Man vs Wild: sneak peek with Jake Gyllenhaal
The new season of Man vs Wild gets underway in the US soon and has been reported, it features actor Jake Gyllenhaal. In this preview clip he faces his moment of truth. Yikes. No Aussie airdate yet.
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MasterChef and The Block in reality tussle
TEN may not have won Monday night, but it sure had good news in the ratings results. MasterChef Australia topped the night with nearly 1.76m viewers while Can of Worms went up, not down, from its...
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Monday’s Reality makeover
Reality TV continues to dominate the viewing landscape with MasterChef Australia topping Monday once more with 1.65m viewers over The Block‘s 1.36m. Nine’s renovation show pulled less than the previous...
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Monday night Reality check
Two Reality shows are in a tussle for first place at the moment. On Sunday night it was The Block, on Monday it was MasterChef Australia. The cooking show pulled out 1.67m viewers in an...
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Bear Grylls to lead local Mantracker?
ActiveTV (The Amazing Race Australia, Prank Patrol) will produce a local version of Canada’s outdoor reality series Mantracker featuring Bear Grylls. The Man vs Wild star will play an expert...
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Bear Grylls denies hosting Mantracker
Cancel that news… Despite reports he would be fronting the Australian adaptation of Mantracker, Bear Grylls has said he is not. The news that he would appear in the adventure series with an indigenous...
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Gone: Kill Arman, South Park.
SBS has suddenly dropped two of its Monday night shows: Kill Arman and South Park. Kill Arman premiered last week to 151,000 with South Park on 137,000. This week they dropped to 82,000 and 76,000. SBS...
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Seven wins Monday
Nine’s unique strategy of coding Celebrity Apprentice as two shows again paid dividends last night with the “Challenge” landing 1.35m viewers last night, as the top show for Monday. Its other portion,...
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ABC pushes TEN to fourth on Monday. Again.
Monday proved to be a struggle for TEN, once again beaten by the ABC, but this time without Four Corners, Q & A and Media Watch in sight. The X Factor topped the night with 1.4m viewers, with Seven...
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Gone: Freddie Flintoff vs the World
And now a programming update from SBS… Freddie Flintoff vs the World, featuring former English cricketer Andrew “Freddie” Flintoff trying his hand at extreme sports challenges, has been pulled from...
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More love for Big Love soon
SBS has some enticing titles coming up in its last quarter and into 2010. It includes the second season of local drama The Circuit starring Aaron Pedersen, to begin in the first week of December. The...
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Airdate: Man Vs Wild. Bumped: High Altitude, South Park
For the second time in seven days, SBS programming makes a surprising move. After deciding not to premiere the new season of East West 101 against tough competition (Packed to the Rafters, new NCIS and...
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Flashforward by seven days, what did you seen again?
A week on from their launches and most of last Monday’s new shows took a tumble. It’s just a question of how far. Last week FlashForward took 1.78m. Last night it was 1.47m. Mercy slipped from 1.07m to...
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Sport wins the ratings trophy
If 2009 has been remarkable for one thing, it has been comic tone put under the spotlight. But in a week when our sense of humour was questioned once more, it was sport that ruled the week. The NRL...
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Face the factuals. Seven rules the week.
After five straight losses, an aggressive Seven Network showed it wins on consistent programming and not events or boosts from digital shares. It dominated the week’s top shows, as its factuals...
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Variety the spice of Nine’s life
In the week that Seven announced its new digital channel it lost another week to Nine and its GO! channel. Nine’s win included its tribute to a favourite son, Don Lane. On the back of the Hey Hey...
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All the drama of Week 44
In Week 44 viewers bid farewell to All Saints after 12 seasons across 11 years. The 70 minute episode ensured the show departed with its reputation intact and possibly signalled the end of an era of...
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Top Gear loss “not the be-all and end-all”
TV Tonight continues its interviews with key executives in television. Following on from last week’s interviews with Seven, ABC, TEN and Nine, today the spotlight turns to SBS Director of Content Matt...
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Race that tops the nation
Week 45 saw Seven launch its new digital channel 7TWO with a mix of broad entertainment offering. It addressed the Nine / GO! combo that had upstaged it in the last few months. In sheer audience...
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Are we there yet?
Are we there yet? Just two weeks to go until the 2009 ratings end, with a baby Rafter, a new Idol, a Celebrity MasterChef, and a first Apprentice all due. Audiences are already showing signs of...
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