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Everybody Loves Raymond
ELEVEN have made some significant changes to their nightly programming starting as early as this Saturday February 25 with The Simpsons and Futurama playing on Saturday nights instead of all those Everybody Loves Raymond and Frasier episodes, while on weeknights, Craig Ferguson moves back half an hour to an 11pm start instead of 10.30pm.
Here’s the summary:
Saturday Feb 25
7.30 The Simspons
8.00 The Simpsons
8.30 Futurama
9.00 Futurama
replaces Frasier and Everybody Loves Raymond
Sunday Feb 26
7.30 The Simpsons instead of Futurama
8.00 Futurama remains
Monday Feb 27
10.30 Frasier which moves back
11.00 The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson and bumps out Cheers from the schedule
Tuesday Feb 28
10.40 Frasier
11.10 The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Wednesday Feb 29
9.30 Futurama instead of The Cleveland Show
10.00 The Cleveland Show – NEW
10.30 Frasier
11.00 The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Thursday Mar 1
10.30 Frasier
11.00 The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Friday Mar 2
8.30 Snog, Marry, Avoid instead of the third episode of The Simpsons
9.00 Snog, Marry, Avoid moving back Sex and The City
9.30 Sex and The City
10.05 Sex and The City – now only two episodes
10.40 Frasier
11.10 The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Saturday Mar 3
Same as Saturday Feb 25.
The later start now for Craig Ferguson on ELEVEN now means his show overlaps with Letterman on Ten on many nights – may cause problems for some of the talk show junkies out there.
Snog, Marry, Avoid – what is this I hear you ask? W-ell: First ep goes like this: Join us as we ‘Make Under’ a fake-tan obsessed Levi from Kent and glamour model wannabe Tamsin. Will these girls return to their old ways? and the second: Tonight two girls and one boy band will experience the magic of a makeover. With corset lover Dominique, pink Barbie obsessed Jules and a boy band called “Girls That Scream”.
Information correct as at February 22, 2012.
If you’re not out with family or at a Christmas function of some description, and find yourself stuck in front of the TV, there is plenty on offer, despite the fact we are deep in summer non-ratings TV. A mix of Chritsmas themed episodes of regular shows, Christmas movies, and regular programming across our networks should provide something for most people.
The following were our picks for the day – as usually seen in our regular “What to Watch on TV Tonight” posts:
The Vicar of Dibley Christmas Special, Seven, 6.30pm
Supermodel Rachel Hunter pays an unexpected visit to the village of Dibley. Geraldine celebrates her 10th year as the vicar and, as usual, nothing goes to plan. The Christmas carol-writing competition is a disaster, and Geraldine heads off a plan to have a stripper at the Christmas Eve cocktail party.
The Queen’s Christmas Message 2011, ABC1, 7.20pm
HM Queen Elizabeth gives her annual Christmas message to the Commonwealth.
Christmas Movie Triple – Nine from 6.30pm
First up is Deck the Halls at 6.30pm, then National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation at 8.30pm followed by Billy Bob in Bad Santa at 10.30pm
Little Shop of Horrors, GO!, 10.30pm
Another 80′s classic. A monster musical black comedy about an extraordinary triangle involving a flower shop employee named Seymour, his whimsical co-worker and a plant.
Fear Factor, ONE, 11.10pm
Christmas Episode. In each pulse-racing episode, contestants recruited from across America must decide if they have the guts and determination to face their most primal fears and confront a series of challenging stunts.
Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol, UKTV, 8.00pm AEDT.
2010′s Christmas special. Amy and Rory are trapped on a crashing space liner, and the only way the Doctor can rescue them is to save the soul of a lonely old miser. But is Kazran Sardick, the richest man in Sardicktown, beyond redemption? And what is lurking in the fogs of Christmas Eve?
But wait… there’s more…
Many regular shows over most channels will air Christmas episodes. On ELEVEN, Everybody Loves Raymond, The Simpsons and Futurama are Christmas episodes. Older shows on that channel like Cheers, Family Ties and The Brady Bunch also fit the festive theme. GEM has Black Adder’s Christmas Carol at 6.30pm while ABC1 has a Christmas episode of My Family at 7.30.
If you want to escape Christmas altogether, try SBS ONE and SBS TWO – Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon airs on SBS ONE, followed by Kung Fu Hustle at 10.50. SBS TWO plays Jean De Florette at 7.30 hailed as a modern classic that won 4 BAFTA’s, followed by its sequel Manon Des Sources at 9.40pm.
