Saw a promo tonight during The Voice tonight that the remaining episodes of this season would air on Mondays from June 5, after Here Come the Habibs.
God I’m glad I’m not someone who’s stuck waiting for FTA to watch this show… it’s ridiculous how fragmented this season has been on Nine.
They’ve gone from being a few weeks behind, to now being 4 months behind!
I looked up the show on the iTunes store before and it’s flooded with negative reviews of people complaining about the wait time.
| Ep | Aus. Airdate | US Airdate |
| 1 | 13.10.2016 | 19.09.2016 |
| 2 | 20.10.2016 | 26.09.2016 |
| 3 | 27.10.2016 | 03.10.2016 |
| 4 | 10.11.2016 | 10.10.2016 |
| 5 | 15.11.2016 | 17.10.2016 |
| 6 | 17.11.2016 | 27.10.2016 |
| 7 | 22.11.2016 | 03.11.2016 |
| 8 | 03.01.2017 | 10.11.2016 |
| 9 | 10.01.2017 | 17.11.2016 |
| 10 | 17.01.2017 | 01.12.2016 |
| 11 | 16.02.2017 | 15.12.2016 |
| 12 | 23.02.2017 | 05.01.2017 |
| 13 | 18.04.2017 | 19.01.2017 |
| 14 | 18.04.2017 | 02.02.2017 |
| 15 | 05.06.2017 | 09.02.2017 |
| 16 | 05.06.2017 | 16.02.2017 |
2 Likes
That’s supposed to be 2017, not 2016 under the US airdate column.
Thanks!
I was copy/pasting from further up and completely forgot to change the years!
TBBT fans will have to wait one more week for new episodes. Next Monday (June 5) Nine will show the BBC telecast of One Love Manchester concert from Old Trafford cricket ground, raising money for victims of Manchester bomb attack.
As a result of Nine’s mistreatment of the show this year, the ratings for new episodes have plummeted to around 500k & below, and has ranked 4th in its 8:45pm Monday timeslot behind HYBPA, Four Corners & Wanted.
With the ratings the way they are, it would not be a bad idea for Nine to shift new eps to 9Go! for the remainder of this season (which ended in May with quite a spectacular cliffhanger), as well as for its 11th (which starts in September in the US) & 12th season. If it’s to remain on the main channel, then it would most likely air at around 10:30pm or later, therefore guaranteeing low ratings, therefore tarnishing the popularity of what was once one of the most popular programs on Australian TV for most of the 2010s.
2 Likes
news.com.au have an article on their front page which gives away the finale episode of the season as though it aired here already,
According to a post on the show’s fansite forum, Nine would resume airing the remainder of Season 10 from Tuesday 5th September, after True Story with Hamish & Andy finishes their 1st season the week before. Given the relative success of Kath & Kim reruns (& therefore taking True Story’s slot after it finishes), as well as the popularity for new eps of TBBT falling, I wouldn’t be surprised if they don’t air them until after 9:30pm.
The same post said that Nine can’t confirm on whether they’ve bought the rights to Season 11, which starts in the US next month. With that in mind, I wouldn’t be surprised if Seven bought the first run rights to the show from Season 11 onwards, given their success with wall-to-wall reruns of the show on 7mate & 7flix. I wonder if that’s also partly the reason why Nine are holding off the remaining 6 eps of TBBT that are yet to air? 
TBBT spin-off Young Sheldon enjoyed an impressive debut in the US. A special screening of the pilot had a 18-49 rating of 3.8 and a whopping 17.21 million viewers before the regular season starts on November 2. It will be interesting to see which Australian network gets the rights to Young Sheldon (if at all).
This is why we need output deals. Sheldon would have slotted in nicely after The Block on Nine last night.
1 Like
Or better yet, after a new ep of TBBT would be more preferable. 
Season 11 started in the US yesterday (our time), which means Nine could air it a week after the Season 10 finale (which airs in 2 weeks time, and is already available on DVD here for the past 2 weeks). Given the show’s recent resurgence in popularity here after it very nearly faded away with ratings below 500k a few months back, Nine would be mad to hold off airing the first few eps of Season 11 until 2018, because otherwise, its resurging popularity could be short-lived, with people going to ‘other means’.
Elsewhere, as mentioned on the 7flix thread, the Seven Network are not showing any TBBT repeats from next week. Considering that October was the month in which Seven started airing TBBT repeats in 2015 (with S8 added on that same month in 2016), its possible that the repeat rights are currently up for negotiation. Could Nine try to wrestle the repeat rights back from Seven?
1 Like
Nine doesn’t need an output deal with WB to be able to broadcast the show. It makes more financial sense to only purchase the shows that have a proven success. If Nine had an output deal they would also have paid for Me, Myself and I that did not perform well plus many other underperforming shows.
Thank you. You beat me to it.
There are more flops than hits these days which makes sense to pick and choose the hits than get lumped with an expensive swag of rubbish.
1 Like
How do you fast track a new show that has proven success?
Luckily in this case, Young Sheldon doesn’t actually start airing until November so the networks should be lining up to purchase this.
You can’t pick and choose. You take the hits with the flops. There would be more hits if the networks actually fast track.
Not true and you have been proven wrong time and time again.
