Seven Network - Programs and Schedules

[ryan1890]

I think Seven have made the wrong decision bringing Australian Spartan forward. It would do so much better airing out of the Commonwealth Games. They would have been better off getting rid of Olivia, rebranding Sunday Night or focusing on The Resident and Fox content.

[JBar]

@ryan1890

getting rid of Olivia

I don’t think “getting rid of” is any way to launch a new production.

@ryan1890

or focusing on The Resident and Fox content

Aren’t people saying that show is practically axed already? Why would they low rating Fox content in a prime time slot? They’re not Ten.

[ryan1890]

Sorry to be blunt. I meant to say Olivia is a one-off that has the odds against it (because biopics on Hoges, Rodger Rogerson, Bond have failed to fire).

The Resident hasn’t performed as well as expected but is still one of Fox’s top rating dramas.

[JBar]

@ryan1890

Sorry to be blunt. I meant to say Olivia is a one-off that has the odds against it (because biopics on Hoges, Rodger Rogerson, Bond have failed to fire).

I still think they’d have high hopes for the mini-series and would like to give it every chance to be a success. More likely to be launched after the Commonwealth Games when they promote it hugely?

[ryan1890]

Yes they could do both. Spartan and Olivia. The Commonwealth Games should get even bigger audiences than the Winter Olympics. Spartan has the potential to be a new flagship brand, which they need given My Kitchen Rules and House Rules are ageing. I feel they have bypassed a unique and better opportunity to promote Spartan by rushing it to air. I also think putting it up against a surging Married At First Sight is a bad idea.

[TV.Cynic]

Week commencing 25 February 2018

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Sunday 25 February
07:00 PM Australian Spartan
08:30 PM PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics Closing Ceremony

Brisbane
07:35:00 PM - 08:35 PM PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games: Night 16 7Mate
08:30 PM PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics Closing Ceremony

Adelaide
08:05:00 PM - 08:35 PM PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games: Night 16 7Mate
08:30 PM PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics Closing Ceremony

Perth
05:35:00 PM - 09:00 PM PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games: Night 16 7Mate
08:30 PM PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics Closing Ceremony Rpt
10:30 PM Hard Sun Rpt
11:45 PM The Goldbergs

Monday 26 February
07:30 PM My Kitchen Rules The power to send our second team home is in the hands of Group 1 as they become guests and jury at MKR’s Elimination House.
09:00 PM The Resident Series Premiere
10:00 PM Ramsay’s Hotel Hell Rpt
11:00 PM The Blacklist S5 Ep9 Series Return

Tuesday 27 February
07:30 PM My Kitchen Rules It’s Group 1 vs Group 2 in an elimination challenge. The competition is turned on its head and new rivalries are forged when an epic first challenge sees the weakest team bring their whole group down.
09:00 PM The Good Doctor S1 Ep14
10:00 PM Grey’s Anatomy S14 Ep5 and 6
12:00 AM Time After Time S1 Ep7 and 8

Wednesday 28 February
07:30 PM My Kitchen Rules High tea could be a low blow for some as Group 1 tackle the first location challenge - a high tea service where they’ll be judged by the public - and their rivals.
09:00 PM 2018 Australian Swimming Championships
11:30 PM The Goldbergs Rpt
12:00 AM Powerless S1 Ep 6 and 7

Thursday 1 March
07:30 PM My Kitchen Rules Group 2 are tasked with serving a medieval banquet fit for a king; in fact two kings, Pete and Colin, as well as a huge table of lords, ladies, wenches, jesters and Group 1.
09:00 PM 2018 Australian Swimming Championships
11:30 PM The Goldbergs Rpt

Brisbane
10:30 PM Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA Rpt
11:30 PM The Goldbergs Rpt

Adelaide
11:00 PM Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA Rpt

Perth
09:00 PM Movie: Saving Mr. Banks (2013)
11:30 PM The Goldbergs Rpt

Friday 2 March
07:00 PM Better Homes And Gardens
08:30 PM 2018 Australian Swimming Championships
11:00 PM TBA

Brisbane
10:00 PM TBA
11:30 PM The Goldbergs Rpt

Adelaide
10:30 PM TBA

Perth
08:30 PM Movie: The Odd Life of Timothy Green (2012)
10:45 PM TBA

Saturday 3 March
07:00 PM Movie: Brave (2012)
09:00 PM 2018 Australian Swimming Championships
11:30 PM The Goldbergs Rpt

Brisbane
10:30 PM Heists That Shook The World Rpt
11:30 PM The Goldbergs Rpt

Adelaide
11:00 PM Heists That Shook The World Rpt

Perth
09:00 PM Movie: 2 Guns (2013)
11:15 PM The Goldbergs Rpt

Market variations added.

