Returning: Veronica Mars

That cluey gal with all the attitude is finally returning to TEN.

Veronica Mars is back from Friday October 26, in the bewitching timeslot of 11:05pm. But at least she's back.

"President Evil," the fifth ep in Season Three will resume the series.

There are fifteen more episodes thereafter.

Since the show has been off-air there have been more than a few requests about the programming of this series, and I am relieved to bring you the good news. Hope you are all pleased!

UPDATED: No longer returning! See later posts.

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Coming Soon

This section tracks key airdates in upcoming schedules.

When does a show start? When does it end?

All the essential info can be found here in this archival section!

For more info on particular shows do a site search.




The Librarians 9:30pm Wed Oct 31
Rebus Final 8:30pm Fri Nov 9
Australian Story Final 8:00pm Mon Nov 12
Four Corners Final 8:30pm Mon Nov 12
Foreign Correspondent Final 9:20pm Tue Nov 13
The Cook And The Chef Final 6:30pm Wed Nov 14
Catalyst 8:00 pm Final Thu Nov 15
Can We Help? Final 6:30pm Nov 16
The Brief: Blame 8:30pm Fri Nov 16
New Tricks Final 7:30pm Sat Nov 17
Summer programming




Las Vegas Final 8:30pm Wed Oct 31
Surf Patrol 8pm Mon Nov 5 (Melb)
Prison Break returns 9:30pm Nov 7

20 to 1 7:30pm Tue Oct 30.
The Sopranos final 10:45pm Tue Oct 30
Dirty Jobs final 7:00pm Sunday Nov 4
Weeds returns 10:45pm Mon Nov 5
Girls of the Playboy Mansion returns 11:20pm Mon Nov 5
Commercial Breakdown returns 7pm Sun Nov 11
AFI Awards 9:30pm Thu Dec 6






The Biggest Loser (US) New Series 8:30pm Fri Nov 9
Animalia 12pm Sun Nov 11
The Best of Montreal 25 Years of Just for Laughs 9:40pm Sun Nov 11
Californication final 9:30pm Mon Nov 12
So You think You Can Dance final 7:30pm Thu Nov 15




The Book That Shook The World 8:30pm Fri Nov 2
Long Way Round 8:30pm Sat Nov 3
Two Men in a Trench 8:30pm Fri Nov 9
Afghan Muscles 10pm Tue Nov 13
The IF Awards 10pm Fri Nov 16
Real Top Guns December 12
East West 101 December
SBS Summer Programming




The Real World 8pm Mon Nov 5 MTV
Chandon Pictures 6:30pm Sat Nov 10 Movie Extra
History of Australian Radio 7:30pm Sun Nov 18 History
The Riches 8:30pm Mon Dec 3 Showcase
Satisfaction 8:30pm Wed Dec 5 Showcase.
Dexter 8:30pm Thursday Dec 6 Showcase.
The Tudors Dec Showcase
Meadowlands Dec Showcase
Breaking Bad Dec Showcase
Dirt 8:30pm Sat Dec 15 Movie Extra


Note: All dates and times are Melbourne market. Subject to change, please check local guides closer to date.

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Today Tonight ruled 'misleading.'

A judge in the Federal Court has found a story on Today Tonight gave 'misleading or deceptive' information in a story on a "get-rich quick" scheme.

The stories on the property investment group 'Wildly Wealthy Women Millionaire Mentoring Program' date back to October 2003 and January 2004 when Naomi Robson was host.

The judge found there were three misrepresentations claiming the two creators of the program owned 60 properties when they did not, had purchased $1m in properties when they had not, and claimed one was a millionaire when she was not.

Seven denied it was deceptive stating it reported the claims of the two women.

Source: The Age.
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Mary files suit against SBS

Newsreader Mary Kostakidis is again making news herself after her lawyers today filed a lawsuit against SBS.

Kostakidis is suing the network for breach of contract.

The claim follows her walking from the position on World News Australia, a role which she has co-hosted alongside Stan Grant since the start of the year.

According to The Age, Kostakidis says she was bullied by the network, and her "status as principal news presenter supplanted without consultation."

It was only this week that SBS got around to removing her name as a newsreader in their weekly Guides. It still had her listed up to October 19th 2007.
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ABC News wins #2

Last night ABC News built on its rising figures to take second place in the News stakes.

