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Gone: Same Name, $#*! My Dad Says. Bumped: Top Gear Australia.

When it doubt just play more of The Big Bang Theory, eh Nine?

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Try not to look surprised.

There are more changes in Nine’s schedule after a very average week.

On Tuesday $#*! My Dad Says is out after a return of just one week. It’s replaced by more -wait for it- Big Bang Theory, now screening from 7pm – 8:30pm.

Top Gear Australia is also pushed back to 9:30pm replaced by an Under Surveillance special -also after just a single week’s return.

Nine still hasn’t sent amendments on these, and it their 10:30pm slot is still empty with a TBA.

Meanwhile, uninspired Same Name also goes from Wednesday nights after just one week. It will be replaced by the doco series Ocean Giants at 7:30pm.

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  1. FYI – looks like Nine is planing to show TG UK (S13E02) on Tuesday after the bumped local version, for now Worst Case is out. 20/20 follows at midnight.

    Also on Wednesday night Ocean Giants only has 1 hour, from 7:30. So I assume we’ll get a cut down 45 min version and not the full 60 mins shown in the UK on BBC, I hate that! It’s like we miss 25% of the show.

  2. I noticed a promo ad on nine last week for a US network show that is “coming soon”. When nine does a “coming soon” promo it means one of three things – 1) the show will never air; 2) the show will air but end up on GO or Gem at 1am or 3) will air in 6 to 24 months time, get 1 to 2 eps then get replaced by The Big Bang Theory or Top Gear.
    Any chance you can interview Andrew Blackwell about nine’s inexplicable programming decisions?

  3. $1000 that top gear will be pushed else where then thrown on GO! And then started again on Nein and then gone again and oh can’t wait for that cycle…!

    Pathetic Nine!

  6. If you are a high spend advertiser, how much of your budget are you going to risk with ch9, apart from the block they just have not delivered at all. Their constantly changing line ups combined with a rather long list of flops does not inspire any confidence.

  10. The X Factor’s first victims. Not surprised at all. Nine is in a very bad position at the moment. They’ve pretty much put everything they’ve got on the table for this year. Atleast Ten still has Junior MC, although.I have a sneaking suspicion that that will have very little impact. Ten have diluted the format way too much. This will be it’s sixth outing in three years and on top of that The Renovators is basically MC with tools. Seven is in the best position its been in since the mid noughties. And a credit to them.

  12. Nine wouldn’t be playing BBT ad nauseum, if people weren’t extremely stupid enough to keep happily watching repeats of repeats of repeats, but the ratings show that they obviously are.

  14. Ch 9- you are an absolute Disgace. No wonder people are switching you off. Your programming department and whoever is is responsible for acquisitions should hang their heads in shame. Morale must be so low at 9, and it shows in their local programming, who in their right mind thought rubbish like the farmer want a root abd same name is worthy of a prime time slot on a premier channel in 2011 with so many other choices for entertaining television?

  15. Nine’s Programming is nothing short of a disgrace these days.If James Packer had been running the station he would have paid Banksia Productions The Money owed on Humphrey Bear by now,we would have intelligent or fun game shows after A Current Affair on weeknights and fresh interesting shows nightly None of this overdone 2.5 men,Big Bang Theory,top gear and kitchen nightmares repeats crap that happened after kerry packer died.

  16. BBT also has triple episodes on Thursdays as well

    I don’t mind the show but this is overkill. I’ll bet they’ll be happy when they have new episodes of 2.5 Men and BBT in three weeks

  17. Damn, I was so shocked I fell off my chair. Who would have known such a brilliant show like Same Name would fail? And I didn’t even realise the $#*! that is $#*! My Dad Says was back this week.

    An hour and a half of repeats of TBBT in prime time in the last two and a half months of ratings season, programming at it’s desperation.

  22. Hmm, seems like Channel Nine have not learnt from the programming overkill of:
    Ramsey’s Kitchen nightmares
    Two and a half men
    Top Gear repeats

    Audiences just get tired and go to other channels and come back in less numbers for new episodes.

    Nine’s progamming policy must be : If there’s a sniff of any show being a ‘winner’, let’s use it to plug the ‘holes’ we have until we exhaust it beyond repair.

  23. That’s crazy! And what’s stupider than the nine programming department are viewers who tune into the endless repeats (Which aren’t doing well themselves) just air the shows out Nine you’ll still finish second for the year. That ship has sailed.

  25. ETA – forgot to add, bit cheeky of Nine to do this on a Friday, can we assume they were hoping sites like this would not pickup on the changes until Monday?

    Also last I heard ‘Breaking In’ had been canceled after just 7 eps, didn’t know it got a reprieve from FOX in the US. I like the show, can’t wait for more. Yes why not sty some new shows like Breaking In, Episodes or Mr Sunshine or give Mike & Molly another go?

    And lastly I hadn’t heard Mike Tyson had a story on 60 Minutes, nice tie-in with Same Name, just shows Nine couldn’t be trusted to promote a chook raffle, let alone be run one!

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