This, the final week of ratings may be one of the biggest weeks of the TV year as Networks fall over themselves trying to extract every last possible ratings point, but disappointingly, none of this content is in HD.
With the three commercial HD channels ONE, GEM and 7mate running their own unique programming, apart from the odd encore from time to time – as we often see on GEM – none of this week’s big shows will be seen in HD.
The few shows that do air in HD on these channels are mostly represented by movies, with a few other series also airing in HD.
So just how much – or how little HD – is there this week?
Here is the summary.
Sunday (6.00pm – midnight)
ONE
8.30 Movie: The Transporter
GEM
8.30 Movie: Mona Lisa Smile
11.00 Friends x 2
7mate
9.30 Movie: DOA: Dead Or Alive
Monday
ONE
6.00 Jeopardy! (Mon-Fri)
10.30 NFL
GEM
6.00 Friends (Mon-Fri)
7.30 Michaela’s Road Trip
10.30 Secret Diary of a Call Girl
11.30 Friends (Mon-Thur)
7mate
7.00pm How I Met Your Mother (Mon-Thur)
7.30pm How I Met Your Mother
Tuesday
GEM
8.30 The Closer
9.30 Rizolli & Isles
10.30 Megacities
ONE
9.30 Rush (confirmed now airing in HD)
Wednesday
ONE
10.30 RPM
11.30 NFL
GEM
8.30 Movie: The Perfect Storm
7mate
8.30 Hardcore Pawn
9.30 American Pickers
Thursday
ONE
8.30 Movie: 12 Rounds
10.50 Ultimate Fighter
7mate
7.30 Pawn Stars
8.30 Lockdown
Friday
ONE
7.30 Tools of The Trade
8.30 Movie: The Marine
GEM
7.30 Frozen Planet
8.30 The Mentalist
9.30 Movie: The Client
7mate
5.30 Big Fat Liar
7.30 How I Met Your Mother
8.30 My Name is Earl
9.30 Movie: American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile
Saturday
GEM
5.30 Drop Dead Diva
8.30 CSI: NY
9.30 CSI: Miami
10.30 CSI
7mate
6.30 Mighty Structures (note the 2nd ep at 7.30 is not HD)
10.50 WWII Lost Films
Worst night for HD content – Tuesday. Best night – Friday. As one can see, slim pickings for free to air HD considering just how much content there is over all the channels.
Some of the shows airing on the main channels that we COULD be seeing in HD, if they were aired on a HD channel include Wild Boys, Bones, Castle, Parenthood, Criminal Minds and The Amazing Race for Seven. On Nine, CSI, CSI: Miami, The Big Bang Theory, The Mentalist, Two and a Half Men, Mike & Molly, Frozen Planet, Person of Interest, Prime Suspect and Unforgettable could be seen in HD. WHile on Ten, Merlin, Terra Nova, Ringer, Glee, Modern Family, Law & Order, Law & Order: SVU and White Collar could be seen in HD if aired on a HD channel.
Note all the major reality series that dominate our ratings including Celebrity Apprentice, Junior Masterchef, The X Factor, The One and Beauty and the Geek – all of which conclude this week – are not even made in HD.
Programming information correct at November 20 and subject to change. HD information based on TV guide information, Not all main channel shows that could air in HD are listed. Story focusses on prime time 6.00pm-midnight only. According to TV guide information, nothing on SBS HD actually airs in HD. ABC News 24 also lists no shows as being in HD, even though the channel is an HD channel as such.
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