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Shares:
ch: ABC1 9.8%
ch: ABC2 3.5%
ch: ABC3 0.9%
ABC News 24 0.9%
ch: ABC TOTAL 15.2%
ch: 7 27.2%
ch: 7TWO 4.6%
ch: 7mate 4.3%
7 TOTAL 36.1%
ch: 9 15.3%
ch: GO! 3.8%
ch: Gem 3.4%
9 TOTAL 22.5%
ch: TEN 11.8%
ch: ONE 3.0%
ch: ELEVEN 4.8%
TEN TOTAL 19.7%
ch: SBS ONE 5.4%
ch: SBS TWO 1.2%
SBS TOTAL 6.5%

Top 20 shows for the day:
1 SEVEN NEWS Network 7 1,147,000 326,000 275,000 243,000 116,000 188,000
2 SEVEN’S TENNIS: 2012 AUST OPEN – DAY 3 NIGHT SESSION Network 7 1,063,000 323,000 366,000 205,000 100,000 69,000
3 NINE NEWS Network 9 1,003,000 277,000 333,000 214,000 86,000 93,000
4 TODAY TONIGHT Network 7 964,000 292,000 219,000 196,000 103,000 155,000
5 ABC NEWS-EV Network ABC1 824,000 223,000 290,000 115,000 86,000 110,000
6 A CURRENT AFFAIR Network 9 820,000 257,000 251,000 147,000 79,000 86,000
7 THE BIG BANG THEORY -RPT Network 9 800,000 267,000 212,000 170,000 64,000 88,000
8 MODERN FAMILY WED RPT Network TEN 661,000 179,000 204,000 120,000 63,000 95,000
9 TEN NEWS AT FIVE Network TEN 627,000 188,000 171,000 98,000 79,000 91,000
10 RBT Network 9 603,000 210,000 137,000 144,000 52,000 61,000
11 QI-EV Network ABC1 599,000 162,000 165,000 116,000 70,000 86,000
12 SEVEN’S TENNIS: 2012 AUST OPEN – DAY 3 NIGHT SESSION – LATE Network 7 572,000 145,000 188,000 110,000 63,000 66,000
13 HOT SEAT Network 9 542,000 159,000 129,000 169,000 35,000 50,000
14 7.30-EV Network ABC1 517,000 148,000 158,000 77,000 63,000 71,000
15 OUTNUMBERED-EV Network ABC1 492,000 151,000 158,000 64,000 63,000 56,000
16 RULES OF ENGAGEMENT WED RPT Network TEN 480,000 115,000 121,000 99,000 53,000 92,000
17 ABC NEWS UPDATE-EV Network ABC1 471,000 115,000 154,000 83,000 60,000 60,000
18 THE PROJECT Network TEN 468,000 115,000 143,000 103,000 59,000 48,000
19 SEVEN’S TENNIS: 2012 AUST OPEN – DAY 3 Network 7 423,000 107,000 149,000 72,000 41,000 54,000
20 THE GOOD WIFE WED EP 2 RPT Network TEN 403,000 114,000 113,000 79,000 36,000 61,000

