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What happened to the double episode of Winners & Losers last night?

With a finishing time of 10.10, after starting around 8.40, it was more like a 90 minute episode as opposed to a full double episode. Guides had indicated a 10.30 finish.

Perhaps Seven had thought twice about having their newest drama run past 10.30pm – after 10pm, the drop off of people watching free to air TV can be quite substantial.

In ratings, the first episode was watched by 1,566,000 while the second 1,420,000. Assuming the second episode is the half hour part from 9.30, that is a drop off of audience of around 10%, although maintaining an audience that high that late rarely happens.

Had the show have gone past 10.30pm – which it would have if it was a full double episode, the drop off would have been higher, thereby affecting the number that would return for episode 4 next Tuesday.

It appears likely that the two episodes were edited down to make a shorter double to avoid finishing too late. In watching the show last night, it was difficult to tell exactly where one episode finished and the next start.

Seven ended up airing two episodes of Cougar Town after 10.10.

Tuesday March 29, 2011

Huge result for Winners & Losers with most of last week’s 1.6 million returning for this week’s offering – which wasn’t really a double episode – more like a 90 minute episode as it finished at 10.08pm. Probably best that it didn’t go until 10.30 as the potential drop off could have been larger.

Shares:
1 Seven 27.4% (nw 34.2%)
2 Ten 18.3% (nw 22.9%)
3 Nine 17.0% (nw 24.0%)
4 ABC1 10.7% (nw 14.0%)
5 GO! 4.6%

