Richard Hammond’s Invisible Worlds

Yet another programming change for Monday February 28.

With very little notice, GEM have scheduled Richard Hammond’s Invisible Worlds for Mondays, 8.30pm from Feb 28.

Explore the extraordinary wonders of the world of detail hidden in the blink of an eye. In those few milliseconds, there are extraordinary things happening in that completely pass us by. A world where thin air can shatter rock and water can tear through metal. And where a spectacular celestial display is finally captured, even though many have claimed it doesn’t even exist.

As a result, The Closer is out from Monday, but a new episode still remains on Tuesday at 9.30pm.

Nine have released a schedule of sorts for their programming for the first week of summer TV, but is filled with so many TBA’s it is barely worth reporting. Like Seven, they have left many prime time timeslots as TBAs, with details to be released later. Unlike Seven, there is not even an indication of what shows might fill these times.

On Sunday November 28, new episodes of the Enforcers and Hot Pursuit continue at 6.30pm and 7pm respectively. That is followed by the Best of 60 Minutes at 7.30pm. The rest of the night is TBA.

On weeknights at 7pm, at this stage anyway, Two and a Half Men repeats will remain.

On Monday November 29, Two and a Half Men also airs at 7.30pm, followed by a Big Bang Theory repeat at 8pm. Rest of the night TBA.

Tuesday nights look the same as they will be from this week – Top Gear (UK, repeat) at 7.30, Richard Hammond’s Invisible Worlds at 9pm, Survivor Nicaragua at 10pm and Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares at 11pm.

Apart from another Two and a Half Men on Wednesday at 7.30pm, the programs for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday Dec 1,2 and 3 respectively are all to be advised.

Then on Saturday Dec 4, Australia’s Funniest Home Videos continues with its summer edition while Celebrity Singing Bee airs at 7.30pm.

If all of those Two and a Half Men times proceed as scheduled, the end result is that you will be able to see Two and a Half Men 12 times a week between Nine and GO! Having the show on so many times a week could impact its worth in 2011 where repeats will have been so often, they simply won’t rate the way they used to. Only the new episodes will draw the numbers.

Stay tuned for details of what all these TBAs become over the next week or so…

First Nine held off new episodes of shows on Monday night, now they are doing the same with Top Gear Australia on Tuesday night.

As we know, Top Gear Australia is off on Tuesday November 9 to make way for the National IQ Test. On the following Tuesday, November 16, the 4^th episode Top Gear Australia has been shelved to make way for a repeat of episode 5 of season 9 of Top Gear.

That is followed by the series premiere of Richard Hammond’s Invisible Worlds at 9pm. The series focuses on what we can’t see – using extreme slow motion videos, it reveals extraordinary things happening that completely pass us by. This is a world where thin air can shatter rock and water can tear through metal.

That puts Survivor Nicaragua even later at 10pm.

Tuesday November 16, is the night of the finale of Packed to the Rafters. Not that it makes any difference to 7.30pm though – the move to show a repeat Top Gear could again be because Nine know they rate well and they would prefer to hold off the Australian series until later.

It could also be that Nine will save up the remaining few episodes of Top Gear Australia to use on nights where they have a better chance in the ratings. The last episode of the show fell short of a million, and Tuesday night is one of Nine’s weaker nights overall.

The Tuesday repeat of Top Gear means you can see it three nights that week, when you include those on Go on Sunday and Thursday nights.

Summary – Tuesday November 16, on Nine:

7.30 Top Gear repeat
9.00 Richard Hammond’s Invisible Worlds
10.00 Survivor Nicaragua
11.00 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares
12.00 You Saved My Life
12.30 Entertainment Tonight
1.00 Skippy.