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Airdate: Under the Dome
TEN will fasttrack new US sci-fi / horror miniseries Under the Dome to a same-day broadcast in Australia.
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TEN will fasttrack new US sci-fi / horror miniseries Under the Dome to a same-day broadcast in Australia, which is good news.
The miniseries based on a Stephen King novel will air 8:30pm Tuesday June 25th.
Say goodbye to the outside world. From the undisputed master of suspense, Stephen King and Steven Spielberg comes Under the Dome, a psychological drama about a town trapped under an impenetrable dome. Starring: Rachelle Lefevre, Natalie Martinez, Mike Vogel, Dean Norris, Colin Ford.
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28 Responses
@Pertinax, The Voice and Revenge will be finished by the time this starts and so will The Truth Is? for that matter.
I saw the ads for this during the DS9 ad breaks. I guess there’s going to be more than one option on Tuesdays at 8.30pm. Interesting.
Will they play more than one episode in the same timeslot?
@Ryan
The last NCIS repeats Ten had on rated 400k. The big sweeps eps have been getting 800-900k but most of this series has rated 650k and been beaten by repeats of New Tricks.
Tuesday is when Ten has a hole to fill and they will be hoping to attract younger viewers to Under The Dome up against Rafters, New Tricks rpts and Celebrity Apprentice.
Anything on Ten on Monday will be smashed by The Voice and House Rules/Revenge. So they are trying The Truth Is against Four Corners (not very successfully).
Thursday SVU has a loyal audience and is rating 650k/520k Ten has tried other stuff in that slot but SVU has done best and younger viewers watch less TV later in the week.
Excuse my ignorance, but I thought Ten only broadcast 1080i on One? 576i for Ten?
Hey Mr and Mrs Ten, how about an ‘encore’ in HD on One later that evening?
I find it quite funny Ten wastes a new show on a slot that would prob still pull good numbers with ncis repeats. Why not try prop up mon or thur 8.30, the current shows in those slots could easily be pushed back an hr.
This has been out on DVD for ages, it’s called The Simpsons Movie
The Truman Show.
*Spoiler Alert.
After watching the previews, it’s quite obvious that the reason a dome is placed over the town is because those people are way too pretty to be allowed to mix with the rest of us.
Looks good – but putting it up against about the only other FTA Sci-Fi of Futurama and triple Deep Space Nine on their own digital multichannel.
Fail Ten. Fail.
King and Spielberg… powerful combination. Got my attention.
The promos look good, loads more on YouTube. I just hope it doesn’t end up a dud and TEN sticks with it even if they more it to Ch11 or ONE at the same time to keep it fast tracked as I can see TEN pulling this after a few weeks and putting NCIS back on.
I’ll give it a go! If it rates ok hopefully TEN will fast track more of its shows.
This show looks bloody awesome. Really looking forward to this one.
It’s nice to see something with a sci fi feel on FTA, even if it is just a mini-series. I look forward to see what this has to offer.
@andrewb
The problem is that Ten has lots of shows that don’t rate.
Any network will dump or bump shows that don’t rate, 7&9 much quicker than Ten will because they have a higher share to maintain and more content to try. e.g. The Following, Parades End, Dallas, Strike Back, Killing Time etc.
Looks intriguing. I also hope Channel 10 stick with it. Thirteen episodes in total. Look forward to seeing Dean Norris from “Breaking Bad” (Hank) in a different role.
Looks good.
I dont agree.I will be watching in hd or sd. good on ou ten and not on pay tv!
@bill I agree. I’ll wait for it in HD, either via iTunes or the inevitable blu-ray release.
Given that it is only six episodes (according to Wikipedia), I hope Ten do stick with it if it doesn’t rate too well.
Or at least move it to Eleven or One at the same time.
Finally, something to watch Tuesday evenings. I reckon Ten will take half a mill but hopefully it’ll rate a little higher than that, at least to start with, say 700k.
This looks alright, but if they won’t show it in HD then it’s “by other means” for me
Now lets hope it rates decently so other networks see the benefit of proper fasttracking! I will be watching!
Yeah – but if it doesn’t rate the first week it will be moved or ditched… this is the problem TEN now have with new shows – who is going to give them a go knowing that if they don’t get the figures they should the show will be moved or taken off???