6 SBS ONE 3.9% (nw 4.9%)
7 7mate 3.7%
8 ELEVEN 3.5%
9 7TWO 3.1%
10 GEM 2.4%

11 ABC2 1.9%
12 ONE HD 1.2%
13 SBS TWO 0.9%
14 ABC3 0.8%
15 ABC News 24 0.6%

Top shows for the day:
Ranking Ch: Program 5 City Metro Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 Ch: 7 WINNERS & LOSERS 1,566,000 413,000 523,000 274,000 162,000 193,000
2 Ch: 7 MY KITCHEN RULES-TUE 1,499,000 377,000 500,000 277,000 151,000 193,000
3 Ch: 7 WINNERS & LOSERS-EP.2 1,420,000 388,000 476,000 238,000 144,000 174,000
4 Ch: 7 SEVEN NEWS 1,182,000 274,000 293,000 281,000 154,000 179,000
5 Ch: 7 TODAY TONIGHT 1,154,000 243,000 310,000 268,000 140,000 193,000
6 Ch: TEN NCIS 1,131,000 297,000 312,000 245,000 116,000 161,000
7 Ch: 9 NINE NEWS 1,001,000 262,000 316,000 239,000 108,000 76,000
8 Ch: TEN TALKIN’ ‘BOUT YOUR GENERATION 965,000 259,000 273,000 214,000 96,000 122,000
9 Ch: 7 HOME AND AWAY 951,000 238,000 260,000 197,000 120,000 135,000
10 Ch: ABC1 ABC NEWS-EV 926,000 274,000 247,000 157,000 103,000 145,000
11 Ch: 9 A CURRENT AFFAIR 905,000 263,000 257,000 225,000 89,000 71,000
12 Ch: 9 THE BIG BANG THEORY -TUE 862,000 221,000 272,000 217,000 66,000 85,000
13 Ch: TEN NCIS RPT 758,000 198,000 204,000 119,000 110,000 127,000
14 Ch: TEN THE 7PM PROJECT 722,000 170,000 246,000 154,000 53,000 99,000
15 Ch: TEN TEN NEWS AT FIVE 690,000 170,000 211,000 134,000 73,000 101,000
16 Ch: 9 THE BIG BANG THEORY -TUE EP1 681,000 227,000 273,000 0 77,000 104,000
17 Ch: ABC1 7.30-EV 681,000 227,000 175,000 128,000 69,000 82,000
18 Ch: 9 TOP GEAR 647,000 172,000 222,000 114,000 69,000 70,000
19 Ch: ABC1 QI-LE 586,000 220,000 152,000 86,000 79,000 49,000
20 Ch: 9 TWO AND A HALF MEN -RPT 541,000 192,000 232,000 0 55,000 62,000
21 Ch: 9 HOT SEAT 537,000 124,000 162,000 145,000 63,000 43,000
22 Ch: ABC1 FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT-EV 535,000 172,000 138,000 117,000 55,000 53,000
23 Ch: 7 DEAL OR NO DEAL 505,000 129,000 138,000 106,000 64,000 67,000
24 Ch: 9 ADULTS ONLY 20 TO 1 465,000 140,000 158,000 70,000 49,000 48,000
25 Ch: ABC1 HOW EARTH MADE US-EV 455,000 133,000 138,000 82,000 53,000 49,000
26 Ch: 7 COUGAR TOWN-TUE 431,000 110,000 153,000 62,000 47,000 58,000
27 Ch: 7 SUNRISE 393,000 99,000 109,000 88,000 42,000 55,000
28 Ch: TEN 6PM WITH GEORGE NEGUS 365,000 73,000 141,000 65,000 35,000 52,000
29 Ch: TEN THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL 364,000 100,000 98,000 81,000 37,000 48,000
30 Ch: TEN TEN EVENING NEWS 360,000 82,000 140,000 62,000 28,000 47,000
31 Ch: ABC1 MINUSCULE-EV 344,000 87,000 105,000 73,000 36,000 45,000
32 Ch: ELEVEN NEIGHBOURS 334,000 76,000 119,000 63,000 42,000 34,000
33 Ch: 9 TODAY 327,000 95,000 107,000 72,000 30,000 23,000
34 Ch: TEN 6PM WITH GEORGE NEGUS LATE RPT 310,000 78,000 101,000 39,000 41,000 50,000
35 Ch: GO! SURVIVOR: REDEMPTION ISLAND -EV 305,000 88,000 91,000 54,000 36,000 37,000
36 Ch: TEN GOOD CHEF BAD CHEF 276,000 51,000 73,000 65,000 37,000 50,000
37 Ch: ABC1 THE GRADUAL DEMISE OF PHILLIPA FINCH-LE 266,000 84,000 69,000 53,000 37,000 23,000
38 Ch: 7 COUGAR TOWN 265,000 89,000 81,000 36,000 25,000 33,000
39 Ch: TEN JUDGE JUDY 257,000 74,000 63,000 47,000 35,000 38,000
40 Ch: 7 SEVEN NEWS AT 4.30 250,000 65,000 55,000 72,000 29,000 29,000
41 Ch: SBS ONE WONDERS OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM 232,000 66,000 82,000 41,000 16,000 27,000
42 Ch: 9 THE BIG BANG THEORY -RPT 223,000 0 0 223,000 0 0
43 Ch: 9 KITCHEN NIGHTMARES U.S.A. 216,000 54,000 77,000 39,000 27,000 19,000
44 Ch: 9 NINE AFTERNOON NEWS 215,000 53,000 68,000 51,000 23,000 21,000
45 Ch: ABC1 JENNIFER BYRNE PRESENTS-LE 208,000 59,000 58,000 42,000 28,000 21,000
46 Ch: 7TWO ARE YOU BEING SERVED? 203,000 50,000 63,000 30,000 30,000 30,000
47 Ch: ELEVEN EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND 202,000 57,000 65,000 29,000 25,000 26,000
48 Ch: ABC2 PLAY SCHOOL-PM 201,000 35,000 82,000 33,000 30,000 22,000
49 Ch: TEN TWO GUYS AND A GIRL 197,000 43,000 43,000 53,000 23,000 36,000
50 Ch: ABC1 GRAND DESIGNS REVISITED RPT 195,000 56,000 53,000 50,000 17,000 19,000

