Nine sells Daisies, Chuck, Privileged, Terminator to Foxtel.
Nine has sold four key US titles to now air exclusively on Foxtel from next month.
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As previously hinted here, Foxtel has acquired now broadcast rights to Chuck, Privileged, Pushing Daisies and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.
They will begin airing from January.
Foxtel’s Brian Walsh said: “In obtaining these compelling, quality U.S. programs, Foxtel reinforces its robust commitment to provide our subscribers with more exclusive and first run programming.”
This is not the first time Nine has on-sold some of its programming including Gossip Girl (now airing in rerun on Nine), The OC and The West Wing -to name a few.
TV Tonight understands Nine felt the shows were too niche for its audience, despite promises earlier this year some of them would air in 2008.
Press Release:
FOXTEL announced today it has secured a range of exclusive new U.S. programming for its Owned & Operated Channels following an agreement with Channel Nine and Warner Bros.
The new series, Chuck, Privileged, Pushing Daisies and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, will all screen exclusively on FOXTEL from early next month. Under the deal terms, Channel Nine has relinquished its first run window to FOXTEL, which will have exclusive first run rights to all series.
FOXTEL Executive Director of Television and Marketing Brian Walsh said: “In obtaining these compelling, quality U.S. programs, FOXTEL reinforces its robust commitment to provide our subscribers with more exclusive and first run programming.
“We continue to deliver the premium programming across a range of genres to our viewers – ahead of other television networks – and the new Warner Bros series add to the already impressive line-up of first run series screening on FOXTEL this summer including the hit shows Gossip Girl, Entourage, America’s Next Top Model, Project Runway and American Idol, as well as Australian programs An Aussie Goes Calypso, and new series The Phone.”
Chuck
Season One Exclusive Australian Premiere in January 2009 on FOX8 (as seen on U.S. network NBC).
When Chuck Bartowski opens an email subliminally encoded with the government’s most precious secrets, he unwittingly downloads an entire server of sensitive data into his brain. Now the fate of the world lies in the unlikely hands of a guy who works at a Buy More Electronics store. Instead of fighting computer viruses, he must now confront assassins and international terrorists.
Privileged
Season One Exclusive Australian Premiere in early 2009 on FOX8 (as seen on U.S. network CW).
Megan Smith is having a bad day, her New York apartment burned down, she just got fired from her job at a tabloid magazine and she accidentally dyed her hair an unnervingly bright colour. Things start to look up when she is offered a position in Palm Beach, working as a tutor for 16-year-old twin billionaires. In exchange for getting the girls into Duke University, Megan will get to live amongst the rich and fabulous, and have the remainder of her college loans covered. Privileged is based on the book How to Teach Filthy Rich Girls by Zoey Dean.
Pushing Daisies
Series One Exclusive Australian Premiere in early 2009 on W. (as seen on U.S. network ABC).
As a boy, Ned discovered that he could return the dead briefly back to life with just one touch. Now a pie maker, Ned puts his ability to good use touching dead fruit to make it ripe with everlasting flavour, and working with a private investigator to crack murder cases by raising the dead to name their killers. But the tale gets complicated when Ned brings his childhood sweetheart, Chuck, back from the dead – and keeps her alive. Life would be perfect for Ned and Chuck, except for one cruel twist – if he ever touches her again, she’ll go back to being dead and this time for good.
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Season One begins January 2009 followed by Australian Premiere of Season Two on FOX8 (As seen on U.S. network FOX).
At the end of “Terminator 2: Judgment Day,” Sarah Connor vanquished the Terminator sent from the future to kill her 15-year-old son, John. Sarah and John now find themselves alone in a very dangerous, complicated world. Fugitives from the law, they are confronted with the reality that still more enemies from the future and the present could attack at any moment. John knows he may be the future saviour of mankind, but he is not yet ready to take on the mantle of leadership that he’s told is his destiny.
These exciting new programs add to the stellar line-up for the 2009 season, including 15 local productions such as Australia’s Next Top Model Series Five, Project Runway (Australia) Series Two, Football Superstar Series Two, and new comedy programs The Pam Ann Show and 30 Seconds.
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i am definitely getting austar now!
Wouldn’t these shows have been useful in filling the lineup for Channel Nine’s new multi-channel which it is allowed to begin broadcasting in January 2009?
They probably won’t begin broadcasting on January 1, however I would have been willing to wait a little longer to watch these shows on the new channel.
Yay Terminator, season 2 has risen above it’s namesake and keeps getting better and better. Pushing Daisies in season 2, also great, albeit less singing which is a shame, but do we need to keep rubbing salt into these wickedly grotesque wounds!?!?! Can’t pieman touch himself and bring him back to life!?!?! Curses heroes and it’s dwindling quality, stealing Bryan Fuller back thus confirming PDs status as lifeless as a stiff after a second touch….
Now when does the Reaper come!?!?
The commercial stations are currently hopeless at screening any new shows, so it’s for the best these shows find new homes.
Really wanted to see Daisies, i’ll have to keep downloading Chuck
They could of used for their SD channel in ’09. they don’t think like that though.
