Rizzoli & Isles

My Kitchen Rules, 7.30pm, Seven
It started with twelve teams and now it’ s down to two. They’ve cooked for their fellow contestants in their own homes, tantalised tastebuds across the streets of Australia and impressed the judges at Kitchen Headquarters. Tonight, in the ultimate test, the two final teams must prepare an impressive five-course meal for a full restaurant. With 100 plates to serve per team, the pressure is on. Judges Pete Evans and Manu Feildel guest judges Guy Grossi, Tobie Puttock, Liz Egan and Karen Martini will score each team out of 10 to determine this year’s winner. In a suspenseful and exciting not-to-be missed grand final, who will be crowned My Kitchen Rules 2012 champions and walk away with the $250,000 cash prize?

Pictures of You, 9.30pm, Seven
Well-known personalities open up their childhood photo albums and share personal stories from their formative years in front of a live studio audience. Guests include Anh Do and Shane Jacobson.

Who Do You Think You Are? Shaun Micallef – 7.30pm, SBS HD
Comedian Shaun Micallef was never told much about his family’s past and is worried that his ancestors will all be a bit dull. He begins his journey by investigating his maternal line. It leads Shaun to a most unexpected place, Turkey, and the discovery that his great, great, great grandfather on his mother’s side fought in an epic battle and had a brush with one of the most famous women of the eighteenth century. But what he discovers on his father’s Maltese side of the family will amaze him even more.

Rizzoli & Isles, 10.30pm, GEM
Jane and the squad probe the stabbing death of a star dancer’s mother. Elsewhere, Korsak’s stepson is accused of shooting a cop.

What not to watch –
Superhero Movie, 10pm, GO!
The team behind Scary Movie takes on the comic book genre. Rick Riker is a nerdy teen bitten by a radioactive dragonfly. Imbued with superpowers, Riker assumes a new identity as the Dragonfly.

Thursday November 24 at 7:30pm on W

Simulcast on W HD

Angie Harmon and Sasha Alexander co-star as Boston detective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles, close friends and complete opposites who, together, solve some of Boston’s most notorious crimes. Jane is a blue-collar Boston native with an uncompromisingly brash and beautiful bull-in-a-china shop approach to work and life. Maura, raised by affluent, educated, globe-trotting parents, is a quirky combination of a science nerd and an elegantly chic girly girl. As different as they are, they’ve formed a perfect and unique partnership to unravel complex crimes and catch the bad guy.

Cast: Angie Harmon, Sasha Alexander, Lorraine Bracco, Jordan Bridges, Bruce McGill.

With Gem not choosing to screen this show as desired; this may come as bittersweet news to fans.

US drama Rizzoli & Isles has been renewed for a third season complete with Fifteen Episodes.

Starring Angie Harmon and Sasha Alexander, the TNT series has been classified as a ‘mega hit’, launching to record ratings.

Gem, as stated, owns the rights to this show, but it is not at this time screening on air.

Update: Gem will actually be screening the second season from Wednesday August 15 at 10.30pm.

Good news for Rizzoli & Isles fans.

After being taken off GEM recently to make way for movies, Rizzoli & Isles is back in the schedule on 10.30pm Tuesday nights from Jan 18, 2011. It plays from the first episode. Two were played already, so for those who have seen the show, the first two will be repeats. With a late start, the chances of the show remaining in the same time slot should be increased.

Conan is on a two week break over Christmas. The last episode before the break airs late Christmas night here. He is back on GEM Wed 12.

Also on a two week break is Ellen, now airing in repeats on GEM and Nine (when the cricket is not on). New episodes of The Ellen Degeneres Show return Tue Jan 4.

 Programming subject to change.