Nine: Summer schedule
Updated: Nine's summer promises new US drama Chase, sitcom Better With You and the return of Cold Case and Without a Trace.
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So far TEN is the only one of the commercial FTA networks to disclose its primetime schedule for the first week of summer, which it did on Monday.
Seven and Nine are always a lot more coy with their plans, and in this biz where information can cost you advertiser dollars who can blame them? Seven revealed some programming last Friday but left a lot of TBAs which it will lock in this Friday afternoon. However TV Tonight did manage to spy some of the shows that are awaiting timeslots.
Nine, similarly has left many TBAs in its schedule thus far. Not much to get excited about yet unless you enjoy reciting lines of Two and a Half Men along with Sheen and Cryer.
Nine’s own website lists the following shows as “Coming Soon”: When I Grow Up, The Politically Incorrect Parenting Show, Big, and AFP (the latter was a much-hyped promise for 2010 but is said to have hit legal snares). It’s no certainty yet these will be summer titles.
Also on Nine’s site Panic at Rock Island is now listed as “New Australian Telemovie in 2011.” It was promised -repeatedly- for this year. But then Nine was very nearly going to screen another Underbelly telemovie this year too, before it changed plans at the last minute. It’s fair to say that in TV production timelines constantly change -however Nine’s habit of putting dates on delivery is where it constantly comes unstuck.
What we can deduce from Nine’s TBAs is that several are 2 hour slots, suggesting a few movies could be on the way. Cricket will also feature. 60 Minutes will be a “Best Of.” Unaired eps of The Singing Bee are dusted off the shelves.
Nine also looks set to resume Aussie movies on Saturday nights over summer, partly as a sync with its AFI Awards broadcast on December 11, but principally for the local drama points it delivers. For the past few years Nine has slated Aussie flicks on Saturday nights in summer for their local drama points. First run Aussie movies net higher points than drama episodes, and there is no distinction whether they are played in or out of ratings seasons.
Update: Nine has now updated its schedule to fill in TBAs:
It includes the premiere of the Jerry Bruckheimer drama Chase, starring Kelli Giddish as a deputy U.S. Marshall leading a fugitive-apprehension team tracking down dangerous criminals in South Texas. It also features former Desperate Housewives hunk Jesse Metcalfe. It premiered in the US in September.
Also new is US sitcom Better with You, featuring Joanna Garcia and Jennifer Finnigan as two sisters at different stages in their respective relationships. It will go head to head with TEN’s Raising Hope.
Unaired episode of Without a Trace and Cold Case return. Warnie also moves to Thursday nights
Sunday Nov 28
6:00pm Nine News
6:30pm The Enforcers
7:00pm Hot Pursuit
7:30pm 60 Minutes
8:30pm The Mentalist rpt
9:30pm Chase (Premiere)
10:30pm Without a Trace (Series Return)
11:30pm Primetime Crime
Monday Nov 29
6:00pm Nine News
6:30pm A Current Affair
7:00pm Two And A Half Men rpt
7:30pm Two And A Half Men rpt
8:00pm The Middle rpt
8:30pm Movie: Miss Congeniality
10:45pm Embarrasing Bodies rpt
11:45pm Defending Our Kids rpt
Tuesday Nov 30
6:00pm Nine News
6:30pm A Current Affair
7:30pm Top Gear rpt
9:00pm Richard Hammond’s Invisible Worlds
10:00pm Survivor: Nicaragua
11:00pm Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares rpt
Wednesday Dec 1
6:00pm Nine News
6:30pm A Current Affair
7:00pm Two And A Half Men rpt
7:30pm Two And A Half Men rpt
8:00pm Better With You (Premiere)
8:30pm Cold Case (Series Return)
9:30pm Cold Case rpt
10:30pm Rescue Special Ops rpt
11:30pm Til Death
Thursday Dec 2
6:00pm Nine News
6:30pm A Current Affair
7:00pm Two And A Half Men rpt
7:30pm Top Gear Australia rpt
8:30pm Warnie (new night)
9:30pm Movie: SWAT rpt
12:00am Movie: Stealing Harvard rpt
Friday Dec 3
6:00pm Nine News
6:30pm A Current Affair
7:00pm Two And A Half Men rpt
7:30pm Movie: Elf rpt
9:30pm Movie: The Bodyguard rpt
12:10am Movie: The Statement rpt
Saturday Dec 4
6:00pm Nine News
6:30pm Australia’s Funniest Home Videos: Summer Edition
7:30pm The Celebrity Singing Bee
8:30pm CSI rpt
9:30pm Movie: Cactus
11:30pm Movie: Just Cause rpt
This post updates.
34 Responses
Agree with most commemts here about this yornfest of a schedule but
have to laugh at seeing “The Politcial Incorrect Parenting Show” mentioned in the article cause 3 months I saw the book of it with the sticker “Now a top rating tv show” and had to go “really cause it hasn’t gone to air yet”.
Most of Channel 9’s summer schedule is Boring. About what I’d expect from a station that regularly treats its viewers with contempt as well as endless repeats of 2 1/2 Men.
In desperation, I might give Chase a go, but there’s nothing else there that interests me. Thank god for Amazon and their sale of DVD sets.
Channel 9 should change their name to “two and a half/ big bang theory channel” thats all they show, and their not even new episodes, of course not. That would be to hard for 9 to do
Very happy to see the unaired episodes of Cold Case in 9’s schedule.
Fingers crossed now it doesn’t get changed.
Better with You, sounds good. But it’s up against Raising Hope….argh.
Oh dear. It looks like The Middle is officially 9’s next 2½ Men/Big Bang Theory. This is now the fourth time in one year the Pilot episode has been shown.
Couldn’t they have chosen Mike and Molly instead?
Channel 9 is killing Two and a half men, for god’s sake, i like the show but it’s becoming an Overload!!. Even in Summer now, i wish they would put ‘The King of Queens’ like they used in Summer or maybe other sitcoms.
Boring!
I gave up on 9 with Cold Case and saw the last 2 eps via other means, and I’m not holding my breath that they’ll actually finish Without a Trace.
Not a thing there for me to watch!
At least 9’s not doing a “daily edition” of Funniest Home Videos this summer.
I hate Nine so much
Agree it’s a terrible schedule the only show I’m interested in is Chase and rest is horrible and why do they have a CSI repeat 8.30 Saturday why don’t they put Primeval seasons 2 & 3 well if nine dosen’t air it at all just give to seven (7mate) or ten (Eleven)!
I’d like to complain about the complete lack of 2.5 Spams on Tuesday. A real slap in the face for all those fans.
Will the episodes of the Middle be from where they last left off on nine? I hope so, as I have been unable to keep up with its scheduling on GO!
Nope. The Middle is currently scheduled as Pilot.
still no sign of primeval seasons 2 and 3 after several summers on both 9 and GO! have passed by, when do the rights expire so that we can see it on 7mate or Eleven? This is disgusting treatment of a really good show, there is no excuse for why it hasn’t shown yet, there have been hundreds of places they could have put it.
How bout running those missing The Moment Of Truth episodes over summer Nine?
Hideous.
rpt rpt rpt rpt … mmm exciting viewing
I know that Top Gear Australia is nowhere near as good as the original, but what has happened to it?
How many eps were made for this current series?
Mmmm
Hopefully Nine show the final 2 episodes of Cold Case and the final 10 episodes of Without A Trace over summer
Sounds like Nine, lots of broken promises again.
So I gues there is no chance they will air the Top Gear UK xMas special until Feb 2011?
Singing Bee. I did like this.
Worst schedule ever