Well, we know he’s left Seven. Wasn’t drawing a long bow was i?
I think it will be shown on Thursday nights.
Week commencing 31 March 2019
Sunday 31 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 1 April
07:30 pm Married At First Sight
09:00 pm Bad Mothers S1 Ep07
Sydney, Brisbane
10:00 pm 100% Footy
11:00 pm The Closer Rpt
11:50 pm Major Crimes Rpt
Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth
10:00 pm Footy Classified
11:00 pm The Oval Office / Footy SA / Footy WA
11:30 pm The Closer Rpt
Tuesday 2 April
07:30 pm Married At First Sight
08:40 pm Travel Guides Season Final Canberra
09:40 pm True Story With Hamish & Andy x 2 Rpt
10:40 pm Nine News Special: Budget 2019
11:10 pm Better Late Than Never
Wednesday 3 April
07:30 pm Paramedics Rpt
Sydney, Brisbane
08:30 pm New Amsterdam S1 Ep11 and 12
10:30 pm Rizzoli & Isles Rpt
11:20 pm The Footy Show
Melbourne, Adleaide, Perth
08:30 pm The Footy Show
09:45 pm Lethal Weapon S2 Ep03
10:45 pm Top Gear Rpt
Thursday 4 April
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 Lethal Weapon S2 Ep03
10:45 pm Top Gear Rpt
Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth
07:30 pm RBT
08:30 pm New Amsterdam S1 Ep11 and 12
10:30 pm Rizzoli & Isles Rpt
11:20 pm Major Crimes Rpt
Friday 5 April
Sydney
07:30 pm Friday Night Football
09:45 pm Knock Off
10:45 pm Movie: Brick Mansions (2014)
Brisbane
07:00 pm Friday Night Football
08:45 pm Knock Off
09:45 pm Movie: Brick Mansions (2014)
11:30 pm New Amsterdam Rpt
Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth
07:30 pm 20 to ONE Rpt Epic Pranks
08:30 pm Movie: Burnt (2015)
10:30 pm New Amsterdam Rpt
11:20 pm Underbelly: Badness Rpt
Saturday 6 April
07:00 pm Movie: Moana (2016)
09:15 pm Movie: Central Intelligence (2016)
11:25 pm Travel Guides Rpt
Interesting to see a major Disney animated movie premiere on Nine. These have always been on Seven traditionally.
Mentioned it here:
Yep, and they’ve also got beauty and the beast premiering this week.
I think Seven and Ten are looking forward to next Wednesday when they will aim to grab as many viewers as they can, with MAFS rested for the night.
I am sure Nine will use a mixture of Paramedics repeats and new episodes of The Big Bang Theory and Young Sheldon to fill in the 7.30pm timeslot before the Easter non-ratings break.
Schedule Update
Wednesday 3 April
Melbourne, Adleaide, Perth
07:30 pm RBT
Thursday 4 April
Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth
07:30 pm Paramedics Rpt
I don’t think MKR will rise to 1 million plus but there is a good chance that it will win a night. Paramedics (especially encores) probably won’t beat MKR unless MKR keeps falling.
Now that RBT will air in AFL states next Wednesday, it should boost MKR’s ratings towards 1 million.
Double episodes of RBT currently listed as new.
Week commencing 7 April 2019
Daylight savings ends Sunday morning
Sunday 7 April
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 8 April
07:30 pm Married At First Sight Season Final
09:20 pm Bad Mothers S1 Ep08 Season Final
Sydney, Brisbane
10:20 pm 100% Footy
11:20 pm The Closer Rpt
Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth
10:20 pm Footy Classified
11:20 pm The Oval Office / Footy SA / Footy WA
Tuesday 9 April
07:30 pm The Big Bang Theory S12 Ep11
08:00 pm The Big Bang Theory
08:30 pm Movie: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 (2017)
11:15 pm Cosentino: The Elements Rpt
Wednesday 10 April
Sydney, Brisbane
07:30 pm Paramedics Rpt
08:30 pm New Amsterdam S1 Ep13 and 14
10:30 pm Rizzoli & Isles Rpt
11:20 pm The Footy Show
Melbourne, Adleaide, Perth
07:30 pm RBT
08:30 pm The Footy Show
09:45 pm Lethal Weapon S2 Ep04
10:45 pm Top Gear Rpt
Thursday 11 April
Sydney, Brisbane
07:30 pm Thursday Night Football Brisbane Broncos v Wests Tigers
09:45 pm Golden Point
10:45 pm Top Gear Rpt
Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth
07:30 pm Paramedics Rpt
08:30 pm New Amsterdam S1 Ep13 and 14
10:30 pm Rizzoli & Isles Rpt
11:20 pm Major Crimes Rpt
Friday 12 April
Sydney, Brisbane
07:30 pm Friday Night Football North Queensland Cowboys v Melbourne Storm
09:45 pm Knock Off
10:45 pm Movie: A Man Apart (2003)
Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth
07:30 pm Travel Guides Rpt
08:30 pm Movie: Life As We Know It (2010)
10:50 pm New Amsterdam Rpt
11:40 pm Underbelly: Badness Rpt
Saturday 13 April
07:00 pm Movie: Just Go With It (2011)
09:15 pm Movie: The Longest Yard (2005)
11:30 pm Movie: Mortdecai (2015)
Why have Australian broadcasters gone done the 8 series format in Australia? The most successful dramas have been dramas that aired weekly for approximately 22-32 episodes a year.
The Wonderful World of Disney only lasted two weeks…
I guess they have seen that it works for UK shows and Netflix so they tried to replicate that success.
Any season order of more than a dozen episodes means you get filler episodes. Look at how LOST meandered along the first couple of years before they got some certainty on seasons and episode counts.
Less is more.
David Campbell hinted as such too in his special intro last night “over next few weeks” (or something along those lines).
Although as you can see, there’s a Walt Disney-Marvel FTA premiere on the Tuesday, so…
Make it easier to sell Australian dramas overseas?
Although I prefer the less is more concept I don’t think the general audience in Australia does. Look at reality shows. They like multiple episodes. And look at previous shows that were huge successes in Australia; All Saints, Blue Heelers, Country Practice, McLeods Daughters, Always Greener and even Secret Life of Us. They all had more episodes and were huge successes. I just wonder if Australia wanted viewers to like short run series but it hasn’t really translated into success here in Australia.
That was probably true about 5 years ago when they did it but I think their first thought should be what will Australian audiences like.
Simple. They are Risk-averse.
Shorter runs means they don’t end up with a lot of costly drama to burn off in their schedule, if it doesn’t rate.