Warehouse 13

WAREHOUSE 13 Season 3 Australian Premiere – 27 January at 8.30pm on SciFi

Join the team of Warehouse 13 for Australian exclusive episodes of Season 3 as they hunt for mysterious and powerful artefacts that were thought once lost.

Agents Pete Lattimer and Myka Bering are faced with their greatest challenge yet as secrets from their past are uncovered and a link to the mysteries of the Warehouse is discovered.

With a new agent in the fold, Steve Jinks learns of the powers that exist within Warehouse 13 as he becomes vital to stopping a dangerous enemy who is out to harness the power of the artefacts. 

Season Two currently airs on 7mate

After disappointing ratings last Sunday, 7mate have moved new episodes of Warehouse 13 to 10.30pm, opting to play movies at 8.30pm instead.

The move take effect from this Sunday December 4, with the movie The Ringer to play from 8.30pm (in HD) and Warehouse 13 playing tow episodes from 10.30pm.

Last Sunday, 7mate ranked 12th in channel shares, behind all other commercial channels and 0.1% below ABC2 as well. Only SBS TWO, ABC3 and ABC News 24 ranked lower.

Just goes to show. that even in non-ratings, shows are not safe from being bumped even on a digital channel. The networks still attempt to maximise ratings during non ratings. Non ratings simply means the results do not count to who wins the ratings year.

Warehouse 13 new episodes, 7mate, Sundays 10.30pm.

It’s Knockout, Ten, 7.30pm
It’s here – the revival of the hit 80′s show – It’s a Knock Out, that’s the name, it’s a Knock Out, that’s the game, it’s a Knock Out, that’s the name of the game on Ten over summer.

The ARIA Awards, GO!, 7.30pm
It’s non-ratings – why not just do it on the main channel!!? Well, at least they on free to air live. The 25th ARIA Awards, direct from the Allphones Arena, Sydney Olympic Park. This year, ARIA will be inducting two true icons of the Australian music industry – Kylie Minogue and The Wiggles – into the ARIA Hall of Fame.

HD Movie: The Aviator, GEM, 8.30pm
Winner of five Academy Awards, this biopic depicts the early years of legendary director and aviator Howard Hughes’ career, from the late 1920s to the mid-’40s.

HD Warehouse 13, 7mate, 8.30pm
A bonus for Sci Fi fans with 7mate playing new episodes. Pete goes to Las Vegas with Myka to recover an artefact from a couple of gamblers, unaware that the real Myka is trapped in a mirror at the warehouse.

STV: Kylie Minogue, Bio, 8.30pm AEDT
From a pre-teen role in Neighbours, Kylie Minogue made the improbable leap to being a global music star and pop diva. Renowned for her outlandish behaviour and obsession with fashion, Minogue, whose signature classics include Can’t Get You Out of My Head, just released her 10th album, having sold more than 40 million records over a 20-year recording career. A recent breast cancer survivor, she has bounced back more confident than ever, whether she’s signing to adoring concert audiences, acting in films or returning to television for entertainment and comedy specials.

It is the primetime schedule which promises to clear backyard sheds across the nation. Channel Seven today released the evening line-up for its bloke-friendly second digital channel, 7mate.
 
The schedule is dominated by first run episodes of popular reality programs including GENE SIMMONS FAMILY JEWELS, PUNK’D and NITRO CIRCUS, top comedies AMERICAN DAD, FAMILY GUY, PARKS AND RECREATION and sci-fi dramas CAPRICA and WAREHOUSE 13 alongside factual hits FIFTH GEAR and MEGA DISASTERS.
 
7mate will launch on Saturday, September 25 at 6pm after the high definition coverage of the 2010 AFL Grand Final, which starts at 12.15pm.
 
7mate entertainment on game day kicks off with THAT 70’s SHOW at 6pm followed by the premiere of GENE SIMMONS FAMILY JEWELS at 6.30pm (then double episodes Thursdays at 7.30pm), featuring the controversial KISS guitarist and his LA-based family.
 
Ashton Kutcher’s prank series PUNK’D, featuring today’s biggest celebrities caught out in elaborate set-ups, premieres at 8.30pm on September 25 (featuring Justin Timberlake) and continues Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 10pm.
 
Jesse James’ MONSTER GARAGE revs up with brand new episodes five nights a week Monday to Friday at 6pm alongside premiere episodes of UK motoring  bible FIFTH GEAR on Mondays at 7.30pm (from September 27.)
 
Premiere episodes of cult comedy hit PARKS AND RECREATION starring Amy Poehler will air Mondays at 10pm (from September 27).
 
Fearless freestyle motocross rider Travis Pastrana brings his NITRO CIRCUS to Tuesday nights at 10.30pm (from September 28) presenting insane and entertaining stunts from around the world.
 