Top shows in 16-39s:
Ranking Ch: Program 5 City Metro Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth
1 Ch: 7 WINNERS & LOSERS 589,000 180,000 185,000 93,000 56,000 75,000
2 Ch: 7 WINNERS & LOSERS-EP.2 537,000 177,000 168,000 79,000 51,000 62,000
3 Ch: 7 MY KITCHEN RULES-TUE 502,000 153,000 139,000 97,000 42,000 71,000
4 Ch: TEN TALKIN’ ‘BOUT YOUR GENERATION 293,000 94,000 78,000 68,000 24,000 28,000
5 Ch: 9 THE BIG BANG THEORY -TUE 286,000 76,000 86,000 76,000 23,000 25,000
6 Ch: TEN NCIS 280,000 70,000 74,000 76,000 27,000 33,000
7 Ch: 9 TOP GEAR 268,000 74,000 93,000 42,000 29,000 30,000
8 Ch: 7 HOME AND AWAY 252,000 81,000 60,000 43,000 29,000 41,000
9 Ch: 9 THE BIG BANG THEORY -TUE EP1 242,000 85,000 89,000 0 31,000 37,000
10 Ch: TEN THE 7PM PROJECT 223,000 53,000 78,000 54,000 11,000 26,000
11 Ch: 7 COUGAR TOWN-TUE 213,000 65,000 64,000 36,000 24,000 25,000
12 Ch: 7 SEVEN NEWS 193,000 46,000 40,000 54,000 28,000 25,000
13 Ch: 7 TODAY TONIGHT 178,000 38,000 43,000 44,000 19,000 33,000
14 Ch: TEN NCIS RPT 171,000 39,000 48,000 36,000 23,000 25,000
15 Ch: ELEVEN NEIGHBOURS 167,000 32,000 68,000 41,000 19,000 7,000
16 Ch: 9 ADULTS ONLY 20 TO 1 166,000 48,000 70,000 19,000 16,000 12,000
17 Ch: 9 NINE NEWS 160,000 52,000 53,000 29,000 10,000 17,000
18 Ch: 9 A CURRENT AFFAIR 153,000 53,000 41,000 30,000 13,000 16,000
19 Ch: TEN TEN EVENING NEWS 144,000 41,000 50,000 22,000 8,000 23,000
20 Ch: TEN TEN NEWS AT FIVE 144,000 29,000 50,000 29,000 18,000 20,000
21 Ch: 7 COUGAR TOWN 142,000 53,000 44,000 19,000 11,000 15,000
22 Ch: GO! SURVIVOR: REDEMPTION ISLAND -EV 132,000 37,000 44,000 17,000 17,000 16,000
23 Ch: ABC1 QI-LE 131,000 62,000 29,000 15,000 17,000 8,000
24 Ch: 9 TWO AND A HALF MEN -RPT 130,000 51,000 47,000 0 16,000 16,000
25 Ch: TEN 6PM WITH GEORGE NEGUS 124,000 22,000 51,000 25,000 9,000 18,000
26 Ch: 7mate FAMILY GUY-TUE 107,000 15,000 52,000 18,000 12,000 10,000
27 Ch: 7mate MY NAME IS EARL-TUE 98,000 30,000 38,000 12,000 12,000 7,000
28 Ch: 7 SUNRISE 94,000 25,000 36,000 11,000 12,000 11,000
29 Ch: TEN 6PM WITH GEORGE NEGUS LATE RPT 93,000 22,000 36,000 19,000 3,000 13,000
30 Ch: 7mate AMERICAN DAD-TUE 93,000 19,000 43,000 17,000 4,000 10,000
31 Ch: 9 KITCHEN NIGHTMARES U.S.A. 90,000 15,000 41,000 18,000 12,000 5,000
32 Ch: ABC1 ABC NEWS-EV 87,000 23,000 26,000 16,000 6,000 17,000
33 Ch: 7mate HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER-TUE 87,000 14,000 30,000 21,000 11,000 11,000
34 Ch: ELEVEN EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND 82,000 21,000 26,000 22,000 9,000 5,000
35 Ch: 9 TODAY 79,000 22,000 40,000 8,000 6,000 4,000
36 Ch: 7 DEAL OR NO DEAL 76,000 20,000 24,000 16,000 10,000 6,000
37 Ch: 7 KEEPING UP WITH THE KARDASHIANS 74,000 31,000 18,000 10,000 4,000 11,000
38 Ch: ELEVEN FUTURAMA TUES 74,000 25,000 18,000 11,000 14,000 6,000
39 Ch: 7mate THAT ’70S SHOW 70,000 15,000 22,000 17,000 10,000 6,000
40 Ch: ELEVEN THE SIMPSONS 69,000 24,000 22,000 9,000 11,000 4,000
41 Ch: SBS ONE WONDERS OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM 68,000 27,000 26,000 3,000 3,000 8,000
42 Ch: 9 HOT SEAT 66,000 13,000 32,000 12,000 2,000 7,000
43 Ch: ELEVEN CALIFORNICATION 64,000 12,000 18,000 16,000 15,000 3,000
44 Ch: ELEVEN RAISING HOPE 63,000 15,000 20,000 16,000 9,000 3,000
45 Ch: 7mate SCRUBS-LATE 61,000 14,000 31,000 7,000 8,000 1,000
46 Ch: GO! UNDERWORLD -EV 60,000 21,000 23,000 5,000 5,000 7,000
47 Ch: GO! THE NANNY -EV 58,000 25,000 14,000 9,000 5,000 6,000
48 Ch: TEN THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL 57,000 15,000 19,000 14,000 4,000 5,000
49 Ch: Gem FRIENDS -EV TX1 56,000 10,000 16,000 24,000 3,000 3,000
50 Ch: ABC2 PLAY SCHOOL-PM 56,000 10,000 29,000 5,000 7,000 5,000

