Seeing 9 promoting 20 to 1 and Generation for after Easter makes me think they are going to have an awful second quarter…
Great interview with Nine’s chief sales officer Michael Stephenson regarding the network’s programming plans after MAFS.
Week commencing 21 April 2019
Sunday 21 April
07:00 pm 60 Minutes
08:00 pm RBT x 2
09:00 pm Australian Crime Stories
10:00 pm Killer on the Line
11:00 pm Major Crimes Rpt
Monday 22 April
07:30 pm Young Sheldon
08:00 pm Young Sheldon Rpt
08:30 pm Movie: Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade (1989)
10:50 pm 100% Footy
11:50 pm The Closer Rpt
Tuesday 23 April
07:30 pm The Big Bang Theory S12 Ep13
08:00 pm The Big Bang Theory Rpt
08:30 pm Movie: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
11:00 pm Major Crimes Rpt
Wednesday 24 April
07:30 pm Paramedics Rpt
08:30 pm New Amsterdam S1 Ep17 and 18
10:30 pm Rizzoli & Isles Rpt
11:20 pm Medical Mysteries
Thursday 25 April
04:30 am ANZAC Day Dawn Service
12:30 pm AEST Gallipoli Dawn Service
01:40 pm AEST Villers Bretonneux Dawn Service
07:30 pm Thursday Night Football Melbourne Storm v Warriors
09:45 pm Golden Point
10:45 pm Lethal Weapon S2 Ep01
11:45 pm The Footy Show
Friday 26 April
07:30 pm Friday Night Football Penrith Panthers v South Sydney Rabbitohs
09:45 pm Knock Off
10:45 pm Movie: Platoon (1986)
Saturday 27 April
07:00 pm Movie: The Lego Movie (2014)
09:00 pm Movie: Star Trek: Beyond (2016)
11:25 pm Movie: The Woman in Black (2012)
Market variations will be posted later.
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Another really weak programming schedule.
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Nine can afford to relax a bit after building such a big lead on the back of Married at First Sight and Travel Guides.
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If anything, they shouldn’t be relaxing but doing everything they can to continue the momentum they’ve generated off the back of a strong start to the ratings year
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Exactly.
People still watch TV when they’re away.
Especially now as the sun is down by 6pm.
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And advertisers still want to advertise. If they can’t get the audience at Nine, they’ll give their money to another network.
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The Nine Network’s predominately Sydney-based programmers & management probably think everyone’s either at the Show or up/down the coast* over the next two weeks! 
*Mind you, very many Sydneysiders actually do those things when Easter, the NSW school holidays and ANZAC Day all neatly fall in the same two weeks. But of course, Sydney/NSW isn’t Australia as a whole - Victoria & Queensland (at least) will likely be at school next Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday!
The schedule isn’t any different to previous weeks except for the absence of MAFS
Week commencing 21 April 2019
Sunday 21 April
06:00 am Easter Sunrise Service
07:00 pm 60 Minutes
08:00 pm RBT x 2
09:00 pm Australian Crime Stories Rpt
10:00 pm Killer on the Line
11:00 pm Major Crimes Rpt
Monday 22 April
07:30 pm Young Sheldon S2 Ep16 (Syd, Bri) S2 Ep17 (Mel, Ade, Per)
08:00 pm Young Sheldon Rpt
08:30 pm Movie: Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade (1989)
Sydney, Brisbane
10:50 pm 100% Footy
11:50 pm The Closer Rpt
Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth
10:50 pm Footy Classified
11:50 pm The Oval Office / Footy SA / Footy WA
Tuesday 23 April
07:30 pm The Big Bang Theory S12 Ep13
08:00 pm The Big Bang Theory Rpt
08:30 pm Movie: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
11:00 pm Major Crimes Rpt
Wednesday 24 April
07:30 pm Paramedics Rpt
08:30 pm New Amsterdam S1 Ep17 and 18
10:30 pm Rizzoli & Isles Rpt
11:20 pm Medical Mysteries
Thursday 25 April
04:30 am ANZAC Day Dawn Service
12:30 pm AEST Gallipoli Dawn Service
01:40 pm AEST Villers Bretonneux Dawn Service
Sydney, Brisbane
07:30 pm Thursday Night Football Melbourne Storm v Warriors
09:45 pm Golden Point
10:45 pm Lethal Weapon S2 Ep01 (Syd) S2 Ep04 (Bri)
11:45 pm The Footy Show
Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth
07:30 pm The Footy Show
09:00 pm Movie: Flight (2012)
11:40 pm Lethal Weapon S2 Ep06
Friday 26 April
Sydney, Brisbane
07:30 pm Friday Night Football Penrith Panthers v South Sydney Rabbitohs
09:45 pm Knock Off
10:45 pm Movie: Platoon (1986)
Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth
07:30 pm Travel Guides Rpt
08:30 pm Movie: Sherlock Holmes (2009)
10:30 pm New Amsterdam x 2 Rpt
Saturday 27 April
07:00 pm Movie: The Lego Movie (2014)
09:00 pm Movie: Star Trek: Beyond (2016)
11:25 pm Movie: The Woman in Black (2012)
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Schedule Update
Saturday 27 April
09:00 pm Movie: Jurassic World (2015)
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Week commencing 28 April 2019
Sunday 28 April
07:00 pm Lego Masters Series Premiere
08:40 pm 60 Minutes
09:40 pm Surviving R. Kelly Series Premiere
10:40 pm Killer on the Line
11:40 pm Cops UK: Body Cam Squad Rpt
Monday 29 April
07:30 pm Lego Masters Teams have seven hours to make an amazing space-themed creation, but they won’t be judged on their build, rather how spectacularly it breaks when destroyed by various means – baseball bat, high speed crash, six metre drop or explosives.
