It could have been worse for 7…
Not exactly relevant here but you could also argue it can go both ways. If Seven took a risk and launched MKR in the first week of the new year then they might be rewarded like how 10 did it with Celebrity. Nine and 10 both took risks against intense competition and look at them now.
On the other hand, there’s also a chance it would crash, but I think like Nine and 10, they should be ready to take risks and they’ll at least have a chance of rating solidly in Summer rather than underwhelming ratings with BBL and now MKR.
Nine certainly knew there were risks associated with launching MAFS against a tennis fuelled MKR at the time, but they defied the odds and now are reaping rewards with MAFS dominating everything.
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They might be or they might be exactly in the position 10 are in now? With a sucessful launch and then a struggle when the competition comes. They could have even had a worse summer than they currently did.
Also haven’t you said how bad MKR is and how it is a sinking ship or an doesn’t have the calibre of other cooking shows? Do you really think a 10 year old show would just magically lift without a platform to launch it from?
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I don’t know that the tennis necessarily gave MAFS such a big boost. MAFS was already smashing MKR last year.
Lats couple of years, they struggled against it at the start of the season when they had all the wedding ceremonies but then it picked up and was beating MKR. They tweaked MAFS this year so it wasn’t all wedding ceremonies at the start and it paid off.
Plus fatigue set in for MKR after so many years of bitchy teams dominating the headlines, they probably overcooked the concept by having for teams full of bitchy contestants this year.
Anyway, as others have said, it will be interesting to see whether Nine will keep the momentum going or whether Seven are able to make a comeback.
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Nine and UKTV are co-producing a new four-part documentary focusing on WA vet Rick Fenny, the “Mad Max” of vets and 2018 West Australian of the Year finalist. It will be called Desert Vet in Australia and Outback Vet internationally. Filming will start in April with an expected air date in late 2019.
Week commencing 17 March 2019
Sunday 17 March
07:00 pm Married At First Sight
08:30 pm 60 Minutes
09:30 pm Australian Crime Stories
10:45 pm Bad Mothers Rpt
11:30 pm Killer on the Line Rpt
Monday 18 March
07:30 pm Married At First Sight
09:00 pm Bad Mothers S1 Ep05
10:00 pm 100% Footy
11:00 pm The Closer Rpt
Tuesday 19 March
07:30 pm Married At First Sight
09:00 pm Travel Guides
10:00 pm True Story With Hamish & Andy Rpt
10:30 pm Better Late Than Never Rpt
11:25 pm Three Wives One Husband
Wednesday 20 March
07:30 pm Married At First Sight
09:00 pm New Amsterdam S1 Ep09
10:00 pm Finding My Twin Stranger Rpt
11:00 pm Rizzoli & Isles Rpt
11:50 pm The Footy Show (ARL)
Thursday 21 March
07:30 pm Thursday Night Football
09:45 pm Golden Point
10:45 pm Top Gear Rpt
Friday 22 March
07:30 pm Friday Night Football
09:45 pm Knock Off
10:45 pm Movie: Mercury Rising (1998)
Saturday 23 March
05:00 pm Election 2019: NSW Decides Polls Close
06:00 pm Nine News
07:00 pm Election 2019: NSW Decides
Nine News brings you the latest on the NSW Election. Join Peter Overton, Deb Knight and Chris Uhlmann plus our expert panel.
10:30 pm Travel Guides Rpt
11:30 pm Movie: Transcendence (2014)
Market variations will be posted later.
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I’m guessing The Footy Show (AFL) will air at 9.00 in Melbourne, with New Amsterdam moved to 10.30 (or possibly 8.30 Thursday)
Most of the Nine programming guides that TV Cynic gets before market variations are probably for TCN Sydney?
Im guessing that ARL might be a typo? The ARL is the NRL and that show was axed after last year.
Interested to see how this all goes, so many headlines and changes, even Nine’s production chief recently (jokingly) told TVT that he’d been spending more time sorting The Footy Show out over Married!
Obviously.
obsession alert
Move on movie man.
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Because I know that afl footy show doesn’t start until 11:30-11:50pm in Sydney, Brisbane, Canberra, NBN regions and in Darwin due to NRL-states.
