Australia’s Got Talent

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This position would require evening work, sitting in front of the TV and talking about the best Reality TV Australia has to offer.

Whether it’s Masterchef Australia, Australia’s Got Talent or Australia’s Next Top Model, if you love watching and talking about it, we’d love you to be doing it here!

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1. No love for Mike & Molly on Nine.

Nine have dropped the new episode of Mike & Molly, scheduled to play at 8pm Monday for a repeat of The Big Bang Theory. This change is effective immediately, so it applies to next Monday, May 9. New Big Bang remains at 7.30pm Mondays on Nine. If Nine do not play out the new episodes of Mike & Molly, they will end up on GO!, which are already playing repeats.

2. White Collar not a repeat.

Sydney only: The scheduled episode of White Collar this Saturday May 7 iBigs no longer a repeat. Instead, a new episode called “Payback” will air.

3. Australia’s Got Talent Encores

An encore of the first episode of Australia’s Got Talent can be seen on Seven at 3.00pm this Saturday, May 7. Another encore with both episodes that aired this week, can be seen on 7TWO from 10.30am this Sunday may 8.

4. Detroit 1-8-7 moves to 10-3-0

Seven have reacted to this weeks’ low ratings for the show, moving its start time back to 10.30pm from next Wednesday May 11. Its 9.30 timeslot will now be taken up with a Criminal Minds repeat episode. Note that the episode of Criminal Minds at 8.30pm remains as is new.

5. I Shouldn’t Be Alive isn’t on air.

As a result to the changes on Wednesday nights, with Detroit 1-8-7 at 10.30pm now, I shouldn’t Be Alive drops out of the schedule.

6. Friday Night movies on 7mate.

After The Event and The Cape failed to attract good ratings on Friday nights on 7mate, the channel will now be airing movies on Friday nights from May 20. The movie on that night is Major Payne, from 1995.

Note that Sydney and Brisbane still remain as TBA for Friday May 13 7.30pm – 10.30pm on 7mate.

7. Big encores on Nine.

David Attenborough’s Madagascar will encore on Nine at 3pm on Sunday in NSW & QLD, 4pm in VIC (and presumably SA & WA). It’s regular timeslot is Wednesdays 7.30pm.

BIG – Extreme Makeover will encore in all markets at 10.30pm Monday night, May 9. BIG’s regular timeslot is Wednesday’s 9.30pm.

Australia’s Got Talent, Seven, 7.30pm.

Back for its fifth year. Aussies of various shapes, sizes and levels of talent compete and perform their chosen talent in order to win the grand prize money. With celebrity judges Dannii Minogue, Kyle Sandilands and Brian McFadden.

The Story of Science: Can We Have Unlimited Power? SBS ONE, 8.30pm

As power bills go up, oil start to run out and cost more, where can we turn for more power? We are the most power-hungry generation that has ever lived. In this episode, Michael Mosley tells the story of how that power has been harnessed – from wind, steam and from inside the atom.

Parenthood, Seven, 10.00pm

For the most part, the second season just hasn’t been as captivating as the first. Add to that erratic schedule times, and gap weeks, and its no wonder some fans have lost touch with Parenthood. Now, some of that first season edge is back. Might be time to give the show a go again? Sarah and Adam have an important discussion with Haddie, who has to make a brave decision. Then, Crosby and Jasmine hit a rough patch in their relationship, and Drew gives his mum some surprising news.

At the Table With … SBS TWO, 6.30pm

Can’t get enough of cooking shows and shows about chefs? Here’s another one, worth a go. An all-access pass to the lives of the world’s superstar chefs. Gale Gand is a Chicago-based pastry chef, cookbook author, television personality and former host of the Food Network show Sweet Dreams. She has blogged for the Huffington Post and was a contestant on Iron Chef America.

Underbelly – The First Series. Victoria Only. Nine, 9.30pm.

Finally Victorians can see the first series of Underbelly, that played out in 2009 to all other states. Now that the court ban is lifted, Victorians can catch up.

Seven have now confirmed (officially) that Dancing with the Stars will premiere next Sunday, May 8 at 6.30pm, in a two and a half hour premiere special. It continues at 6.30pm Sundays.

