Burn Notice

Some changes to ONE coming up for the week of Jan 8 -14 with Monday nights being over taken by comedy.

On Monday January 9, ONE will feature improvisational comedy game show Who’s Line is it Anyway? hosted by Drew Carey. Two episodes will air from 7.30pm, replacing Psych.

At 8.30 that night will be the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Presents: The Comedy All Stars Caberet, pushing Burn Notice out, and moving Blue Bloods back to 10.00pm.

Burn Notice fans fear not – especially as they have just reached episodes we haven’t seen – Michael and Fiona move to Wednesday nights at 8.30, replacing COPS: Adults Only which has held that timeslot for most of the time since ONE changed it format.

Psych fans, however – no good news as it appears to have disappeared from the schedule altogether – that’s not to say it won’t turn up on ONE or even ELEVEN in another timeslot, there just isn’t information on that yet.

The comedy night on ONE on Monday night is no doubt an experiment to see how it goes. The Comedy specials that air from time to time on Ten do OK – whether ONE lifts ratings on what has been one of its lower rating nights as a result, is to be seen.

Non-ratings, however, is usually the time for networks to give things a go to see how the audience reacts. These days though, we see more reactionary programming clutching for every last ratings point that we do bold and interesting programming moves to see what viewers chose – even though officially it is summer non-ratings.

UPDATE: Same programming for Monday nights with Burn Notice on Wednesday nights continues the following week Monday January 16 and Wednesday January 18, 2012.

Burn Notice, ONE. 8.30pm
Finally new episodes for most markets. Brotherly Love. While Sam and Jesse travel to the Dominican Republic in search of the list, Michael must stay in Miami to help his brother find a drug dealer’s stolen car.

Blue Bloods, ONE, 9.30pm
Hall of Mirrors. When an undercover counter-terrorism agent is shot, Frank assigns Danny to the case because his son is the only officer he can trust given the victim’s involvement with infiltrating a sleeper cell.

The Secret Circle, FOX8, 7.35pm AEDT
Pilot. Cassie Blake’s world is turned upside down after her mother dies in a mysterious accident, forcing Cassie to move in with her loving grandmother Jane in the small town of Chance Harbor, Washington. While trying to adjust to her new life, Cassie is quickly befriended by Diana Meade, a sweet-natured classmate who offers to show her around and introduces her to mean girl Faye, her sidekick Melissa and Cassie’s next door neighbour Nick. Things get complicated when Cassie meets Adam, Diana’s boyfriend, with whom she feels an instant and powerful connection. Upon meeting one of her mother’s childhood friends, Dawn Chamberlain, who is also the school principal and Faye’s mother, Cassie begins to wonder why her mother never spoke of her home town. When strange and dangerous things begin to happen, Cassie’s new friends are forced to tell her their secret: They are all witches and her arrival will complete the Circle. However, the Circle has not been drawn together again by chance; Diana’s father, Charles Meade, has plans of his own for the group. Read our review here.

Four Corners, ABC1, 8.30pm
Trial and Error. Gordon Wood has served three years jail, but did he really kill former model Caroline Byrne by throwing her off a cliff in 1995? Quentin McDermott reports on one of Australia’s most controversial murder cases.

Skins, SBS ONE, 10.30pm
Rich. Metal-head Rich pairs up with Grace in a bid to discover how to chat up his ideal girl. To make it realistic, he teaches her the ways of metal music, but it does not prove easy. Eventually he compromises and allows Grace into his world, but it appears heartbreak is not far away.

Saturday October 29 at 8.30pm on W

Jeffrey Donovan stars as Michael Weston, a blacklisted spy who uses his special training to help people in trouble who, for various reasons, can’t go to the police. Catch the entire third season before the W premiere of Season 4 this summer.

Cast: Jeffrey Donovan, Gabrielle Anwar, Sharon Gless

Ten corrects the episode of new Modern Family they are airing this week (it was previously slated as the second episode of the third season, not the first), removes An Idiot Abroad and advises what the Friday movie will be.

On Tuesday at 7.30pm, the new episode of Modern Family has changed to “Dude Ranch. Previously, the network had the episode as “When Good Kids Go Bad” – the second episode of the third season. The new episode is still followed by a repeat at 8pm “Halloween”.

An Idiot Abroad Gone. Perhaps a lesson for Ten here. An Idiot Abroad originally aired on ONE, where it pulled better figures than it got on Ten last week. Considering the series had already aired twice on ONE, did Ten really think it would pull main channel ratings figures on Ten?