Top 20 shows on digital multi channels
1 HEARTBEAT-WED (R) Network 7TWO 272,000 54,000 64,000 67,000 30,000 57,000
2 NEIGHBOURS Network ELEVEN 268,000 54,000 63,000 82,000 37,000 32,000
3 THE ALL NEW SIMPSONS Network ELEVEN 263,000 68,000 71,000 59,000 28,000 38,000
4 THE BIG BANG THEORY -EV Network GO! 256,000 79,000 65,000 40,000 43,000 29,000
5 THE SIMPSONS WED RPT Network ELEVEN 243,000 53,000 83,000 48,000 31,000 28,000
6 WIBBLY PIG-PM Network ABC2 243,000 103,000 73,000 25,000 13,000 29,000
7 AMERICAN PICKERS-WED (R) Network 7mate 239,000 70,000 74,000 35,000 23,000 38,000
8 GRANDPA IN MY POCKET-PM Network ABC2 236,000 96,000 71,000 32,000 9,000 28,000
9 PENELOPE-AM Network ABC2 232,000 54,000 112,000 16,000 27,000 23,000
10 MR MOON-EV Network ABC2 228,000 113,000 58,000 20,000 15,000 23,000
11 PLAY SCHOOL-AM Network ABC2 223,000 39,000 116,000 21,000 26,000 21,000
12 PEPPA PIG-PM Network ABC2 222,000 102,000 59,000 25,000 7,000 30,000
13 THOMAS AND FRIENDS-AM Network ABC2 221,000 52,000 99,000 19,000 27,000 24,000
14 TIMMY TIME-EV Network ABC2 217,000 109,000 53,000 18,000 9,000 27,000
15 HUMF-PM Network ABC2 215,000 79,000 65,000 28,000 12,000 31,000
16 DIRTGIRLWORLD-AM Network ABC2 213,000 52,000 99,000 14,000 24,000 23,000
17 PLAY SCHOOL-PM Network ABC2 207,000 77,000 68,000 34,000 7,000 20,000
18 HARDCORE PAWN-WED (R) Network 7mate 204,000 41,000 57,000 53,000 15,000 39,000
19 FUTURAMA WED RPT Network ELEVEN 203,000 47,000 63,000 41,000 19,000 34,000
20 FUTURAMA WED EP 2 RPT Network ELEVEN 202,000 46,000 70,000 42,000 24,000 19,000

Top 20 shows on subscription TV
1 LIVE: CRICKET: BIG BASH LEAGUE FOX SPORTS 3 238,000
2 GRIMM FOX8 116,000
3 LIVE: CRICKET: BIG BASH LEAGUE FOX SPORTS 3 114,000
4 CRICKET SUPERSTAR FOX8 72,000
5 WWE RAW FOX8 64,000
6 CORONATION STREET UKTV 63,000
7 EASTENDERS UKTV 63,000
8 MILLIONAIRE MATCHMAKER ARENA 60,000
9 THE SIMPSONS FOX8 58,000
10 PHIL SPENCER: SECRET AGENT LifeStyle Channel 55,000
11 PHINEAS AND FERB Disney Channel 53,000
12 CRICKET: TEST PAK V ENG 1ST TEST DAY 2 FOX SPORTS 3 51,000
13 HART OF DIXIE FOX8 49,000
14 GRAND DESIGNS ABROAD LifeStyle Channel 47,000
15 THE SUITE LIFE ON DECK Disney Channel 45,000
16 JUDGE JUDY Bio. 45,000
17 LIVE: FOOTBALL: A-LEAGUE MELB H V C CST FOX SPORTS 1 44,000
18 HOUR OF THE GUN FOX Classics 44,000
19 FISH HOOKS Disney Channel 44,000
20 SHAKE IT UP Disney Channel 44,000

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Some changes to ONE’s comedy night from next Monday with the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Specials being replaced with specific specials focussing on one comedian.

Next Monday, January 23, ONE will air Jimeoin on Ice from 8.30pm.

From the magical world of Jimeoin comes this smash hit show Jimeoin on Ice. See him gracefully skate through brilliantly funny observations on the absurdities of everyday life.

The following Monday, January 30, it is Carl Barron – Walking Down the Street from 8.30pm.

As a first class comedian who plays off audience reactions with ease, Carl Barron’s topics jump from one to the other and back again, until you find yourself helpless with laughter.

As both shows are only 90 minute long, Blue Bloods moves forward to 10.00pm. The season finale of Blue Bloods now airs Monday January 30, at 10.00pm.

ONE’s revamped Monday nights has been giving the channel its highest general entertainment shares yet – reaching 4.9% last Monday night and ranking ONE close to the highest rating digial multi channel for that night. ONE was even ahead of its better rating network brother ELEVEN on Monday night. The Melbourne International comedy specials have ranked close to the most watched shows on digital multi channels on the nights they air.

ONE’s comedy night also features Who’e Line Is It Anyway from 7.30-8.30pm.

With Home and Away returning to Seven next Monday January 23 at 7pm, 7TWO will again air its Sunday morning “catch ups”, playing all five episodes of the week in one hit on Sunday January 29, from 9.30am.

