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2024 Upfronts: What can we expect from Nine?

Paris Games, a 20th Block season and a game show shake-up are expected to be part of Nine event in Sydney.

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Nine will present its 2024 Upfronts to media buyers and press tomorrow afternoon at the Hordern Pavilion in Sydney.

The 2024 Paris Olympics are expected to take centrestage with Nine enjoying broadcast rights for the July Summer Games and August Paralympics.

2024 also marks the 20th season of The Block still a ratings juggernaut for the network.

There have been whispers for some time of a Daylesford site, a favourite weekender destination north west of Melbourne.

This fenced corner (opposite a Mitre 10 no less) is heavily rumoured to be the location, with construction expected to take place from the ground up. Biggest Block ever?

Executive Producer Julian Cress recently told TV Tonight, a 2024 site had been secured well in advance of the 2023 season debut.

“The beauty of this show -I guess it’s not wonderful if you’re a programmer, but it’s great if you’re a producer- is that they have to commit to the series for next year before this one goes to air. So we always know that we’re at least gonna make one more,” he said.

Married at First Sight has been filming, reportedly to include its second same-sex couple, while hits like Lego Masters and new shows Your Mum My Dad, Big Miracles will return.

Nine is yet to screen its new drama Human Error, along with a handful of previously-announced titles, and will doubtless have new drama projects to unveil for 2024.

The game show genre gets a shake-up with Hot Seat ending and the impending arrival of (worst rumour in the biz) Tipping Point with Todd Woodbridge. There are also UK specials of Jeopardy with host Stephen Fry and Aussie expats.

After the event Nine will welcome guests to an after-party, possibly to take on a Parisian theme? Oui!

TVT will be live tweeting announcements after 4:30pm AEST with full details published at the end of the event.

Confirmed:
Olympics 2024,
Paralympic Games 2024,
Married at First Sight,
The Block,
Lego Masters,
NRL,
State of Origin,
Australian Open,
Wimbledon,
Nine News,
My Mum Your Dad,
Big Miracles,
For the Love of Pets,

Rumoured:
Tipping Point hosted by Todd Woodbridge
The Block location in Daylesford
Jeopardy (UK specials with Stephen Fry)
New show with 3AW’s Ross Stevenson (possibly lifestyle / branded content)

Expected to return:
The Summit,
Travel Guides,
The Hundred with Andy Lee,
Under Investigation,
RBT,
Getaway,
A Current Affair,
Today,
Today Extra,
60 Minutes,
Footy Classified,
100% Footy,
Postcards,
Paramedics,
Emergency,
Space Invaders,
Australian Crime Stories,
RPA,
Planet Earth III (UK)

Yet to air in 2023:
Gordon Ramsay’s Food Stars,
Human Error,
Love Island,
Australia’s Most Identical,
Million Dollar Murders,
ARIA Awards,
Carols by Candlelight,

Unknown:
Missing Persons Investigation,
Parental Guidance,
Police Rescue Australia,
Australian Ninja Warrior,
Country House Hunters Australia,
Taronga: Who’s Who In The Zoo,
Buying Byron,
LEGO Bricksmas,
Rush

Not expected to return:
Hot Seat,
Snackmasters,
Country Home Rescue with Shaynna Blaze

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  1. What to expect from Nine is not what they promise. They did start promoting Human Error, and the trailer looked pretty bad, then buried it. They did announce Whistable Pearl S2, Queens Of Mystery S2 and Dalgliesh S2 as foreign dramas for Gem last year, but it seemed unlikely as it always looked like Acorn only sold them S1 to promote their streaming of S2s. Channel 9 isn’t going to announce Pointless as it’s daytime TV. They might show more, after they have finished repeating S26, 27 & 28. S29, where they are still experimenting with guest co-hosts, has just finished in the UK. I thought Laverne and Brooker were the best in S28.

    1. the ashes being played in Australia will be held on 2025-26 will be shown on Fox/7. The next ashes in England will be in 2027. We don’t know who will broadcast coverage.

  4. Human Error should be launched before the end of the year. It’ll be a disgrace if the only local scripted drama they air all year is MAFS. Sorry I meant Warnie.

  5. If there is a same sex couple this year on MAFS, it’ll be the series’ third. Craig & Andy in Season 3 and Season 7’s Tash & Amanda.

  6. Parental Guidance – would Ally Langdon have time to film with ACA commitments? Perhaps new host instead?
    Australian Ninja Warrior – expensive to produce for short 6 week run; have audiences missed it with the show taking a break this year?

    1. Interesting. My guess was seven simply by process of elimination (we know ten have said no and I was guessing nine have their financial table well and truly set with the Olympics for a while plus seven has the rest of the horse racing, you’d think they could maneuver a deal). Purely from a commercial point of view, I never really got the appeal of the Melbourne cup week. It’s a lot of money (well has been in the recent past) for zero prime time programming. Sure, there is a place for loss leaders to promote other shows, but Melbourne cup viewers usually watch the days telecast with the sound turned down (in my experience) except for the race itself….

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