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Late List: April results

Reality TV continues to impact on other programming having late starts, especially at Nine & Seven.

2012-09-05_1442There were 61 entries filed by readers on the TV Tonight Late List, in April, up from 28 in March.

Nine and Seven led the pack, with extensive Reality shows back in schedule and breaking news events.

Nine: 21
Seven: 19
TEN: 13
Other: 6
SBS: 1
ABC: 1
Foxtel: 0

Amongst the filed entries were:

The Block  Advertised time: 7:30pm / 7:43pm
The Big Bang Theory Advertised time: 8:47pm / 8:56pm
Resurrection  Advertised time: 8:45pm / 8:54pm
My Kitchen Rules  Advertised time: 7:30pm / 7:34pm
NCIS: LA  Advertised time: 9:30pm / 9:38pm
The Good Wife  Advertised time: 9:30pm / 9:46pm
Southern Cross News Advertised time: 6:30pm / 6:34pm

With major Reality shows going head to head, programming is already being impacted by late starts this month.

You can file an entry here.

NB: The Late List is a crowd-sourcing trial and is not scientifically conducted. It relies on the trust of readers to resource information.

5 Responses

  1. I just set my recordings the night before using the times in the EPG, and have never had any issues.

    A suggestion for David – perhaps rather than just listing advertised/actual times it would be useful to list advertised/EPG/actual where the information is provided (or to at least pick either advertised or EPG as the benchmark to make fairer comparisons)?

  2. I just set the recorder to start at the programmed time and end about 15 mins or so at the end. It’s cheeky that there are late program starts but it’s not a big deal to me.

  3. That’s why I am giving up watching Channel Nine, especially The Block, The Voice AU and 60 mins. And TV Week Logies started 7 mins late than the expected time.
    If nine have shows that start 20 minutes late more frequently then this will be a big issue.

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