television: September 2007 Archives
It was noteable that a few weeks ago 18 out of the top 20 shows on Australian TV were actually made in Australia. It seems our love of NCIS, CSI and Law and Order as finally waned, Australian drama was to be seen including 'Sea Patrol' and 'City Homicide'.
This week in Australia though there is a radical change going on in television programming. No more dull summers filled with endless cricket and old movies. No those days are gone - from this week Australian television is really committing to showing shows from the USA within a reasonable timeframe, not 2 years after their U.S. broadcast but in some cases just a few hours.
There has been a gradual shift towards this in recent time, Chanel 10 showed the 'Lost' clone 'Jericho' within a few hours of the US screenings and the new David Duchovney show 'Californication' has been a success.
This week on Wednesday Chanel 7 will show new episodes of 'Prison Break' directly opposite Chanel 9's premiere of new US series 'Life, while Chanel 10 will have the show 'Damages' staring Glenn Close. This is bringing out the 'big guns' against the ABC's locally made hit show 'Summer Heights High'.
On Thursday Chanel 7 begins screening the newly revived 'Bionic Woman', imediately followed by season two of the hit show 'Heroes'. Bionic Woman premiered in the US last week to decent ratings.
While many people have noted that the era of 'appointment viewing' is coming to an end, in the Australian market just getting the shows within a decent time frame may delay this process considerably.
This week in Australia though there is a radical change going on in television programming. No more dull summers filled with endless cricket and old movies. No those days are gone - from this week Australian television is really committing to showing shows from the USA within a reasonable timeframe, not 2 years after their U.S. broadcast but in some cases just a few hours.
There has been a gradual shift towards this in recent time, Chanel 10 showed the 'Lost' clone 'Jericho' within a few hours of the US screenings and the new David Duchovney show 'Californication' has been a success.
This week on Wednesday Chanel 7 will show new episodes of 'Prison Break' directly opposite Chanel 9's premiere of new US series 'Life, while Chanel 10 will have the show 'Damages' staring Glenn Close. This is bringing out the 'big guns' against the ABC's locally made hit show 'Summer Heights High'.
On Thursday Chanel 7 begins screening the newly revived 'Bionic Woman', imediately followed by season two of the hit show 'Heroes'. Bionic Woman premiered in the US last week to decent ratings.
While many people have noted that the era of 'appointment viewing' is coming to an end, in the Australian market just getting the shows within a decent time frame may delay this process considerably.