Week commencing 17 March 2019
Sunday 17 March
07:00 pm Married At First Sight
08:30 pm 60 Minutes
09:30 pm Australian Crime Stories
10:45 pm Bad Mothers Rpt
11:30 pm Killer on the Line Rpt
Monday 18 March
07:30 pm Married At First Sight
09:00 pm Bad Mothers S1 Ep05
10:00 pm 100% Footy / Footy Classified
11:00 pm The Closer Rpt
Tuesday 19 March
07:30 pm Married At First Sight
09:00 pm Travel Guides
10:00 pm True Story With Hamish & Andy Rpt
10:30 pm Better Late Than Never Rpt
11:25 pm Three Wives One Husband
Wednesday 20 March
07:30 pm Married At First Sight
Sydney, Brisbane
09:00 pm New Amsterdam S1 Ep09
10:00 pm Finding My Twin Stranger Rpt
11:00 pm Rizzoli & Isles Rpt
11:50 pm The Footy Show
Melbourne, Adleaide, Perth
09:00 pm The Footy Show
10:30 pm Top Gear Rpt
Thursday 21 March
Sydney
07:30 pm Thursday Night Football
09:45 pm Golden Point
10:45 pm Top Gear Rpt
Brisbane
07:00 pm Thursday Night Football
08:45 pm Golden Point
09:45 pm Top Gear Rpt
11:10 pm Cold Case Rpt
Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth
07:30 pm RBT
08:30 pm New Amsterdam S1 Ep09
09:30 pm Finding My Twin Stranger Rpt
10:35 pm Rizzoli & Isles Rpt
11:25 pm Cold Case Rpt
Friday 22 March
Sydney
07:30 pm Friday Night Football
09:45 pm Knock Off
10:45 pm Movie: Mercury Rising (1998)
Brisbane
07:00 pm Friday Night Football
08:45 pm Knock Off
09:45 pm Movie: Mercury Rising (1998)
Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth
07:30 pm TBA
08:30 pm TBA
11:00 pm New Amsterdam Rpt
Saturday 23 March
07:00 pm David Attenborough’s Dynasties The Making of Dynasties
08:10 pm Movie: The Magnificent Seven (2016)
10:45 pm Travel Guides Rpt
11:10 pm Movie: Transcendence (2014)
Sydney
05:00 pm Election 2019: NSW Decides Polls Close
06:00 pm Nine News
07:00 pm Election 2019: NSW Decides
Nine News brings you the latest on the NSW Election. Join Peter Overton, Deb Knight and Chris Uhlmann plus our expert panel.
10:30 pm Travel Guides Rpt
11:30 pm Movie: Transcendence (2014)
Schedule Update
Sunday 17 March
09:30 pm Children Who Kill
10:40 pm Killer on the Line Rpt
11:35 pm Puka Up
Tuesday 19 March
09:00 pm Travel Guides Philippines
Nine seems very reliant on MAFS and 60 to anchor their Sunday schedule. That 9.30 and beyond slot looks horrendous.
Schedule Update
Friday 22 March
Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth
07:30 pm 20 to ONE Rpt Amazing Commercials
08:30 pm Movie: The Vow (2012)
10:35 pm New Amsterdam Rpt
11:30 pm Underbelly: Badness Rpt
Week commencing 24 March 2019
Sunday 24 March
07:00 pm Married At First Sight
08:30 pm 60 Minutes
09:30 pm Australian Crime Stories
10:30 pm Killer on the Line Rpt
11:25 pm Major Crimes Rpt
Monday 25 March
07:30 pm Married At First Sight
08:45 pm Bad Mothers S1 Ep06
09:45 pm 100% Footy / Footy Classified
10:45 pm The Closer Rpt
11:35 pm Major Crimes Rpt
Tuesday 26 March
07:30 pm Married At First Sight
08:45 pm Travel Guides Canberra
09:45 pm True Story With Hamish & Andy x 2 Rpt
10:45 pm Better Late Than Never Rpt
11:35 pm Three Wives One Husband
Wednesday 27 March
07:30 pm Married At First Sight
Sydney, Brisbane
09:00 pm New Amsterdam S1 Ep10
10:00 pm The Boy with No Brain Rpt
11:00 pm Rizzoli & Isles Rpt
11:50 pm The Footy Show
Melbourne, Adleaide, Perth
09:00 pm The Footy Show
10:30 pm Top Gear Rpt
Thursday 28 March
Sydney
07:30 pm Thursday Night Football
09:45 pm Golden Point
10:45 pm Top Gear Rpt
Brisbane
07:00 pm Thursday Night Football
08:45 pm Golden Point
09:45 pm Top Gear Rpt
11:10 pm Cold Case Rpt
Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth
07:30 pm RBT
08:30 pm New Amsterdam S1 Ep10
09:30 pm The Boy with No Brain Rpt
10:30 pm Rizzoli & Isles Rpt
11:20 pm Cold Case Rpt
Friday 29 March
Sydney
07:30 pm Friday Night Football
09:45 pm Knock Off
10:45 pm Movie: Out Of Time (2003)
Brisbane
07:00 pm Friday Night Football
08:45 pm Knock Off
09:45 pm Movie: Out Of Time (2003)
Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth
07:30 pm 20 to ONE Rpt Superstar Feuds
08:30 pm Movie: Me Before You (2016)
10:45 pm New Amsterdam Rpt
11:35 pm Underbelly: Badness Rpt
Saturday 30 March
07:00 pm Movie: Beauty and the Beast (2017)
09:40 pm Movie: Hitch (2005)
Further market variations will be posted later.
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Sofie Formica hosting
Schedule Update
Length of Footy Show has been reduced resulting in some changes:
Wednesday 20 March
Melbourne, Adleaide, Perth
09:00 pm The Footy Show
10:15 pm Lethal Weapon S2 Ep01
11:15 pm Top Gear Rpt
Thursday 21 March
Brisbane
09:45 pm Lethal Weapon S2 Ep01
10:45 pm Top Gear Rpt
Wednesday 27 March
Melbourne, Adleaide, Perth
09:00 pm The Footy Show
10:15 pm Lethal Weapon S2 Ep02
11:15 pm Top Gear Rpt
Thursday 28 March
Brisbane
09:45 pm Lethal Weapon S2 Ep02
10:45 pm Top Gear Rpt
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