The catch up timeslot should remain constant throughout the year, giving viewers either an alternative time to watch Home & Away or diehard fans the chance to watch episodes again.

Home & Away returns to Seven 7pm Monday January 23, and continues weeknights. Catch up Sundays 9.30am from January 29 on 7TWO.

Next week, as is typical when Ten start airing new reality series, The Biggest Loser Singles will be encored the day after it airs at 3pm.

Monday nights’ premiere episode will be replayed on Tuesday afternoon at 3pm, with the next three episodes played at 3pm the following three days.

If you are not quite ready yet to get into a 7pm nightly television routine, this is your chance to catch up the next day. Nightly episodes also will be available online at the Ten website the next day.

The Biggest Loser Singles premieres Monday January 23, at 7pm, and continues 7pm Monday-Thursdays on Ten.

With Nine’s Excess Baggage not premiering until January 30, and Ten’s seventh series of The Biggest Loser effectively having a one week head start on the new Nine series, Nine are hoping to lure viewers with copious quantities of Big Bang Theory episodes, starting from Sunday night (January 22).

Episodes of the hit sitcom are scheduled on Sunday night at 6.30 and 7.00pm, weeknights at 7.00pm, Monday to Thursday at 7.30pm as well as Monday and Tuesday 8.00pm. Then on GO!, there are another two on Sunday night from 8.30pm, then episodes on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday nights as well.

And where is the new episode? Be careful – the one and only new episode for the week airs at 7.30pm Monday January 23. Then, the following week, assuming Excess Baggage airs for one hour on its premiere night of Monday January 30, the new episode of Big Bang for that week will air at 8.00pm (although history tells us, that is more likley to become 8.15pm).

So here is the summary of when The Big Bang Theory airs on Nine and GO! for the week January 22-28. All repeats except Monday January 23 7.30pm.

Sunday January 22.
6.30pm Nine The Electric Can Opener Fluctuation
7.00pm Nine The Jiminy Conjecture
8.30pm GO! The Jerusalem Diary
9.00pm GO! The Batjar Conjecture

Monday January 23
7.00pm Nine The Gothowitz Deviation
7.30pm NEW EPISODE Nine The Flaming Spitton Acquisition
8.00pm Nine The Pirate Solution
8.30pm GO! The Nerdvana Annihilation

Tuesday January 24
7.00pm Nine The Creep Candy Floating Corollary
7.30pm Nine The Cornhusker Vortex
8.00pm Nine The Guitarist Amplification

Wednesday January 25
7.00pm Nine The Adhesive Duck Deficiency
7.30pm Nine The Vangeance Formulation
9.00pm GO! The Bad Fish Paradigm

Thursday January 26
7.00pm Nine The Gorilla Experiment
7.30pm Nine The Maternal Congruence
9.00pm GO! The Codepiece Topology

Friday January 27
7.00pm Nine The Psychic Vortex

Episodes of Big Bang also air on The Comedy Channel at 5pm weeknights as well as Sundays from 4.00pm – 6.30pm. Interestingly, 5pm on Comedy means they also air at 7pm on Comedy+2 weeknights – same time as Nine. On Sunday, between The Comedy Channel, Nine and GO!, you could, if you chose to, watch a total of NINE episodes of The Big Bang Theory on the one day! Wonder how many of those you will have already seen too many times?! 

The Australian of the Year Awards 2012 celebrates the achievements and contributions of eminent citizens throughout the last year.

And this year prior to the Australia Celebrates Concert ABC1 will be covering the official announcement live, for the first time, hosted by STEPHANIE BRANTZ.

The awards event will include performances by Jack Vigden and Judith Durham OAM who, together with The Seekers, received the Australian the Year Award in 1967.

Celebrate what’s great on Australia Day Eve, January 25, when ABC1 broadcasts Australia Celebrates, a live concert from the steps of Parliament House Canberra. Our hosts MYF WARHURST and JAMES MATHISON will be joined on stage by some of Australia’s favourite artists, a mix of internationally renowned and locally loved home-grown talent, as they perform on this prestigious occasion. Acts performing on the night will include INXS, Sneaky Sound System, Spiderbait, The Potbelleez and Katie Noonan and The Captains.

