Nine: 2012 highlights
Olympics, The Voice, Big Brother, Underbelly, The Block, Celebrity Apprentice, Tricky Business and Excess Baggage are all coming to Nine in 2012.
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The Nine Network has announced its highlights for 2012, led by the Olympic Games and a string of Reality titles designed to underpin its early evening programming.
At its 2012 Programming Launch today, hosts Hamish and Andy were joined by Nine boss David Gyngell, singer Delta Goodrem, Director of Sales Peter Wiltshire and Nine Entertainment Co. execs.
Nine celebs joined with execs, advertisers and media at a Christmas lunch at Carriageworks in Everleigh. Delta Goodrem also performed a medley of her hits.
Confirmed as judges for The Voice are previously leaked profile names including Good Charlotte’s Joel Madden, country star Keith Urban, soul singer Seal and pop star Delta Goodrem. A host is tipped to be announced shortly.
Sonia Kruger, who was unable to attend due to her contractual obligations with Seven, will host Big Brother: Secrets. Pitched as “new house, new housemates, new twists, new host” it will launch on the back of the Olympics. No location has yet been confirmed.
The Block returns, including with a new elimination round, as does Celebrity Apprentice.
Celebrity weight loss show Excess Baggage contestants were confirmed: Kevin Federline, Christine Anu, Kate DeAraugo, Gaby Millgate, Darryn Lyons, Brant Webb, Ajay Rochester and Robert “Dipper” DiPierdomenico. Each is paired with a non-celebrity with challenges on location around Australia including the Kimberleys and Hamilton Island. Kate Ceberano hosts.
New drama series Tricky Business stars Shane Bourne, Gigi Edgley, Debra Byrne, Lincoln Lewis, Kip Gamblin, Antony Starr and Sophie Hensser. The Screentime drama revolves around a family who run a debt-collecting business in Wollongong. The focus of the series is on the family relationships but there are some procedural elements.
There are three new telemovies / miniseries including Howzat! The Kerry Packer Story (which undergoes a title change), Beaconsfield and The Great Mint Swindle starring Grant Bowler, Todd Lasance, Josh Quong Tart, Shane Bourne and John Batchelor.
Underbelly will return but Nine did not disclose its setting.
International highlights include Top Gear, Earth Flight, The Mentalist, CSI, Sherlock, Sinbad, Parade’s End, Alcatraz, Two Broke Girls and the BBC-produced The Great Barrier Reef.
Olympics notwithstanding, much of Nine’s focus was on stripping profile shows at 7pm, including Excess Baggage as well as branded opportunities in multiplatforms including digital.
Nine is also stepping up its use of social media.
The Voice: The ratings smash hit in the US with more than 10 million viewers a week. Close your eyes and open your ears. The Voice will rock Australia and reveal its very best undiscovered artists; coached by four superstars – Good Charlotte rocker Joel Madden, international country music star Keith Urban, Grammy Award winning soul singer Seal and Aussie pop princess Delta Goodrem. It is set to be the musical and social media phenomenon of 2012.
Excess Baggage: Eight celebrities, eight ordinary Australians and one life changing decision. Their physical and emotional baggage is holding them back, and they’re ready to reclaim their lives. Travelling far across this country, and deep inside themselves, they will discover the secrets to shedding life’s Excess Baggage.
Hosted by Kate Ceberano with celebrities: Kevin Federline, Christine Anu, Kate DeAraugo, Gaby Millgate, Darryn Lyons, Brant Webb, Ajay Rochester and Robert “Dipper” DiPierdomenico.
Facebook: facebook.com/ExcessBaggageAU
Twitter: @ExcessBaggage9
Big Brother: The ‘mother’ of all reality shows returns to Australian television on Nine in 2012. The show that changed the face of Australian television will be reborn on Nine with a bold new attitude and a brand new host, Sonia Kruger. Big Brother: new house, new housemates, new twists, new host.
Facebook: facebook.com/BigBrotherAU
Twitter: @BBAU9
These exciting premiere series join returning favorites: a new series of the ratings smash-hit The Celebrity Apprentice Australia with a whole new cast of celebrities fighting it out for their chosen charities, another international adventure with the lovable, unpredictable, Hamish & Andy, and the family-favourite The Farmer Wants A Wife, hosted by Natalie Gruzlewski.