08:40 pm 20 To One Reality TV Shockers Season Premiere
Sydney, Brisbane
09:50 pm 100% Footy
10:50 pm The Closer Rpt
11:50 pm An Hour To Save Your Life Rpt
Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth
09:50 pm Footy Classified
10:50 pm The Oval Office / Footy SA / Footy WA
11:20 pm The Closer Rpt
Tuesday 30 April
07:30 pm Lego Masters In the first elimination, teams must turn everyday items that have been cut in half from normal to incredible. A bike, a typewriter, a TV and a violin are amongst the items to be morphed into something completely new using only LEGO.
08:40 pm The Big Bang Theory S12 Ep14
09:10 pm Timeless Series Premiere
10:10 pm Super Scary Plane Landings Rpt
11:10 pm Major Crimes Rpt
Wednesday 1 May
07:30 pm Talkin’ 'Bout Your Generation Season 6 Premiere
08:40 pm Movie: The Castle (1997)
10:25 pm Rizzoli & Isles Rpt
11:20 pm Mom x 2 Rpt
Thursday 2 May
Sydney, Brisbane
07:30 pm Thursday Night Football South Sydney Rabbitohs v Brisbane Broncos
09:45 pm Golden Point
10:45 pm Lethal Weapon S2 Ep02 (Syd) S2 Ep05 (Bri)
11:45 pm The Footy Show
Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth
07:30 pm RBT x 2
08:30 pm The Footy Show
09:45 pm Lethal Weapon S2 Ep07
10:45 pm TBA
11:35 pm Cold Case Rpt
Friday 3 May
Sydney, Brisbane
07:30 pm Friday Night Football Cronulla Sharks v Melbourne Storm
09:45 pm Knock Off
10:45 pm Movie: Three Kings (1999)
Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth
07:30 pm Travel Guides Rpt
08:30 pm Movie: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011)
11:05 pm Lifers Rpt
Saturday 4 May
07:00 pm Lego Masters
08:50 pm Movie: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
11:30 pm Movie: Stargate: The Ark Of Truth (2008)
I know I’ll sound like a broken record
But I see Nine going down the prime time encore path again on Saturdays, waste of a timeslot IMO.
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Timeless
From Tuesday 30 April at 9:10 pm
When a group with nefarious intentions attempts to change the world as we know it by altering the past, Lucy, a historian, Wyatt, a soldier, and Rufus, a scientist, unite to form an unlikely partnership, traveling through time to save history.
Premiered October 2016. Was cancelled at end of season but received a reprieve then cancelled after season 2. 16 eps in season 1, 10 in season 2 plus a 2-part separate finale.
Why were these deleted and added again?
Plenty of opportunities for TCN to catch up with QTQ on Lethal Weapon just in this next week alone.
10.50 Monday, and two hours from 10.25pm Wednesday. Even Tuesday has repeats from 10.10pm.
What other plan could they possibly have to catch up or don’t they forward plan?
What if Lego Masters doesn’t rate high.
I don’t think Nine will panic and they’ve probably played it safe with recent shows/premieres in a rapidly declining environment by forcasting internally and to advertisers not too high.
Their YTD lead and consistent performers like The Block still massive and even The Voice if average these days they can rely on.
Q4 will be interesting, is there still no word on FFF?
It was announced at the Upfronts last year.
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