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Update: A Place to Call Home
Why did Foxtel screen the same episode back to back? Here's why.
- Published by David Knox
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From this weekend A Place to Call Home will be screening at 7:30pm Sundays on Showcase.
In August Foxtel announced an 8:30pm Sunday slot for the returning drama, but in late September it had a change of heart and switched plans to 7:30pm. However that was after the deadline for the Foxtel magazine.
This explains why last Sunday it screened at both 7:30 and 8:30 -replaying the same episode the minute it had ended.
That translated to a divided audience of 88,000 and 75,000 instead of a single figure, but the total figure is on par with previous screenings.
In its place is a replay of Feud: Bette & Joan at 8:30pm Sunday.
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6 Responses
Recorded both…just in case !!!
Thanks for explaining this David. I found it very confusing. Opted to record the 8.30 session as that seemed likely to have less ads, but spent a lot of time trying to figure out when the thing was actually on, it was just so weird! Foxtel’s online guide was not very helpful…
7.30 translates to 6.30 up here in Godzone. Can’t miss News and Little Big Shots. Got the recorder set up.
I will record it at 9:30pm because Doc Martin, Bull and The Greeks are on at 7:30pm.
Wow, moving a show and keeping it in the original slot to make it easy for viewers to find it, good effort to Foxtel. We can’t even rely on a show being on the following week let alone same time on FTA.
Yes that was confusing. I used the info button and 7:30 said S3 and 8:30 said S5. S5 is what I wanted.
I pointed this out on the Foxtel Community website in the Greenroom Blog section. I didn’t get a like for that comment LOL.
Anyway we enjoyed S5 episode 1 very much and have it on series link now but I will check the time next Saturday just to make sure S/Link info was correct. Series Link is a great innovation imho.