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Don't go away, there's more to come
17jul04
TELEVISION networks may be halfway through their programming for the year, but viewers can rest assured that they have saved some of the best for last.
The television ratings season has only 19 weeks left before the dreaded summer viewing period starts, and there are plenty of prime-time battles to come as the networks reel out some new and improved programs to take them to the year's end.
New event television, sport, reality television, drama and comedy will all feature in the TV guide for the second half of the year, with several series returning with brand new episodes.
The Athens Olympics is set to dominate many viewing patterns during August, and for 17 days Channel 7 will screen a mammoth 23½ hours of Olympic action per day.
Live coverage will start from 3.30pm, depending on the event, and will continue into the wee hours before Seven screens highlights packages.
But viewers not keen on sport will not be starved of choice during the Olympic period, as Channel 10 has pledged it will not screen repeats of its normal programming during the 17-day period.
While Channel 9 has not released details of its Olympic programming, it is believed that the network will hoard new episodes of some of its popular shows like McLeod's Daughters, the CSI franchise and Without a Trace and screen repeats of others.
The ABC will screen repeats of Kath and Kim, and Pride and Prejudice will return during this time as well.
Once the Olympic silly season is over, the real race towards ratings victory will begin for most networks, and viewers are set to be the beneficiaries.
The long-awaited finale episodes of Sex and the City and Friends will finally be unveiled by Nine towards the end of the year, and are expected to be ratings blockbusters for the network.
Ten is also expected to put many runs on the board with its second season of Australian Idol, which started this week.
The slightly revamped version of the reality karaoke contest will run for 20 weeks, three more than last year, and will feature more performances than 2003.
Telemovies will be rejuvenated in the coming months, with Nine to screen The Alice and the Queensland-produced Big Reef, Ten screening Bryce Courtenay's Jessica and two instalments of Colin Friels in the crime caper Blackjack, and Seven scheduling the Azaria Chamberlain mini-series Through My Eyes.
SBS will premiere two documentaries before the year is out: Everyone Loves a Wedding, that looks at multicultural weddings, and Desperately Seeking Sheila, about West Australian farmers looking for wives.
There are also several first-run programs that will slot into the TV guide, including Nine's Cold Case, Ten's Australian series Cooks, which has been described as a sexier Secret Life of Us set in the kitchen, Seven's quiz show for children Australia's Brainiest Kid, Happy Family, Family Plot and The Border.
The ABC will also premiere new sketch/sitcom show Eagle and Evans.
Queer Eye for the Straight Guy fans will have to make do with new episodes of the American series until next year, as the Australian series has been slow to get off the ground and will not make screens this year.
While it is believed Ten is filming a pilot using a selection of Aussie queer guys, the show might not go ahead unless the right combination of makeover men is found.
In the coming months, viewers will also see new episodes of popular favourites like Malcolm in the Middle, The Simpsons, Newlyweds, The Practice, Will and Grace, The West Wing, Kath and Kim, The Iron Chef, Fashionista and Inspector Rex.
Nine is also expected to reap some ratings rewards with its Sunday night telecast of the NRL Grand Final on October 3, and Ten will also score highly with its telecast of the AFL grand final in September.
For full coverage of what is on TV, don't miss theGuide in The Courier-Mail each Thursday
www.thecouriermail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,10155993%255E953,00.html
17jul04
TELEVISION networks may be halfway through their programming for the year, but viewers can rest assured that they have saved some of the best for last.
The television ratings season has only 19 weeks left before the dreaded summer viewing period starts, and there are plenty of prime-time battles to come as the networks reel out some new and improved programs to take them to the year's end.
New event television, sport, reality television, drama and comedy will all feature in the TV guide for the second half of the year, with several series returning with brand new episodes.
The Athens Olympics is set to dominate many viewing patterns during August, and for 17 days Channel 7 will screen a mammoth 23½ hours of Olympic action per day.
Live coverage will start from 3.30pm, depending on the event, and will continue into the wee hours before Seven screens highlights packages.
But viewers not keen on sport will not be starved of choice during the Olympic period, as Channel 10 has pledged it will not screen repeats of its normal programming during the 17-day period.
While Channel 9 has not released details of its Olympic programming, it is believed that the network will hoard new episodes of some of its popular shows like McLeod's Daughters, the CSI franchise and Without a Trace and screen repeats of others.
The ABC will screen repeats of Kath and Kim, and Pride and Prejudice will return during this time as well.
Once the Olympic silly season is over, the real race towards ratings victory will begin for most networks, and viewers are set to be the beneficiaries.
The long-awaited finale episodes of Sex and the City and Friends will finally be unveiled by Nine towards the end of the year, and are expected to be ratings blockbusters for the network.
Ten is also expected to put many runs on the board with its second season of Australian Idol, which started this week.
The slightly revamped version of the reality karaoke contest will run for 20 weeks, three more than last year, and will feature more performances than 2003.
Telemovies will be rejuvenated in the coming months, with Nine to screen The Alice and the Queensland-produced Big Reef, Ten screening Bryce Courtenay's Jessica and two instalments of Colin Friels in the crime caper Blackjack, and Seven scheduling the Azaria Chamberlain mini-series Through My Eyes.
SBS will premiere two documentaries before the year is out: Everyone Loves a Wedding, that looks at multicultural weddings, and Desperately Seeking Sheila, about West Australian farmers looking for wives.
There are also several first-run programs that will slot into the TV guide, including Nine's Cold Case, Ten's Australian series Cooks, which has been described as a sexier Secret Life of Us set in the kitchen, Seven's quiz show for children Australia's Brainiest Kid, Happy Family, Family Plot and The Border.
The ABC will also premiere new sketch/sitcom show Eagle and Evans.
Queer Eye for the Straight Guy fans will have to make do with new episodes of the American series until next year, as the Australian series has been slow to get off the ground and will not make screens this year.
While it is believed Ten is filming a pilot using a selection of Aussie queer guys, the show might not go ahead unless the right combination of makeover men is found.
In the coming months, viewers will also see new episodes of popular favourites like Malcolm in the Middle, The Simpsons, Newlyweds, The Practice, Will and Grace, The West Wing, Kath and Kim, The Iron Chef, Fashionista and Inspector Rex.
Nine is also expected to reap some ratings rewards with its Sunday night telecast of the NRL Grand Final on October 3, and Ten will also score highly with its telecast of the AFL grand final in September.
For full coverage of what is on TV, don't miss theGuide in The Courier-Mail each Thursday
www.thecouriermail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,10155993%255E953,00.html