What comes out of this, is 1) close to 90% of all people in the five cities now have digital, most of them HD (remember ONE is an HD channel) – so those who would have wanted to see An Idiot Abroad already have. 2) What happened to not bouncing shows between the channels like Nine / GO! and GEM do? and 3) Ten had the perfect opportunity to fast track right into season 2: An Idiot Abroad Bucket List – which would easily have pulled figures 500,000+ – enough to keep it in a 9.30pm main channel timeslot.

Replacing an Idiot Abroad at 9.30pm Wednesdays, is – wait for it – NCIS repeats.

To Ten’s troubled Friday night, and the movie this week will be Catch Me if You Can at 9.30pm, with American Dreamz at the same time the following Friday (November 4).

Over to ONE, and next Monday October 31 sees new episodes of Burn Notice at 8.30pm, plus Blue Bloods at 9.30pm being given the chance to be played out.

Ten’s Friday night is one of the most unstable nights of programming in Australian free to air TV. It seems that no matter what they air on a Friday night, they simply don’t attract an audience, and the network is prone to react to the low figures by chopping and changing programming.

However, it is this very chopping and changing of programming that is to Ten’s detriment. You never know what you will get on Ten on Friday night, and, when they do try something new there, you never know if it will be on for anymore than a few weeks before they take the show off.

Friday nights on Ten in 2011 have featured new episodes of Law & Order, Blue Bloods, Burn Notice, repeats of Hawaii Five-O, Terra Nova encores and movies amongst others. The night has been so erratic, that nothing has lasted there for anymore than a few weeks.

The usual argument is that the network needs to respond to ratings, and that their core demographic is out on Friday nights. Sure – people do go out on a Friday night, but alot are also watching TV on Friday nights. Better Homes and Gardens on Seven dominates Friday night ratings, while digital channels like GO! and 7TWO reach large audience shares on Friday night.

So what should Ten do to gain audience on Friday nights? (and for that matter, Saturdays as well).

Well, firstly, commit to stability. Schedule the night, and let shows run their course without changing so often. As for movies? Ten simply don’t have enough titles to entice viewers without regular repeats. What ever they do, they need to accept that ratings will usually be lower on weekend nights, but if they program wisely, and don’t change the schedule every few weeks, the people are there for the taking. Maybe it is time to program weekend nights like weekdays, and air new programming?

The people are there – but they are not going to watch repeats of shows that have only recently aired or movies they have seen many times before. Encores should be left for the digital channels – one of my great disappointments with Terra Nova is not being able to see it in HD. Ten should have encored it on ONE in HD instead of the late night Friday night reply on Ten.

That aside, here is a list of ideas of what Ten could do on Friday nights to attract viewers. Some of these ideas are out there – but what do they have to lose in trying? These ideas could extend to Saturday as well, now that there will be no more AFL on Ten next year.

In no particular order…

1. Play out new shows and stick to it. No more repeats. The addition of the weekend nights give more timeslots available for new titles.

2. Animation night. Take the best of ELEVEN’s animation night and do it on Ten on Friday night – mostly for the benefit of those who don’t have digital and don’t see anything on ELEVEN.

3. Best of the digitals night – why stop at animation – play some of the shows that aired on ELEVEN and ONE during the week on Ten (and some of Ten’s on ONE in HD!). Shows like Supernatural, currently airing on ELEVEN on Monday nights, will find a wider audience on Ten. It could easily fit into a weekend timeslot on Ten.

4. Actually MAKE something for Friday night to air at say 8.30. A light comedy show? Light entertainment / variety? Reality elimination? If Pay TV can make shows exclusively for their own channels that reach a fraction of the audience of the free to air main channels, then surely making content for lower audiences could be a consideration for a network like Ten.

5. I have always wondered how Aussie scripted drama like RUSH would do on a Friday night with less competition from rival broadcasters? It couldn’t do any worse than on a Thursday night. Yes, I know, alot of the show’s fans are out, but you never know. It is last season for Rush anyway, but it is a good example.

6. Retro night. Programming from 90′s, 80′s or even 70′s? There is ALOT of content from the past we do not see now despite day time schedules of digital channels, most notably 7mate and ELEVEN, being filled with old TV shows. There is alot of Australian content from the past that never sees the light of day again (although I believe this has mostly to do with the expense of royalties when these shows air).

