Sully
December 11, 2017, 12:08pm
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7mate have been airing all the Police Academy movies.
But obviously don’t have the rights to No. 5 yet?
As schedule goes from No. 4 (Citizens on Patrol) last night to No. 6 (City Under Siege) this Friday.
So annoying, a pet hate, when networks have rights to different installments of the same franchise.
Another is “Stuart Little” (9Go!) next week, “Stuart Little 2” (2002) aired on 7flix a few nights ago
The original Police Academy movie was funny, the rest were rubbish. No real loss to Nine.
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Sifon
December 16, 2017, 12:37am
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Good to see more and more movies on tv broadcast in their original aspect ratio.
Curse those who use the zoom in feature on their tv to remove the black bars (unless you have a 21:9 tv)
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I’ve seen a couple of friends who have Foxtel and their television both at the wrong setting so that normal 16:9 is zoomed in. Some people just don’t know
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Sully
December 17, 2017, 12:22am
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What!? No Die Hard on Christmas Eve / night!? Arghhhh
Starting a movie on the main channel at 6:30pm
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Ah yes, Ten’s good old First Wives Club, endlessly repeated (they got the rights back this year, after losing it to Nine a few years ago).
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Yes, Fox should have given Ten special dispensation to show Die Hard.
Sully
December 17, 2017, 2:22am
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What do you mean?
The contract termination was for their long-running output deal.
The back-catalogue of films is a separate deal, shared amongst Seven, Nine & Ten (though majority with the latter).
I’ve seen a number of 20C Fox movies on Ten’s channels in recent weeks. Just a disappointing programming move, as Die Hard movies would air around Christmas.
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Sully
December 17, 2017, 4:08am
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I’d like to see Ten air “Miracle on 34th Street” (1994) which they used to air on Christmas night. Last I think was around 2009. Also 20C Fox.
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I much prefer the original movie - that is a classic.
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Sully
December 17, 2017, 4:38am
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Yes it is, the remake wasn’t as bright and positive.
However, no main channel airs ‘golden age’ (B&W) movies now.
I’ll defer to your expert knowledge.
I might have to watch the DVD. BTW, Christmas Vacation 2 is puerile rubbish, and an insult to the original.
Sully
December 17, 2017, 1:00pm
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Update
Sunday week (24th Dec), Luke summing it up…
Free to air premieres:
•9GO!: Embedded (2016) Umbrella Entertainment
•9GO!: Son Of A Gun (2014) Entertainment One
•7MATE FRI: Manny Lewis (2015) Beyond Distribution
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Network premieres:
•9GO!: Blues Brothers 2000 (1998) NBC Universal
•9GO!: Head Above Water (1996) Unknown TV distributor in Australia
•CH 7 X-MAS: National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (1989) Warner Bros
•CH 7 X-MAS: National Lampoon’s European Vacation (1985) Warner Bros
•7FLIX SAT: The Man Without A Face (1993) Icon
•7MATE TUES: The Shining (1980) Warner Bros
@JBar @Mitchell_Nock @SydneyCityTV @Zampakid
Well I just have to say that I am happy to see what is quite possibly my favourite Christmas movie of all time, ‘National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation’, now on my favourite TV channel
Sully
December 18, 2017, 2:55am
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I am more happy to see this in the schedule.
I shall DVR or watch, haven’t seen it for yonks!
A horror and Nicholson classic.
Sully
December 18, 2017, 10:29am
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Lukey boy was correct about movies every night
And well done Cynic!
Nine have rights to the 2nd (so expect this to be the last time on Seven), after previously airing on Ten when they had Universal rights.
Well done J Bar
Network premiere, after airing on Nine and Ten.
Also 20th Century Fox, perhaps a sign of a new back-catalogue film deal or revival of their old 2nd tier Fox films during late 90s/2000s?
No it isn’t.
Titanic’s first airing on Australian free to air TV was on Seven - July 4, 2001!
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Sully
December 18, 2017, 10:39am
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Oops.
Well, network (return)premiere since airing on another network(s) then.