The Middle

Now with Nine programming being dominated by The Voice, The Block and Celebrity Apprentice, there have been changes at GO! to supplement Nine’s programing and perhaps appease anyone who will have Big Bang withdrawals in the coming week.

GO! has scheduled repeats of The Big Bang Theory at 7pm Monday-Thursday, as well as episodes on Sunday and Thursday nights.
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The first new show on GO! since … well, a long time. Suburgatory premieres on GO! 8.30pm Sunday February 5, surrounded by .. wait for it … three episodes of The Big Bang Theory.

But wait… there’s more … new episodes of The Middle also will air on GO! – the same night at 7pm, following a repeat at 6.30pm.

Sunday Feb 5 on GO! looks like this:

5.30 Total Wipeout UK rpt
6.30 The Middle – rpt
7.00 The Middle – NEW
7.30 The Big Bang Theory – rpt
8.00 The Big Bang Theory – rpt
8.30 Suburgatory – premiere. Pilot.

9.00 The Big Bang Theory – rpt
9.30 Movie: Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde.
11.30 Gossip Girl – new (for GO! – note new episodes airing on FOX8)

Onto weeknights on GO! and The Big Bang Theory will now air at 7pm Monday – Thursday.

Monday Feb 6 at 7.30pm is a repeat of Top Gear, followed by the movie Good Luck Chuck at 9pm.

Tuesday Feb 7 is the usual movie double on GO! with Ghostbusters II at 7.30pm followed by Catwoman at 9.50pm.

Wednesday Feb 8 is also a movie double. Speed Racer from 2008 at 7.30, then Stealth at 10.10.

On Thursday night, Feb 9, The Suburgatory Pilot gets a replay at 7.30pm, followed by two episodes of Two and a Half Men, then Big Bang at 9pm. The movie Welcome to the Jungle follows at 9.30pm.

Interestingly, with ELEVEN only recently airing Naked Gun 33 and a Third, Naked Gun 2 1/2 airs on GO! at 9.30pm Saturday Feb 11.

In the last week of summer non-ratings for 2011/2012, GO! is still the usual mix of sitcom repeats and movies, with the only stand out being the premiere of Suburgatory, a series currently doing well in the US – which prompts the question – given GO!’s usual treatment of new shows, will Suburgatory survive on GO!? Will it disappear after a few weeks if the ratings are substantially below that of the usual repeats and movies?

From the feedback overseas for Suburgatory, it probably could have been worthy of a chance on Nine.

Question is, can GO! survive in ratings with the same repeats – over and over – and over and over – into 2012? The GO! program guide for the following week – week 7 (Feb 12-18) will be very interesting.

Time will tell.

Programming information correct as at January 28, 2012 – and subject to change – which it almost certainly will – as is typical of GO!

Not promising to keep this post up to date with the number of changes GO! make to programming! Feel free to email me at andrewb@throng.com.au with any updates or feedback.

With the Third test from the WACA most likely to be over some time on Sunday (Jan 15), Nine will return to regular programming during the day, and into prime time on the eastern states.

This post is the update of Nine programming for the week, without any cricket, thereby showing what will air with the Third Test finished.

Sun Jan 15
6.30 David Attenborough’s Madagascar
7.30 60 Minutes – new but will contain some repeat stories
8.30 The Mentalist
9.30 CSI
10.30 2012 Santos Tour Down Under Highlights
12.00 Flashpoint – new

Mon Jan 16
6.30 ACA – and every weeknight
7.00 The Big Bang Theory – continues weeknights 7pm
7.30 The Big Bang Theory
8.00 The Big Bang Theory
8.30 The Mentalist
9.30 Harry’s Law – new
10.30 Harry’s Law – new
11.30 The Unusuals

Tue Jan 17
7.30 The Big Bang Theory
8.00 The Middle – new
8.30 Two and a Half Men
9.00 Mike & Molly – new
9.30 Top Gear
11.00 Weeds
11.30 2012 Santos Tour Down Under Highlights

Wed Jan 18
7.30 RBT
8.30 Underbelly Files: Infiltration
10.20 True CSI: Cold Blood
11.20 2012 Santos Tour Down Under Highlights

Thur Jan 19
7.30 Getaway new
8.30 Unforgettable
9.30 CSI: NY new
10.30 Nothing Trivial
11.30 2012 Santos Tour Down Under Highlights

Fri Jan 20
7.30 Two and a Half Men x 2
8.30 Movie: Maverick
11.00 2012 Santos Tour Down Under Highlights

Sat Jan 21
6.30 Australia’s Funniest Home Videos Summer Series
7.30 Movie: Monster House
9.30 Movie: TBA
12.00 Movie: Cross of Iron

Note – that cricket coverage continues on GEM from 6.00pm – 6.30pm when Nine goes over to the nightly News. If the cricket finishes early, regular programming will resume including The Big Bnag Theory at 7pm weeknights, ACA at 6.30pm.