7. Do a deal with Foxtel and show some content usually only seen on Pay TV. Foxtel keep first to air rights, but Ten air later. Rove: LA for example would fit well on Ten. True Blood on a Friday night on Ten? Could get tricky with who owns what rights, but it is an idea.

8. Ask the viewers what they would like to see on Friday nights. Like radio stations do with listener surveys, why not try the same with TV? Listener surveys of the 1990′s in radio helped the Austerio network in particular gain traction and make its way to the number one music network in Australia.

What do you think? What would you like to see on Ten on Friday and Saturday nights. Do you even watch TV on those nights? Would you watch more free to air on the weekend if the content was there?

Feel free to comment and join the discussion.

SUNDAY OCTOBER 2

W – RESCUE ME (Season 7, Episode 1) FINAL SEASON Australian Exclusive Premiere at 9.20pm
In the aftermath of Damian’s on-the-job accident, Tommy, Sheila, and the guys of the 62 truck have done their best to
work through the tragedy and get on with their lives. Things have slowed down for Tommy, both at home and on the job,
until a news reporter decides to feature Jimmy as the subject of her 9/11 retrospective. When she delves too deep into
the personal lives of her subjects and suggests fault within the FDNY, Tommy turns on her and soon finds himself
jobless.Cast: Dennis Leary, Callie Thorne, Andrea Roth, John Scurti, James McCaffrey

MONDAY OCTOBER 3

ARENA – PROJECT RUNWAY AUSTRALIA MARATHON (Season 3) LABOUR DAY HOLIDAY MARATHON from 8.00am to 8:30pm
Catch all 11 episodes of Project Runway Australia Series 3! With a new host, new judges and new challenges, the third
series return of Arena’s Project Runway Australia was well worth the wait! Aussie supermodel, actress and designer
Megan Gale takes the helm as Australia’s finest up-and-coming designers cut, sew and fight their way through the
competition for a once-in-a-lifetime chance to launch their career in the Australian fashion industry!

W -PILLARS OF THE EARTH SEASON 1 Mondays from October 3 at 10.00pm Channel Exclusive
A magnificent retelling of Ken Follett’s epic masterpiece, The Pillars of the Earth is set against a backdrop of war,
religious strife and power struggles, which tears lives and families apart.
As a glorious Cathedral is built in Kingsbridge, Follett masterfully weaves the stories of Tom, the master builder, Aliena,
the noblewoman, the sadistic Lord William, Philip, the Prior of Kingsbridge, Jack, the artist in stone work and Ellen, the
‘witch’ and creates a story that touches love and hate, loyalty and treachery, hope and despair.
Cast: Ian McShane, Matthew Macfadyen, Eddie Redmayne

TUESDAY OCTOBER 4

W – LEVERAGE (Season 2, Episode 1) Weekdays at 12.50pm
Oscar winner Timothy Hutton stars in this fast-paced heist series that follows a team of thieves, hackers and grifters who
exact revenge against those who abuse power.

CI NETWORK – BEHIND MANSION WALLS (Season 1, Episode 1) Australian Exclusive Premiere at 7.30pm
Steve Liebmann delves into the real life stories of high society, high stake tales of intrigue.
Through dramatic recreations and powerful interviews Behind Mansion Walls investigates what happens when wealth
and vice collide causing family dynasties to implode, where high stake divorce ends in bloodshed and where rich
decadence turns to death.

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 5

FOX 8 – TEEN WOLF Channel Premiere at 8.35pm
The series revolves around social outcast Scott McCall, a young lacrosse-playing student at Beacon Hills High School.
His life drastically changes when he is bitten by a werewolf one night. Upon discovery that he is a werewolf,
with the help of his best friend, Stiles, and the mysterious werewolf, Derek, he is forced to learn to balance his newfound identity
among the many dangers that it presents with his teenage life. He must keep his loved ones safe and balance the relationships
he shares with each person around him. The theme of finding your place is a prevalent undertone in the series that is mirrored by
the pack mentality of werewolves.

THURSDAY OCTOBER 6

FOX8 – AMERICA’S GOT TALENT (Season 6, Episode 1) Australian Exclusive Premiere at 7.30pm
The smash hit America’s Got Talent comes to Australian screens showcasing the hottest performers; including singers,
dancers, comedians, contortionists, impressionists, jugglers, magicians and ventriloquists, all vying for their chance to
strut and perform on stage hoping to win hearts, and the $1,000,000 prize. Hosted by Nick Cannon and with celebrity
judges Howie Mandel, Sharon Osbourne and Piers Morgan this top-rating series is not to be missed!

