Programming Amendments

1. William & Kate: Inside The Royal Wedding. Seven, Tuesday April 26, 7.30pm.

This exclusive special will give inside information on the wedding dress, the style, the food, the celebrity invites and what the couple are really like behind closed doors, featuring interviews with Elizabeth Emmanuel (designer of Princess Diana’s wedding dress), Claudia Joseph (Kate Middleton’s biographer), Ken Wharf (Princess Diana and Prince Charles’ personal bodyguard) and David Macarfrae (Royal cake maker).

This special is also encored on 7TWO Wednesday April 27, 7.30pm and Friday April 29, 12.30pm.

2. Movie: The Queen. Seven, Tuesday April 26, 8.30pm.

When news of the death of Princess Diana, undoubtedly the most famous woman in the world, breaks upon a shocked and disbelieving British public, Queen Elizabeth II retreats behind the walls of Balmoral Castle with her family, unable to comprehend the public response to the tragedy. For Tony Blair, the popular and newly elected Prime Minister, the people’s need for reassurance and support from their leaders is palpable. As the unprecedented outpouring of emotion grows ever stronger, Blair must find a way to reconnect the Queen with the British public. Starring HELEN MIRREN, MICHAEL SHEEN, JAMES CROMWELL, ALEX JENNINGS, ROGER ALLAM, SYLVIA SYMS, TIM MCMULLAN, ROBIN SOANS, LOLA PEPLOE and DOUGLAS REITH.

3. Medical Emergency, Seven, Wednesday April 27, 8.00pm

Medical Emergency fills that half hour TBA after the double episode of Home & Away on Wednesday April 27.

4. Saturday April 30 movies on Seven.

At 6.30 is the 1999 movie, Alice in Wonderland, followed by The Rock at 9.20pm.

Some changes to Gem programming for the week after next.

Monday April 25.

9.30pm Kitchen Nightmares USA
10.30pm Wife Swap USA
11.30pm Friends.
12.00am Murder, She Wrote
1.00 Mary Queen of Shops

Movie The Wrong Man is out.

Tuesday April 26.

7.30 Antiques Roadshow – new episode.

Replaces How Clean is Your House.

Wednesday April 27.

8.30 Hoarders. Replaces The World’s Tallest Woman and Me which moves to…

Thursday April 28.

8.30 The World’s Tallest Woman and Me
9.30 Embarrassing Bodies
10.30 How to Have Sex After Marriage

This line up replaces Hoarders, Bizarre ER, How Clean Is Your House and Wife Swap USA.

Saturday April 30

8.10pm Two Fat Ladies, replaces As Time Goes By.

Massive changes to the schedules of both Nine and GO! have come through overnight. Judging by the time they came through, it was a late night for programming staff at the Nine network last night.

Part 1.

Nine.

Sunday April 17.

Harry’s Law moves to 10.30, and will be a NEW episode – season 1, episode 8 “In The Ghetto“. A repeat of CSI: Miami moves to 9.30pm, replacing the previously scheduled repeat of Harry’s Law.

Monday April 18.

A Big Bang Theory repeat replaces Two and a Half Men at 7.30pm. This is season 3, episode 20 “The Spaghetti Catalysis. Mike & Molly [updated] remains at 8pm.

At 8.30, is a CSI repeat, followed by a repeat of CSI: Miami. 8.30 – 10.30 was TBA until now.

Tuesday April 19.

Completely different night now – no Big Bangs, and no Top Gear after this week’s abysmal ratings. Kitchen Nightmares is also gone.

At 7.30 is a repeat of Customs, followed by a repeat of RBT. At 8.30, is the movie The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – a free to air first.

Wednesday April 20.

Big Bang Theory at 7.30pm, followed by Two and a Half Men at 8pm.

NRL markets: RPA: Where Are They is at 8.30pm. Embarrassing Bodies at 9.30, Amazing Medical Stories is at 10.30pm, AFL Footy Show from 11.30pm.

In AFL states, the AFL Footy Show screens from 8.30pm [corrected]. The change of night is due to the fact that AFL this week is played on Thursday night, instead of Friday due to Easter. Amazing Medical Stories 10.30pm.

Thursday April 21.

At 7.30 is RBT repeat, and Getaway at 8pm. At 8.30, instead of CSI is The Big Bang Theory S3E22, followed by a new episode of $#*! My Dad Says at 9.00pm.

At 9.30pm in AFL states is RPA: Where Are They Now while the NRL Footy Show is on at 9.30pm in NRL markets.

Sunday April 24.

9.30 CSI: Miami, repeat, followed by NEW Harry’s Law at 10.30pm.

Monday April 25.

7.30 The Big Bang Theory, followed by Mike & Molly repeat at 8.00. CSI at 8.30pm, CSI: Miami at 9.30pm. All repeats. 10.30 is Adults Only Two and a Half Men except for NRL states that see Footy Classified.

Tuesday April 26 – UPDTED.

7,30 is a new episode of RBT. New series AFP about the Australian Federal Police premieres at 8pm. At 8.30 is the premiere of Sea Patrol: Damage Control, followed by Top Gear at 9.30pm and Kitchen nightmares USA at 10.55pm. CSI: NY is OUT of the schedule once again.

Wednesday April 27.

Big Bang Theory at 7.30pm, followed by Two and a Half Men at 8pm.

NRL markets: RPA: Where Are They now is at 8.30pm, Embarrassing Bodies at 9.30, Amazing Medical Stories is at 10.30pm (Syd/Bris), AFL Footy Show from 11.30pm.

