Your dream TV network

IMO Nine should have a news multi-channel before a multi-channel dedicated to sports. They have so much news, plus news rates.

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I agree that Nine should consider launching itā€™s own news multichannel. I actually made a thread based on a ā€œNine News Channelā€ on my forum, but iā€™ll copy+paste it here.

Here is how I would program a Nine News multi-channel:

5:00am: Nine Early Morning News [Simulcast from main channel]
5:30am: Today [Simulcast from main channel]
9:00am: Nine News: AM [Presented by Jayne Azzopardi]
10:00am: National Weather
10:30am: Sports Hub [All the latest headlines in sport, including interviews with special guests. Presented by Cameron Williams].
11:30am: Nine Morning News [Simulcast from main channel]

12:00pm: The Spectrum [The latest news and developments in domestic and international politics. Includes live crosses/interviews with members of parliament and political commentators. Presented by Chris Uhlmann].
1:00pm: Finance Today [Presented by Ross Greenwood]
1:30pm: In Conversation with Alex Malley
2:00pm: Nine News: PM [Presented by Amelia Adams]
3:00pm: Nine News Now [Simulcast from main channel]
4:00pm: Nine Afternoon News [Simulcast from main channel]
5:00pm: The World View [Panel show discussing debates and current topics from around the world. I have no idea which presenters would host/appear on the show, so iā€™ll let you decide that. :wink: ]

6:00pm: Nine News [Simulcast. The local bulletins would air in each retrospective market].
7:00pm: Weather Express [Brief insight into the national weather for the days/week ahead. Presented by Garry Youngberry].
7:30pm: Sports Central [All the latest headlines in domestic and international sport. Presented by Tony Jones].
8:00pm: The Front Line.
9:00pm: Nine News Tonight [Magazine-style program that would be similar to the 2012-2014 format of Ten Late News. Presented by Wendy Kingston].
10:00pm: The World View [Repeat from earlier in the evening].
11:00pm: In Conversation with Alex Malley [Repeat]
11:30pm: Nightline [Presented by Hugh Riminton. In such a scenario, Nine would poach Hugh from Channel Ten].

in such a scenario that a ā€œNine News Channelā€ is launched, I would place the channel on LCN 90 and move Nine HD to LCN 91.

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They could also use their ABC News (US) catalogue too

Very nice!
Iā€™d probably include ACA and Today Extra in that bunch still.

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And pretty much lose all of the credibility that bunch wouldā€™ve had without those two trainwrecks :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

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If its a Nine News channel, why would you do that???

Wouldnā€™t both shows be classified as part of their news division?

Channel 7
Weekdays daytime 5am til 7pm
5:00am Seven Morning News
5:30am Sunrise
8:30am The Morning Show
11:00am 11AM
12:00pm The Chase UK
1:00pm Home And Away
1:30pm Days Of Our Lives
2:30pm The Daily Edition
3:30pm Seven News
4:30pm Baby Daddy (or The Simpsons)
5:00pm Wheel Of Fortune
5:30pm Close Analysis* (my concept would be a panel discussion series analysing the days events so far, regional networks could use this slot for local news programs, encore presentation around 11:30pm on main channel and 7pm on 7Two)
6:00pm Seven News
7:00pm Home And Away *

  • In AFL states (all except NSW/QLD), In event that AFL broadcasts prevents Home And Away from screening at regular time, Home And Away could assume the either the 6:30pm timeslot (shortening the News to 30 minutes) or 5:30pm timeslot (in place of Close Analysis with Close Analysis screening after the AFL). In WA on the weekdays that AFL is played at 7:30pm AEST, then the game would be offered live on 7Mate with a delayed telecast from 7:00pm.

Seven News (edition listed at 3:30pm) and Baby Daddy (or The Simpsons) could be switched around to be 3:30pm Baby Daddy and keep Seven News at 4:00pm.