FOX8 – BONES (Season 6, Episode 1) Channel Premiere at 9.30pm
As Season Six begins, Cam finds her job as a federal medical examiner and her reputation in danger due to the politics
surrounding a stalled case involving the remains of a child. One by one, the team members come home in order to solve
the mystery behind the child’s death and to preserve the reputation of one of their own.

W – FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS (Season 4, Episode 1) Weekdays at 4.00pm
This compelling drama from executive producers Brian Grazer and Peter Berg takes place in Dillon, Texas, a community
obsessed with the status of its high school football team. The head coach, Eric Taylor, constantly feels the pressure of
the town’s expectations as he leads this troubled and conflicted team through the season.

THE COMEDY CHANNEL – ONION NEWS NETWORK (Season 1, Episode 1) Australian Exclusive Premiere at 10.00pm
The fakest of fake news and a spin-off of The Onion website, the rapid-fire ONION NEWS NETWORK relentlessly parodies the
conventions of TV news and current affairs reporting.

FRIDAY OCTOBER 7

FOX8 – FRINGE (SEASON 1) Friday October 7 at 9.30pm Channel Premiere
Set in Boston, the FBI’s Fringe Division is formed when Special Agent Olivia Dunham enlists institutionalized ‘fringe’
scientist Walter Bishop and his globe-trotting, jack-of-all-trades son, Peter, to help in the investigation of an airline
disaster that defies human logic. As the investigation continues it becomes clear that there are mysterious forces at play
and that this case won’t be the last…

ARENA – HOMEMADE MILLIONAIRE (SEASON 1) Friday October 7 at 9.30pm Australian Exclusive Premiere
Homemade Millionaire follows the competitive journey of three women vying to win a life changing deal with the Home
Shopping Network (HSN). Kelly Ripa is sent hundreds of products every day from aspiring female entrepreneurs — all
hoping to become the next million-dollar success story. Each week, find out who will land a lucrative deal with mega
multi-media retailer HSN.

SUNDAY OCTOBER 9

FOX8 – TOWER PREP (Season 1, Episode 1) Australian Exclusive Premiere at 6.30pm
Ian, a rebellious teenager who has recently been suspended from school, wakes up in a mysterious preparatory high
school, with no idea how he got there or where it’s located. He soon finds out it’s an exclusive school for students with
special abilities, but nobody knows why the students were brought there. Ian soon makes friends with CJ, Gabe and
Suki and together they explore the school and all of its mysteries.

ARENA – GO GIRLS (Season 2, Episode 1) Channel Premiere at 6.30pm
Rich, famous, married? Well… that was the plan. But it’s a new year with new resolutions. The Go Girls embark on yet
another epic quest. And this time, they decide on new and bigger objectives.

FOX CLASSICS – HOLOCAUST (Sunday Night Mini-Series PART 1) at 7.00pm
Winner of eight Emmy Awards FOX Classics will screen a presentation of the now-legendary miniseries which
highlighted one of the most monstrous crimes in world history – the slaughter of 6 million Jews by the Nazis.
Dramatically and definitively, the story covers an entire decade, the eventful years from 1935 to 1945. Holocaust
focuses on the tragedy and triumph of a single family – the Weiss family. Their story is told in counter-poise to that of
another fictional family, that of Erik Dorf, who portrays a Nazi aide to German’s infamous Heydrich.
Stars Meryl Streep, Michael Moriarty, James Woods, Tovah Feldshuh, Joseph Bottoms, Tom Bell, Sam Wanamaker and
more.

HISTORY – 101 GADGETS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD (Two-hour Special) Australian Exclusive Premiere at 7.30pm
The gadget: It’s small enough to hold in your hands. It’s mechanical or electronic, and mass-produced. It’s a personal
item that evolves from novelty to necessity and ultimately shows its paradigm-shifting power. In this two-hour special,
the editors of Popular Mechanics and a panel of experts join forces with HISTORY to rank the most influential inventions
of the past 200 years and tell the surprising stories behind them. Presented by Richard Dean Anderson of MacGyver
fame

MONDAY OCTOBER 10

THE COMEDY CHANNEL – BOTTOM (Season 3, Episode 1) Channel Premiere at 9.30pm
Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson (The Young Ones) give the flat-share sitcom a much needed kick up the you-knowwhat
as they play Richie Rich, a clumsy, pompous dimwit, and Eddie Hitler, a cheerfully violent drunkard.

