Mike & Molly

New episodes of Mike & Molly air on Tuesday night (Oct 16) followed by Survivor: Philippines almost a month after it aired in the US. Continue reading »

With the Third test from the WACA most likely to be over some time on Sunday (Jan 15), Nine will return to regular programming during the day, and into prime time on the eastern states.

This post is the update of Nine programming for the week, without any cricket, thereby showing what will air with the Third Test finished.

Sun Jan 15
6.30 David Attenborough’s Madagascar
7.30 60 Minutes – new but will contain some repeat stories
8.30 The Mentalist
9.30 CSI
10.30 2012 Santos Tour Down Under Highlights
12.00 Flashpoint – new

Mon Jan 16
6.30 ACA – and every weeknight
7.00 The Big Bang Theory – continues weeknights 7pm
7.30 The Big Bang Theory
8.00 The Big Bang Theory
8.30 The Mentalist
9.30 Harry’s Law – new
10.30 Harry’s Law – new
11.30 The Unusuals

Tue Jan 17
7.30 The Big Bang Theory
8.00 The Middle – new
8.30 Two and a Half Men
9.00 Mike & Molly – new
9.30 Top Gear
11.00 Weeds
11.30 2012 Santos Tour Down Under Highlights

Wed Jan 18
7.30 RBT
8.30 Underbelly Files: Infiltration
10.20 True CSI: Cold Blood
11.20 2012 Santos Tour Down Under Highlights

Thur Jan 19
7.30 Getaway new
8.30 Unforgettable
9.30 CSI: NY new
10.30 Nothing Trivial
11.30 2012 Santos Tour Down Under Highlights

Fri Jan 20
7.30 Two and a Half Men x 2
8.30 Movie: Maverick
11.00 2012 Santos Tour Down Under Highlights

Sat Jan 21
6.30 Australia’s Funniest Home Videos Summer Series
7.30 Movie: Monster House
9.30 Movie: TBA
12.00 Movie: Cross of Iron

Note – that cricket coverage continues on GEM from 6.00pm – 6.30pm when Nine goes over to the nightly News. If the cricket finishes early, regular programming will resume including The Big Bnag Theory at 7pm weeknights, ACA at 6.30pm.

Information above for NSW, VIC and QLD only. SA, NT and WA check local guides.

Correct at January 10, 2012. Subject to change.

Sunday Dec 18
6.30 Shrek The Halls
7.00 The Big Bang Theory
7.30 60 Minutes
8.30 The Mentalist
9.30 CSI
10.30 Prime Suspect

Monday Dec 19
7.30 The Big Bang Theory
8.00 Hot In Cleveland – NEW
8.30 The Mentalist
9.30 Harry’s Law – NEW
10.30 Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition – NEW

Tuesday Dec 20
7.30 The Big Bang Theory
8.00 The Middle – NEW
8.30 Two and a Half Men
9.00 Mike & Molly – NEW
9.30 Survivor South Pacific
10.30 Nothing Trivial

Wednesday Dec 21
7.30 RBT
8.30 Movie: Lethal Weapon 3
11.00 Weeds

Thursday Dec 22
7.30 Getaway
8.30 Unforgettable
9.30 CSI: NY NEW
10.30 Nothing Trivial

Friday Dec 23
7.30 Two and a Half Men x 2
8.30 Movie: Fred Claus

Saturday Dec 24
6.30 Australia’s Funniest Home Videos Summer Series
7.30 The Making of Happy Feet 2
8.00 Carols By Candelight (Live AEDT)

Subject to change. Correct at Decemebr 11.

The Middle, Nine, 8.00pm
Forced Family Fun (2). When Mike decides that the perfect family getaway is a camping trip, memories of their campsite honeymoon 19 years earlier, which was ruined, come flashing back.

The Office, ELEVEN, 8.30pm
Training Day. New. Michael’s replacement has arrived for training, and the staff are all lining up to curry favour with their new boss.

Mike & Molly, Nine, 9.00pm
Samuel Gets Fired. Samuel gets fired and also loses his apartment, so Mike lets him move in with him temporarily.

United States of Tara, ABC1, 9.36pm
The Good Parts. Final. Tara and Max decide to get Tara the sophisticated help she needs from a Boston specialist, but first the Gregsons have to once again put the pieces of their fractured family back together.

C.R.A.Z.Y. SBS TWO, 9.30pm
Featuring a sensational soundtrack, this drama follows the trials and tribulations of growing up gay during the turbulent ’60s and ’70s. Winner of 11 Genie Awards, including Best Film of 2006.

The second week of summer non-ratings, December 4-10, 2011 on Nine includes new episodes of The Middle, Harry’s Law, Hot In Cleveland and Mike & Molly.

