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Logies, Easter ratings update.

Logie nominations will be announced Sunday March 18.

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Time to remind everyone of some important dates coming up soon.

Logie nominations will be announced Sunday March 18.

These will take place from 4:30pm AEDT.

Logies take place at Crown on Sunday April 15th which is the first day back after Easter non-ratings.

Yes that means we’re also facing two weeks of non-ratings already. With Easter happening early this year those two weeks begin from Sunday April 1st (too ironic, really….).

April 15 is also the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic and Seven has promised a Titanic-week with its Julian Fellowes miniseries. I’m tipping they run a doco against the Logies on a Sunday night with the miniseries to air across the week.

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  1. I returned from London on Sunday after I attended the launch party of ITV1’s Titanic on March 1st. They screened the first two episodes to the audience at the premier, which then followed a speech from Julian Fellowes, and questions from the press. I have to applaud the cast for their spectacular talent – especially Toby Jones, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Linus Roache and Geraldine Somerville. The script itself is very well-written – it does have some similarities from Downton Abbey with the multi-story arcs – hence why they’ve dubbed it ‘Downton at Sea.’ The special effects are spectacular for a television drama – especially during the disaster scenes. The emotion, suspense and drama are very well played out – although it will leave you a bit confused in episode one, but it will make sense in episode two. It definitely isn’t a pale imitation of Cameron’s blockbuster as the mini-series itself sets out to tell the whole story from the start. The costumes and set-designs that have been created are spectacular for television – you actually do get a sense that they’re on board the actual Titanic. I’m very impressed with the amount of talent from the international cast. It definitely will be the television event of 2012 and will definitely serve justice for the 100th Anniversary. Channel Seven will be airing the mini-series over four consecutive nights beginning from April 12 and will conclude on April 15 – each episode is 60 minutes (50 minutes without commercials) and will begin sometime around 9 p.m.

  2. Easter is a moveable holiday. In 2011 Easter Sunday was on April 24. This year it will be on April 8. Easter Sunday (in the Gregorian post 1582 calendar) can be between March 22 and April 25. In the modern calendar, the date of Easter Sunday repeats exactly in a 5700000 year cycle.

  5. @ MuchoTB

    I love that idea as I generally watch most things Titanic. And I’d watch it once a week on Sunday at 8.30pm. Whereas I’d give it a miss if it was on all week. Just too many clashes.

  6. A whole week of the Titanic miniseries? Snore

    it has Linus Roache (ADA Mike Cutter from Law and Order), so that’s a plus, but I sure as heck won’t invest five hours/one week into a miniseries. There’s a gap for 8:30 Sundays pretty soon now that Bones is running otu of new episodes, they could have made it a weekly series there.

  7. Still no host announced for the logies? I guess it will be Sonia.

    I think Easter is creeping up on the networks there aren’t many promos for the post-Easter lineups.

  9. Yeah, with the mini-series starting late in the week before, Seven will probably hold over the episodes until the first Monday of ratings. It would be great if MKR was still going that week to get a big audience watching Titanic every night but they probably don’t want to pit the show against MasterChef despite the fact that they are bigger than that show now.

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