Brand new episodes of animation hits FAMILY GUY at 8.30pm and AMERICAN DAD at 9pm will feature in Wednesday night’s line-up (from September 29).
                                                                           
Tune in Thursday nights (from September 30) for the new paranormal series WAREHOUSE 13 at 8.30pm, followed by the premiere of sci-fi series CAPRICA at 9.30pm, starring Eric Stoltz.
Friday nights on 7mate feature the documentary series THE BONEYARD at 7.30pm (from October 1) followed by the reality series AX MEN at 8.30pm, which takes a look the daily dangers faced by loggers in North America.  Friday night is also the home for big action movies including HOT FUZZ, LOCK, STOCK AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS, X MEN 2, THE KINGDOM, TRANSPORTER 2 plus the premieres of THE STRANGERS and PRIMEVAL.
7mate heads to the high seas on Saturday nights with the fast-paced reality hit MILLION DOLLAR CATCH at 6pm followed by MIGHTY SHIPS at 6.30pm. MEGA DISASTERS at 8.30pm asks the “what ifs” of natural and man-made disasters, from volcanoes to methane gas explosions.
 
Also screening on 7mate’s primetime schedule; THAT 70’S SHOW, HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER, CHAPPELLE’S SHOW, ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA, SCRUBS, 30 ROCK, MY NAME IS EARL, CRANK YANKERS, WHACKED OUT SPORTS, AIR CRASH INVESTIGATION, HIGHWAY PATROL, DESTROYED IN SECONDS and LAST COMIC STANDING.

Stay tuned for full programming details so you know when to wtahc all these shows.
 
To receive 7mate from 25 September, you will need to tune into channel 73 on an HD
capable Digital TV, PVR or set top box.  If you have an analogue television you will need to connect your TV to an HD capable Digital set top box, PVR, or Digital recorder and tune in to channel 73.

A somewhat partial program for the first week of 7mate has been released, revealing that day time programming is mostly a mix of old TV shows and the odd old movie – yes great use of a HD channel that is – and NBC Today show at 9am.

The typical weekday looks like this:

6.00am Wagon Train
7.00 Virginian
8.30 McHale’s Navy
9.00 NBC Today
12.00pm Situation Critical
1.00 Quincy M.E.
2.00 Magnum PI
3.00 The Rockford Files
4.00 Knight Rider
5.00 The A Team

Programming for 7mate’s first full day of independent programming Sunday Sept 26 is the same as the above weekday line up from 2pm, with movies at 10am at 12pm.

From 6pm to midnight, only highlights have been released so far, with a lot of TBA’s to be filled in. note these are all new episodes.

Saturday Sept 25
6.30pm Gene Simmons Family Jewels
8.30pm Punk’d

Sunday Sept 26.
No details at all yet.

Monday Sept 27
6pm Monster Garage (Ep 12)
7:30pm Fifth Gear (S9E8)
10:00pm Parks and Recreation (S2E6)

Tuesday Sept 28
10:30pm Nitro Winter Wonderland. (Ep 1)

Wednesday Sept 29
8:30pm Family Guy (S9E11)
9:00pm American Dad (S6E6)

Thursday Sept 30
7:30pm Gene Simmons Family Jewels (S1 E2 / E3) (premiere Sept 25)
8:30pm Warehouse 13 (S1E1)
9:30pm Caprica (S1E1)

Friday Oct 1
7:30pm The Boneyard (Ep 1)
8:30pm Ax Men (S2E1)

Saturday Oct 2
7:30pm Mighty Ships (Ep 5)
8:30pm Mega Disasters (Ep 1)
9:30pm The Universe (Ep 1)

At this stage, the rest of the prime time content is yet to be revealed. Some of the gaps could be movies, as well as other shows they are yet to decide.

At midnight, Lost will be played. From 1am to 5.30am, are repeats of some of the day time shows with Quincy M.E first at around 12.50, then Magnum PI, The Rockford Files, Knight Rider and The A Team. Deal or no Deal repeats can be seen at 5.30am.

The only exception to the early morning day time repeats is Wednesday nights (Thursday mornings)where Home Shopping is scheduled for 2am. At least it is only one night, but the question is why bother – surely we deserve one channel completely free of Home Shopping?

The 7mate schedule is only the first release. It is subject to change, and as we have seen every time a new channel launches, there will be changes both in the lead up to the September 25 launch, as well as possibly more as the channel is on air as the network reacts to ratings.

At this stage, it looks like 7mate ratings will not be separated from those of Seven when it launches. There is no date from OzTam for the channel to count as its own, meaning, initially at least, 7mate ratings will be part of Seven’s.

Some programming information from TV Tonight.