No Ordinary Family

Some tweaking to 7mate programming from next week.

From next Tuesday, August 9, the double How I Met Your Mother that usually airs at 7.30pm moves to 8.30pm Thursday, swapping timeslots with Mythbusters which now moves to 7.30 Tuesdays.

On Sunday August 14, the Sunday night movie has change to Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of The Black Pearl, instead of Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure.

On Monday August 15, No Ordinary Family will screen as a double episode with the 8.30 episode of Family Guy and the 9pm episode of American Dad out.

Finally, Fridays get a work over from August 19, with double How I Met Your Mother from 7.30pm, Family Guy at 8.30pm and American Dad at 9.00pm. These shows replace current programming of Pimp My Ride and My Name is Earl.

And what happened to the Friday night AFL on 7mate in regional NSW and QLD? Seems to no longer be airing – for those with access to 7mate in those areas, live Friday night AFL was often a good option.

Supernatural Night!

Supernatural, Eleven, 8.30pm
Sam, Dean, Bobby and Castiel track Eve to a small town in Oregon. The guys discover the townspeople have been converted to demons, but surprisingly, they all appear to be dying. When they finally do meet Eve, she decides to torture the brothers by bringing back their mother, Mary Winchester, as a demon.

Teen Wolf, Seven, 10.30pm
A new hunter arrives in town, putting Derek’s life in danger and forcing him to make reluctant allies out of Scott and Stiles. Meanwhile, Scott tries to survive dinner with Allison’s father.

Being Human, Eleven, 9.30pm
New vampire Rebecca returns to Aidan for advice on how to control her bloodlust. Meanwhile, Sally is forced to silently watch as Danny and his best friend Bridget start becoming closer romantically.

No Ordinary Family, 7mate, 7.30pm
After a friend is attacked, Stephanie tells Jim that she wants to join forces with him to help catch the perpetrator. However, when Jim informs Stephanie that he is built for crime fighting and she is not, the competition is on to see which one of them can solve the case first. Meanwhile, Daphne feels like Jim is invoking a double standard when he allows JJ to date a senior but won’t let her do the same, and Katie learns some disturbing news about Joshua, aka The Watcher.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Sci Fi, Midnight
Using a magical device, Faith swaps her soul into Buffy’s body and vice versa. On hearing of Faith’s come back the watchers council dispatches a team to take Faith back into custody.

Well, honestly, what were Seven thinking putting on No Ordinary Family for two nights this week? Especially seeing that the Monday episode doesn’t even do that well in the ratings?

Thanks to abysmal ratings on Thursday night, No Ordinary Family from next Monday now officially becomes a 7mate show. Next Monday July 4, episode 12 will air on 7mate at 7.30pm instead of double How I Met Your Mother. Being on 7mate, it will be in HD, and remains only the one night per week.

Please, Seven, leave it there now and let the remaining 8 episodes play out for fans of the show.

Over on Seven, Border Security will air at 7.30pm Mondays, while The Vicar of Dibley moves back into 7.30 Thursday nights from July 7.

8pm Monday July 4 is Border Patrol, while 8pm Monday July 11 will be Crash Scene Investigation.

Meanwhile, due to the longer running time of The Vicar of Dibley, all shows that follow on Thursday night on Seven start ten minutes later than usual.

This means, the season finale of Grey’s Anatomy will air at 8.40pm July 4, with Desperate Housewives at 9.40 and the season finale of Private Practice at 10.40pm. On July 11, the season finale of Desperate Housewives airs at 8.40pm. 9.40pm July 14 still TBA

No Ordinary Schedule Change.
From next week, Seven will play two episodes per week of No Ordinary Family. Episode 9 airs on Seven on Monday June 27 at 7.30pm, but the next episode – episode 10 – will air on Seven on Thursday June 30, at 7.30pm, instead of a double How I Met Your Mother repeat.

Same deal the following week, with episode 11 on Monday July 4 and 12 on Thursday July 7.

No Pawn for 7mate
Plans to air new series Hardcore Pawn on 7mate on Wednesday nights at 10.30pm have been shelved. Instead, aat 10.30pm Wednesdays from June 29, will be Ax Men, returning with new episodes.

Double The Office on ELEVEN
From next Tuesday, June 28, The Office will play in double episodes, with the second episode at 9pm replacing Frasier repeats.

The Glee Project hits ELEVEN
Taking over So You Think You Can Dance’s 7.30pm Friday night timeslot is the Glee Project from July 15. The Glee Project is a series that sets out to find the next stars of hit series Glee. It recently premiered in the US.

More Law & Order for Ten
While Seven are promoting Law & Order: LA coming soon, Ten are set to air new episodes of Law & Order: Criminal Intent from the week commencing July 3. We can’t tell you the timeslot until Sunday due to Ten’s prime time embargo policy but it is coming…!

No more Tool Time girls, Baywatch babes or plastic fantastic – the smart girls are taking over and getting the ratings to proove it. Today, some of TV’s most interesting females are geek girls.