Grinspoon, PD has been axed in the U.S. and Chuck and Terminator are recieving very low ratings. As for Privilaged i’ve only ever heard it mentioned once. Usually (although there’s always exceptions) shows that rate badly in the U.S don’t rate hear. So whilst they may be good shows they probably wont recieve the ratings that they deserve.
It is a pitty about CH 9 not airing chuck.
It is very funny and more importantly one of the stars is an aussie!
Yvonne Stahowski was even on another channel 9 show. Sea Partol
Not good news for the majority of the population that doesn’t have – and never will have – Foxtel. Or even for those who DO have Foxtel but wanted to see these excellent shows with decent picture and sound quality.
And the fact that daisies, Chuck and Terminator are considered by Nine to be “too niche” even for summer programming speaks volumes about just how dumbed-down and bogan Channel Two And A Half has become. And they wonder why they’re losing viewers by the truckload.
All three are seen in nice crisp HD with 5.1 sound at my place though. Piracy is the only way to see decent television in this country these days.
ch did air all of Terminator S1 but the last few were stuck at 10:30 or later and now we know why there is no sign of S2, which only gets better IMO.
Pushing Dasies will be on W, Terminator, Fox8, Chuck, Fox8 also.
they sold PD! not exactly the news u’d expect just days after gyngell said he wanted his network to have more ‘warm hearted’ shows
more ‘warm hearted’ was always going to be a challenge for 9 because 7 has rafters, greys, bones, betty, private practice, eli stone, RSPCA and find my family. 9 losing their only warmheart from america is a definite step in the wrong direction.
great show, dissapointed that most of Aus won’t see it.
what a dog act of 9 to show us the first season of TSCC and then prevent us from ever seeing the second season. with the others we don’t know what we’re missing because they never even began but is this a first for showing us 1 season and then shafting it to pay only? with this sort of stuff and ONE happening foxtel may lose all the sport subscribers but they will start getting drama viewers in droves. i am now actually considering pay tv whereas before i never did because there was enough to keep me occupied on FTA. also with 9 selling all their shows what exactly are they going to be offering on their second SD channel?
More reasons to keep a Foxtel subscription I say, with Fox8 now screening some decent US series
I don’t think Chuck would ever fit in with the Nine audience….it could have possibly worked over at TEN, but alas we know Foxtel will give the series a good run
January looks like a good month for Fox8 – Gossip Girl, Chuck & Terminator just to mention a few
I hate channel nine! I’m so glad I decided to download Pushing Daises and Terminator instead of waiting for nine to air them.
I saw a preview of “Chuck” and was looking forward to seeing it on 9 – oh well.
What gets me is when are the free-to-air networks going to realise that not everybody in Australia has payTV? For me I have had to choose between getting a broadband internet connection or PayTV – I can’t afford both and the internet connection won out.
Maybe they should have saved some of these shows to air on their new digital channels next year.
After seeing this…
Go internet!
This is great news. As a foxtel suscriber, im very happy. Fox 8 is quickly becoming the best channel on Australian TV. It Now has exclusive rights to Gossip Girl, Chuck, Terminator, Kyle XY, Greek, Privlaged, and Dollhouse. Now only if Seven would sell them first run 24, nine add Fringe to the list of onsold shows and Ten first run Smallville, it would be the top aussie network. I wish they got One Tree Hill back, its been reloacted to Arena, but as the CW proved, it works great with GG. Add Australia Next Top Model, as well as first run Amreicas Next Top Model to the list and this is a great chanel. I also love Sunday night animation domination, which is simular to Fox in the states, all 5 animated comedies are played before most ppls bed time….im talking to u Channel 7.
didnt nine include a DVD with a sunday paper or something earlier in the year as one of its hot new shows for 2008?
This is great news. Less shows for Nine to screw around with. At least Foxtel is consistant. I assume they will be on Fox8, and SciFi, well at least I hope so, as they can be shown in their true 16:9 formats.
Billy, i disagree.
Terminator fits more for cable, its a good show, that keeps getting better, but yeah free to air, it’s what you’d stick on a HD only channel.
Chuck and Pushing Daises have everything to be big hits if positioned properly. Both could reach wide demographics. Chuck especially would be a gold mind for advertisers. It’s one of the best show’s on tv. The explanation of the set up of the show sounds dumb, but it’s a really good show. Lots of fun, good action, good comedy, good characters, stories ect. One of the stars is an Aussie which always helps on aussie tv.
Everyone I know who’s seen Pushing Daises absolutely loves it, it is also one of the best shows around.
Both could be hits, but the networks don’t want to go for drama these days, unless its generic cop shows. This is entirely why the younger demographics are shifting to foxtel.
@ianblair,
Fairly certain nine aired all of Terminator: SCC.
I’m pretty sure Nine would have aired all of Terminator Season 1 as there were only 7 episodes. Plus, it’s already out on DVD.
I wish they had sold Gilmore Girls off years ago, here in QLD they have shown the first ep of the final season and it’s been gone for months, 2 years old already.
David, did Nine end up broadcasting of all Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles season one? Or will some of the season one epsiodes premiere on Foxtel?
No loss here for 9, whilst some may be good shows i dought that any of them would have rated well (e.g. Terminator shafted to 10.30 because people didnt watch).