2008 Show Watch
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The Prime Minister is Missing
Navy Divers
The Sarah Jane Adventures*
Heroes: Origins (now axed)
Reaper
Eli Stone
Carpoolers
The IT Crowd*
Outback Wildlife Rescue
The Outdoor Room
Hot Property
Camp Rock
Holby Blue
Knight Rider
My Own Worst Enemy
Super Skinny Me: The Race to Size Double Zero
Surgery Saved My Life
Young Doctors (now 2009)
The Strip
Scorched
Pushing Daisies
Chuck
Big Shots (axed in US)
Canterbury’s Law
Secret Diary of a Call Girl
Rock Rivals
The Waiting Room
Weddings (10 years on Special)
Extraordinary Animals
Heroes and Villains
Hunted
The Irwin Family’s Australia Zoo
‘New Gameshow’ from National IQ Test producers
Amnesia
Jingles
The Mentalist
Fringe
Temptation
Wipeout ( Aus)
The View
Ellen (east coast)
Battle Fronts
Toasted and Roasted Specials
Here Come the Newlyweds
The Million Dollar Salon (since abandoned)
NRL 100 Years of Rugby League Special
[Gossip Girl on sold to Foxtel]
Return of Jezebel James (acquired but unannounced)
New Amsterdam (acquired but unannounced)
Aliens in America (acquired but unannounced)
Hidden Palms (acquired but unannounced)
Unhitched
(K-Ville screens after Foxtel)
Kenny’s World
Swingtown
The Informant
Life of Leisure*
Thank God You’re Here *
Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?
Saving Babies
Friday Night Download
Californication
Life
Pussycat Dolls Present: The Search For The Next Doll
Bondi Rescue: Bali
Taken Out
Rush
ARIA Awards
Brownlow Medal
The Ryder Cup
Nynne
Inspector Rex
Top Gear Australia
Living Black
Tour Down Under
Bold = confirmed.
(denotes re-screening rights after Foxtel first run)
* to be confirmed
See Also:
ABC1 / ABC2: redefining television
Nine singing with new shows.
TEN confirms US acquisitions.
Nine acquisitions target younger viewers
TEN launches 2008 slate
Putting the Heart back into Nine
Seven battles choirs and gladiators in 08
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When is Hunted coming to Chenel 9 also do you know if any of the free to air Networks are going to show any
upcoming Disater or Sci Fi movies or min seres
Californication S2 hasn’t even aired in the US yet, so it’s a long way off.
No word on any new Futurama.
Do you know when Californication & new episods or the Futer lengh movies Futurama are coming back to Ten
How long until the Aussie FTA networks announce which new series they’ve picked up??
Dirty Sexy Money maybe later in the year.
Life sometime this year yes.
Burn Notice maybe HD if you are lucky.
Prison Break later in the year yes.
Jericho HD if you are lucky, all eps airing on SciFi too. Now axed in the US.
Bionic Women, no axed.
Heroes later in the year yes.
Hi,
I was wondering if someone could tell me if Dirty Sexy Money, Life, Burn Notice, Prison Break, Jerico, Biotic Women, and Hero’s will be coming back
to free to air stations. Sorry if some of these have be asked before, but I am new to this and not sure where I can find out this kind of information. Leon
I see. On a side note, Ten and Nine’s new shows have been bombing spectacularly this yr. On Ten, there was Cane and Journeyman and Psych and Women’s Murder Club, all of which were axed fairly quickly (excluding WMC, but it wasn’t exactly the “best new show” of the season as they advertised it to be). From what I saw Burn Notice was an enjoyable show and Life was spectacular. To their credit, Nine tried something different with aquiring more youth based-shows this season, although pretty much all of them have been axed (Cashmere Mafia, Big Shots, Jezebel James, Hidden Palms, New Amsterdam, Canterbury’s Law) and Terminator was shafted to a late night slot after like 3 episodes. Seven bombed with Bionic Woman and their ABC comedies, although that was a while ago now. Nine still have Chuck and Pushing Daisies up their sleeves though, which will probably be huge ratings grabbers for them. Seven also has Eli Stone which is an enjoyable show, although it hasn’t been renewed for a season 2 yet.
Yes a 2009 Show Watch once we start seeing where they land.
IT Crowd (US) was always unconfirmed and we can see why.
Wait, I just realised that this 2008 Show Watch article was made almost a year ago. With all the upfront presentations finishing by May 16 in the US, will there be a 2009 show watch page created around then? Or will all the new shows that Aussie FTA networks pick up just be added to the 2008 page?
No, The IT Crowd is airing now on ABC. There was an American remake of the show, and a pilot was made, but it never got picked up for a full season. Seven apparently bought the rights to the series (the American version) before it got canned. The IT Crowd (UK) should continue to run on ABC
Will The IT Crowd Going To Channel 7/Prime Instead Of ABC1/ABC2
Ugly Betty and The Simpsons are back on air now, along with those Fire 000 and Search & Rescue shows. The only shows on this list I’m looking forward to seeing premiere are Eli Stone (the 1st ep was like a spinoff of Boston Legal more than anything else, although not as good. It was still enjoyable), Girlicious, Unhitched, and perhaps Pushing Daisies when it comes on. I didn’t like the 1st ep of PD but it might be worth catching another 1 or 2 episodes to see if it gets any better.
Cane didn’t get big audiences so it was removed by TEN, then re-appeared on TEN HD. The IPL Cricket has effectively pushed it off the HD schedule for now. We wait and see if it returns. Only 13 eps were made before the writers strike hit. No clear word on its future.
Does anyone know what happened to the show Caine starring Jimmy Smitt? It was on one of the commercial channels
earlier this year then disapeared.
Ten has Friday Night Lights. The rumours have it that it looks like it might end up on only TEN-HD which i hope doesnt happen. I am a fan of it and would love to see it here.
Thanks Ron. Really not sure.
Double the Fist has finished production so I fully expect it to settle into the Chaser timeslot.
So David, what’s happening to those unaired shows promised in 2007 by ABC,
* Double the Fist
* Stuff
* Lightning City
will they be shown in 08 or what?
Thanks David, your blog is the best. blog. ever.
Does anyone know who has the rights to the show Friday Night Lights or if they have seen it and if so is it good?
I forgot to post in here a few weeks ago, but TV Week said something along the lines of “Don’t worry if you don’t have Foxtel, Gossip Girl will be screening on Nine in the second half of 2008” in an article about the show.
This section logs confirmed shows. Seven is yet to put out its 2008 slate. Ten dozen DH eps have aired in the US.
ER isn’t confirmed by Nine.
No ER or Desperate Housewives? Or is it just because of the writer’s strike?
I know ER has started screening season 14 in the US…
Sam I Am was the former Name to Samantha Who? I checked on several websites and they all quote this. Thought i would let you know.
Here is a quote from Wikipedia
“The show was originally named Sam I Am until ABC renamed it Samantha Be Good due to conflicts with the estate of Dr. Seuss. TV Guide later reported that ABC had changed the title of the series once more to Samantha Who?”
Not yet no.
I’m told Seven is to do a programme launch in the new year. I suspect any chance rests with how it performs over summer. It’s doing ok so far, and may just build.
hey dave, are you able to find out if bones will be aired during the year on 7?
cheers
Nope.