Aussie Anna Torv doesn’t quite embrace the geek description but admits her Olivia Dunham on the sci-fi series “Fringe” is not your normal female investigator. “Olivia is the one who’s focused on her job and not good with talking about emotions,” she says. “Those characters have in the past often been played by men. Our writers make no excuses for her being that way.”

Writers do seem to enjoy exploring the possibilities of a female character that doesn’t fit the expected love interest/mum role in both dramas and comedies. Executive producer Robert Carlock likes to call Tina Fey’s Liz Lemon “a late bloomer” on “30 Rock,” but the truth is she got out of jury duty by dressing up as Princess Leia and used a Super Mario Bros. voice as her answering machine message.”It is more fun to write a character who embraces those aspects of herself,” Carlock says. “We all have things we’re embarrassed about from our youth, and the cool girl won’t acknowledge them. That’s less fun. They can also be inspirational role models.”

“When I was younger and watching TV, I was this gawky, outgoing, spastic child, and I had a hard time finding characters on television that reminded me of myself,” says “Glee’s” Lea Michele. With her Rachel Berry character, she says, “I’m proud to show girls out there that it’s OK if you don’t look or act like everyone else — your uniqueness is what makes you truly special.”

“We’re all trying to be cool and hoping people think we’re cool, but everyone has that awkward, dorky, nerdy side to them,” says Emily Deschanel, whose titular “Bones” character may in fact be the nerd for this generation (her best friend in high school was the janitor, who would find her dead animals to dissect). “It’s understandable to assume that audiences want to see cool people — but Hollywood may have been blinded by its own assumptions,” she continues. “People were ashamed to be a nerd before … but you have the Internet now, and you can connect with something you’re nerdy about and gain confidence in numbers.”

“We’re seeing an evolution of women changing in television, and I think that’s because women are changing in the real world,” says Julie Benz, whose character Stephanie Powell is “definitely a science and lab and tech geek” on the just canceled “No Ordinary Family. “Women like Stephanie are being the breadwinner, having the career, taking on that masculine role. We’re seeing that reflected in television,” she says.

Confidence in numbers may even play a role in creating today’s beloved geek girls. Kaley Cuoco’s Penny character started out as the girl next door to the geeks on “Big Bang Theory,” but four seasons later, both actress and character are changing. “I now know more about the sci-fi world than ever,” Cuoco says. “And the audience loves it when Penny says something nerdy, when she starts speaking their language. We learned how devoted the fans are very quickly at Comic-Con,” she says of the annual convention, where Hollywood goes to show off its cult projects.

It’s that nerd inside everyone that writers today are tapping not just to create unusual female characters but also to explore the traits audiences can embrace, possibly redefining what being human means on television. And for the actresses involved, the more the merrier. Maybe this is the definition of reality TV.

South Park, SBS ONE, 10pm
In the season 14 final, Stan’s life is reduced to a shambles as Randy becomes addicted to the Food Network, and Sharon tries to compensate for his lack of attention by turning to the Shape Weight.

No Ordinary Family, Seven, 7.30pm
When Stephanie’s hard-to-please parents, Barbara (guest star Cybill Shepherd)and Allan Crane, pay an unexpected visit, the Powells must curb the use of their powers for fear of giving away their secret. But Barbara and Allan begin to suspect that something’s awry when they witness some strange behavior. Meanwhile, when friend Trent Stafford (Twilights Jackson Rathbone) and his parents are the victims of a home invasion, Daphne uses her abilities to help Jim try to track down the thugs responsible for the violent act.

The Big Bang Theory, Nine, 7.30pm
While Sheldon invents a three-player chess game, Bernadette uses a double date to spy on Leonard and Priya’s relationship, and Raj tries a new drug to treat his social anxiety.

Top Chef – Just Desserts,  Arena, 9.30pm
In the final tonight, 3 chefs remain and face-off in a 4 star, 4 course sweet and savoury challenge to win the prize money.

7:30pm – Monday, May 16 on Seven

This week on NO ORDINARY FAMILY, after Stephanie’s wedding ring is heisted, Jim and George become wedding crashers in order to catch the thieves.

After Stephanie’s ring is stolen during a robbery at a high-end wedding, Jim and George become wedding crashers in an attempt to catch the thugs.

Meanwhile, after learning that assistant Katie misguidedly used her own blood to cover for Stephanie’s company physical exam – fearing that the results would reveal her powers – Stephanie is forced to use her powers in order to retrieve the blood sample from a secure lab.

Against her parents’ wishes, Daphne wants to tell her friend Megan about her telepathic abilities after she inadvertently reads her mind and blurts out what she heard; and JJ asks Daphne to scan the mind of a cute girl to find out if she has feelings for him.

NO ORDINARY FAMILY stars MICHAEL CHIKLIS as Jim Powell, JULIE BENZ as Stephanie Powell, ROMANY MALCO as George St. Cloud, AUTUMN REESER as Katie Andrews, KAY PANABAKER as Daphne Powell, JIMMY BENNETT as JJ Powell and STEPHEN COLLINS as Dr. Dayton King.

Between the Lines encore

It hasn’t aired yet but Nine have already slated an encore late Friday night at 11.30pm, after the Football in NSW and QLD. So if you miss the premiere on Thursday night at 8.30pm, you have a second chance. Just another encore in the wave of encores Nine are doing lately.

