Part of watching the Australian Open Tennis on Seven each year is seeing the ads for up and coming premieres on Seven that come “after the tennis”. Promo after promo - pretty well in every ad break - remind us what will be on the channel “after the tennis” but, until the end is closer, rarely give away the timeslots - usually a closely guarded secret until the last minute, with even advanced guides indicating several time slots as “TBC”
The Australian Open Tennis runs for two weeks, starting Monday January 18, and finishing with the Men’s final - often one of the highest rating TV events of the year - on the night of Sunday Jan 31. Until then, there is no normal programming on Seven from 11am until after midnight except for the 6pm News, Today Tonight, and Home and Away which returns 7pm Monday January 25th - during the tennis.
Shows being advertised include Desperate Housewives, Bothers and Sisters (both most likely to return to their usual Monday nigh time slots), Criminal Minds (possibly will be Wednesdays), Grey’s Anatomy (probably will return to Thursday nights), How I Met Your Mother, Family Guy, A Touch of Frost and Royal Pains. Ads are also running for the return of Airways.
Also promoted “after the tennis” with ads and sneak peaks is the premiere “Cougar Town” starring ex-friend Courtney Cox. Sneak peaks are now airing for the Marriage Ref.
Set to air on 7TWo in coming weeks is the rest of the current season of Heroes, the new season of 24 - which premieres in the US this week - and Lost - also premiering in the US shortly. This will in fact be the last season ever of both Lost and Heroes. Both shows were once top rating shows for Seven. At least they get to be played out on 7TWO.
Programming information TV Tonight.
