TV Battles heat up

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So what's on televison this week, what should you watch for quality viewing, what should you consider watching from the trashier end of the market, just in case you need to be familiar for your next hob interview, what's everyone going to be talking about.

Here's our weeklyI(ish) glance over the TV schedule.

Sunday
7:30 PM ABC 'Doctor Who: Forrest of the Dead', the second hand of this two parter, if you missed the first episode jump onto the ABC's i-view online.   Great episode from Stephen Moffat.   7:30 PM SEVEN Can Daniel McPherson breathe new life into 'Dancing with the Stars'? 7:30PM TEN 'Australian Idol' will the 6 consecutive days of Auditions built them a decent audience.   8:30 PM NINE 'Scorched' is a tele-movie extravganza with online components that extend before and after the boradcast. SBS 9:10PM Tony Ayres brilliant second feature film 'The Home Song Stories'.   FOX CLASSICS begins a month of Bond films with 'Do No' and 'from Russia with Love', OVATION 10 PM 'In the Library' Clive James talks to Cate Blanchett, Nickelodeon is playing my favorite cartoon 'Invader Zim', CI fail at programming putting the 'Claremont Serial Killer' documentary on at 8:30pm but that makes it on at 6:30 in WA because the channel is not time shifted - losing the biggest audience for the show.

Monday
8:30 PM ABC 'Four Corners' tackles the monopoly of Coles and Woolworths in Supermarket pricing, 9:35 PM ABC 'EnoughRope' Andrew Denton talks to the very funny Bill Bailey, 11:35 PM ABC '9-11 The Falling Man', a geat documentary.   7:00 PM TEN 'Taken Out' is it 'Perfect Match' for a new millenium?  Games shows have been tanking this year, remember the Power of Ten? Million Dollar Wheel of Fortune.   10:05 PM SBS 'Shameless' returns.  

Tuesday

10:30PM NINE 'Secret Diary of a Call Girl' Billie Piper starts in this miniseries based on the best selling book from the award winning British blog.   9:30PM TEN 'Rush' action packed new Australian TV series.        

Wednesday
8:00PM NINE 'Hole in a Wall' - we're awarding this the TV trash of the week award. 9:30PM ABC 'Very Small Business' from the creators of 'The Librarians' will it got o the red or stay in the back, it's on the ABC so it's guaranteed a full run, 10:05 PM SBS 'Laputa: Castle in the Sky' beautiful Japanese animation.

Thursday
8:30PM NINE 'The Strip' more Aussie Drama, City Homicide, All Saints, Rush, can we take it all in?  

Saturday
10:00 PM SBS 'Great Aussie Albums' this great series returns with a focus on The Go-Betweens '16 Lovers Lane'.

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