HISTORY – GOERING’S SECRET (One-hour Special) Australian Exclusive Premiere at 9.30pm
Göring’s Secret shows the most important man after Hitler from a completely new perspective, not in official newsreels
but almost entirely in private film footage. This allows an uncensored and direct look at Hermann Göring and his deeds.

TUESDAY OCTOBER 11

FOX8 – THE VAMPIRE DIARIES (Season 1, Episode 1) Channel Premiere at 7.30pm
The vampire brothers, Damon and Stefan Salvatore, have been leading ‘normal’ lives, hiding their bloodthirsty condition,
for centuries and moving on before their non-aging is noticed. They are back in the Virginia town where they became
vampires, as high school students. Stefan is noble, denying himself blood to avoid killing, and trying to control his evil
brother Damon. Stefan falls in love with schoolgirl Elena, whose best friend is a witch, like her grandma. Damon has
plans of his own for Elena and this is where the trouble begins.

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 12

CI NETWORK – ANATOMY OF A CRIME: THE BALI BOMBINGS (One-hour Special) Australian Exclusive Premiere at 7.30pm
On a Saturday night in 2002, in the height of Bali’s tourist season, two lethal explosions ripped through the popular
tourist district of Kuta, killing 202 people. Within moments a third bomb was detonated between the US and Australian
consulates, just 10km away.
Anatomy of a Crime retraces the lead up to these Jemaah Islamiyah bombings and how a united international police
force investigation helped bring some of the perpetrators to justice.

THURSDAY OCTOBER 13

W – RAW (Season 3, Episode 1) Australian Exclusive Premiere at 7.30pm
This Australian Premiere series follows the friendships, rivalries and passions among the staff of a thriving Dublin
restaurant.

SUNDAY OCTOBER 16

BIO – BOY INTERRUPTED (One-hour Special) Australian Exclusive Premiere at 9.30pm
Dana and Hart Perry share the intensely personal story of every parent’s worst nightmare: the death of a child by
suicide.

HISTORY – THE REAL JACK THE RIPPER (One-hour Special) Australian Exclusive Premiere at 8.30pm
In 1888 London was the world’s largest city and the first to experience a serial killer, when over a ten-week period five
prostitutes died at the hands of Jack the Ripper. Over a century has passed and the murders remain unsolved. Amateur
sleuths, a descendant of one of the Ripper’s victims, and modern day police provide new perspectives on the terrible
deeds of Jack the Ripper.

MONDAY OCTOBER 17

ARENA – ROCCO’S DINNER PARTY (Season 1, Episode 1) Australian Exclusive Premiere at 8.30pm
Join celebrity chef Rocco DiSpirito at the table for a taste of his exclusive New York City parties on Rocco’s Dinner Party.
This competition series gives three highly skilled chefs a shot at crafting the perfect evening for DiSpirito and his
handpicked celebrity guests. The competing chefs hail from all walks of life – from restaurateurs to caterers to self-taught
foodies – and the winner of each episode will take home a prize of $20,000. With a glittering array of guests, including
Liza Minnelli, Padma Lakshmi, Raven Symone, Sandra Bernhardt and Bryan Batt, this is one dinner party you don’t want
to be fashionably late for!

TUESDAY OCTOBER 18

THE COMEDY CHANNEL – TRIGGER HAPPY TV (Season 2, Episode 1) at 10.00pm
British comedian Dom Joly takes to the streets bringing carnage, chaos and outrageous comedy wherever he goes.
Disguised as an assortment of characters, Joly preys on the unsuspecting public, unleashing his twisted brand of humour
when they least expect it. This side-splitting fun fest has won a number of awards including the BBC2 Best Cutting Edge
Entertainment Show and a bronze medal at the Montreux Festival of Comedy. TRIGGER HAPPY TV blends quick-fire
humour, a hip soundtrack and real life antics – with strictly no faking allowed.

111 HITS – ER (Season 7, Episode 1) Channel Premiere Weeknights at 10.30pm
A winner of the prestigious George Foster Peabody Award, ER also earned 22 Emmy® Awards, including Outstanding
Drama Series, and 122 Emmy® Award nominations, making it the most nominated show in any genre. This multiple
award winning drama quickly became one of the most compelling hit shows of our time, each episode a whirlwind of
intense and involving drama, gritty realism, and offbeat humour.

