Personally I wouldn’t touch the 4pm news hour. It’s 3pm and 5pm that need the most attention.
I would trial in the 3pm slot for the rest of the year some different UK shows. Cycle through some and see which one resonates best with viewers and commission a local version for 5pm for 2026.
Some of the most current shows are:
Riddiculous
Wheel of Fortune
Limitless Win and
Catchphrase
Whichever one seems to be the most popular gets a local version at 5pm.
As TVCynic says, it’s likely to be a mix of cost-cutting and advertorial revenue re: Daily Edition if it happens. I don’t really buy the article saying it’s to help their 5pm slot
Seven alas don’t have the money to go buying multiple formats to put at 3pm (NB they did try Catchphrase at 2pm but no ratings boost). They seemingly can’t even afford current Chase UK shows (still running 2017/18 repeats at 3pm)
Fair to say they are in one heck of a bind
David Johnson already had a national profile from Ten’s Morning News and Meet The Press in the 90s.
I would prefer they just extend The Afternoon News (local edition) from 3.00-5.00pm. Obviously, it would be split into 4 x 30 minute rundowns each half hour.
Could Seven consider moving Larry and Kylie to 3pm-5pm? Rebrand The Morning Show into The Afternoon Show, and give it a bit more of a news and current affair focus rather than entertainment, but the chemistry and experience of Larry and Kylie would be the overall appeal of course.
You wish. Why would they blow up the winning team in the winning timeslot?
Because the lead-in to primetime is more than important than a late morning/daytime slot?
Not if they end up blowing both in one go.
Exactly.
Sunday 11 May 2025
Sydney
12:00 PM Sunday Footy Feast
02:30 PM Farmer Wants A Wife Rpt TBC
04:05 PM Surveillance Oz: Dashcam Rpt
04:30 PM Motorway Patrol Rpt
05:00 PM Seven News At 5
05:30 PM Sydney Weekender
Melbourne
12:00 PM Sunday Footy Feast
02:30 PM AFL Pre-Game
03:00 PM AFL Rnd 9: Geelong v GWS
Brisbane
12:00 PM Sunday Footy Feast
02:30 PM Farmer Wants A Wife Rpt TBC
04:05 PM Surveillance Oz: Dashcam Rpt
04:30 PM Motorway Patrol Rpt
05:00 PM Seven News At 5
05:30 PM Weekender
Adelaide
11:00 AM The Crows Show
11:30 AM Sunday Footy Feast
02:00 PM AFL Pre-Game
02:30 PM AFL Rnd 9: Geelong v GWS
05:30 PM South Aussie With Cosi
Perth
10:00 AM Sunday Footy Feast
11:00 AM AFL Rnd 9: Richmond v West Coast
02:00 PM Farmer Wants A Wife Rpt TBC
03:35 PM Surveillance Oz: Dashcam Rpt
04:00 PM Dog Patrol Rpt
04:30 PM Motorway Patrol Rpt
05:00 PM Seven News At 5
05:30 PM Border Security - Australia’s Front Line Rpt
Network
06:00 PM Seven News
07:00 PM The 1% Club S03 E05
08:00 PM Cold Chisel - The Big 5-0 Premiere
Monday 12 May
07:00 PM Home And Away
07:30 PM Farmer Wants A Wife S15 E07
09:00 PM 9-1-1: Lone Star S05 E10
Sydney, Brisbane
10:00 PM Suits L.A. S01 E12
11:00 PM The Agenda Setters 2025 E19
12:00 AM Treadstone S01 E08
01:00 AM Treadstone S01 E09
Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth
10:00 PM The Agenda Setters Rpt
11:00 PM Suits L.A. S01 E12
12:00 AM Treadstone S01 E08
01:00 AM Treadstone S01 E09
Tuesday 13 May
07:00 PM Home And Away
07:30 PM Farmer Wants A Wife S15 E08
09:00 PM Doc S01 E04
Sydney, Brisbane
10:00 PM Accused S02 E02
11:00 PM The Agenda Setters 2025 E20
12:00 AM The Act S01 E06
01:15 AM Travel Oz Rpt
Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth
10:00 PM The Agenda Setters Rpt
11:00 PM Accused S02 E02
12:00 AM The Act S01 E06
01:15 AM Travel Oz Rpt
Wednesday 14 May
07:00 PM Home And Away
07:30 PM The 1% Club UK Rpt
08:30 PM The Front Bar 2025 E11
09:30 PM Unfiltered 2025 E10