And of course, The Block 2012
It was everyone’s favourite blocktastic success story of 2011, reaching a staggering 3.7million viewers.
In 2012, 7o’block is back and it’s going to be bigger and better; a new elimination round and new challenges. The biggest block ever is coming to Nine in 2012.
And in 2012, Nine, the home of Drama, will premiere:
Tricky Business: Nine’s exciting new Aussie family drama looks at the lengths people go to get themselves out of trouble and boasts an impressive cast including Shane Bourne, Gigi Edgley, Debra Byrne, Lincoln Lewis, Kip Gamblin, Antony Starr and Sophie Hensser. Tricky Business is currently in production and produced by Screentime.
Facebook: facebook.com/TrickyBusiness9
Twitter: @TrickyBusiness9
Howzat! – the Kerry Packer Story: From the makers of Paper Giants, a major mini-series on the birth of World Series Cricket and how the face of Cricket changed on Australian televison due to the legendary Kerry Packer. Guaranteed to be the must-watch television event of 2012.
Beaconsfield: Shane Jacobson and Lachy Hulme head an outstanding cast in the three-hour telemovie which tells the story of the amazing rescue of Todd Russell and Brant Webb from the collapsed Beaconsfield mine in Tasmania five years ago. Produced for the Nine Network by Southern Star’s John Edwards.
The Great Mint Swindle: An extraordinary tale about the most famous gold heist in Australia’s history – a major crime that remains unsolved to this day. This telemovie brings together a stellar cast – Grant Bowler, Todd Lasance, Josh Quong Tart, Shane Bourne and John Batchelor. The Great Mint Swindle is produced by Cordell Jigsaw Production and Zinc Finger Films.
Plus, in 2012, a new UNDERBELLY… Australia’s most popular drama franchise continues, following on from the launch of Underbelly: Razor which created history, becoming the highest rating drama debut with 2.794 million viewers (with Total People in the 5 City Metro, since OzTam began).
More from Nine, the Home of Drama: International hit series including The Mentalist , the CSI franchise, the breakout sleeper hit Person of Interest, Unforgettable, the UK dramas Sherlock and Sinbad, and soon to come from the US, JJ Abrams’ highly anticipated Alcatraz.
Nine, the Home of Entertainment: All new Top Gear, Hot Property, Getaway, Millionaire Hot Seat, The Great Barrier Reef and Earth Flight.
Nine, the Home of Laughter: Returning favourites Two and a Half Men, The Big Bang Theory, and Australia’s Funniest Home Videos, is joined by all new US hit comedy Two Broke Girls.
Nine, the Home of the most watched and respected News and Current Affairs: Nine News, A Current Affair, 60 Minutes, and the Today Show (Number 1 on the East Coast).
Nine, the Home of Sport: The summer of international Cricket, NRL, State of Orgin, Four Nations Rugby and the Santos Tour Down Under.
And…the sporting crowning glory… The London 2012 Olympic Games.
The ultimate world sporting event; 17 days showcasing the best of the best, presented by Nine’s outstanding Wide World of Sports team.
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Love that Nine spin: “the highest rating drama debut with 2.794 million viewers”
Not even a series average. Lol
Apart from that, looks good.
I wouldn’t call Brant Webb a celebrity, more a victim of an unfortunate and dreadful circumstance.
Whatever happened to London Calling?
Big Brother!!!! They’re got to be kidding. The biggest pile of cow patties ever on Television. I wonder which TV Executive at Nine thought this was a good idea and convinced the rest of the idiots it was a good idea? Just thinking about it for a sec, whoever he or she is, deserves the biggest medal for actually mentioning the words Big Brother at a board meeting and still hold onto their job.
So no mentions of a ‘revamped’ Mornings!! or RPA (which I see returning)
I’m looking forward to Alcatraz, Risky Business and the telemovies (bar the Howzat! one)
Oh and the Voice as Delta is going to be on it as she is one of the nicest people in showbiz and an excellent singer….
I’m looking forward to Fringe, Sherlock, Alcatraz and possibly Howzat. I hope I will be able to see them and there isn’t major clashes.