HISTORY – BETRAYAL! (Season 1, Episode 1) Australian Exclusive Premiere at 7.30pm
“Betrayal!” is a documentary series that uncovers treachery, at its best. Each story is better than fiction. Each tale is
straight out of a Le Carre novel. “Betrayal!” travels from Iraq to Moscow to Washington to London to Germany to Tel Aviv
revealing the deadliest and most seductive stories of 20th Century treason.

FOX8 – SLiDE (Season 1, FINAL Episode 10) LOCAL PRODUCTION Australian Exclusive Premiere at 7.30pm

THURSDAY OCTOBER 20

ARENA – MILLIONAIRE MATCHMAKER (Season 5, Episode 1) Australian Exclusive Premiere at 9.30pm
Newly single Patti Stanger takes reign over her clients’ love lives, but is love in store for the matchmaker herself? Patti
calls on celebrity friends Tori Spelling and Jenny McCarthy to provide expert advice for her hapless millionaires. From a
former NFL player to Million Dollar Listing’s Madison Hildebrand, Patti will be challenged to find love for a very diverse
roster of rich singles.

SUNDAY OCTOBER 23

W – THE MENTALIST, SEASON 2, Commercial Free, Sundays from October 23 at 7.40pm
Season two of THE MENTALIST delves into the shadows of Patrick Jane’s well-concealed past as well as the personal
histories and dynamics of the other CBI team members. In the season 2 premiere, Jane and Lisbon learn that the Red
John case has been reassigned to a new CBI team, led by the straight-shooting officer Sam Bosco.

TUESDAY OCTOBER 25

FOX8 – AUSTRALIA’S NEXT TOP MODEL (Season 7, FINAL Episode 13) LOCAL PRODUCTION Australian Exclusive Premiere at 7.30pm
For the first time ever, this year’s Australia’s Next Top Model finale will be broadcast live from one of Australia’s most
iconic landmarks, The Sydney Opera House.
From the very first episode, this series of Australia’s Next Top Model started big. In a world-first, a stunning line-up of the
top 100, not top 16, girls was showcased, before being whittled down to 20 and flown to the fashion capital of the world,
Paris. Here, the top 20 girls modelled incredible outfits from international designers Gucci and YSL, wore designs
especially created for superstars Beyonce and Lady Gaga, dined with supermodel Natalia Vodianova, completed a photoshoot
at the historic Chateau de Vaux le Vicomte, and had the Eiffel Tower closed down for an exclusive climb.
Upon their return to Sydney, the final 16 models were announced and were moved in to a lavish $22 million dollar
mansion in Sydney’s Eastern suburbs, before competing in the biggest series of Australia’s Next Top Model yet.
The finale voting lines will officially open at 8.30pm AEDT on Monday, October 17 after the finalists are announced. The
finalists will make one more unmissable surprise journey on Monday, October 24 at 7.30pm AEDT, before the finale the
following evening, Tuesday, October 25 at 7.30pm AEDT.

Wednesday October 26

FOX8 – GREEK – SEASON 6 Wednesdays from October 26 at 9.30pm, Australian Exclusive Premiere
Journey with the students of Cyprus-Rhodes University as they navigate the treacherous terrain of the fraternity and
sorority system that is the Greek life! As the students try to find their

SATURDAY OCTOBER 29

W – BURN NOTICE (Season 3, Episode 1) Commercial Free Double Episodes at 8.30pm
Jeffrey Donovan stars as Michael Weston, a blacklisted spy who uses his special training to help people in trouble who,
for various reasons, can’t go to the police. Catch the entire third season before the W premiere of Season 4 this
summer.

After being pushed out of the Ten schedule in favour for repeats of NCIS, The Defenders will air on ONE from this Thursday night August 18 at 9.30pm.

UPDATED: As a result, Breakout Kings – a show ONE had hyped up as the next Prison Break (yet nowhere near as good) moves to late Friday nights, airing at 11.30pm this Friday August 19 and 11.00pm next Friday August 26. ONE programming for August 19 including UFC falls back an hour to make room for the show.

Just last week here on Throng, we suggested that shows like Burn Notice and The Defenders that have been moved out of Ten’s main channel schedule should move to ONE (or ELEVEN) rather than just having the fans miss out.

Burn Notice comes to ONE on Monday August 29 at 8.30pm (although it is not clear which episode yet – hopefully it takes off from where Ten left it) while The Defenders will air on ONE at 9.30pm Thursday August 18.

