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MIA: Where are these shows the Networks promised us?

OpinionSteve Molk

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With only 8 weeks of the 2015 ratings year left there is a raft of content still to be delivered to us if we're to believe the promises made to us by the programmers of our FTA & Pay TV Networks.

Some shows were touted as a part of the Network's UpFronts last year, filling out their schedule as the "next big thing". Some have slid in through announcements throughout the year. Some are simply expectations based (particularly) on US Network output deals.

The ignominy is that some have aired and already been cancelled in their original broadcast home countries - so you can almost guarantee they're gonna be buried if and when they get broadcast here (looking at you RED BAND SOCIETY and ZERO HOUR as two recent examples).

THE KETTERING INCIDENT has been promised almost all year by Foxtel as "coming soon". CLEVERMAN has a lot of buzz around it, but hasn't been officially sighted yet. If Seven indeed hold the rights to THE MUPPETS are they holding off because they expect it to be a stinker? (Please God NO!)

Can all these shows really be that bad?

The bottom line is with two months left in this year's ratings season there's still an awful lot of content still to see oxygen formally in Australia. There's a lot left in the tank*:

  • Angel From Hell (2015 Ten)
  • Angry Mile 3 eps (2015 SBS)
  • Baby Circle (2015 Ten)
  • Battle Creek (2015 Seven)
  • Cleverman (2015 ABC)
  • Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders (2015 Seven)
  • Destination Flavour: Scandinavia 6 eps (2015 SBS)
  • Doc Martin S07 (2015 ABC)
  • Drunk History S03 10 eps (2015 SBS2)
  • Grand Designs Australia S05 (2015 Lifestyle)
  • Kitchen Cabinet S05 (2015 ABC)
  • Law & Order: SVU S17 (2015 Ten)
  • Maddie Parry Tough Jobs 3 eps (2015 ABC2)
  • Marry Me (2015 Seven)
  • Marvel's Agent Carter (2015 Seven)
  • Modern Family S07 (2015 Ten)
  • My Great Big Adventure S02 9 eps (2015 ABC3)
  • NCIS S13 (2015 Ten)
  • NCIS: Los Angeles S07 (2015 Ten)
  • New Tricks S11 10 eps (2015 ABC)
  • Odyssey (2015 Seven)
  • Pacific Heat (Working Dog) (2015 Comedy)
  • Rachel Khoo's Kitchen Notebook: London 10 eps (2015 SBS)
  • Raymond Blanc How To Cook Well 6 eps (2015 SBS)
  • Reality Trip (2015 SBS2)
  • Shane Delia's Moorish Journeys 10 eps (2015 SBS)
  • South Park S19 10 eps (2015 SBS2)
  • Tattoos After Dark (2015 Eleven)
  • The Catch (2015 Seven)
  • The Divorce 4 eps (2015 ABC)
  • The Good Wife S07 (2015 Ten)
  • The Grinder (2015 Ten)
  • The Kettering Incident (2015 Showcase)
  • The Muppets (2015 Seven?)
  • The Whispers (2015 Seven)
  • Watch This Space 4 eps (2015 ABC)
  • Who's Been Sleeping In My House? S03 ? eps (2015 ABC)

After all that there's still some shows we're waiting to see that were promised us last year:

  • Once Upon A Time In Carlton (2014 SBS)
  • Partners (2014 Ch9)
  • The Network S03 (2014 SBS)
  • The Taste (2014 Nine)
  • The Tomorrow People (2014 Nine)

*This list isn't exhaustive. It also doesn't include programs that at the time of publication hadn't been publicly scheduled or have an advised airdate.


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