@ buddy029
They did play Pushing Daisies this year on GO! it was reasonably reliable too. The catch was it was aired past 11pm on Monday night/Tuesday morning mainly around midnight.
Highlights?
When i look at that schedule i keep saying to myself where is the 8:30pm onwards content. There is nothing there. All they seem to be thinking about is stripping shows which will backfire because people will get tired of it. It worked this year but it won’t take long before its just another fad gone out the window. There are positives in the schedule like The Voice, 2 Broke Girls and the Kerry Packer telemovie but the rest looks pretty bleak if you ask me.
What a horrible lot of garbage!
And there, buried under it all, is Sherlock.
Why do they bother with a program like that?
It surely must be over the heads of their regular viewers.
Ummm… How will they fit in all the hours of big bang and 2 1/2 men rpts with all this new programming….?
How Excitment !
If you rely on channel 9 to entertain you – please! channel 9 is now pssst
I can’t wait for more reruns of Bewitched next year!
I like the sound of Tricky Business, as I love Debra Byrne and Shane Bourne. But apart from that and Celeb Apprentice, nothing else grabs me. Definitely won’t be watching The Voice, I cannot stand Delta Goodrem, she is so fake and arrogant.
No more Big Brother, for the love of Yoda!!!
Wow thats alot of programs for channel 9 and only at one single channel. Unless most of them all will not be shown obviously on the channel 9 channel but rather on thier own other digital channels such as GO.
So sounds like big brother will be telecast after the olympics or close to the end of the olympics can someone please confirm this ? I just hope they wont show very little out of this. Oh they mgiht end up saying go to your computer and watch it all live as long as you wish…. meh. Not eveyrone has internet at home..
I dont agree Again with thier cricket and rugby sports.. its Horrible for channel 9. Theres too much programes for 2012…. how on earth will all this fit in including big brother show ??? this cant be posible.. but i would rather be so happy to see sports at 3am or on other channel and make channel 9 everydays a reality tv channel. Not just sports.. enough is enough with sports in australia.. theres allready some what 9 sports channels on foxtel and there also on the free digital channels… i mean what more do they want? turn everything sports? i hate sports i really do..
Im more of a big brother fan. Call me a couch potatoe with nothing more then a nice scotch. But yeah seriously dont no how on earth will channel 9 really show all this… there wont be enough room for time slots.. Unless of course most of these new programes will be also telecast during afternoons…
Will they also bring back the normal apprentice Australia
Everyone ready for a fortnight of wall-to-wall Eddie?
Typical nine trying to win viewers, I seem to recall them this year going to show pushing daisies. Never saw the light of day. Think it will be big bang theory 24\7. They have to keep their promise to win viewers
If these are the highlights….well ther ‘lowlights’ are scary. I just have a gut feeling that they are gonna totally stuff up the Olympics.
Note to ch9…use all 3 channels available …apply for exemptions Now..
Note to advertisers….if they don’t use 3 channels for the Olympics….don’t waste your budgets on them….
Have hamish and Andy on the new celebrity apprentice. I would watch it
Remember this is not a full slate so you can’t presume anything about shows that are not mentioned.
Olympics are July which is ratings period.
Hmm, so new episodes of The Middle started off on Nine, then eventually moved to GO!, now the new season will start on Nine next week but then in 2012, new episodes will be back on GO!. It’s so hard to keep up.
I’m sorry i’m struggling to see the “highlights” mentioned in the title.
Big Brother, Underbelly, The Block, Celebrity Apprentice, Excess Baggage, Top Gear. That’s a whole lot of crap.
They’ve already ruined the olympics with their commentary line up, and if it’s anything like their NRL & State of Origin coverage, it will be delayed anyway.
Suburgatory and 2 Broke Girls are good shows. But i’ve already watched them. Survivor looks like they’ve shoved to Go.
Which leaves Alcatraz as probably the only thing i’m interested in.
boring! GO, the number one multichannel my ass, they’re dreaming.
and are they all the shows they are gonna play on Go?! what about the ones they haven’t sold to Foxtel yet like Nikita, Fringe, Glory Daze and others? Hard Times was axed, just play it over summer instead!
Seven will clearly be the winners again!