So You Think You Can Dance (US)

Everyones favourite Daytime talkshow host, Ellen DeGeneres will perforrm on tonights double episode finale of So You Think You Can Dance, on Eleven starting from 8.30pm

Dancing with cast member Stephen “Twitch” Boss, it has already been shown for viewers on her “ellen” show, but if you missed it or want to see it again now you can in the season 7 final.

Originally aired in August in the USA last year, it’s great to see a 53 yr old cover girl bust a move to LMFAO and Lil Jon’s “Outta Your Mind”.

Tonight sees Lauren, Kent and Robert fight it out for the title, in the reality dance show, with other performances by Quest Crew, The Manzari Brothers and last seasons winner Russell Ferguson.

A Big Movie Night with a little TV!

So You Think You Can Dance, Eleven, 7.30pm
Thousands auditioned but it’s now down to three. Three amazing performers who all want to be crowned America’s favourite dancer. The winner of series seven is revealed

Torchwood – Miracle Day, UKTV, 8.30pm
The series return of the cult UK series has upset alot of the English. We are getting it fast tracked here straight after the US airs it leaving the UK to be behind us for once.

Movies
Air Force One, 7mate, 8.30pm
In an unthinkable act, terrorists have hijacked the airborne fortress carrying the President of the United States. Now, while President James Marshall evades capture in the belly of the plane, the terrorists begin executing passengers. If the terrorists’ demands are granted and a tyrant is set free, hundreds of thousands of innocent people will die. But if they are denied, the terrorists will kill everyone on Air Force One, including the President’s wife and daughter – and inevitably the President himself.

Blood Diamond, Nine, 9.53pm
In war-ravaged Sierra Leone, diamond smuggler Danny Archer learns that a local fisherman has stumbled upon a gigantic gem, and he offers to reunite the man with his family in exchange for the diamond.

Under the Tuscan Sun, Seven, 8.30pm
Frances Mayes is a 35-year-old writer who escapes her heart-wrenching divorce as she travels to Tuscany. Frances surprises herself by making an offer on a rundown villa, the biggest impulse purchase of her life. With the help of a warm-hearted real estate agent and a local contractor with a team of Polish workers, her 300-year-old house is slowly transformed into a home. Along the way, she encounters a larger-than-life British ex-patriot, kind and generous neighbours, and a charming Italian man or two.

Out of Time, even, 10.50pm
Matt Lee Whitlock is chief of police in small Banyan Key, Florida. He’s respected by his peers and loved by his community. But when Banyan Key is shocked by a double homicide, everything Matt Lee thought he knew starts to unravel, and he finds himself in a race against time to solve the murders before he himself falls under suspicion…. because all the evidence point to him.

Manhattan, ABC2,8.30pm
An extraordinary and funny film that explores the embattled life and loves of a successful New York comedy writer. Starring Meryl Streep and Diane Keaton.

All That Jazz, ABC2, 10.04pm
The story of a gifted choreographer whose compulsions, both professionally and personally, lead to his destruction.

The Water Horse, Nine, 7.35pm
When a lonely young boy discovers a large, mysterious egg along the shores of Loch Ness, no-one is prepared for what lies within. What hatches will set in motion an adventure that will take him on the unforgettable journey of a lifetime.

Hellboy, GO!, 8.30pm
In the final days of World War II, the Nazis attempt to use black magic to aid their dying cause. The Allies raid the ceremony, but not before a demon, Hellboy, has already been conjured.

Black Hawk Down, Ten, 10pm
One hundred and twenty-three elite US soldiers drop into Somalia to capture two top lieutenants of a renegade warlord and find themselves in a desperate battle with a large force of heavily-armed Somalis. Stars Eric Bana.

Shark Tale, Seven, 6.30pm
Oscar is a fast talking little fish whose big dreams have a habit of landing him in hot water. Lenny is a great white shark with a secret… he’s a vegetarian. Together, they become unlikely friends. Featuring the voices of Angelina Jolie and Will Smith.

Teen Wolf
New US series, Teen Wolf, premieres on Seven, Monday July 4, 9.30pm. Click here to read our review.

Futurama
ELEVEN will play new episodes of Futurama on Wednesdays at 8pm, from June 29.

Can of Worms
Can of Worms premiere on Ten – We know when it will air, but we’re just not allowed to tell you until Sunday, thanks to Ten’s policy of prime time programming embargos. Stay tuned for the time and date on that one.

Being Human
It’s about three twenty somethings who happen to be a vampire, a wolf and a ghost – premieres on ELEVEN at 9.30pm, Monday July 4 – same time as Teen Wolf on Seven.

So You Think You Can Dance (US)
Season final airs on ELEVEN, at 7.30pm Saturday July 9.