It will be followed by a double new episode of Castle from 9.00pm. There is also a double episode of Castle following Dancing with the Stars next Sunday, May 15, at 8.30pm.

Australia’s Got Talent is confirmed for Tuesday and Wednesday nights 7.30pm for this week, next week, and the week after (May 17 and 18).

The season final of 30 Rock airs at 11.30pm, Thursday May 19.

How long would it take this guy to get X’d out of the Australia’s Got Talent auditions?

Still on Seven and it looks like May 8 is the date for the return of Dancing with the Stars. The schedule for the week May 8-14 shows a two and a half hour TBA from 6.30-9.00pm on Sunday May 8, with another two hours TBA from 9-11pm which could mean new episodes of Bones are about to return as well.

The rest of the week is much the same as May 1-7. Although slated as TBA’s, No Ordinary Family should remain at 7.30 Monday, and Australia’s Got Talent at 7.30 Tuesday and Wednesday. Another double helping of Detroit 1-8-7 on Wednesday May 11 from 9.30pm.

With the US season of The Amazing Race airing on 7mate 7.30pm Wednesdays nearing its finale, 7.30pm Wednesday is very likely to be the timeslot for The Amazing Race Australia once Australia’s Got Talent auditions conclude and the show settles to a regular routine of one episode per week on Tuesdays.

This would put the Amazing Race Australia as a Wednesday May 18 or 25 premiere. Can’t wait.

Seven have revealed timeslots for Australia’s Got Talent and new series No Ordinary Family.

No Ordinary Family will premiere in a double episode at 7.30pm, Monday May 2. As a result, the scheduled Bones repeat at 8.30pm is out.

Australia’s Got Talent will return with a 90 minute episode at 7.30pm Tuesday May 3. As a result, Winners & Losers will start at 9pm, Parenthood at 10pm.

Australia’s Got Talent continues at 7.30pm Wednesday May 4. Both episodes feature auditions. Criminal Minds remains at 8.30pm, and Detroit 1-8-7 will air in a double episode featuring episodes 4 and 5 of the series.

Moving to Thursday, and Airways is back with a new series, offering unprecedented access to the day-to-day running of a budget airline in Australia. It airs at 7.30pm. A new episode of How I Met Your Mother follows at 8.00pm.

The Friday night movie for May 6 in markets not airing AFL is Confessions of a Shopaholic, a first run movie. At 6.30pm Saturday May 7, is the free to air premiere of High School Musical 3, followed by Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead man’s Chest.

Channel Seven just sent through this trailer.  

Are you looking forward to a new series of Australia’s Got Talent?

Could Kyle Sandilands be coming to a late night TV program on Seven?

According to the Sunday Telegraph, Kyle is in talks with Seven negotiating the possibility of a late night chat show for the network.

Already Kyle’s commitments include a morning radio show and judging on Australia’s Got Talent. Kyle has knocked back judging for the X Factor this year due to a lack of time and already having too many commitments.

Kyle has been told that the project should ahead, but a pilot is yet to be filmed. Kyle is very keen, according to a source close to him.

Source: Sunday Telegraph.

With Easter just two weeks away, the networks are starting to promote shows that will air after Easter, in May and beyond. Seven lead the way with the most titles, Ten are aggressively promoting Masterchef’s return, while Nine are spruiking the return of two of their local productions Rescue and Sea Patrol.

Here is the run down of some of the shows that will grace our screens in May.

Masterchef, series three. Ten from Sunday May 1^st.

The third series of Masterchef promises to be the best yet with new challenges, new guests, more sponsors – watch out for product placement – and plenty of the drama that has helped make Masterchef the highest rating series on Australian television.

Offspring, second season. Ten in May.

Ten have just started promoting the return of season two of Offspring, retuning in May. At this stage the timeslot is not known. Chances are, Ten will try the show on a different night as Hawaii Five-O currently occupies Offspring’s 2010 timeslot of 8.30pm Sundays and has still has enough episodes to play to continue in that timeslot until the end of May. Despite the second season not even airing yet, Offspring has been renewed for a third season.

Stars: Asher Keddie, Kat Stewart and Don Hany.