Saturdays
5:00am NBC Today
6:30am Sunrise
9:00am The Morning Show
11:00am 11AM Weekend Edition
12:00pm The Chase Australia+ (rpt)
1:00pm Border Security
1:30pm AFL Game Day
2:00pm AFL
5:00pm Seven News
5:30pm Week In Analysis (extension of weekday show)
6:00pm Seven News
7:00pm AFL

NSW/QLD
5:00am NBC Today
6:30am Sunrise
9:00am The Morning Show
11:00am 11AM Weekend Edition
12:00pm Movie
2:00pm The Chase Australia+ (rpt)
3:00pm Rugby Union or Movie
5:00pm Seven News
5:30pm Week In Analysis (extension of weekday show)
6:00pm Seven News
7:00pm Border Security
7:30pm The Chase Australia

Sunday
5:00am NBC Today
6:00am Week In Analysis (rpt)
6:30am Sunrise
9:00am The Morning Show
11:00am Talking Footy Sunday Edition
12:00pm The Chase Australia+ (rpt)
1:00pm Border Security
1:30pm AFL Game Day
2:00pm AFL
5:00pm Seven News
5:30pm Week In Analysis (extension of weekday show)
6:00pm Seven News
7:00pm Sunday Night

NSW/QLD
5:00am NBC Today
6:00am Week In Analysis (rpt)
6:30am Sunrise
9:00am The Morning Show
11:00am 11AM Weekend Edition
12:00pm Encore of the most recent episode of the slated 7:30pm program (eg MKR, House Rules etc)
1:30pm Bewitched
2:00pm The Chase Australia+ (rpt)
3:00pm Border Security
3:30pm Better Homes And Gardens
5:00pm Seven News
5:30pm Week In Analysis (extension of weekday show)
6:00pm Seven News
7:00pm Sunday Night

  • I would make The Chase Australia a 2 night a week show, possible airing 7:30pm Friday and Saturday and possibly including an entertainment interlude, maybe a special guest artist possibly as a contestant or former contestant from a channel 7 produced talent show, providing that the rights for the format does not prevent this.

Other Variations and moves
Better Homes And Gardens would move to the 7:30pm Thursday time slot
The Chase Australia would air on 7Mate in AFL states at 7:30pm Friday and Saturday
Encore of the most recent episode of the slated 7:30pm program (eg MKR, House Rules etc) to air on 7Mate in AFL states at midday

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maybe ACA but surely not Today Extra given the advertorial content

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This was tried - it was called ONE. When Lachie Murdoch stuck his paws in, he turned it into the crap that ONE is now to protect the family assets. :angry:

I liked ONE - it had a lot of North American sports and the NBL.

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Heā€™s out of the picture now so someone tell CBS and get the ball rolling again.

Sadly I canā€™t see it happening. Even with the amount of resources CBS has, I canā€™t see them rebirthing One as a purely sports TV station.

What they could do is re-add some of the North American sports and up the local sports, maybe even go for some of the European football leagues. A game a week and the highlights shows, thatā€™s what youā€™d need. Mix it in with some of the existing shows and youā€™d really have a male-oriented channel.

Your average bloke likes his sport, shit being blown up, even a little rumpy-pumpy. Thatā€™s be my sort of channel. :stuck_out_tongue:

More chance of 7 using 7mate or 9 using 9Gem as 24/7 sports channels these days. I enjoyed One though, nice mix of AFL and niche sports.

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maybe one of the FTA channels could do like foxtel did with foxtel smooth and foxtel arts and have a section of the day dedicated to sports instead of foxtel arts being moved to foxtel smooth eg maybe have 4:30pm til 10:30pm as sport and the rest of the day to alternative viewingā€¦ obviously extending it for special events when sporting events are held outside of those times (think Ashes Tour of England next yearā€¦ that was 7:30pm til 3:00am when nine had the rights - coverage times on GEM AEST)

Here is how I would vary late nights/early mornings on Ten AND change 11 each day between midnight and midday. This would rely on a partnership between Ten and WIN

Sunday (appears in program guide under Saturday schedule in newspaper/magazine guides)
1:00am The Division
2:00am Carsons Law
3:00am Joseph Prince
3:30am CBS Early Show
5:00am Hour Of Power

Sunday (appears in program guide under Sunday schedule in newspaper/magazine guides)
6:00am Mass For You
6:30am Hillsongs Present
7:00am Fishing Australia
7:30am Alive And Cooking

Monday (appears in program guide under Sunday)
1:30am Infomercials
3:30am CBS Sunday Morning
5:00am Ten Early Edition News OR CBS Inside Edition
5:30am ET

Tuesday To Friday (appears in program guide under Monday to Thursday schedule in newspaper/magazine guides)
1:30am Infomercials
3:30am CBS Early Show
5:00am Ten Early Edition News OR CBS Inside Edition
5:30am ET

Saturday (appears in program guide under Friday schedule in newspaper/magazine guides)
1:30am Infomercials
3:30am CBS This Morning
5:00am Joel Osteen
5:30am The Table