And on the morning of Australia Day itself, ABC1 will broadcast the National Australia Day Flag Raising and Citizenship Ceremony 2012 live from the shores of Lake Burley Griffin in Canberra. Featuring all the pomp and ceremony of this important Australia Day event where new Australian citizens are welcomed by the Prime Minister and Governor General. *AESDT

It’s a week of summer finals and premieres on ABC1 with Nigella Kitchen, Outnumbered and Gareth Malone’s School for Extraordinary Boys all concluding during this week, while The Straits debuts on Thursday nights, as does Family Confidential and new series Accused on Saturday nights.

Grand Designs: Tenby. Sunday January 29, 7.30pm

This episode focusses on the restoration of the old lifeboat station in Tenby, Wales as Irishman Tim O’Donovan and his wife see an opportunity to not only convert the building into a unique home, but to rescue the historic building for the nation. Perched high on a steel peer above the sea, with only soft beech access, deliveries must be timed with the weather and tides.

Zen: Cabal. Sunday January 29, 8.30pm

A glamorous Roman detective series, based on the books by Michael Dibdin and starring Rufus Sewell. In this, episode two fo the series, Zen is assigned another case by the Ministry after the body of Umberto Ruspanti, a member of one of Rome’s most prominent aristocratic families is found underneath a bridge. Despite being directed to conclude it was suicide, Zen quickly suspects that murder has taken place. It is up to Zen to discover what really happened to Ruspanti.

Orchids: My Intersex Adventure. Sunday January 29, 10.00pm

This is the story of documentary filmmaker Phoebe Hart and her journey of both self discovery and finding others that share her condition of intersex with her. This condition means she can never menstruate, nor have children – a topic that was taboo in her childhood.

Ben Lee: Catch My Disease. Monday January 30, 9.30pm

This documentary examines the life of Ben Lee, a unique Australiamn artist who had written two solo albums of Dylan-inspired folk pop by 1995.

Nigella Kitchen: Can’t Live Without. Tuesday Janury 31, 8.00pm

In the final episode of this series, Nigella is sharing the secrets of food and flavours she just can’t live without including lemon, choclate and more.

The Wild Ones: Cane Toads – The Conquest. Tuesday January 31, 8.30pm

The South American cane toad was introduces into Australia in 1935 as an attempt to control the grey back cane beetle. Since then the toads have multiplied and become one of the nation’s greatest pests.

Gareth Malone’s Extraordinary School for Boys. Tuesday January 31, 9.55pm

Final Part 1. International award winner, Choirmaster Gareth Malone teaches in a primary school in Essex in the UK for one term. His mission is to tackle the gap between girls’ and boys’ literacy and his final task is to tackle the boys’ number one enemy – writing.

Outnumbered. Wednesday February 1, 8.00pm

Final. Outnumbered follows the daily chaos of family life with two parents and three young children locked in an unequal contest (hence the title). Containing elements of improvisation, this comedy is an honest portrayal of the well meaning parental incompetence that happens in most homes, as Mum (Claire Skinner) and Dad (Hugh Dennis) attempt to raise their kids with the minimum of emotional damage for all concerned.

Family Confidential. Thursday February 2, 8.00pm

New series. Family Confidential returns for its second season, inviting you into the homes of six of Australia’s most powerful and intriguing families, including The Nolls (singer Shannon and family), The Courtenays (of author Bryce Courtenay), The Dingos (actor Ernie, wife Sally), The Holmes à Courts (billionaire widow Janet and sons Peter and Paul), The Jacobsens (entertainment legend Kevin) and The Casellas (founders of Australia’s wealthiest family wine company with the Yellow Tail label). First episode looks at the Nolls.

The Straits. Thursday February 2, 8.30pm

New Australian Series.

Set among the turquoise waters and lethal wildlife of Australia’s Far North Queensland and the Torres Strait, The Straits is an exotic, darkly humorous crime drama.

The Montebello’s family business is transporting drugs into Australia and guns and exotic wildlife out – using ties of blood and loyalty in the Torres Strait Islands.