Information above for NSW, VIC and QLD only. SA, NT and WA check local guides.

Correct at January 10, 2012. Subject to change.

Sunday Dec 18
6.30 Shrek The Halls
7.00 The Big Bang Theory
7.30 60 Minutes
8.30 The Mentalist
9.30 CSI
10.30 Prime Suspect

Monday Dec 19
7.30 The Big Bang Theory
8.00 Hot In Cleveland – NEW
8.30 The Mentalist
9.30 Harry’s Law – NEW
10.30 Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition – NEW

Tuesday Dec 20
7.30 The Big Bang Theory
8.00 The Middle – NEW
8.30 Two and a Half Men
9.00 Mike & Molly – NEW
9.30 Survivor South Pacific
10.30 Nothing Trivial

Wednesday Dec 21
7.30 RBT
8.30 Movie: Lethal Weapon 3
11.00 Weeds

Thursday Dec 22
7.30 Getaway
8.30 Unforgettable
9.30 CSI: NY NEW
10.30 Nothing Trivial

Friday Dec 23
7.30 Two and a Half Men x 2
8.30 Movie: Fred Claus

Saturday Dec 24
6.30 Australia’s Funniest Home Videos Summer Series
7.30 The Making of Happy Feet 2
8.00 Carols By Candelight (Live AEDT)

Subject to change. Correct at Decemebr 11.

Wednesday December 7 at 8.30pm on THE COMEDY CHANNEL

Emmy winner Patricia Heaton stars in this warm and witty single-camera comedy about raising a family and lowering your expectations. Frankie Heck (Heaton) is a superhero. Well, no, not an actual superhero – not unless you count getting her kids out the door for school every morning as a super-feat. Middle-ag g ged, middle class and living in the middle of the country, this harried wife and working mother of three uses her wry wit and sense of humour to try to get her family through each day intact.

The Middle, Nine, 8.00pm
Forced Family Fun (2). When Mike decides that the perfect family getaway is a camping trip, memories of their campsite honeymoon 19 years earlier, which was ruined, come flashing back.

The Office, ELEVEN, 8.30pm
Training Day. New. Michael’s replacement has arrived for training, and the staff are all lining up to curry favour with their new boss.

Mike & Molly, Nine, 9.00pm
Samuel Gets Fired. Samuel gets fired and also loses his apartment, so Mike lets him move in with him temporarily.

United States of Tara, ABC1, 9.36pm
The Good Parts. Final. Tara and Max decide to get Tara the sophisticated help she needs from a Boston specialist, but first the Gregsons have to once again put the pieces of their fractured family back together.

C.R.A.Z.Y. SBS TWO, 9.30pm
Featuring a sensational soundtrack, this drama follows the trials and tribulations of growing up gay during the turbulent ’60s and ’70s. Winner of 11 Genie Awards, including Best Film of 2006.

W – SHAMELESS
SEASON 1
Commercial Free
Sundays from December 4 at 9:20pm – Australian Exclusive Premiere
William H. Macy stars in this racy and edgy adaptation of the long-running, BAFTA Award winning British family drama as Frank Gallagher, the alcoholic patriarch of a large, unconventional, blue-collar family.

W – THE GLADES
SEASON 2
Commercial Free
Sundays from December 4 at 8:30pm – Australian Exclusive Premiere
In the second season of The Glades, Australian actor Matt Passmore returns as the attractive, brilliant yet hard to get along with homicide detective Jim Longworth. While trying to sort out his more than complicated love life, Jim will be faced with Cuban mobsters, poisonous snakes and a community populated with the descendants of human-sideshow oddities.

BIO – THE DAY JOHN LENNON DIED
Sunday, December 4 at 8.30pm
Subscription TV Premiere
On December 8 1980 the news that John Lennon had been shot dead caused shock waves around the world. The Day John Lennon Died is a brand new documentary that commemorates the 30th anniversary of the former Beatle’s death by revisiting the key moments of that fateful day.

CRIME & INVESTIGATION NETWORK – AMERICAN OCCULT
Three-part Series
Sundays from December 4 at 7.30pm – Australian Exclusive Premiere
Hiding in the shadows of major cities and rural communities across America are groups of people seeking power, thrills and acceptance through worshipping the devil. These are true stories of how people involved in occults use devil worship and its rituals to intimidate enemies, satisfy twisted desires and justify heinous, bloody and sadistic crimes.

MAIN EVENT – COTTON vs MARGARITO II
LIVE from the USA
Sunday, December 4 at 1.00pm LIVE – Australian Exclusive Premiere
Three division world champion and the Pride of Puerto Rico, Miguel Cotto will make the second defense of his WBA super welterweight title in this long-awaited rematch against professional rival and three times welterweight world champion, Antonio ‘The Tijuana Tornado’ Margarito of Mexico on Dec 4 at the boxing Mecca, Madison Square Garden.

