House Husbands

Nicola has been hit in a traffic crash that has seen the character die. The poor woman – just trying to get a was just trying to get a washing machine from the side of the road when she was hit by a car.

Thank God it wasn’t Gemma – Julia Morris’s character as the tweets were saying. I thought it would be one of Lewis’s kids (Lucy or Phoebe) I must admit i was shocked at this, yet knew would come in the last seconds.

In a very basic death that raised no emotions in me, I hope the funeral next week will. I Feel 9 tried to do it for shock value, ratings and with little substance. Continue reading »

It’s the death in one TV family which has fans bracing for the worst and the most dedicated playing a morbid game of guessing who will be killed off in tonight’s episode of House Husbands.

The Logie-winning local drama series, only in its second season, has come in for some criticism by devoted home viewers preparing themselves to lose a favourite character so soon in the show’s small screen history.

But the shocking plot twist has proved a ratings-winning device by TV producers since the early days of the box – from killing offs actor who ask for too much money, to playing on the emotions of their invested audience. Continue reading »

Since last Sunday, Seven have been promoting A Place to Call Home as airing 8.30 this Sunday.

A quick check of the EPG for Seven tonight reveals the new Seven period drama won’t start until 8.44pm.

In reality, that will probably end up becoming more like 8.50pm as it is straight after the grand finale of My Kitchen Rules – and we all know, that reality competition finals always run overtime. Continue reading »

With the demise of Days Of Our Lives, Channel Nine have decided to play House Husbands from the begining. Channel Seven have counteracted though and will put Winners And Losers on in the same 2pm time slot weekdays, saying goodbye to Dr Oz. Continue reading »

Sunday April 14

6.30pm – The Voice
8.00pm – 60 Minutes
9.00pm – The Mentalist (new) Continue reading »

Nine are progressively releasing dates for shows that will air after Easter – or more specifically – when ratings resumes on April 7.

The week commencing April 7 will see a completely new line up for Nine – for most a refreshing change to the mix of Big Bang and Mentalist repeats that dominate the networks’ line up currently. Continue reading »

Today Channel Nine have released their upfronts for 2013. Wasn’t that excited until I saw Return To Eden and Schapelle! Can’t wait for those. Here is the 2013 lineup -

NEW ON NINE IN 2013

POWER GAMES: THE PACKER-MURDOCH STORY

From the creators of Howzat! Kerry Packer’s War comes the biggest drama event of 2013 – Power Games: The Packer-Murdoch Story. Continue reading »

With the third Cricket Test being held in WA, Nine’s coverage eats into prime time for most of the country resulting in several split market variations on Nine for the week. This is the first week of summer as well.

Sydney and Melbourne (AEDT time zone):

Sunday Dec 2

6.30pm – Third Test – Australia v South Africa
8.30pm – 60 Minutes
9.30pm – The Mentalist
10.30pm - CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Continue reading »

In the fourth last week of ratings for 2012, the season finale of House Husbands airs on Sunday night and Big Brother concludes on Wednesday night. New CSI returns to Thursday night, with two new episodes from 8.30pm. Continue reading »

Couple of changes to late nights on Nine with Southland (last seen on GEM) on Sunday nights, and Nikita (last seen on GO!) on Monday nights. Otherwise – very stable programming for Nine. Continue reading »