Top shows on digital channels:
Ranking Ch: Program Average Peak
1 Ch: ELEVEN NEIGHBOURS 334,000 384,000
2 Ch: GO! SURVIVOR: REDEMPTION ISLAND -EV 305,000 428,000
3 Ch: 7TWO ARE YOU BEING SERVED? 203,000 249,000
4 Ch: ELEVEN EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND 202,000 265,000
5 Ch: ABC2 PLAY SCHOOL-PM 201,000 240,000
6 Ch: ABC2 CHARLIE AND LOLA-PM 186,000 210,000
7 Ch: 7TWO SOME MOTHERS DO ‘AVE ‘EM 178,000 224,000
8 Ch: 7mate FAMILY GUY-TUE 178,000 268,000
9 Ch: ELEVEN THE SIMPSONS 168,000 215,000
10 Ch: 7TWO TO THE MANOR BORN 167,000 211,000
11 Ch: 7mate HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER-TUE 165,000 251,000
12 Ch: 7mate AMERICAN DAD-TUE 164,000 210,000
13 Ch: ELEVEN FUTURAMA TUES 163,000 209,000
14 Ch: ABC2 IN THE NIGHT GARDEN-EV 158,000 182,000
15 Ch: ABC2 OLIVIA-PM 156,000 179,000
16 Ch: ABC2 SPICKS AND SPECKS-EV 149,000 206,000
17 Ch: Gem THE ZOO -EV 146,000 208,000
18 Ch: 7mate MY NAME IS EARL-TUE 144,000 224,000
19 Ch: ABC2 LITTLE CHARLEY BEAR-EV 144,000 162,000
20 Ch: 7mate THAT ’70S SHOW 135,000 196,000
21 Ch: ABC2 MR MOON-EV 131,000 147,000
22 Ch: ABC2 FIVE MINUTES MORE-PM 123,000 138,000
23 Ch: ABC2 POSTMAN PAT-AM 120,000 134,000
24 Ch: ABC2 FRANNY’S FEET-AM 120,000 140,000
25 Ch: ABC2 DIBO THE GIFT DRAGON-PM 119,000 142,000
26 Ch: Gem FRIENDS -EV TX1 117,000 160,000
27 Ch: ABC2 WIGGLE AND LEARN-AM 117,000 128,000
28 Ch: ABC2 PEPPA PIG-PM 115,000 177,000
29 Ch: GO! UNDERWORLD -EV 115,000 366,000
30 Ch: ABC2 BALI-PM 114,000 191,000
31 Ch: ABC2 ANGELINA BALLERINA: THE NEXT STEPS-PM 113,000 124,000
32 Ch: 7TWO GOING STRAIGHT 111,000 158,000
33 Ch: GO! THE NANNY -EV 110,000 207,000
34 Ch: ABC2 BOB THE BUILDER: PROJECT BUILD IT-AM 109,000 122,000
35 Ch: ONE ICE ROAD TRUCKERS 108,000 177,000
36 Ch: ABC2 BLACK BOOKS-EV 107,000 146,000
37 Ch: 7TWO BARGAIN HUNT 107,000 169,000
38 Ch: Gem SENSING MURDER -LE 107,000 141,000
39 Ch: ABC2 DRIVER DAN’S STORY TRAIN-PM 104,000 152,000
40 Ch: ABC2 WAYBULOO-AM 103,000 123,000
41 Ch: ABC2 64 ZOO LANE-PM 101,000 111,000
42 Ch: ELEVEN RAISING HOPE 100,000 155,000
43 Ch: ELEVEN CALIFORNICATION 99,000 151,000
44 Ch: 7mate SCRUBS-LATE 98,000 138,000
45 Ch: ABC2 PORORO THE LITTLE PENGUIN-PM 97,000 107,000
46 Ch: 7mate MY WIFE AND KIDS 97,000 146,000
47 Ch: ABC2 SHAUN THE SHEEP-PM 97,000 114,000
48 Ch: ABC3 ESCAPE FROM SCORPION ISLAND-EV 97,000 126,000
49 Ch: ABC2 ROARY THE RACING CAR-PM 96,000 107,000
50 Ch: 7mate ACCORDING TO JIM 96,000 137,000

