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Nine burning off COPS L.A.C.

COPS L.A.C. is about to be burnt off with double episodes over the next two weeks. And Nine skips an episode of CSI.

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Is there something Nine isn’t telling us? After being moved back to 9:30pm last week, it’s now burning off COPS L.A.C. in double episodes.

On November 4th and 11th it will air at both 9:30pm and 10:30pm, which is awfully late for a first-run Aussie drama. The final episode in the series airs at 10:30pm Thursday November 11th (also Remembrance Day if we want to get poetic).

Last night the show pulled 560,000 viewers, second in the 9:30pm slot and a lift from the preceding week of 487,000. It took more viewers in Sydney than Rush managed an hour earlier.

While much is being made about renewals for local dramas, Nine is yet to announce the future for the folk at Seaview Local Command.

The double episodes on November 11 means CSI: NY repeats are out.

Nine is also skipping S11E3 of CSI “Blood Moon” at 8:30pm next Thursday. Whether this is related to classification issues (MA can only be played after 9pm) or not is unclear.

It moves straight onto S11E4 instead.

Update: As expected “Blood Moon” is set for 9:30pm Thu Nov 18 noting Strong Violence.

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  2. In other news…..The person at TEN who does the promos for Offspring needs to be fired…Now. They have being horrific since before the show aired and this weeks one which makes her love for the DR guy sound like the most dramatic thing in the world is so so bad….its completely makes any male audience member never want to watch it ….actually anyone at all! everytime i see it..i cringe!

  3. They would have never stood a chance up against Beauty and the Geek or Whatever Else Channel 7 has put up that is either reality TV or a comedy show anyway.

  4. @Lou – At least Ten take risks with there dramas and dont make boring old generic seen it all before shows. Rush has a different edge to standard cop shows, Offspring is different. And while they dont set the world on fire in the ratings they kill it in the demos which Nine dramas dont do bar underbelly.

  5. @craig: “another local cop show with high hopes bites the dust…” Seriously? You didn’t see how rubbish this was right from it first being announced? I’ve always been amazed that shows with “fail” written all over them manage to get to the production stage.

    Not at all surprised about this one failing. I called it before they even built the sets.

  9. @son & others, nice points made.

    I sum it up this way –

    Nine and police drama means Nine over hypes it, Nine gets weak cast/script
    Public and reviewers see through “promos”
    Nine shuffles time slot within weeks, makes excuses and the show flops.

  10. This is clear. They are making room for Warne’s World. They probably want to get an episode in before the start of The Ashes on the following Thursday.

  11. If Nine cannot be bothered showing a season of CSI in its entirety and in order I am perfectly happy to go elsewhere. It’s the only show I bother with on Nine and have to record it to make it watchable…
    As for Cops, haven’t watched it at all as A) it’s on Nine, and B) it just seems interchangeable with all the other cop dramas on Oz tv.
    Is this what Packer is going to do to TEN?

  12. So another local cop show with high hopes bites the dust… ITA they need drama with an edge, most of the ones from the US that work have some twist and I’m sorry but a cop that doesn’t report a hit and run is the reason I gave up on this one after the pilot.

  13. Probably a good think. Isn’t Wayne’s World supposed to air in that timeslot at some point? Either way Cops LAC will be over a done with. Good to see last nights episode improve in ratings though. Not the worst drama but not the best. I prefered the Strip though.

  14. @ Son I agree – Nine is in desperate need of a drama rethink. They need diversity in tone and approach, not 3 identikit shows in RSO, SP and LAC. And strong, intelligent female characters would be good start – there is absolutely nothing on this network for women to watch. How has this happened? It’s just not that hard – surely they get pitched a hundred drama ideas every year?

  16. Nine, if you want your shows to rate, make the women stronger and smarter along with your storytelling. Making a woman a sucker for a bad boy is the least sympathetic qualitiy you can give a female character. This network learnt nothing from Canal Road or The Strip and it keeps making the same mistakes over and over and over again. Gyngell needs to do some serious sacking starting with Horsburgh and Healy. it’s like he’s trying to kill the network all over again.

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