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Nine delays The Weakest Link premiere
Rebooted game show is rescheduled to a start in late May.
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Nine has made an unexpected change to the premiere date for The Weakest Link.
The show hosted by Magda Szubanski was originally due at 8:50pm next Tuesday.
The show was already on a very tight turnaround from its recordings, which started last week, to a Tuesday premiere.
A Nine spokesperson said, “Due to the tight production schedule Weakest Link will now launch at the end of May on Channel 9.”
Next Tuesday in its place Nine will screen a movie repeat, Welcome to the Jungle.
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34 Responses
I’ll give it a miss, thanks.
Hmmm… is the ‘Wokest’ Link really being delayed by production delays, or is it because of all the controversy Madga has caused with her comments about Mrs Morrison and Nine are hoping people’ll forget about it by the end of May?
I thought you needed a scary host for this show ? I saw a promo last night and Magda looked and sounded about as fearsome as a bowl of custard …I don’t think she will cut it to be honest and Nine are blaming the delay on BS ….
Any news on the prize level. It seems an odd thing to commission- the only good thing about the US revival is Jane Lynch. Otherwise it has just been exposed as a rather weak format that got lucky.
Is the US one with Jane Lynch going to be shown on Aussie FTA tv?
Not to my knowledge. What US quiz show is? Jeopardy on VICELAND is all I can think of at the moment.
If this rates well… I wonder if it will be a 5pm start. Just saying…
Are they waiting for the hand maids tale comments to die down? Also having it later after Lego would have given it a good lead in and possible good ratings.
It won’t rate well as Magda isn’t mean like Cornelia. Instead of a movie Nine could start showing Young Sheldon’s 4th season.
All stations show more new stuff on catch up than they air.
lets be honest after what she said about the prime ministers no one will watch and also what she said about christians
Nobody I know was offended by anything she has said. In fact they all agreed with her.
Everyone I know was offended by everything she said. In fact they all agreed she was wrong and silly for making those comments!
Clearly our social circles are vastly different
Pretty obvious everyone is over entertainers giving us their political views. just look at how awful the Academy Awards were and how they rated their lowest ever…. people watch tv to escape the world not get reminded how messed up it is. Leave the politics to the politicians, everyone is fed up!
Micallef does those kinds of gags each week in Mad as Hell so personally I didn’t have an issue with it. We have a long history of political satire after all. I think that differs from an Oscars event. Ratings were done for a number of reasons. As far as I know Weakest Link won’t be focussed on political humour.
I’m going to watch it just to prove you wrong.
It was bad judgement to make the comment about the PM’s wife but she admitted that she’d made a mistake. I just don’t see this show succeeding. I saw the promo last night and it has zero appeal for me.
9pm for a trivia game show?!?
Maybe thinking about a 7:30 prime time slot?
Instead of airing a movie from a decade or so ago, how about taking the opportunity to keep ‘Resident Alien’ in the same timeslot from week to week.
Ahhh 9; Still The Worst.
Good point.
Why would they persist with Resident Alien when it was last in its timeslot last night?
(see your wrapup)
It’s clearly not working – no matter what timeslot it’s given.
9: Wants to be Still The One – not the zero.
Strictly speaking SBS was last. But also RA was one figure for two episodes, it would land higher were it separated.
Wonder if RA won its timeslot in the demographics though?
Couldn’t have said it better myself, DaveyBoy. Or as good. Cheers!
And Tracey’s soft interview has possibly had some blowback.
Agree JCD
Maybe nervous with Seven’s sudden resurgence and want to wait?
One show doing average figures is not a resurgence.
It’s what’s coming up that would be concerning for Nine. Farmer Wants a Wife, Olympics, The Voice, SAS…. BB is the start of the swing
I don’t see this lasting tbh.
Perhaps they read the comments here and realized they need to find a better time slot.
I wonder if there us any connection from her recent social media post dramas may be a reason (but nine wont confirm)