The Killing

Screen Australia and Screen NSW must be very happy with Sydney television production company See-Saw Productions right now after the glowing reviews its new series Top of the Lake have received.

Check out these ratings! IMDB has given it a 7.4/10.  Metacritic, 86/100. Rotten Tomatoes, an even more impressive 9.1/10.

The crime drama is set in the picturesque southern lakes district in and around New Zealand’s Queenstown and has all the beauty of Lord of the Rings.  It is reminiscent of The Killing and Twin Peaks and is a story that is as brilliantly told as it is visually spectacular.

A number of Australian and New Zealand actors and actresses star alongside two Hollywood heavyweights, Holly Hunter (The Piano) and Elisabeth Moss (Mad Men) in the story about a 12 year old girl who is pregnant and disappears.

The story is dark, mysterious and intriguing and should be on your list of must watch viewing for 2013.

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The Killing fans rejoice! AMC’s The Killing is coming back for a third season!

After months of negotiations, AMC and Fox Television Studios have closed a deal to bring back previously cancelled The Killing to AMC for a third season. Negotiations with Netflix for a second window to the series are still ongoing. Continue reading »

Attracting a channel ratings share of over 4% last Monday, ONE’s highest general entertainment share to date, ONE’s Monday night comedy nights featuring Who’s Line is it Anyway followed by Jimeoin On Ice (Jan 23) and Carel Barron (Jan 30) continue for now.

In coming weeks, however, there are a number of show on ONE set to air season finales.

Team based reailty competition show Expedition Impossible has its season finale at 7.30pm Tuesday January 24.

Season finale of The Killing airs at 9.30 Wednesday January 25.

Ice Road Truckers ends on Sunday January 29, at 7.30pm.

The season finale of Blue Bloods will air on Monday January 30, at 10.00pm [UPDATED].

Returning to ONE, is a new series of Black Gold, which airs 7.30 Tuesday January 31.

Also returning to ONE is Psych – dumped from Monday nights a few weeks ago, the series whixh has been renewed for a 7th season in the US will now air at 7.30pm Wednesdays from February 1. It is followed by new Burn Notice which remains at 8.30pm Wednesdays.

Meanwhile, The Killing’s timeslot of 9.30pm Wednesdays will be movies from February 1.

Programming information subject to change, and correct as at January 19, 2012.

Spicks & Specks, ABC1, 8.30pm
Adam, Alan and Myf revisit their favourite moments from the past seven years including Adam’s very first opening monologue, a diverse range of artists who have featured in Look Ma, and some of the greatest comedian guests.

The Killing, SBS TWO, 8.30pm
The original Danish version. The body of the missing 19-year-old student is found in an abandoned car, and details of her suffering are uncovered. Suspicion falls on local politician Troels Hartmann when it is found that the car is registered to his campaign office. Detective Inspector Sarah Lund keeps postponing her departure, and tension arises between her and her new partner as they investigate the connection to city hall.

The Killing, ONE, 9.30pm
The new version. El Diablo. City Councilman Richmond suspects a leak within his own team, causing a shake up in his campaign, and a new witness leads to a new suspect.

Who Do You Think You Are? Nine, 10.30pm
Tim McGraw. Tim McGraw researches his father’s ancestry. He discovers a link to descendants who were among the US’s first settlers and a connection to George Washington.

White Collar, Ten, 10.30pm
Mozzie needs Peter and Neal’s help with a scam to take down a mobster from Detroit.

Glee, Ten, 7.30pm
Pot’O'Gold. Glee is back, after US baseball kept it in hiatus for a few weeks. A rival candidate enters the Congressional race against Sue; New Directions suffers more defections; and a new foreign-exchange student tries to fit in at McKinley.

The Simpsons, ELEVENm, 7.30pm
Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts. New. When Bart disrupts another school event, he is thrust into the hands of Superintendent Chalmers. The superintendent eventually inspires him through the life story of President Theodore Roosevelt.

The Killing, ONE, 8.30pm
Pilot/The Cage. New. Seattle detectives start an investigation for Rosie Larsen who has gone missing. Her family, friends and neighbours all get questioned.

Movie: Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, GO!, 9.30pm
“We don’t need another heeero…” – one of 1985′s most played songs – the theme song by Tina Turner. In a world devastated by nuclear war, a loner comes across a makeshift place called Bartertown – home to a band of rugged survivors ruled by a female warrior – where he is pitted against a formidable opponent in a fighting arena.

White Collar, Ten, 10.30pm
Deadline. Diana goes undercover to protect a journalist who has received death threats; while Neal and Peter take a look at the journalist’s work.