In AFL states, the AFL Footy Show screens from the special time of 8.30pm. The change of night again is due to the fact that AFL this week is played on Thursday, Amazing Medical Stories from 10.30pm.

Thursday April 28.

At 7.30 is a William & Kate special, with Getaway at 8pm. At 8.30, is The Big Bang Theory S2E9, followed by a new episode of $#*! My Dad Says at 9.00pm.

At 9.30pm in AFL states is RPA: Where Are They Now while the NRL Footy Show is on at 9.30pm in NRL markets.

Friday April 29.

Coverage of the Royal Wedding starts at 4pm in eastern states. News and ACA at 6pm and 6.30 respectively, Wedding coverage from 7pm.

In NRL markets, Brisbane Broncos Vs Canterbury Bulldogs airs from 8.30pm, South Sydney Rabbitohs vs Cronulla Sharks at 10.30pm. Wedding continues on GEM. Elsewhere, the Wedding continues on Nine until 11pm.

And just as I posted programming amendments for the day – thinking nothing from Nine for once, here comes one from Nine for GO! for TONIGHT – yep – TONIGHT.

Titled “Urgent last minute programming change”, programming tonight on GO! Is completely changed from 9pm, with an extra The Big Bang Theory at 9pm, then not one, not two, not even three or four, but FIVE Adults Only Two and a Half Men episodes in a row from 9.30pm till Midnight.

The five Two and a Half Mens hail from seasons five and six, while $#*! My Dad Says is out – can’t even survive a stable timeslot on GO! and the movie Pineapple Express is also out – well, it was only on a few months ago anyway.

GO! have famously made a number of these super urgent last minute programming changes in its one and a half year history. Some of them are so last minute, that many EPGs do not keep up so people, unless reading websites like this one, have NO IDEA what is on GO! Some TV websites no longer report GO! TV changes as there are so many. 

Yet they continue to do it. It only works because so many people now decide what to watch on TV at the last minute.

But these sorts of changes are an insult to many fans holding out for episodes of new content like The Vampire Diaries, Hellcats, Pretty Little Liars, Fringe, Nikita… the list goes on.

And the list of timeslots where we see The Big Bang Theory and Two and a Half men over Nine and GO just increases further. Tonight’s last minute change is a further three hours of these shows, on top of the multiple timeslots they already occupy.

Maybe Nine are trying to impress Charlie Sheen?

Winning?

I think not.

One less Heartbeat for 7TWO next week.

Next Monday, April 18 at 7.30pm, Heartbeat is out to make way for a special called: Martin Clunes: Horsepower.

Join Martin Clunes as he travels to some of the most spectacular places in the world to unlock the secrets of man’s partnership with horses. From the remotest parts of Mongolia to the deserts of Arabia; the world’s most lavish racing event in Dubai to hidden ancient tunnels high in the Pyrenees mountains, Martin is set to explore the evolution of the mighty beast that has changed the course of human history.

That is all.

Programming Amendments Update March 29.

1. ACA Sunday.

Nine have confirmed that ACA Sunday will remain in the schedule for the next two Sundays April 3 and April 10. The previous three editions of ACA Sunday have been such last minute changes, that EPGs and even the next morning’s ratings did not reflect that the show was on.

ACA Sunday will be hosted by Karl Stefanovic, who, according to the Sunday Telegraph will remain host until a regular host can be found. Tracy Grimshaw, who hosts the weekday editions ACA, and hosted the first surprise ACA Sunday earlier in March, is not interested in the extra work, while Karl only plans to stay there until a permanent host is found.

Nine, however, have not committed to ACA Sunday for the long term and are watching how it goes. So far figures have been mixed, with the highest numbers reached – of around 1.2 million – for the school bully interview two Sundays ago.

Customs now will now air 7pm on Sunday April 3 and 10, and Send in the Dogs Australia is out of the schedule on those tow nights.

2. 7TWO Fridays 7.30pm.

As of this Friday, April 1, 7TWO will now be playing two episodes of Are You Being Served from 7.30pm. That’s My Boy, which was about to move into its second season, is now out of the schedule.

Are You Being Served also airs at 7.10pm Sundays and 8.10pm Tuesdays on 7TWO.

3. Dexter on ELEVEN

The season finale of Dexter airs at 9.30pm Monday April 4 on ELEVEN. From Monday April 11, 9.30pm, Dexter moves in to repeats – starting from the first episode, the Pilot.

Programming Amendments Update March 28*.

1. No more Heroes for Seven.

Heroes (season 4) that was to air at midnight Thursday nights on Seven will no longer air. Instead, True Beauty is on Seven at midnight Thursdays from this Thursday March 31.

As a result, True Beauty will no longer be seen on Sunday mornings, replaced by Minute to Win It on Sunday April 3 and a movie the following Sunday.

Note the Sunday change is for the Sydney and Brisbane markets only.

2. Amazing Race break on 7mate

Due to a one week break in the US, The Amazing Race will not be seen on 7mat eon Sunday April 10. That night, from 6.30, 7mate will be airing the movie Galaxy Quest. That will also mean that Gene Simmons Family Jewels will take a break for the week as well. Not a bad idea, seeing many states have school holidays then.

3. ICC World Cup 1^st Semi Final

Nine will air the first semi final between Sri Lanka and New Zealand from 11.55pm Tue March 29.

* Everyday, there are a number of programming amendments mostly from the Nine network, but also Seven and Ten. The plan is to list the prime time changes in particular on the one daily post rather than just posting stories based around major changes – which has meant many of the smaller changes get left out. Note that changes to GO programming will be shown on the TV Guide for GO only. For the latest GO programming, click here to go to the TV Guide for GO.