Breakout Kings now on Friday nights late night 11.30 this week, 11.00pm next.

While Ten continue to struggle in ratings expect more fine tuning and adjustments between their channels to maximise ratings potential.

We love playing musical programming!

This is the third time in a week I have written here on Throng about shows being bumped and how they show be rescheduled. Both Burn Notice and The Defenders have now moved from Ten to ONE. Breakout Kings and 24 on ONE have moved timeslots to accomdate the extra shows.

Coincidence? I wonder!

Maybe time for you all to submit your wish list of shows that have been taken out of the schedule of Ten, ONE and ELEVEN to see if we can get them re-scheduled somewhere over their network!

Blue Bloods, White Collar, Medium, Smallville and 90210 are just a few that come to mind.

We’ll keep you posted.

More  programming changes from Ten – this time, ONE gets some changes.

From Monday August 29, Burn Notice will air on ONE, at 8.30pm, replacing 24 which moves to Tuesdays at 10.30pm from August 30. No details about whether it is new or repeat episodes.

Burn Notice is made in HD, so there may be a chance the show will air in HD on ONE.

Also new to ONE, is a replay of Can of Worms at 9.30pm Tuesdays from August 30.

Burn Notice last aired on Ten on Friday nights before the network took it off due to poor ratings.

Just earlier this week in the story about The Defenders being bumped, I wrote that Burn Notice should air on ONE.

No rescheduling details for The Defenders yet.

Burn Notice – ONE Mondays 8.30pm from August 29.

Burn Notice

After first being scheduled to air on Ten in Sydney only on Saturday nights, while everyone else gets AFL, Burn Notice is now scheduled for a Friday night timeslot nationally at 9pm after Masterchef Masterclass. It kicks off on Friday June 24 at 9pm with an episode called Eyes Open in which Michael tries to stop a lawyer who is killing gang members out of revenge.

As for Sydney, it seems Ten will stick to movies now from 8.30pm Saturdays.

Double the Offspring.

ELEVEN

Nurse Jackie Finale

The season 3 finale of Nurse Jackie airs on ELEVEN Tuesday June 21, 9.30pm.

Wilfred Premiere

And replacing Nurse Jackie from Tuesday June 28 on ELEVEN at 9.30pm is Wilfred.

Law & Order: SVU Double

Thursday June 9 sees two new episodes of Law & Order: SVU from 8.30pm. Law & Order: Criminal Intent was to air at 9.30pm, but Ten have changed their minds on that one.

No love for Burn Notice on Ten.

SYDNEY ONLY. Even though it was set to air only in Sydney from Saturday June 11, Ten have dumped plans to air new episodes of Burn Notice for this weekend. Ten have also replaced Oprah with Talkin’ ‘Bout Your Generation repeats at 7.30pm on Ten in Sydney. The Hawaii Five-O repeat is also out at 8.30pm with movies now to air from 8.30 on Ten. The movie for June 11 will be X Men.

Come on Ten, time to show Burn Notice on ONE in HD isn’t it? Perfect fit for the new ONE.

At this stage, Burn Notice is scheduled for 9.30pm Saturday June 18 in Sydney – but, in light of the June 11 change, Burn Notice may not air. Stay tuned…

More extended Masterchef.

Seems to be the big thing in 2011 – 90 minute episodes of shows that usually run for an hour. Masterchef on Sunday June 12 will be a 90 minute episode. Monday June 13, also a 90 minute episode.

Glee season finale.

Airs Wednesday June 15 on Ten, at 8.30pm.

New York: New Directions hit the Big Apple, ready to win Nationals! From Central Park to the Empire State Building, our favourite Gleeks pay homage to New York City the only way they know how, in song.

An Idiot Abroad goes to Egypt.

Monday June 13, ONE, 8.30pm: One of ONE’s top rating shows now: Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant send reluctant traveller Karl Pilkington on a trip to Egypt to see the Great Pyramids. After heavy fog thwarts his first visit to the pyramids, Karl is forced to spend some time with the locals before returning to the ‘wonder’. He tries out a traditional Egyptian outfit, experiences Cairo nightlife, and comes across a restaurant whose staff are all deaf.

After he finally sees the Pyramids, Karl befriends a couple who believe the ‘wonder’ has special powers and who take him into the middle of the pyramids at night to perform a special meditative chant.

June 20, he goes to Brazil.

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