OzTam Five city Live and As Live Preliminary Ratings Figures. Five Cities are Sydney (S), Brisbane (B), Melbourne (M), Adelaide (A) and Perth (P). Figures are shown in order Total, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth. Shows not aired in certain cities denoted by 0 or n/a (not aired).  Does not take into account overruns or extreme last minute programming changes. Shares are 6pm – Midnight unless otherwise stated. Network abreviated to “nw”.

Disney Junior, a new multiplatform brand and channel devoted to children ages 2-7 and their families, will debut on May 29 on SKY in New Zealand and on FOXTEL and AUSTAR in Australia, it was announced today at the ASTRA Conference by Ben Pyne, President of Global Distribution, Disney Media Networks.  

Disney Junior will invite parents and grandparents to join their children in the Disney experience of magical, musical and heartfelt stories and characters, both classic and new, while incorporating specific learning and developmental themes. Disney Junior will launch content across the 24-hour channel 045 (formerly Playhouse Disney), an integrated website, video on demand, mobile and paid download platforms. 

Among the new series are “Jake and the Never Land Pirates,” an animated adventure combining new and classic Disney characters Captain Hook and Smee (“Peter Pan”); a series of Disney Poetry Shorts which showcases poems for children set against classic Disney animation; and two short form series, “Mickey Mousekersize” and “Special Agent Oso: Three Healthy Steps,” to encourage healthy lifestyles for preschoolers and families.  Playhouse Disney hits “Mickey Mouse Clubhouse”, “Handy Manny”, “Jungle Junction”, “Special Agent Oso”, “The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!” and “Imagination Movers”, among others, will be part of Disney Junior.

Pyne said: “We’re very excited to bring Disney Junior to New Zealand and Australia, two countries that have always embraced the heritage of Disney characters and storytelling.  Disney Junior in a unique offering in the marketplace as it takes these classic Disney characters and brings them to life on TV on beyond, while encouraging early childhood learning and embracing the magic of emotionally connected storytelling.”

Premiering in conjunction with Disney Junior is the new animated series, “Jake and the Never Land Pirates,” an interactive treasure hunt that follows the adventures of classic characters Captain Hook and Smee, along with a new crew of kid pirates led by the enthusiastic and courageous Jake. The series, which emphasizes teamwork and features original pirate rock music performed by The Never Land Pirate Band. 