10:00 PM Unbelievable Moments Caught On Camera Rpt
11:00 PM St. Denis Medical S01 E18 Season Final
11:30 PM Born To Kill? Rpt
12:30 AM Midnight, Texas S01 E08
01:30 AM Harry’s Practice Rpt
Thursday 15 May
Sydney, Brisbane, Perth
07:00 PM Home And Away 7Two in Melbourne and Adelaide
07:30 PM Dogs Behaving (Very) Badly S05 E08
08:30 PM Britain’s Got Talent Semi-Finals 2 S18 E10
10:30 PM The Amazing Race S37 E10
12:00 AM Raines S01 E02
01:00 AM Travel Oz Rpt
01:30 AM Harry’s Practice Rpt
Melbourne
07:00 PM AFL Rnd 10: Gold Coast v Hawthorn
10:30 PM AFL Post Game
11:00 PM Kick Ons 2025 E11
11:30 PM Farmer Wants A Wife Rpt
01:00 AM Raines S01 E02
Adelaide
07:00 PM AFL Rnd 10: Gold Coast v Hawthorn
10:00 PM AFL Post Game
10:30 PM Kick Ons 2025 E10
11:00 PM Farmer Wants A Wife Rpt
12:30 AM Raines S01 E02
01:30 AM Harry’s Practice Rpt
Friday 16 May
Sydney
07:00 PM Better Homes And Gardens Continues on 7Two
07:30 PM AFL Rnd 10: Sydney v Carlton
10:30 PM AFL Post Game
11:15 PM GetOn Extra
11:45 PM House Of Wellness Rpt
12:45 AM The Black Donnellys S01 E12
Melbourne
07:00 PM AFL Friday Night Countdown
07:30 PM AFL Rnd 10: Sydney v Carlton
10:30 PM AFL Post Game
11:15 PM GetOn Extra
11:45 PM Farmer Wants A Wife Rpt
01:15 AM The Black Donnellys S01 E12
Brisbane, Perth
07:00 PM Better Homes And Gardens 7Two in Melbourne and Adelaide
08:30 PM House Of Wellness S09 E04 7Two in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide
09:30 PM Movie: Bridesmaids (2011)
12:05 AM The Black Donnellys S01 E12
01:05 AM Travel Oz Rpt
Adelaide
07:00 PM AFL Rnd 10: Sydney v Carlton
10:00 PM AFL Post Game
10:45 PM GetOn Extra
11:15 PM Farmer Wants A Wife Rpt
12:45 AM The Black Donnellys S01 E12
Saturday 17 May
Sydney, Melbourne
12:00 PM Seven’s Horse Racing Scone/Flemington/Doomben
05:00 PM Seven News At 5
05:30 PM Border Security - Australia’s Front Line Rpt
Brisbane
12:00 PM Seven’s Horse Racing Scone/Flemington/Doomben
05:00 PM Seven News At 5
05:30 PM Creek To Coast
Adelaide
11:30 AM Seven’s Horse Racing Scone/Flemington/Doomben
12:30 PM AFL Rnd 10: Collingwood v Adelaide
03:30 PM AFL Rnd 10: Port Adelaide v Geelong
Perth
12:00 PM Seven’s Horse Racing Scone/Flemington/Doomben
02:00 PM AFL Rnd 10: GWS v Fremantle
05:00 PM Seven News At 5
05:30 PM The 4WD Adventure Show S05 E14
Network
06:00 PM Seven News
07:00 PM The Americas Andes S01 E07
08:00 PM Movie: Jurassic Park (1993)
10:25 PM Movie: Predator (1987)
12:40 PM The Black Donnellys S01 E13 Season 1 Final
Sunday 11 May 2025
Sydney
02:30 PM AFL Pre-Game
03:00 PM AFL Rnd 9: Geelong v GWS
06:00 PM The Wash Up
Melbourne
06:00 PM The Wash Up
Brisbane
04:30 PM AFL Rnd 9: North Melbourne v Brisbane
Adelaide
05:30 PM The Wash Up
Monday 12 May
Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth
07:00 PM The Agenda Setters
Tuesday 13 May
Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth
07:00 PM The Agenda Setters
Thursday 15 May
Sydney, Brisbane
07:00 PM AFL Rnd 10: Gold Coast v Hawthorn
10:30 PM AFL Post Game
11:00 PM Kick Ons
Adelaide
06:30 PM AFL Rnd 10: Gold Coast v Hawthorn
Perth
05:00 PM AFL Rnd 10: Gold Coast v Hawthorn
08:30 PM AFL Post Game
09:00 PM Kick Ons
Friday 16 May
Sydney
07:00 PM AFL Friday Night Countdown Rnd 10: Sydney v Carlton
Brisbane
07:00 PM AFL Friday Night Countdown
07:30 PM AFL Rnd 10: Sydney v Carlton
10:30 PM AFL Post Game
11:15 PM GetOn Extra
Adelaide
06:30 PM AFL Friday Night Countdown Rnd 10: Sydney v Carlton
Perth
05:00 PM AFL Friday Night Countdown
05:30 PM AFL Rnd 10: Sydney v Carlton
08:30 PM AFL Post Game
12:15 AM GetOn Extra
Saturday 17 May
Sydney