You can pick and choose the hits by waiting. If you just take all the rubbish the American studios give you, it’s an expensive exercise which leads to disappointment these days and financial ruin.
Nine would disagree with you having just undertaken an expensive exercise to get out of their output deal with WB.
1 Like
And you think I’m stuck in the 90s
The days where network can wait and schedule programming wherever they want to maximise success are over. If Young Sheldon premieres here in February, it will 100% fail.
Yes you are stuck in the 90s because the days where Australian networks can have success from American imports on free-to-air are over. You just have not realised it yet.
Here’s an example of how Nine has screwed around TBBT this season.
Season 10’s airdates here v. US
| Ep | Aus. Airdate | US Airdate |
| 1 | 13.10.2016 | 19.09.2016 |
| 2 | 20.10.2016 | 26.09.2016 |
| 3 | 27.10.2016 | 03.10.2016 |
| 4 | 10.11.2016 | 10.10.2016 |
| 5 | 15.11.2016 | 17.10.2016 |
| 6 | 17.11.2016 | 27.10.2016 |
| 7 | 22.11.2016 | 03.11.2016 |
| 8 | 03.01.2017 | 10.11.2016 |
| 9 | 10.01.2017 | 17.11.2016 |
| 10 | 17.01.2017 | 01.12.2016 |
| 11 | 16.02.2017 | 15.12.2016 |
| 12 | 23.02.2017 | 05.01.2017 |
| 13 | 18.04.2017 | 19.01.2017 |
| 14 | 18.04.2017 | 02.02.2017 |
| 15 | 12.06.2017 | 09.02.2017 |
| 16 | 19.06.2017 | 16.02.2017 |
| 17 | 26.06.2017 | 23.02.2017 |
| 18 | 03.07.2017 | 09.03.2017 |
| 19 | 05.09.2017 | 30.03.2017 |
| 20 | 12.09.2017 | 06.04.2017 |
| 21 | 19.09.2017 | 13.04.2017 |
| 22 | 26.09.2017 | 27.04.2017 |
| 23 | 03.10.2017 | 04.05.2017 |
| 24 | ?? | 11.05.2017 |
I’m assuming Ep. 24 will air 10/10/2017 and possibly Season 11 to follow?
2 Likes
As far as Nine is concerned, I don’t think TBBT is much of a priority for them these days, to the point that the Season 10 DVD has been released here before Nine even finishes with the season, meaning that the last few eps of the season, including the season finale, are already legally available here. I guess the reason it’s currently doing well on its Tuesday night timeslot is due to having The Block as its lead-in, as well as having fairly weak competition from other networks.
Correction: Those eps never aired here in January.
Of interest, here are the ratings for each episodes from Season 10 that have aired here to date:
| Ep | Aus. Airdate | US Airdate | Aus. Overnight 5-City Ratings | Aus. Timeslot |
| 1 | 13.10.2016 | 19.09.2016 | 859,000 | 8:00pm Thursday |
| 2 | 20.10.2016 | 26.09.2016 | 692,000 | 7:30pm Thursday |
| 3 | 27.10.2016 | 03.10.2016 | 739,000 | 7:30pm Thursday |
| 4 | 10.11.2016 | 10.10.2016 | 811,000 | 7:30pm Thursday |
| 5 | 15.11.2016 | 17.10.2016 | 714,000 | 7:30pm Tuesday |
| 6 | 17.11.2016 | 27.10.2016 | 657,000 | 7:30pm Thursday |
| 7 | 22.11.2016 | 03.11.2016 | 710,000 | 7:30pm Tuesday |
| 8 | 09.02.2017 | 10.11.2016 | 603,000 | 8:30pm Thursday |
| 9 | 16.02.2017 | 17.11.2016 | 602,000 | 8:30pm Thursday |
| 10 | 23.02.2017 | 01.12.2016 | 582,000 | 8:30pm Thursday |
| 11 | 04.04.2017 | 15.12.2016 | 686,000 | 7:30pm Tuesday |
| 12 | 04.04.2017 | 05.01.2017 | 742,000 | 8:00pm Tuesday |
| 13 | 11.04.2017 | 19.01.2017 | 705,000 | 7:30pm Tuesday |
| 14 | 18.04.2017 | 02.02.2017 | 698,000 | 7:30pm Tuesday |
| 15 | 12.06.2017 | 09.02.2017 | 539,000 | 8:45pm Monday |
| 16 | 19.06.2017 | 16.02.2017 | 428,000 | 8:45pm Monday |
| 17 | 26.06.2017 | 23.02.2017 | 506,000 | 8:45pm Monday |
| 18 | 03.07.2017 | 09.03.2017 | 453,000 | 8:45pm Monday |
| 19 | 05.09.2017 | 30.03.2017 | 593,000 | 8:40pm Tuesday |
| 20 | 12.09.2017 | 06.04.2017 | 767,000 | 8:40pm Tuesday |
| 21 | 19.09.2017 | 13.04.2017 | 736,000 | 8:40pm Tuesday |
| 22 | 26.09.2017 | 27.04.2017 | 727,000 | 8:40pm Tuesday |
I know for a fact that it premiered in NZ on TVNZ 2 tonight (Wednesday), a day (considering the time difference) after it aired in the US. According to their website, they’ve also confirmed that they’ll air Young Sheldon.