Also debuting with the launch of Disney Junior is a series of Disney Poetry Shorts, designed to bring fond memories of Disney classics to parents and create new ones for kids. The series of short-form animation showcases poems for children set to scenes and imagery from classic Disney films. It will introduce preschoolers to the beauty of a poem well read and combine it with extraordinary moments in Disney animation history. 

The New Zealand and Australia roll-out follows the brand launch in Latin America and the UK earlier this month. The US premiere of Disney Junior last February on Disney Channel was Disney Channel’s best month ever among Kids 2-5. Year to year, the Disney Junior block is up a whopping 44% among Kids, 55% among Boys 2-5, 32% among Girls 2-5 and 13% among Women 18-49.   To date in 2011, “Jake and the Never Land Pirates” is TV’s #1 series among Kids and Boy 2-5.

Dainty Consolidated Entertainment confirmed today that Miley Cyrus will tour Australia in June. The Gypsy Heart tour will commence in Brisbane on June 21 and travel to Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide and Perth.

Miley Cyrus fans with Visa Credit, Debit or Prepaid cards can gain access to presale tickets through Visa Entertainment.  Advance Gypsy Heart tour tickets across all seating categories will be available from 12noon Monday 4 April until 5pm Thursday 7 April or until tickets sell out at www.visaentertainment.com.au.

Tickets to the general public for The Gypsy Heart tour will go on sale on Tuesday 12 April from Ticketek, all tickets will be priced under $100.

The Gypsy Heart tour marks Cyrus’ first visit to Australia. “The Gypsy Heart tour is a dream come true. Not only because of all the beautiful cities I will get to visit, but all of the beautiful people I will get to meet. Gypsy Heart is not just a tour for me, but a mission to spread love,” stated Cyrus. The live show will feature music from Cyrus’ latest solo album “Can’t Be Tamed,” and much more.

Since being introduced to local audiences as Hannah Montana in 2006, Miley Cyrus has released a staggering ten albums and sold in excess of 500,000 singles in Australia.

Last year, Miley Cyrus released the ARIA Top 5, Gold accredited album Can’t Be Tamed, which generated a Gold selling single of the same name. To date, Miley has achieved 3 x Platinum and 3 x Gold records in Australia, as well as 2 x Double Platinum singles (The Climb, Party in the USA), one Platinum single (See You Again), and 4 Gold singles including 7 Things and When I Look At You.

Tickets to The Gypsy Heart tour go on sale on Tuesday 12 April from Ticketek.

All Tickets Under $100!

Miley Cyrus Tour Dates:

Brisbane Tuesday 21 June
Brisbane Entertainment Centre
Book at Ticketek – ticketek.com.au or 132 849

Melbourne Thursday 23 June
Melbourne Rod Laver Arena
Book at Ticketek – ticketek.com.au or 132 849

Sydney Sunday 26 June
Sydney Acer Arena
Book at Ticketek – ticketek.com.au or 132 849

Adelaide Wednesday 29 June
Adelaide Entertainment Centre
Book at Ticketek – ticketek.com.au or 132 849

Perth Saturday 2 July
Perth Burswood Dome
Book at Ticketek – ticketek.com.au or 132 849

Programming Amendments Update March 29.

1. ACA Sunday.

Nine have confirmed that ACA Sunday will remain in the schedule for the next two Sundays April 3 and April 10. The previous three editions of ACA Sunday have been such last minute changes, that EPGs and even the next morning’s ratings did not reflect that the show was on.

ACA Sunday will be hosted by Karl Stefanovic, who, according to the Sunday Telegraph will remain host until a regular host can be found. Tracy Grimshaw, who hosts the weekday editions ACA, and hosted the first surprise ACA Sunday earlier in March, is not interested in the extra work, while Karl only plans to stay there until a permanent host is found.

Nine, however, have not committed to ACA Sunday for the long term and are watching how it goes. So far figures have been mixed, with the highest numbers reached – of around 1.2 million – for the school bully interview two Sundays ago.

