farewell
11.20pm: Movie: Six60: Till The Lights Go Out (2020)
1.00am: Closedown
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My Idea for Seven in the 2nd half of 2026:
5.00 AM - Seven Early News
5.30 AM - Sunrise
9.00 AM - The Morning Show
12.00 PM - Seven National News
1.00 PM - Bridge of Lies
2.00 PM - The Afternoon Show (Hosted by Alex Cullen, Similar to The Daily Edition)
3.00 PM - The Chase
4.00 PM - Seven News At 4
5.00 PM - The Chase Australia
6.00 PM - Seven News
7.00 PM - Million Dollar Minute (Hosted By James Tobin) [Home & Away Moves to 7two]
7.30 PM - Reality Shows (e.g. MKR, Dancing With The Stars)
9.00 PM - Highway Patrol
9.30 PM - Seven Late News (Hosted By Angela Cox. Began Production due to the successof 10 Late News)
10.00 PM - Movie
12.00 AM - Home Shopping
4.00 AM - Million Dollar Minute (Simon Reeve Era)
Hypothetically - Seven could replace The Chase Australia with ‘Million Dollar Minute’ in 2027 if it is successful.
Sorta like the ‘Winning Arvo’ & 10 News+ debacle where it wasn’t announced at the UpFronts
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They would never move Home and Away to 7two when it performs so well on channel 7.
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That’s because it is the only thing that gives them decent ratings after 3pm 
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Monday to Friday
6:00am Entertainment Tonight
6:30am Deal Or No Deal
7:00am Millionaire Hot Seat
7:30am Family Feud
8:00am Good Chef Bad Chef
8:30am Bold And The Beautiful
9:00am Lingo
10:00am Reality Encores
11:00am Entertainment Tonight
11:30am Good Chef Bad Chef
12:00pm The Finish Line
1:00pm Ten News
2:00pm Wheel Of Fortune USA (rpt)
2:30pm The Gates
3:30pm Bold And The Beautiful
4:00pm Ten Early Edition News
5:00pm Ten News
6:00pm Ten News +
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Your idea has some merit with Million Dollar Minute, but Home And Away is basically considered as much a part of the schedule as Sevens 6pm News.
My strategy for Home And Away would be different to yours, and even Sevens. I would structure Home And Away like this
30 weeks of 4 episodes a week
22 weeks of 5 episodes a week.
I would try to move away from the double and triple episodes a week as much as possible to attempt to navigate viewer fatigue. Not sure if I would keep it as a Monday to Thursday program or do Sunday to Wednesday to avoid clashes with the AFL on Thursdays, but a 7pm start time would be retained, with an extra day, either Sunday or Thursday or Friday being added depending on which option was chosen
In the 7:30pm Thursday slot I would trial double episodes of Million Dollar Minute if the Monday to Thursday run was retained for Home And Away, but if it was Sunday to Wednesday, then double episodes at 7pm Thursday and possibly Friday during AFL season and a 7:30pm slot on Thursdays only outside of AFL season.
I know it sounds a complex and it would be a bit risque as far as reality start times, if the Sunday night episodes was chosen, but it would offer reality start time consistency.
Also if Million Dollar Minute was chosen as a 7pm program on Friday, it offers Seven the option of Better Homes And Gardens to air at 7:30pm Fridays
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BH&G rates fairly well for Seven so.. what they could do is air a Million Dollar Minute Repeat in the Saturday 5.30pm timeslot, replacing the Border Security repeats in some markets (e.g. Sydney & Melbourne). Then possibly they could retire the UK Chase & move ‘Million Dollar Minute’ there. Perhaps 2 episodes back to back (30 minutes each)
Either way, MDM should make a comeback as it could turn things around
(Should be called Thousand Dollar Minute tho lol)
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