When Harry (Brian Cox) starts to plan his succession a power struggle is sparked between brothers Noel (Aaron Fa’Aoso), Marou (Jimi Bani), and Gary (Firass Dirani), and wife Kitty (Rena Owen) and daughter Sissi (Suzannah Bayes-Morton).

Tonight’s two-hour feature length premiere comprises:

Ep 1:-The Proposition

Harry announces his unexpected succession plan. Supported by his mother, Noel expands the family’s operations, without his father’s knowledge, by setting up a methamphetamine lab in PNG. This leads to conflict with the DC outlaw motorcycle gang and the family’s lives are threatened.

Ep 2:-The Trouble With Raskols
When a PNG raskol dies after Noel’s meth lab explodes, the dead raskol’s brother goes to the family’s home on Zey Island intent on revenge.

Gary flees to Cairns prompting Harry, Marou and Noel to go to PNG to square things with the raskols and the expat Chinese trader, Quay Lin (Sri Sacdpraseuth).

Meanwhile, Sissi starts work with the family’s accountant Paddy (Kim Gyngell) and discovers that Paddy has been embezzling money from the family for years.

And Marou’s wife Lola (Emma Lung) puts in place a plan to blackmail Gary into supporting Marou as future head of the family business.

Golf: Australian Ladies Masters 2012: Third Round. Saturday February 4, 2.00pm

ABC TV will broadcast back to back for the first time Australia’s two major golf tournaments for women – the 2012 Australian Ladies Masters (February 4 and 5) and the 2012 Women’s Australian Open (February 9,10,11 and 12).

Accused: Helen’s Story. Saturday February 4, 8.30pm

A series of six unflinching contemporary stories from acclaimed writer Jimmy McGovern that boasts a stellar cast.

McGovern, who is currently working with ABC TV on a major new series Redfern Now is also the creator of the award-winning series Cracker and The Street.

In Accused, each story is about an ordinary person who ends up in the court dock. But should these men and women be there? Are they innocent or guilty or somewhere in-between? As each hour-long episode unravels we see how these people became the accused and finally whether they walk free or go down…

In this story, teacher Helen Ryland (Juliet Stevenson) is distraught to discover her only son has been killed during his first day of work at a local factory. While her husband Frank (Peter Capaldi) is consumed by grief, she sets out to discover how the accident happened. However, when questioning of a witness and the facility’s owner proves fruitless, and the process of getting someone to accept responsibility drags on, she resorts to desperate measures.

In 2012, Australia’s most popular news channel presents more live news, more business reporting, more sports and new specialist programs. Here is what is new on ABC NEWS 24 from February 2012.

Weekend Breakfast.

Andrew Geoghegan and Miriam Corowa present WEEKEND BREAKFAST, covering the latest news from around the globe, with in-depth analysis and lively interviews. The program features regular news updates, finance, sport, arts and weather. It will draw on ABC’s unrivalled local, regional and international resources. The program will also be satreamed online.

PLANET AMERICA

In the lead-up to the 2012 US Presidential Election, ABC NewsRadio’s John Barron teams up with Chas Lucciardello, to present the weekly discussion program PLANET AMERICA. They’ll follow and analyse the race to the White House, through the Republicn prmiaries, the debates and the election campaign.

GRANDSTAND

GRANSTAND is the only nightly free-tao-aor decicated sports news and issues program, showing Monday – Thursday on ABC NEWS 24, with Contact Sport continuing on Fridays. Peter Wilkins presents the show featuring the latest sports news, features and discussion with contributions from ABC’s popular radio and television sporting commentators and leading sports figures.

NEWS EXCHANGE

News Exchange is the program where television meets the web. Hosted by Matt Cargill, the show will take a look at the top stories at home, around the world and in business, sport and entertainment. This unique program will include elements focusing on social media and audience interaction.

Along with a host of new programs, popular shows returning to ABC NEWS 24 for 2012 include: TONIC, ONE PLUS ONE, THE DRUM, THE WORLD, FUTURE FORUMS and THE QUARTERS.

ABC NEWS 24 reaches more than 3 million Australians each week. The channel continues to grow expanding its ability to show key events live from across the country and the world and presenting informed discussion and debate on the big issues facing the nation.