Double Dipping on Dirty Dancing?
Is 80’s classic movie Dirty Dancing on GO! or GEM? Or both? An amendment from GEM yesterday schedules the movie for 9.30pm Wednesday June 29, while it still remains scheduled to air on GO! next Thursday June 30 at 9.30pm. Suggest you can most likely rule out the GO! airing. Stay tuned for an update.

The Biggest Loser: Families, Ten, 7.30pm.

As the biggest biggest loser challenge ever – the Sydney to Hobart boat race draws to a close, and the contestants dock in Hobart and kiss the solid ground, they soon realise there is no time to celebrate. Exhausted as they may be, they now need to get ready for the Super Challenge

So You Think You Can Dance (US), ELEVEN, 7.30pm.

The season 7 premiere. Join judges Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy and Mia Michaels as they sift through the good, the bad and the ugly in search of America’s best dancer! Hosted by Cat Deeley.

Recruits, ONE HD, 7pm

As ONE HD moves away from 24 hour sport towards more general entertainment, the channel has now stripped Recruits – the observational series dealing with training new recruits for the NSW Police Force – across 7pm most Tuesdays – Fridays. Might be worth a look, if you are after another alternative at 7pm.

Probationary Constable Chris Swadling spends a shift dealing with some of Sydney’s more challenging residents. From attending a mental-health incident in Hyde Park, to a woman hearing voices.

Friday night horror.

Shrooms, 7mate, 10.30pm

First run on 7mate. Five American college students arrive in Ireland to go on a camping trip with their old college buddy Jake, who has promised them the trip of a lifetime. Tripping on the best magic mushrooms in the world, the college students start to panic when one of their friends, Bluto, goes missing. Tara claims to have had a premonition about his death but her friends, still high, believe she is suffering the repercussions of the mushrooms. There is something out there, though, and it is waiting to kill. Will the college students make it out alive? Stars: Lindsey Haun, Jack Huston, Max Kasch, Maya Hazen, Alice Greczyn, Robert Hoffman, Don Wycherley, Sean McGinley

Saw, GO!, 11.40pm

In this chilling movie, two complete strangers awake tied up in a serial killers secure lair, neither of them knowing how they got there, but with a dead body on the floor, they know their chances of survival are slim. Starring: Cary Elwes, Danny Glover, Leigh Whannell, Tobin Bell

Just as I was praising how stable the programming was for ELEVEN in comparison to GO in another post, here comes some changes to the ELEVEN schedule, affecting Friday and Saturday nights from next week (Feb 4 and Feb 5).

On Friday night, 90210 has been dumped from the schedule. It was previously dumped from Ten a few years ago, after not achieving ratings to justify its timeslot.

With 90210 though, it was one of the promised titles for new channel ELEVEN. It was one of the many ex-Ten shows that were promised a time, place and new home on ELEVEN. Perhaps the problem is, that the core audience were not there at Friday 7.30pm – or the show is now been out for so long, that the real fans have already seen it by other means? Here is another example of a show where the timeslot perhaps was not thought out very well. Not to mention the fact, that the episodes shown on ELEVEN so far have already previously aired on Ten. Might have been more interest once they reached the first run episodes.

What ELEVEN should do is move 90210 to an afternoon weekend timeslot. Just like GO should do with Hellcats. It won’t make any difference to ratings results, but it will give people the chance to see the show if they chose to.

Moving on… the removing of 90210 means So You Think You Can Dance will now start at 7.30pm, from Fri Feb 4, and at 9.20pm Fridays, will be double episodes of Sex and the City, played from the beginning.

The new Friday line up on ELEVEN, from Feb 4, is:

7.30pm So You Think You Can Dace (US)
9.20pm Sex and the City ep 1
9.55pm Sex And The City ep 2

FROM 8.30PM FRIDAY, JANUARY 21 

Episode 2 (603 & 604) 

Tonight, television’s hottest dance com- petition series So You Think You Can Dance heads to Boston and Atlanta for the next round of auditions. 

The series kicked o last week with an impressive bunch of dancers burning up the dance oor in LA, and tonight’s hope- fuls are eager to do even better! 

First up, SYTYCD host Cat Deeley and judges Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy and Tyce Diorio head to Boston, Massachusetts, to see the best [and sometimes worst] the east coast has to o er. 

Expect some outstanding contemporary routines, with a few Breakers, Crumpers and Latin Cha Cha dancers impressing the judges too. But its not all tickets straight to Vegas, there are some dancers who have missed the mark completely – both on the dance oor and in the wardrobe [blue spandex pants anyone? 

Next up judges Nigel and Mary are joined by guest judge Lil C for the best of the best in the dirty south. Atlanta delivers plenty of hits, some misses and a few crazy’s out there on the dance oor. Keep an eye out for Billy, Amber, Jamal and Victor – a bunch of contemporary dancers who excel and head straight to Vegas. 

Updated. In September, channel 10’s schedule will start to transform as some of their new shows for the rest of the year premiere.