Over on Seven, once they are done with the Vicar Of Dibley at 7.40, programming is the same as any Sunday night with Dog Patrol and Coastwatch first, followed by Bones and Castle. 7mate is also a Christmas-free zone with Mythbusters at 7.30 and the movie Smokey and the Bandit III at 8.35pm.
Meanwhile, It’s a Knockout Continues on Ten – airing at the later time of 7.50 – thanks to a late finishing Talkin’ ‘Bout Your Generation Christmas Special, followed by the movie There’s Something About Mary. Movies on GO! include Flight of the Navigator at 6.30pm, then Stormbreaker at 8.30. GEM has Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day in glorious HD.
Merry Christmas from Throng Australia.
On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, 7mate, 8.30pm
The one and only Bond movie starring George Lazenby as secret agent 007. Secret Agent James Bond must stop criminal mastermind Ernst Stavro Blofeld’s plans to blackmail the western world with bacteriological sabotage of the world’s food supply. His ransom: to be recognised as the rightful Count de Bleuchamp and amnesty for all his past crimes.
Rugby World Cup: Semi Final 1. Wales Vs France, 6.30pm AEST Nine, HD on GEM
Who will play Australia in the Grand Final next Sunday (sorry New Zealand fans!, Australia will win!)?. Wide World of Sports presents the first semifinal of the Rugby World Cup, live from Eden Park, Auckland. Join George Gregan, Andrew Slack along with Ken Sutcliffe for all the action.
The Wedding Singer, 8.30pm, GO!
Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, Christine Taylor, Alexis Arquette. Before the Internet, before mobile phones, before roller-blades, there was a time – 1985! A man with a miserable love life travels from wedding to wedding singing romantic songs to happy newlyweds.
Poirot: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, ABC1, 8.22pm
Hercule Poirot becomes involved in solving the murder of successful industrialist, Roger Ackroyd. As Poirot investigates he discovers that there might be a connection to the suicide of a local woman.
Everybody Loves Raymond, ELEVEN, 6.30pm, 7.00pm, 8.00pm, 9.00pm
Ok – don’t mind the show but four times in one night? Weird programming but something different if you’re lost for something to watch and laugh at on a Saturday night on free to air digital TV. With Ray Ramano.
In a week of massive casting news comes the report that Molly Shannon of Saturday Night Live Fame and recently Glee is set to appear on The Middle as Patricia Heaton’s sister Janet.
Frankie (Patricia Heaton) Frankie’s sister is often mentioned, but this is the first time we will see her on screen. Fans of the show have already been introduced to Frankie’s parents, played by Marcia Mason and Jerry Van Dyke (Dick’s brother).
In other surprising news for The Middle, Heaton’s ex on screen husband, from Everybody Loves Raymond, Ray Ramono, will be in the show’s new seasons premiere as a man from Frankie’s past.
The Middle, usually airs in Australia, on GO!
We are not done yet with programming changes today!
Another one from ELEVEN – this time, Saturday nights get reworked – and they need it! Changes take effect from Saturday Feb 5.
Saturday night is ELEVEN’s worst night of the week in ratings, which is not good seeing it is also Ten’s worst night of the week, and ONE without AFL, barely manages a blip in ratings figures – an all round bad night for the Ten network. So the question must be asked – what were they thinking with Hogan’s Heroes and Get Smart on Saturday nights anyway? Did anyone think these shows would work in prime time?
Predictably, Get Smart has now also been dumped from Saturday nights on ELEVEN.
Instead, another ex-GO! show Frasier, coupled with Everybody Loves Raymond – in some programming looking more like something you’d see on GO! will now fill Saturday nights. Yes, if Nine episodes a week of Raymond are not enough, here are another two for you – why – that’s ELEVEN episodes a week now of Raymond (in prime time)! At least there are 10 seasons of it to get through!
Saturday nights (from Feb 5) on ELEVEN now looks like this:
6.00 Family Ties
6.30 Everybody Loves Raymond
7.00 Everybody Loves Raymond
7.30 Frasier
8.00 Everybody Loves Raymond
8.30 Frasier
9.00 Everybody Loves Raymond
9.30 Movie
Don’t get the reference to GO programming? Until recently, here is what GO had planned for Sunday nights:
6.30 The Middle
7.00 The Middle
7.30 The Big Bang Theory
8.00 The Middle
8.30 The Big Bang Theory
9.00 The Middle
9.30 Movie.
GO!, of course, have since amended the Sunday night line up to 2 Middles, 3 Big Bangs and a Two and a Half Men in that order.
Programming subject to change.
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