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Nine pins revival on new series

Nine has several new shows to screen before the end of the year, and it will need them to take on its rivals.

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al2lNine may not be having the best of times lately, but it has several new shows to screen before the end of the year, and it will surely need them to take on its rivals.

They include the premiere of the local adaptation of The Apprentice featuring Mark Bouris and the next season of Aussie Ladette to Lady (pictured).

There is also a local version of Secret Millionaire in which wealthy folk mingle unknown amongst deserving groups in a bid to be philanthropic.

Factual series Money for Jam features Paul Clitheroe, Shane Crawford and Shelley Craft.

The Real Hustle is hosted by Gyton Grantley and looks at confidence tricks and scams.

Nine is also expected to return The Singing Bee, Flashpoint and The Mentalist.

Then there is the anticipated UK series Survivors about a group of bewildered survivors living in the aftermath of a devastating virus which wipes out 99.9% of the world’s population. This BBC series is a remake of a 1970s series of the same name.

Nine also has the 2009 ARIA Awards.

The shows follow on top of Nine’s regular programming including Farmer Wants a Wife, Rescue: Special Ops, Getaway, 60 Minutes, Hot Seat, Today and more.

Also sitting on its programming slate, possibly for 2010, are V, Underbelly 3, The Middle, The Forgotten, Past Life, Hank, Human Target, Rapid Response and the US version of Who Do You Think You Are?

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  1. i like the look of The Real Hustle but I agree that Channel 9 doesn;t give shows a chance before moving them to midnight or chancelling them offhand.

    Who is in The Real Hustle?

  4. V and Survivors are all I would be interested in, and those two will go the way of all sci-fi in Australia…two episodes before shuffling around the schedule. I’ll wait for the DVDs

  5. i wouldn’t watch any of these shows simply because channel 9 are unlikely to keep them on air very long, and i encourage everyone else not to either. the main reason i stumbled across this website a year ago this month is because i was searching for reasons as to why all my favourite shows were disappearing. its great to have this site that informs us of all of nines shoddy last minute changes these days. its been a long time since we had tv guides that networks stuck to! even if there was a title that interested me, its not worth checking out because i will become hooked only for nine to remove it a week later.

  9. As long as Nine keeps to good rating on such as 60 minutes, underbelly, sea partol, cold case, csi, the mentalist, getaway, farmer and put this high rating show at a better time slot then that might help. Try to find a replacement for two and half men maybe new family drama or reality series at 7.00pm sick of that bs, and try to establish audience before pulling show off the network.

  11. I dont know whats wrong with Channel 9.. Survivors sounds interesting but doubt I can sit there and watch only a few people rebuild a world routinely. Mentalist/Underbelly are the only 2 things Nine should be happy with.

  12. The Mentalist is the only decent thing on this schedule and even then Nine will drive away viewers with those silly objectifying ads of Simon Baker being called the “dreamiest man on television”. Way to alienate your male, non-homosexual audience from what is otherwise is a decent procedural.

    These other shows will tank, Secret Millionare and Ladette to Lady will go the way of Australia’s Perfect Couple and homeMADE. The Aussie Apprentice may turn out to be a surprise hit but I doubt it. Surprised they’re giving FlashPoint another go, it bombed last time. Like others I’d expect a return on GO.

    As for their US imports, they look like duds. Past Life and Human Target won’t last beyond a season. Judging from Nine’s treatment of sitcoms that aren’t by Chuck Lorre, Hank and The Middle will be lucky to survive.

    Apart from Underbelly, 20 to 1 and 2.5 men Nine really are lost. It doesn’t look like things will improve based on these shows.

  14. Survivors sounds like it might be pretty good, but I can’t see it being a big hit. The Australian audience generally can’t handle programs which break apart from their insular little world of cop and legal dramas.

  15. how many crappy realty shows does nine need to air until they realise that they don’t rate well. after a few weeks on the air most of these shows probably will be cancelled, leaving nothing new to air, flashpoint probably would have rated well had nine aired the eps in order so that will probably get taken of again as well. the only show with a chance here is basically the mentalist, which i believe rated reasonably well in the past. i’m sure we will be seeing a huge amount of line up changes for the rest of the year by nine, as most of these shows fail one by one, and then being replaced with more repeat of men, when are new eps going to start airing again david?

  16. how many crappy realty shows does nine need to air until they realise that they don’t rate well. after a few weeks on the air most of these shows probably will be cancelled, leaving nothing new to air, flashpoint probably would have rated well had nine aired the eps in order so that will probably get taken of again as well. the only show with a chance here is basically the mentalist, which i believe rated reasonably well in the past.

  18. I would just like channel nine to put a program on and stick wiit it, I hardly watch nine anymore because shows I love to watch are on one week and gone the next….I hope they pull it together and get something on that will stay on

  19. V catches my eye, but seeing as 9 has a poor tract record with sci-fi / any show i get an interest in – i think I’ll avoid watching it on tv and just download it – unless however they put it on Go and stick with it.

    The majority of the rest of the line-up seems like a lot of rubbish.

  20. So the Chk Chk Boom girl isnt going to be the host for Real Hustle? Thank god. If its the UK series, I wont be watching unless they are eps that havent aird on Foxtel.

  21. new shows? I most be missing something

    The Apprentice (local remake of US format)
    Ladette to Lady (local remake of UK format)
    Secret Millionaire (local remake of UK format)
    The Real Hustle (local remake of UK format)
    The Singing Bee (local remake of US format)
    Flashpoint (Canadian remake)
    The Mentalist. (US import)
    Survivors (UK import)

    so new is not defined as “import and local remake of reality show” ?

  22. The only show which I’m actually looking forward to is, well, Ladette to Lady. Which says a lot about the rest of their line-up. Money for Jam could do well given the GFC, but the rest is very dubious. Surely Nine can do no worse than how they’re doing now.

  23. Apart from V (which will probably head straight to GO!) and perhaps Underbelly 3 there isn’t really much to look forward to in this lot. Just seems to be more short-form reality shows.

  25. @ Jed singing bee didn’t fail last year, but it will if nine keep stuffing it around… What happened to coming soon promos? It is one I do enjoy!

    but yes I agree with the majority, very poor and cheap line up.

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