W – LAW & ORDER
SEASON 19
Commercial Free
Mondays from December 5 at 9:30pm – Subscription TV Premiere
Filmed entirely on location in New York, the realistic program looks at crime and justice from a dual perspective.

BIO – EXTREME MAKEOVER: HOME EDITION
SEASON 1
Weekdays from Monday, December 5 at 3.00pm – Channel Premiere
Extreme Makeover Home Edition is extremely uplifting, it’s extreme transformation and it’s extremely communityoriented. See dingy kitchens get completely tricked out, spa-inspired bathrooms built where icky ones once were, and Olympic-sized swimming pools installed in what were once shabby overgrown yards. Host Ty Pennington and his crew do it from the ground up.

111 HITS – BONES
SEASON 1
Weeknights from Monday, December 5 at 7.30pm – Channel Premiere
Here’s your chance to see the series from the start.
Based on the real-life experiences and best-selling works of novelist-forensic anthropologist Kathy Reichs, who solves crimes using evidence supplied by skeletal remains. The show follows Dr. Temperance Brennan, a bones specialist, doing her best to solve crimes for the FBI and Homeland security.

THE HISTORY CHANNEL – THE GLADIO: FOOT SOLDIERS
One-hour Special
Monday December 5 at 7.30pm – Channel Premiere
Explore the influence of Gladio, a secret terrorist network operating in Europe. Discover the development in the 1980s of a type of terrorism which used the media in order to influence public opinion and destabilise democratic society. The programme includes an examination of the kidnap and subsequent murder of the former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro.

W – WHITE COLLAR
SEASON 2
Tuesdays from December 6 at 8:30pm – Subscription TV Premiere
White Collar is about the unlikely partnership of a con artist, Neal Caffrey, and an FBI agent, Peter Burke. The second season kicks off with all new cases, more intrigue and more bromance!

THE COMEDY CHANNEL – OLIVIA LEE: DIRTY, SEXY, FUNNY
SEASON 2
Tuesdays from December 6 at 10.00pm – Subscription TV Premiere
Dirty, Sexy, Funny … and you can add cheeky, cruel and totally off-the-hook as BALLS OF STEEL’s Olivia Lee shows her skill for on-the-spot comedy, naughty hi-jinks and outrageous pranks.

FOXTEL ON DEMAND – Wednesday, December 7
GREEN LANTERN (M) – DAY & DATE PREMIERE
A test pilot is granted a mystical green ring that bestows him with otherworldly powers, as well as membership into an intergalactic squadron tasked with keeping peace within the universe. Stars Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively
TREE OF LIFE (PG) – DAY & DATE PREMIERE
The story centers around a family with three boys in the 1950s. The eldest son witnesses the loss of innocence. Stars Brad Pitt and Sean Penn
TREASURE BUDDIES (G) – DAY & DATE PREMIERE
Disney’s talking puppies embark on a mission to Egypt.

W – DAMAGES
SEASON 4
Wednesdays from December 7 at 8:30pm – Australian Exclusive Premiere
Ellen Parsons returns to Hewes & Associates to pursue a lawsuit against military contractor High Star Security and its powerful CEO, Howard Erickson. Turning to an ex-employee for information about a secret High Star mission gone awry in Afghanistan, plunges Ellen into a side of the war on terror that’s rife with torture and deceit.

THE COMEDY CHANNEL – THE MIDDLE
SEASON 1
Wednesdays from December 7 at 8.30pm
Subscription TV Premiere
Emmy® winner Patricia Heaton stars in this warm and witty single-camera comedy about raising a family and lowering your expectations.

CRIME & INVESTIGATION NETWORK – MOTORWAY COPS
SEASON 3
Wednesdays from December 7 at 7.30pm – Australian Exclusive Premiere
Motorway Cops is returning for a third thrilling series.

FOXTEL ON DEMAND – Thursday December 8
JANE EYRE (M) – DAY & DATE PREMIERE
A mousy governess who softens the heart of her employer soon discovers that he’s hiding a terrible secret. Stars Aussie Mia Wasikowska.
SENNA (M) – DAY & DATE PREMIERE
A documentary on Brazilian Formula One racing driver Ayrton Senna, who won the F1 world championship three times before his death at age 34.

W – ARMY WIVES
SEASON 5
Thursdays from December 8 at 8:30pm – Australian Exclusive Premiere
The women’s friendships continue to grow stronger as they band together through their most difficult challenges yet, including life with a newborn, career changes and the tragic loss of a loved one.