Dancing With the Stars 11. Seven in May.

The celebrity dancing contest returns for another year, with eleven more hopeful “celebrities” including My Kitchen Rule’s Manu Fiedell vying for that elusive mirror ball trophy. Dancing with the Stars will almost certainly return to its regular timeslot of 6.30pm Sundays. Premiere date is most likely May 1, the night of the Logies and the premiere of Masterchef season 3.

Australia’s Got Talent. Seven in May.

Judges Kyle Sandilands, Danii Minogue and Brian McFadden return as judges in an effort to find who’s got talent in 2011. The level of promotion for the show suggests a return in the first week of May.

The Amazing Race Australia. Seven late May.

Seven are certainly rolling out the local productions this year. The Amazing Race Australia has already been filmed, and will premiere on Seven after the conclusion of the current US series which is airing on 7mate. The US series has 6 episodes to go, with the next episode airing Wednesday April 20, 7.30pm. Hot tip for timeslot is Mondays, 7.30pm from May 30.

No Ordinary Family. Seven soon.

This show is about the Powell family who mysteriously obtain hero-like super powers after the crash of their plane in the Amazon River. The father Jim has the power of super-strength, mother Stephanie speed, 16 year old daughter Daphne telepathy and 14 year old son JJ who once had a learning disability is graced with genius level mental abilities. The series deals with how the family handle their powers, as they try to come to terms with their new found abilities.

Stars: Michael Chiklis, Julie Benz, Kay Panabaker and Jimmy Bennett.

Downton Abbey. Seven soon.

Downton Abbey is an English produced period drama set in pre-WWI England, centred on the Crawley family and their servants. The seven part series starts off in April 1912, when the heir to the title of Earl of Grantham, long term inhabitants of Downton Abbey perishes on the Titanic. In order to inherit the wealth, the current earl, who owes his wealth to his rich American wife only has three daughters who cannot inherit by law. The challenge is to find a husband for the eldest, but the most likely candidate turns out to be gay. Donwton Abbey has a second season which airs in the UK late 2011. Stars Hugh Bonneville, Laura Carmichael, Michelle Dockery, Elizabeth McGovern and Maggie Smith.

Rescue. Nine, soon.

Rescue, formerly known as Rescue Special Ops, returns to Nine for its third season most likely in May. Stars Peter Phelps, Andrew Lees, Les Hill, Gig Edgley and Libby Tanner.

Sea Patrol. Nine, soon.

Sea Patrol returns to Nine for its fifth and final season soon, also most likely in May. Stars Lisa McCune, Matthew Holmes and John Batchelor.

Seven by FAR have the most new content coming up in May with five titles currently being promoted. On top of those five, there is also Jersey Shore coming soon to 7mate, while 7TWO will expand its British crime library with the addition of The Bill and Doc Martin to its line up in May.

Meanwhile GO! continue to promote new shows like Glory Daze yet to be given an air date. Questions remain as to when numerous new content titles return to GO! including The Vampire Diaries, Pretty Little Liars, Hellcats, Community and the second season of Spartacus.

On SBS ONE in May is the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest, The Secret History of Eurovision, the FA Cup final and new Monster moves. A new (to free to air) nine part series of the UK version of Who Do You Think You Are? returns in May featuring Alan Cumming, Jason Donavon, Rupert Everett, amongst others.

Critically acclaimed East West 101 returns for a new seven part season, Tuesday April 19, 8.30pm on SBS ONE. The return of the multi-award winning series explores the fallout from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan through a series of violent crimes committed in Australia. In the first episode, a sophisticated robbery of an armoured guard van leaves four dead, including some of the robbers themselves. Meanwhile Malik clashes with new detective on the squad, a former army officer, Neil Travis, in his impassioned pursuit of those who have hurt him and his family. Stars Don Hany, Susie Porter and Matt Nable

Coming to ABC1 in May is the four part series, The Kennedys starring Katie Holmes as Jacqueline Kennedy and Greg Kinnear as John F Kennedy. It will air as a four part mini series, with each episode being 90 minutes long.

May will also see ONE HD relaunched with more general entertainment – read more about the ONE HD makeover here.