06:00 PM AFL Rnd 10: GWS v Fremantle
Melbourne
07:00 PM VFL Rnd 8: Port Melbourne v Geelong
10:00 PM AFL Saturday Rewind
Adelaide
06:00 PM AFL Rnd 10: Port Adelaide v Geelong
The official AFL broadcast guide has the Gold Coast V Hawthorn game on Channel 7 in QLD, not 7mate. Either they are wrong, or this 7 broadcast guide is
That’s the latest schedule supplied from Seven for Brisbane and Queensland. If there is any change that will be advised.
Cold Chisel: The Big Five-O celebrates Australia’s most iconic rock band
Crank the volume, raise a glass, and get ready to belt out the soundtrack of a nation when the brand-new feature documentary, Cold Chisel: The Big Five-O, premieres 8.00pm Sunday on Seven and 7plus.
Celebrating five decades of iconic anthems that have been burned into Aussie culture forever – including Khe Sanh, Flame Trees, Choirgirl and When The War Is Over – Cold Chisel has defined what it means to be Australian. Now their story takes centre stage.
Cold Chisel: The Big Five-O captures the energy and power of the band’s recent Big Five-0 tour, seen by more than 250,000 people across the country. Filmed on a blistering night at Melbourne’s Sidney Myer Music Bowl, the documentary delivers a front-row seat to a night of electrifying moments as a sea of impassioned fans sings along to every word, creating a thunderous chorus that drowns out even the band itself. It is a concert full of incredible emotion, raw power, and more than a few tears.
From Adelaide’s Largs Pier Hotel to the biggest stages in the country, Cold Chisel forged their own path, earning their place as true Aussie rock royalty and making household names of Jimmy Barnes, Ian Moss, Don Walker, Steve Prestwich and Phil Small. The exclusive interviews, archive footage and rare photographs from the band, helps explore the lasting impact of Cold Chisel, and uncovers why their music continues to mean so much to so many.
Cold Chisel: The Big Five-O is a Beyond Productions feature documentary produced in association with the Seven Network.
Writer/producer Paul Clarke is a renowned filmmaker with previous award-winning and celebrated work including the 2024 TV WEEK Logie Award-winning documentary John Farnham: Finding The Voice, Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line and Blood and Thunder.
Directed by Andrew Lord (Splendour in the Grass), the film is also produced by Frank Chidiac ( Live it Up: The Mental as Anything Story , Great Australian Concerts) and Susanne Morrison ( Live it Up: The Mental as Anything Story , Great Australian Concerts), line produced by Fiona Hewish, with Mikael Borglund and Robert Hambling as executive producers.
Cold Chisel: The Big Five-O Premieres 8.00pm Sunday, 11 May on Seven and 7plus
So Adelaide fans will need to wait until after midnight to watch a replay of the Crows game on FTA? I think this schedule contravenes the broadcast agreement.
Think it’s clearly a typo issue.
Pair Alex Cullen with Mel Doyle (I live in hope she’ll return to news/public affairs type program at some stage).
3pm–5pm?
What (if anything) would replace The Chase?
A better option might be to revive 11am with Larry and Kylie, then fill the post-Sunrise window with encore programming from the previous evening. From there, launch an NBC News Daily-style format in the 2pm–4pm slot, keep News at 4pm, introduce a new game show at 5pm (a revival of The Rich List?), and follow with a Project-style current affairs show at 7pm.
Or… don’t touch what is working and leave the mornings well enough alone! 
Millionaire has been pulled effective immediately.
The 1% Club UK back in
