I had a discussion with Knoxy on TV Tonight about this very point a week ago in the Lounge, he basically said (after having talked to a 7mate programmer too) that it’s just because of the AFL.
AFL airs on main channel during prime time in Melbourne and Adelaide and on 7mate in other markets, therefore the main channel programs in other markets air on 7mate in Melbourne and Adelaide.
Just Seven’s collective programming strategy, also so a 5 city rating can still be generated foe all programs.
(Nine do the exact same with NRL / 9Gem, even if a program seems like a ‘misfit’).
Correct. Devil Wears Prada is on Seven’s main channel in Sydney, Brisbane and Perth (and associated regions) tomorrow night. 7mate in Melbourne and Adelaide (and associated regions, including Tas.)
Getting out FTA premieres a bit quicker now. Seems like just yesterday this came out.
Being Pixar, hopefully a sign Seven will at least get thinking about other ones, such as The Incredibles (in cinemas now).
Yes, correct.
Oddly, Seven have scheduled Finding Dory to start at 6:30pm on 7mate in Melbourne and Adelaide (as they often do, earlier the better and prime time share), but it means Kingsman will have to be cut with an 8:40pm start.
NB/ Ten’s cut version can be seen on that YouTube channel “australia movie and tv censorship”
High Fidelity (Disney pick-up) and Hollywood Murder (Sony pick-up) network premieres on Eleven next week. Previously on Seven and Nine > Seven respectively.
Also, not only Ten, but Nine have revived Sony deal too, with Look Who’s Talking, Stuart Little 2 and Spider Man (previously on Seven very recently) returning to Nine.
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More FTA Walt Disney premieres, Ch 7, Saturday week:
“The BTG” (2016) and “Alice Through The Looking Glass” (2016)
SBS Viceland having a “Friday the 13th” marathon from, yep you guessed it, Friday 13th July, running over the next week.
A cult following horror-slasher franchise, which seems to have become taboo to broadcast on FTA.
Last I remember was 9Go! running the original (under their Warner Bros deal) in late 2013. They got in trouble by the ACMA with their version once and had to re-edit, eventually destroying the uncut and making the master the edited version.
Part 2 all the way to the latest remake in 2009 are under Paramount. I think Ten ran some many years ago, definitely the remake on Eleven, but again networks seem to steer clear these days. Same goes for Halloween (Nine used to run the 1990s remake which included Josh Hartnett) and A Nightmare on Elm Street.
I’d be interested from our redident cap historians @Zampakid / @SydneyCityTV who last aired the other Friday the 13th (if at all), as well as other classic/cult franchises. Does seem more of a 1990s or prior thing.
Code Black dropped from 7flix as of tonight (didn’t realise):
Replaced by “The Hangover Part II” network premiere at 9pm (an umpeenth Warner Bros pick-up, Nine won’t be happy to have lost it, run ad nauseam including recently).
I can help a bit here as a casual horror fan. One of the first things I ever taped off the tv was Friday the 13th Part VIII Jason Takes Manhattan, which aired on a Friday the 13th in the late 90s at 1am on Nine (technically a Saturday). Haven’t seen it on FTA since.
Jason Goes To Hell: The Final Friday premiered on Nine in the early 00s (quite a late premiere as the movie was from 1993) as a Sunday late night movie and it even made the lineup promo. Haven’t seen it on FTA since.
Jason X and Freddy vs Jason premiered on GO a few years back.
7flix will broadcast “The Full Monty” (1997) original iconic movie Saturday week, the night before the new Australian TV special. Another pick-up (or return) from their new 20C Fox TV deal.
I noticed on Goldeneye (on Ch 9 now) whenever text appears (e.g.) “nine years later” or a location mentioned, etc.
It is in yellow.
Whereas it is in white and a different font on the DVD I have (2006 two disc re-releases).
Strange, because the DVD is the same versions that Nine have, which are updated with the 2000s United Artists logo (older versions - which oddly enough Goldeneye still uses, probably historical value as it was the first to use it) have the older 1990s United Artists logo.