Sunday December 4
6.30 Christmas with the Australian Women’s Weekly
7.30 60 Minutes
8.30 The Mentalist rpt
9.30 The Commander new

Monday December 5
7.00 The Big Bang Theory rpt Mon-Fri
7.30 The Big Bang Theory rpt
8.00 The Middle new
8.30 The Mentalist rpt
9.30 Harry’s Law new
10.30 Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition

Tuesday December 6
7.30 The Big Bang Theory rpt
8.00 The Middle new
8.30 Two and a Half Men rpt
9.00 Mike & Molly new
9.30 Survivor: Sout Pacific new
10.30 Nothing Trivial new

Wednesday December 7
7.30 RBT rpt
8.30 Sherlock rpt
10.30 True CSI: Cold Blood

Thursday December 8
7.30 Getaway new
8.30 Unforgettable rpt
9.30 CSI: NY new (new eps on Nine now, Sat 8.30pm on GEM now repeats)
10.30 Nothing Trivial

Friday December 9
7.30 Two and a Half Men rpt x 2
8.30 Movie: TBA

Saturday December 10
6.30 Australia’s Funniest Home Videos – Summer Series
7.30 Movie: Polar Express
9.40 Movie: Maos’ Last Dancer

Programming correct at November 27, subject to change.

Yep – a very good question: With Nine and GO! messing around with Mike & Molly so much, just where are we up to with the show?

Well, I can tell you, that the new episode set to air on Nine next Tuesday night at 9pm is in fact season 1, episode 14: Molly Makes Soup.

In the US, they are up to season 2, episode 4.

And guess what: the complete season one of Mike & Molly is now available on DVD. That means you can see the remainder of season one’s unaired episodes on DVD already.

You see, this is what happens to shows that the networks do not air in a timely manner. Some series have specific DVD release dates – which means you can get them on DVD even before they have aired on free to air TV.

Others are not able to be released on DVD until all episodes have aired – which can be a rough trot for fans on shows who have to wait until they can but it on DVD.

Even with digital channels, shows still aren’t given the chance to play out. Mike & Molly was one of them, and now that the DVD of season 1 is out, episodes on Nine will struggle to rate.

Picture: TVRAGE

Nine have moved The Joy Of Sets back to 10.30pm, after Survivor South Pacific as of next Tuesday October 18. On its first night, the Joy of Sets dropped over half of its 2.3 million viewer lead in from the premiere season 8 episode of Two and a Half Men. As the audience of Men has dropped, so too has The Joy of Sets – to the point where it was bringing down their whole night with not much more than 400,000 tuning in (OzTam 5 city metro).

At 9.00pm, after new Two and a Half Men will be a new episode of Mike & Molly – another show that has failed to attract ratings as well. It should do better than Joy of Sets, but probably won’t help Nine’s Tuesday night too much.

The night now looks like this:
7.30pm The Big Bang Theory rpt
8.00pm The Big Bang Theory rpt
8.30pm Two and a Half Men – new
9.00pm Mike & Molly – new
9.30pm Survivor South Pacific
10.30pm The Joy of Sets
11.00pm Embarrassing Bodies – new

Nine programming are all over the place at the moment.

The Farmer Wants a Wife, was advertised as continuing Wednesdays, but the network have changed their mids and will now air Farmer on Mondays at 7.30pm, from next Monday August 29.A strange move from Nine, seeing that the show has usually aired on Wednesday nights.

In its timeslot of 7.30pm next Wednesday August 31 will be a show called Same Name which sees celebrities move into the life of people with the same name as them, and try doing what they do for a day. The first episode features David Hasselhoff.

Ratings Gold? I think not!

This week. The Farmer Wants a Wife aired at 7.30pm Wednesday, the week before, Top Design. Looks like a new troublesome timeslot for Nine. Next week Same Name, the week after? Will Same Name make it more than a week?

Another show coming to Nine that looks questionable is 2 Broke Girls. Already slammed in the US as likely to flop, the new sitcom is possibly set to join the ranks of Mike & Molly, $#*! My Dad Says and Hot In Cleveland as failed sitcoms on the main channel.

Honestly Nine, why not put all these second rate US sitcoms on one night on GO! or GEM? They just don’t stand up on the main channel.

Low ratings again have forced Nine to dump Mike & Molly from their schedule, after just one week of airing at 8pm Wednesday nights. Instead, yet another Big Bang Theory repeat – which Nine tonight have been promoting as three episodes in a row on Wednesday from 7pm. Add that to all the episodes on GO!

Why they didn’t just leave new Mike & Molly on GO! is a mystery!

Over to Thursday night and 8.30pm for the next two weeks will be a Polar Bear doco, narrated by Jack Thompson. The doco takes over the timeslot vacated by yet another failed show hosted by Eddie MacGuire – Between the Lines.

Honestly Nine, time to realise there is only so much you can do with the same hosts all the time!

Meanwhile, promos are well and truly underway pushing The Block for 7pm from Monday June 20.

8:00pm – Monday, May 16 on Channel Nine

When Vince tries to strike up a friendship with Mike by inviting him to a big basketball game, Molly isn’t pleased with their newfound bond.