W – LIE TO ME
SEASON 3 (Final Season)
Fridays from December 9 at 8:30pm – Subscription TV Premiere
Season three focuses on testing the relationships and dynamics of The Lightman Group as a wedge is driven between Lightman and Foster, creating devastating consequences for the group’s future.

CRIME & INVESTIGATION NETWORK – OCEAN FORCE
SEASON 1
Fridays from December 9 at 8:30pm – Subscription TV Premiere
It’s real hard-driving action direct from some of the world’s most beautiful, and sometimes most dangerous, beaches. Handling everything from drunken brawls to dangerous open water rescues, see why life’s a beach for the lifeguards who never stop working to make playtime safe.

ARENA – ONE TREE HILL
SEASON 7
Saturdays from December 10 at 6.00pm – Channel Premiere
Now in its seventh season, One Tree Hill continues to explore the journeys of its beloved characters, while seamlessly introducing new favourites. As the series jumps ahead 14 months, these new relationships infuse the history of Tree Hill and change the lives of those who live there.

CRIME & INVESTIGATION NETWORK – MURDER SHE SOLVED
SEASON 2
Saturdays from December 10 at 9.30pm – Australian Exclusive Premiere
Murder She Solved takes you into the minds of female criminal investigators as they reveal the untold stories behind the capture of the most notorious killers.

The second week of summer non-ratings, December 4-10, 2011 on Nine includes new episodes of The Middle, Harry’s Law, Hot In Cleveland and Mike & Molly.

Sunday December 4
6.30 Christmas with the Australian Women’s Weekly
7.30 60 Minutes
8.30 The Mentalist rpt
9.30 The Commander new

Monday December 5
7.00 The Big Bang Theory rpt Mon-Fri
7.30 The Big Bang Theory rpt
8.00 The Middle new
8.30 The Mentalist rpt
9.30 Harry’s Law new
10.30 Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition

Tuesday December 6
7.30 The Big Bang Theory rpt
8.00 The Middle new
8.30 Two and a Half Men rpt
9.00 Mike & Molly new
9.30 Survivor: Sout Pacific new
10.30 Nothing Trivial new

Wednesday December 7
7.30 RBT rpt
8.30 Sherlock rpt
10.30 True CSI: Cold Blood

Thursday December 8
7.30 Getaway new
8.30 Unforgettable rpt
9.30 CSI: NY new (new eps on Nine now, Sat 8.30pm on GEM now repeats)
10.30 Nothing Trivial

Friday December 9
7.30 Two and a Half Men rpt x 2
8.30 Movie: TBA

Saturday December 10
6.30 Australia’s Funniest Home Videos – Summer Series
7.30 Movie: Polar Express
9.40 Movie: Maos’ Last Dancer

Programming correct at November 27, subject to change.

Nine’s guide for the first week of summer TV 2011/2012. New content includes The Middle, The Commander, Getaway, CSI and CSI: NY where new episodes had been playing on GEM on Saturday nights.

Sunday Nov 27
6.30 Animal House
7.30 60 Minutes
8.30 CSI new
9.30 The Commander new
10.30 Prime Suspect rpt
11.30 Flashpoint rpt

Monday Nov 28
7.00 The Big Bang Theory rpt
7.30 The Big Bang Theory rpt
8.00 The Big Bang Theory rpt
8.30 The Mentalist rpt
9.30 CSI: Miami rpt
10.30 CSI: Miami rpt
11.30 Undercovers new

Tuesday Nov 29
7.00 The Big Bang Theory rpt
7.30 The Big Bang Theory rpt
8.00 The Middle new
8.30 Two and a Half Men rpt
9.00 Mike & Molly new
9.30 Survivor: South Pacific new
10.30 Extreme Makeover Weight Loss Edition new
11.30 The Unusuals new Pilot

Wednesday Nov 30
7.00 The Big Bang Theory rpt
7.30 RBT
8.30 Sherlock rpt
10.30 True CSI new
11.30 Weeds rpt

Thursday Dec 1
7.00 The Big Bang Theory rpt
7.30 Getaway new
8.30 David Attenborough’s Madagascar rpt
9.30 CSI: NY new (note no longer new episods on GEM 8.30 Saturday from Dec 3)
10.30 CSI: NY
11.30 Rubicon

Friday Dec 2
7.00 The Big Bang Theory rpt
7.30 In Their Footsteps rpt
8.30 Movie: The Fugitve 1993

Saturday Dec 3
6.30 Australia’s Funniest Home Videos Summer series
7.30 Movie: Alvin and the Chipmunks
9.30 Movie: The Square

Subject to change. Correct at November 18.

This is where Throng used to maintain an up to date TV Guide for GO! After running the guide for two years, we decided to leave it be as there are enough internet TV guides out there that also provide an accurate TV Guide for GO! (and all the other channels), subject to amendments.

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Updated October 11, 2011