11
Monday to Friday
6:00am Toasted TV/Childrens TV
10:00am Becker
10:30am Rules of Engagement
11:00am Infomercials
12:00pm Dr Quinn
1:00pm Days Of Our Lives
2:00pm Young And The Restless
2:50pm Alive And Cooking

Late night (Early morning Tuesday To Saturday)
12:00am Late Late Show
1:00am Infomercials
2:00am JAG
4:00am Infomercial
4:30am Enjoying Life Everyday
5:00am Becker
5:30am Rules Of Engagement

Saturday (early Sunday morning)
1:00am Informercials
2:00am Charmed
3:00am Frasier
4:00am Infomercial
4:30am Enjoying Life Everyday
5:00am Joseph Prince
5:30am The King Of Queens

Sunday (early Monday morning)
1:00am Infomercials
2:00am Charmed
3:00am Family Ties
4:00am Infomercial
4:30am Enjoying Life Everyday
5:00am Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

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Cricket in the daytime, Housos/Trailer Park Boys on alternate evenings, and BBC World News at 0700/1900. It would close at Midnight to allow TV DX to come through. :smile: At 0600, a full sign on with a beautiful test card and elevator music.

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Thatā€™s going to wipe a lot off the income!

Do TV stations seriously get much revenue from overnight infomercials and crappy reruns? Probably better to save electricityšŸ˜

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Four Television
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WEEKDAYS
6:00 The News Hour
An hour focusing on heavy news and analysis.
7:00 - 9:00 Breakfast
Morning show with news, sport, weather and entertainment news.
9:00 This Morning
Daytime TV show - inspired by UK version
12:00 Four News Midday
12:55 Four Regional News
13:00 Afternoon Movie
15:00 Wheel of Fortune Australia
16:00 Raymond Blanc: How to Cook Well
BBC Import: Raymond Blanc shares a cookery technique and the dishes you can create.
16:30 Jeopardy!
US Import: Renowned Game Show.
17:00 Local Programming
18:00 Four Evening News
18:30 Four Regional News
19:00 Newsbeat
News for youth.
19:30 Big Brother
20:00 (Every other weekday) The Goldbergs
20:00 (Thursdays) Big Brother Nomination
20:00 (Fridays) Big Brother Friday Night Live
20:30 (Everyday except Friday) Futurama Double Episodes
21:00 Drama Programming
22:00 Four Late News
22:25 Four Local News
22:30 LATE with Rove McManus
Late night talk show
00:00 Simulcast of BBC World

Weekends
07:00 Weekend Breakfast
09:00 Childrenā€™s Programming
12:00 Four Weekend News
13:00 Local Programming
14:00 Afternoon Movie
16:00 The Price is Right
17:00 Weekend News
18:00 Four Local News
18:30 Big Brother
19:00 Four Movie Night (four movies, first one generally a family movie)
00:00 or 01:00 BBC WORLD Simulcast
Sundays
Generally the same as Saturday but with the following differences:
13:00 Sports Review (sport panel show)
16:00 Divided
A team of three complete strangers attempts to answer up to 15 questions over the course of five rounds and accumulate as much money in a prize pot as possible. In the first four rounds, each question is either multiple-choice with one correct answer to be chosen from three options, or a list of three items to be placed in a specified order. The fifth round has a single question with three answer options, more than one of which may be correct, and the team must select all correct answers in order to win the money.
19:00 Big Brother Eviction
20:30 Newsnight
21:30 Sunday Movie
23:30 BBC World Simulcast

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Somehow I donā€™t think mine is as good as aboveā€¦ But BBC would be happy though!

The 6 Network
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Weekdays
6:00 BBC World News (Simulcast)
7:00 - 9:00 Local Breakfast
9:00 BBC World News (Simulcast)
10:00 Blues Clues
10:25 Brum
10:40 Arthur
11:00 Bear in the Big Blue House
11:25 Elmoā€™s World
11:40 Spongebob Squarepants
12:00 BBC News at Noon (Simulcast)
13:00 6 Regional News
14:00 Afternoon Movie
15:00 Undercover Boss Australia
16:00 Hotel Hell
16:30 Fawlty Towers
17:00 Seven News
17:30 News Centre 6
18:00 Today Tonight
18:30 Neighbours
19:00 The Simpsons
19:30 Big Brother
20:00 Futurama
20:30 Samurai Jack
21:00 Happy Days
21:30 Cheers
22:00 BBC World News (Simulcast)
22:30 Ren and Stimpy
23:00 Last Week Tonight
23:30 Fawlty Towers
00:00 BBC World News (Simulcast)

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