Customs now will now air 7pm on Sunday April 3 and 10, and Send in the Dogs Australia is out of the schedule on those tow nights.

2. 7TWO Fridays 7.30pm.

As of this Friday, April 1, 7TWO will now be playing two episodes of Are You Being Served from 7.30pm. That’s My Boy, which was about to move into its second season, is now out of the schedule.

Are You Being Served also airs at 7.10pm Sundays and 8.10pm Tuesdays on 7TWO.

3. Dexter on ELEVEN

The season finale of Dexter airs at 9.30pm Monday April 4 on ELEVEN. From Monday April 11, 9.30pm, Dexter moves in to repeats – starting from the first episode, the Pilot.

Programming Amendments Update March 28*.

1. No more Heroes for Seven.

Heroes (season 4) that was to air at midnight Thursday nights on Seven will no longer air. Instead, True Beauty is on Seven at midnight Thursdays from this Thursday March 31.

As a result, True Beauty will no longer be seen on Sunday mornings, replaced by Minute to Win It on Sunday April 3 and a movie the following Sunday.

Note the Sunday change is for the Sydney and Brisbane markets only.

2. Amazing Race break on 7mate

Due to a one week break in the US, The Amazing Race will not be seen on 7mat eon Sunday April 10. That night, from 6.30, 7mate will be airing the movie Galaxy Quest. That will also mean that Gene Simmons Family Jewels will take a break for the week as well. Not a bad idea, seeing many states have school holidays then.

3. ICC World Cup 1^st Semi Final

Nine will air the first semi final between Sri Lanka and New Zealand from 11.55pm Tue March 29.

* Everyday, there are a number of programming amendments mostly from the Nine network, but also Seven and Ten. The plan is to list the prime time changes in particular on the one daily post rather than just posting stories based around major changes – which has meant many of the smaller changes get left out. Note that changes to GO programming will be shown on the TV Guide for GO only. For the latest GO programming, click here to go to the TV Guide for GO.

Sony Music and Network Ten proudly present ‘Music From The Circle’, a collection of 38 classic hits chosen by “The Girls” from the hit TEN show, “The Circle”. In addition to smash hit songs by artists including Michael Jackson, Prince, Olivia Newton-John and Duran Duran, the album contains a new song entitled “Circle Song”, co-written by Clare Bowditch & Yumi Stynes and performed by Chrissie, Yumi, Denise & Gorgi.

The decision to make a compilation album was simple given the girls love of music and the important part it plays in the show. They host regular music artists for interviews and performances and their ‘Music Appreciation Day’ segment has become a popular part of the show. This segment sees the Girls counting down their top songs relating to topics ranging from the ‘Best Power Ballads’ to ‘Boy Bands’ to ‘TV Theme Songs’. It has become a viewer favourite with the phones and their facebook page running hot with song suggestions from fans of the show.

The Girls wanted to use the opportunity of making an album to highlight a charity they feel strongly about. As such, a donation of $5,000 from the proceeds of the CD will be made to Children’s Hospital Foundations Australia. The Girls had this to say, “We are so happy to be supporting Children’s Hospital Foundations Australia through this CD of songs we love.

Music enhances the joyful moments in our lives. We really hope it enhances yours.”

The 2CD set will be available from music retailers from Friday 8th April, 2011.

Tracklisting:

DISC 1
1. Michael Jackson – Man In The Mirror
2. Prince & The Revolution – Kiss
3. Duran Duran – Hungry Like The Wolf
4. Toto – Africa
5. Foreigner – I Want To Know What Love Is
6. The Doobie Brothers – What A Fool Believes
7. Celine Dion – My Heart Will Go On (Love Theme From “Titanic”)
8. Bonnie Tyler – Total Eclipse Of The Heart
9. Michael Bolton – How Can We Be Lovers
10. Backstreet Boys – I Want It That Way
11. Mr. Big – To Be With You
12. Spandau Ballet – True
13. Olivia Newton-John – Physical
14. Hot Chocolate – You Sexy Thing
15. Renée Geyer – Say I Love You
16. Boney M. – Rivers Of Babylon
17. Mondo Rock – Come Said The Boy
18. Dragon – April Sun In Cuba
19. Violent Femmes – Blister In The Sun