No Ordinary Encore

This week, 7mate have again decided to air an encore of No Ordinary Family, at 8.30pm. Being on 7mate, it airs in HD. As a result, Garry Unmarried moves to 9.30pm while Reaper is out. Does not apply to regional NSW and QLD who have Firday night AFL on 7mate at that time.

The Amazing Race Finale.

The finale of season 18 of the US series of The Amazing Race airs Wednesday 7.30pm on 7mate. This comes two days after the premiere of the Australian series of The Amazing Race, which airs on Seven at 8.30pm Monday May 16. The following Wednesday on 7mate sees How I Met Your Mother back on Wednesday nights in double episodes.

Super last minute change – Twenty Men on GO!

Starting Tuesday May 10 – yes I know, that has happened already! GO have changed their early evening strip again. No more Seinfeld doubles, no more Spin City. At 6.00pm Monday – Thursday, in double episodes will be Two and a Half Men. That’s 8 more episodes of Two and a Half Men every week on GO! They took off from season 3, ep 1 on May 10. At 7pm, Australia’s Funniest Home Videos Daily Edition.

The Big C back on GEM

From next Monday, at 11.30pm, GEM will be replaying what was originally supposed to be on eof the flagship series for the channel – The Big C.

Tuesday night on GEM changes again.

At 7.30 next Tuesday May 17 on GEM, will be David Attenborough’s Bear – A Spy in the Woods. At 8.30 is Secret Dealers, bumping out Hoarders.

Jailhouse Girls move into GEM

Three part series looking at the lives of prisoners and officers at one of Europe’s biggest prisons. It airs at 9.30pm and 1.00am on Wednesday nights from May 18.

1. No Ordinary Family Encores on 7mate

If you missed No Ordinary Family on Monday, here is your chance to see it again, at 8.30pm this Friday May 6, and at 2pm this Sunday as well. It airs in HD as well. Bonus!

2. Golden Girls change on GEM.

This Saturday May 7 and next May 14, Golden Girls is out, replaced by more episodes of As Time Goes By.

3. ONE Monday May 9.

Sydney & Brisbane: ANZ Championship semi final airs at 7.30pm, followed by One Week at a Time at 9.30pm. In AFL markets, the netball airs after the AFL at 11.30pm, with ONE Week at a Time at 7.30pm.

4. Footy Classified move.

AFL markets only: Next week, Footy Classified on Nine will move to Sunday night (May 8th) at 10.30pm. This is due to Monday night AFL being played on May 9, which airs on Ten and ONE. At 10.30pm Monday is a repeat of CSI: Miami.

The Biggest Loser Families Grand Finale, Ten, from 8.30pm.

The best part of every series of The Biggest Loser is seeing the amazing transformations that take place for the contestants that took part in the series. All contestants return and reveal their final weight loss since the start of the season, while one of the final four will be crowned this year’s Biggest Loser and walk away with the prize money.

Note – if you are recording, make sure you include The Winner Announced at 10pm, and add on an extra 15-20 minutes of recording time after 10.30 to make sure you do not miss the final moment. Last year, it finished at 10.45pm.

No Ordinary Family, Seven, 7.30pm

What do you get if you cross Heroes with Parenthood and Modern Family? You get No Ordinary Family – a show about how an ordinary family with two teen aged children suddenly find they have super hero like abilities after enduring a plane crash in the Amazon. The father has super strength, the mother speed, the 16 year old daughter the ability to read minds, and the 14 year old son has genius like mental abilities that lead his teachers to think he is cheating. The show tackles how each handle their new found abilities and how they can put them to use in their respective life situations.

Note that only one episode airs tonight, Seven changed their minds about a double episode premiere. Having already seen the first three episodes, through previews from Seven, I am already hanging out for the next. Well worth giving a go.

The Big Bang Theory, Nine, 7.30pm.

Yes, it’s on the same time as No Ordinary Family and Masterchef, but for fans trying to figure out when new episodes of the Big Bang Theory air, here they are – now Monday nights 7.30pm is the new home for new episodes of The Big Bang Theory. All others times are repeats.

Wilfred, SBS ONE, 11.00pm.

Thw show that scored SBS’s only nomination last night at the Logies – Wilfred – The Ice Dog Cometh. Adam wins a skiing holiday so he, Sarah and Wilfred head-off to the mountain top resort. Adam gets lost in a snowstorm, finding sanctuary in the remote cabin of Swedish couple Lars and Hilda.

America’s Next Top Model, FOX 8, 7.30pm.

And on FOX8+2 at 9.30pm Midday next day on Fox8 and many more times to help you avoid conflicts. The point here is, that for years we have known Tuesday nights to be Top Model night – every franchise on Fox8 – US, Australian and UK have always been on Tuesday nights until now. Even in the May Foxtel magazine, the new cycle of America’s Next Top Model is promoted for Tuesday nights.

Just to clarify – America’s Next Top Model (first run episode for the week) is now on MONDAY NIGHTS on Fox8, with numerous replays and encores throughout the week.