Summary:

1. Next week, Australian Idol takes over the 7.30pm timeslot for every night except Friday. Week 3 of Australian Idol sees the top 100 cut down to the top 24 in Sunday then from 24 to 12 over 4 nights, starting from Sunday Aug 23 6.30pm.

2. Are You Smarter than a 5^th Grader returns to Monday nights at 7.30 Aug 31.

3. The final of Talkin’ ‘Bout Your Generation airs Tuesday Sept 1 at 7.30pm.

4. The premiere of Magda Szubanski’s The Spearman Experiment is on Tuesday Sept 8 at 7.30pm.

5. Hamish and Andy return to 10 in the first of two specials – this one called: Rove Presents: Hamish and Andy’s American Caravan of Courage. The show airs Thursday September 10 at 7.30pm

6. Go Girls, after being held over while 10 re-arrange their Friday nights to have So You Think You Can Dance at a later time, returns with episode 3 on Friday September 11 at 10.30pm, following the move Nanny McPhee at 8.30pm.

Also on Friday nights, is the Simpsons with two episodes played from 7.30pm.

The final of So You Think You Can Dance is at 10.30pm Friday Sept 3.

7. GLEE will be on Thursdays at 7.30pm from September 17.

8. Celebrity Masterchef is tipped to premier on at 7.30pm Wednesday September 30. NCIS LA will most likely premiere that week as well, just days after it premieres in the US.

9. And jumping way ahead, 10 plan to air a New Years’ Eve special featuring Shaun McCalliff.

Channel Ten has reacted to their very poor performance last Friday night where they scored just 14% of the audience share in the nights’ ratings by moving So You Think You Can Dance (US version) back to 10.45pm.

Dance, since Masterchef finished, had been airing at 7.30pm, finishing around 10 and was followed by a show called Go Girls.

From this Friday (Aug 21), at 7.30, two episodes of the Simpsons will air. In the Sydney market, that means there is something like 12 episodes per week of the Simpsons – 3 more episodes than channel 9 have Two and a Half Men on for.

At 8.30, the movie “Never Been Kissed” will air. Go Girls will no longer be shown. Movies on following Friday nights include “Nanny McPhee” and “The Break Up”.

As a result of moving Dance back to 10.45 pm, Sports tonight on Fridays will air after 1am, with Letterman as late as 1.45am. A repeat of Californication follows at 2.30am.

Also, this week on Ten, the final episode of the current seasons of “All New Simpsons” will air, at 7.30pm, Wednesday Aug 19.

Original Source: TV Tonight, confirmed by TV Guides.

8.30pm WEDNESDAY / SEPTEMBER 3

Australian superstar choreographer Jason Gilkison joins the superior cast of choreographers on tonight’s SYTYCD US.

The Top 6 dancers – Mark, Katee, Twitch, Chelsie, Joshua and Courtney edge closer to the finale and every routine is outstanding!

Judges Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy and Adam Shankman pass judgement but there is nothing but praise for the Final 6. Shankman says: “I don’t know how America will vote as the Top 6 are so strong.”

Jason Gilkison creates an amazing Viennese Waltz for Courtney and Mark, of which Nigel says: “The choreography by Jason was brilliant,” and of Jason’s Paso Doble routine for Katee and Joshua he says, “Jason Gilkison – that was a fabulous! There were so many good things about that routine.”

The results show follows and the announcement of the Top 4 dancers that will make it to the finale edges closer. Before the announcement, Lady Gaga performs her dance floor anthem “Let’s
Dance” then it’s time for the Top 4 to be revealed!

8.30pm WEDNESDAY / AUGUST 27

Tonight the best of the best dancers are on display as the Top 8 battle it out for the title of America’s Favourite Dancer.

Courtney, Will, Mark, Chelsie, Joshua, Katee, Twitch and Comfort are paired with new dance partners and compete as new couples. This doesn’t rattle the dancers as they embrace their new partnerships and all perform breathtaking routines.

Along with two couple routines, each dancer must perform a solo. With so many amazing dancers in the running for the top prize, this is going to be a fight to the finish!

Although the judges still critique the dancers, only America’s votes will determine who continues in the competition, so it’s important that the dancers show technical ability as well as personality.

The routine’s span Samba, Hip Hop, Fox Trot and Disco with technically challenging and passionate choreography.

The performances captivate the judges – Nigel Lythgoe says of Will and Courtney’s Hip Hop routine “This is the first time Hip Hop has affected emotions for me, and of Katee’s solo: “You light up the whole world when you dance.” Will the American public agree?

The results show then follows and after a surprising results show last week, where Kherington and Gev were eliminated, the Top 8 dancers know that anyone of their dreams may be over tonight. Who will it be? It’s impossible to
pick it.

Hip Hop artist LL Cool J performs before host Cat Deeley announces the results. The judges and the American public are devastated when one of the dancers tipped to win the competition is eliminated.
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