ABC NEWS 24 is on FreeView channel 24, Foxtel channel 202 and online.

This week the remaining 14 will be cut down to 12 with a double elimination.

Last weeks theme was communication and this weeks it’s endurance – where their bodies and minds will be tested. The team need to choose a new skipper, so they head into a captains challenge – the winner will get Oakley Radar sunglasses as well as the VIP suite for the week.

The challenge involves holding their arms out in front at a 90 degree angle holding a cricket bat – the twist is that every 10 seconds another bat will be added. Jake Fawcett was the winner with 14 bats and holding them 2 min 23sec. Richard Potter is now out of the VIP suite and Jake is in.

The boys head off to the Centre of Excellence for some drills. Alex bowls to Ian – or Dutchie as they call him and gets a ball right in his face under the grill and gets a bloody nose, but otherwise is okay. Graham Manou takes then takes them to The Old Museum where they must compete in the next challenge. They meet Mia a soprano and they will see who is the loudest and most ethusiastic yelling “HOWZAT!”  and the winners are Justin and Cameron.

They now head to Willowbank, for a race car rally “fresh test” challenge. They compete for the fastest time in a rally race. Poor is only Jake on his L’s, but it’s Mason and Cam who crash the car. Slowest is Cam, and the winner is James Moss – getting a 6 month gym membership.

Now it’s game day! the boys are playing against the QLD Academy of Sport team – and are daunted. Wearing there baggy caps, the team heads out and QLD are killing them. Davud is great yet others leave a lot to be desired. Dutchie misses a great catch

The QLD team end at the innings on 156.The boys will now bat and Graham Manou is not confident. – are 2 for 8. The superstars end up losing with 129 runs and QLD with 159.

Now is time for elimination after there poor effort. Dave is the “Fresh Talent” of the week – winning $1000. Now the eliminations …. It will be a double!

There is a challenge that includes batting, bowling, fielding and catching. Who does the best wins. The guys give their all, and the prize is for the winner of the over all challenge is – Alex wins – getting four tickets in a corpoate box!

The eliminations now start – after drills – it’s down to the final 14 that will be 12. At elimination two are sent home – they are – Jake S is out – now Cam? Wow! Really?

Cricket Superstar airs at 7.30pm on Wednesdays on FOX 8. For week two’s elimination click here.

ABC-TV and Matchbox Pictures (the producers of the critically-acclaimed The Slap and the upcoming The Straits) today start a six-week shoot for NEXT STOP HOLLYWOOD in Los Angeles.

The six-part series is a behind-the-scenes look at Hollywood through the eyes of six aspiring Australian actors, as they compete, with the world’s best for coveted roles during the highly competitive US TV pilot season, a frenzied time in Los Angeles, where all the networks cast their upcoming pilots.

Securing a role could launch their international careers and prove to be an opportunity of a lifetime.  It will be the biggest challenge of their careers so there is a lot at stake.

NEXT STOP HOLLYWOOD is about the pursuit of dreams, the spirit of determination and the breaking of hearts.

The series will be will be directed by award-winning documentary filmmaker Gary Doust and produced by Michael McMahon, Beth Frey and Cecilia Ritchie (Matchbox Pictures).  Executive Producers are Sophia Zachariou (ABC TV) and Tony Ayres (Matchbox Pictures).

Amanda Duthie, ABC TV Head of Arts and Entertainment says; “Australian actors are among the biggest stars in the world today, whether it is on the big or small screen. Every year it appears a new Australian actor makes it big in Hollywood, but it is a tough and highly competitive road. This series shows what it takes to become a star in Hollywood.’

Producer Michael McMahon says; ‘NEXT STOP HOLLYWOOD will follow these six ambitious young actors as they arrive in LA and prepare for pilot season. We will see them setting up home in Hollywood, struggling in a foreign city, away from family and friends.  We see them going to voice coaching and acting classes, arranging agent meetings and ultimately going to auditions and waiting for the callback. There will be plenty of drama, excitement and heartbreak.’

NEXT STOP HOLLYWOOD will air on ABC1 later this year.