DISC 2
1. Eurythmics – Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
2. John Farnham – Two Strong Hearts
3. Dire Straits – Romeo And Juliet
4. Chicago – If You Leave Me Now
5. Air Supply – All Out Of Love
6. Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers – Islands In The Stream
7. REO Speedwagon – Keep On Loving You
8. Chris De Burgh – The Lady In Red
9. Daryl Braithwaite – The Horses
10. Ronan Keating – When You Say Nothing At All
11. Cyndi Lauper – True Colors
12. Peter Allen – Tenterfield Saddler
13. Roy Orbison – She’s A Mystery To Me
14. Sam Brown – Stop
15. Carly Simon – You’re So Vain
16. Dusty Springfield – Son Of A Preacher Man
17. Aretha Franklin – Respect
18. Van Morrison – Brown Eyed Girl
19. Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams – Without Us (Theme From ‘Family Ties’)

Bonus Track:
20.The Circle Girls (Chrissie Swan, Yumi Stynes, Denise Drysdale & Gorgi Coghlan) – Circle Song

From the garage to the track, the pit lane to the chequered flag SPEED News Australia will keep you up to date… 

For the latest news from the world of motorsports, SPEED, Australia’s only dedicated 24-hour motorsports channel, welcomes SPEED News Australia to its schedule every Wednesday at 7.00pm AEST, commencing tomorrow night.

Hosted by Jessica Yates, SPEED News Australia will deliver a comprehensive round-up of motorsport results and highlights from Australia and around the world, with in-studio guests and feature stories on the biggest names across the sport. 

This week, V8 Supercar driver Greg Murphy will appear live in studio, fresh from his second place finish in the final race of the Albert Park 400 at the Formula 1 QANTAS Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne last Sunday.

James Harrison, SPEED Channel Manager, said: “SPEED News Australia is a fantastic addition to our ever-growing stable of motorsports content.

“There’s a multitude of motorsports fans in Australia and each week, SPEED News Australia will have all the big stories covered and feature live interviews. Greg Murphy is joining us this week as our inaugural in-studio guest and we have World and Australian Superbike rider Josh Waters lined up to join us next week.” 

SPEED and SPEED HD are available to FOXTEL and AUSTAR subscribers.

Australia’s most successful Olympian, Ian Thorpe, spoke today for the first time since leaving for overseas in February to train for a comeback at next year’s London 2012 Olympics.  

In Herzogenaurach, Germany at Adidas HQ, Thorpe spoke one on one with SKY News sports host James Bracey about his move from Abu Dhabi to Switzerland to train with controversial coach, Russian-born Gennadi Touretski.

“I’ve known Gennnadi for 12 to 15 years. I’ve never actually trained with him. He’s a great technician around stroke, and the programming that he has in place now and what we’ll be doing in the future is fantastic.” Thorpe said, “It’s a good, solid training base.”

When questioned about his times, Thorpe was hesitant to commit to a definitive number, simply saying: “Things are going well. They could be going better, they could be going faster then again they could be going a whole lot slower. I’m happy with where I’m at at the moment.”

The trimmed down athlete admits he’s definitely fitter than he was when he announced his comeback in Sydney seven weeks ago, and puts it down to focusing on general aquatic fitness before his arrival into Switzerland to begin his intensive training regime under Touretski.

Thorpe will now begin his countdown to November when he’ll be officially allowed to compete again and will be closely monitoring his Australian team mates at this weekend’s Telstra Swimming Championships.

When questioned about the London 2012 Olympics, Thorpe said “It’s easy to get excited about what could be – another Olympics for myself – but I’ve got to take the steps back to ‘lets be excited about what’s going on at training’ and have those small victories along the way rather than looking at the bigger picture which would be competing at the Olympics and getting carried away with that. That can be overwhelming.”

The interview with Ian Thorpe can be seen throughout the day on SKY NEWS and SKY NEWS Multi-view.

Monday March 28, 2011

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