Nationally Seven News was first with 1.29m, ABC News had 1.077m and National Nine News had 1.063m viewers.

While it was just a single night's win, and time slots differ, it was the first time ABC had taken second pole position in a long time.

Seven News won in all metro cities except Sydney, which went to Nine by only 1,000 viewers. Oddly, in Melbourne Seven News beat Nine's by only 1,000 viewers, which in turn beat the ABC by only a slim 1,000. Recently however, the Melbourne audience has swung behind National Nine News following Seven's misfired AFL story in which it disclosed personal medical records.

But Nine continues to languish behind in Perth which is a long-term problem for the network. Nationally, now it has the ABC to contend with as well.

Figures break down as follows:

National
Seven News 1.290m
ABC News 1.077m
Nine News 1.063m

Sydney
Nine 318,000
Seven 317,000
ABC 271,000

Melbourne
Seven 348,000
Nine 347,000
ABC 346,000

Brisbane
Seven 280,000
Nine 199,000
ABC 188,000

Adelaide
Seven 152,000
Nine 114,000
ABC 106,000

Perth
Seven 192,000
ABC 165,000
Nine 85,000

Ratings Week 40
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Who Wants to be a Multi Millionaire?

New Nine boss David Gyngell may have just made one of his first smart moves, and he isn't even officially in the job yet.

Gygnell has changed plans for a nightly Who Wants to be a Millionaire?

Instead, Nine will air a live 90 minute Monday edition of Millionaire from 7pm, with a whopping $5M on offer, and Temptation will remain in the slot from Tuesday to Friday. Thank goodness for that! Viewers can win $10,000.

Gyngell has been having plenty of long, one on one chats with key network people during his brief visit from LA, taking ideas, advice and opinion on the network. Bravo! Hopefully he has heard that Eddie five nights a week is an unwise move. As I have said before McGuire is very good at what he does, but everything in moderation please. For now he is also still too closely associated with a period Nine needs to put behind it. Reiterating that five nights a week would have been peculiar.

Temptation still has legs, as does 1 vs 100. As long as its not on air when Millionaire is too.

Press Release:

Viewers will have more than five million reasons to tune into Channel Nine from October 22.

Australia’s richest quiz show, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, will see contestants play for up to $5 million dollars in a mega 90-minute live and interactive format starting 7.00pm on Monday, October 22. Then from Tuesday to Friday, Ed Phillips and Livinia Nixon will showcase a battle of knowledge on Temptation.

The new Who Wants To Be A Millionaire will deliver all the drama it’s famous for live from the Channel Nine studios. Viewers will also have the chance to be amongst the winners with $10,000 up for grabs each week. The home winner will be announced at the end of each night’s program.

“This is the most exciting show for me to come back on air with. I really enjoy Millionaire and to up the anti with $5 million is great news,” said host Eddie McGuire. “It’s one of the most successful game shows in history – and it’s loved by millions of Australians. I am so thrilled that it’s going to be live.”

In the studio, Eddie will bring his innate ability to create suspenseful television into lounge rooms around the country as Australia’s top-rating quiz show presents everyday people with a golden opportunity to become instantly rich and follow in the footsteps of the only two million-dollar winners to date – Rob Fulton (October 2005) and Martin Flood (November 2005).

Faced with a series of questions with multiple-choice answers, contestants have to correctly answer consecutive questions in order to experience the exhilaration of winning the massive five million-dollar prize pool.

To help contestants along the way there will be FOUR “lifelines” which they can call on to nudge a step closer to $1 million – Phone A Friend, 50/50, Ask the Audience, and a new one called Switch. The Switch option comes into play when contestants have answered 10 questions correctly and from then on will have the option to switching any of the following proposed questions to receive a new one. Read more...

Darren Hayes teams with Idols

Darren Hayes will appear on an Australian Idol special "Doing It For The Kids."

The special will feature the Idol finalists and former stars in a 2 hr special to raise money for childrens' charities.

Damien Leith and the Young Divas will also appear.

The special airs 7:30pm Friday October 19 directly before John Foreman Presents: Burt Bacharach.

Hayes was recently cleared of an investigation involving a racial slur against a Thai waiter in a London restaurant. Police found there was no case to answer. He will be in the middle of his 'Time Machine' Tour around Australia when the special airs. Read more...