[JBar]

@ryan1890

I feel they have bypassed a unique and better opportunity to promote Spartan by rushing it to air.

Really? I feel like they haven’t stopped promoting since summer.

[Mitchell_Nock]

But that would be putting it against Ninja, right? We want to avoid that scenario where both are airing at the same time so this is a smart move by Seven, I believe.

[turdall]

@Mitchell_Nock

But that would be putting it against Ninja, right? We want to avoid that scenario where both are airing at the same time so this is a smart move by Seven, I believe.

I agree I think it is quite smart programming and obviously a way of combating Married. This could do very well for Seven against the two romance realities (Married and Bachelor). I did just find it odd that they moved from their initial thoughts. Obviously they wanted to have something alongside House Rules. I just wonder if seven will fall into a larger heap once the Commonwealth Games is finished.

[ryan1890]

@Mitchell_Nock

But that would be putting it against Ninja, right? We want to avoid that scenario where both are airing at the same time so this is a smart move by Seven, I believe.

Ninja aired in July last year. The Voice starts on Nine after Easter. They may have planned to change their schedule but I suspect they anticipated Spartan would launch after the Commonwealth Games. Therefore they would have aired Ninja close to the same dates it aired successfully last year.

[TV.Cynic]

Schedule Update

Changes to episode numbers

@TV.Cynic

Wednesday 21 February
1:30 AM AEDT Powerless S1 Ep 6

Now Powerless S1 Ep 5

@TV.Cynic

Wednesday 28 February
12:00 AM Powerless S1 Ep 6 and 7

Now Powerless S1 Ep 6 and 7

Monday 26 February
12:00 PM PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games: Closing Ceremony ENCORE

MKR descriptions added to schedule

[BigVic]

Smart to see 7 showing the Ceremony in full as an encore for those who want to watch the Australian Spartan premiere instead as these shows will clash.

Closing Ceremony on 7mate live, repeated on 7 after Australian Spartan.

[JasonF]

where u gettng 1.30pm dont u mean am??? and why wed 21st?? i think there is an error

[Mitchell_Nock]

I don’t like where MKR is heading after the first two rounds of instant restaurants at all. I was eagerly anticipating the descriptions for after the Monday night elimination and initially I am disappointed. Why can’t they keep it simple and do what they did after the instant restaurants every other year? I really don’t like the idea of Elimination House either, it shouldn’t have been created. Sudden Death cook-offs at Kitchen HQ were fine, why ruin that?

[aryan3]

Blindspot returns with a new season Sunday March 4 with a double episode at 10:30pm

[TheStyles83]

Blindspot Originally Scheduled for 7fllix

[Jeffmister]

Tim Worner made some interesting comments at yesterday’s 2018 1st half financial year presentation (pg 7) about programming and scheduling that are worth noting (the 1st quoted paragraph is included as context for the one that follows):

The Winters are attracting enormous audiences. We had a scheduling and multi platform strategy for them and it’s worked. Last week we had as many viewers as Nine and Ten combined. It is the perfect audience storm in which to launch Spartan this Sunday, which combined with MKR, The Good Doctor and AFL will lock in our Q1 leadership.

We will then make use of our next live sport launch pad, the Commonwealth Games, to cement our leadership in quarter two. We are expecting these home Games to shatter viewing records. The finals of MKR, Olivia, The Mentor, Interview with Andrew Denton, Back with the Ex and House Rules will all launch in the weeks following the Commonwealth Games.

We’ve invested in a number of new programs for the second half. Dance Boss, The First Wives Club and Take Me Out will join Little Big Shots, Instant Hotel and The Good Doctor plus two new stripped formats – one in the singing space and one in the makeover space – we will announce those in the coming weeks. Spectacular family entertainment shows will drive audience numbers for us across the back half.

Our new content deal with 21st Century Fox brings a mix of iconic and proven series. Shows like The Simpsons, MAS*H and How I Met Your Mother will add to the best of their new programming. I am confirming today that new Modern Family will be on Seven. This all adds up to a guaranteed boost in our demographic performance year on year.

7plus, which launched in December last year, will be home to all of this Fox content and more. This will build out to more than 10,000 hours of other content this year including exclusive original commissions

[Tom_TV7]

@Jeffmister

Dance Boss, The First Wives Club and Take Me Out will join Little Big Shots, Instant Hotel and The Good Doctor plus two new stripped formats – one in the singing space and one in the makeover space – we will announce those in the coming weeks.

Sound shit (except for the Good Doctor).

[JBar]

Is “Take Me Out” the dating game show based on the Australian show “Taken Out” which originally failed on Ten but was successful overseas?

[sav001]

Yep.