OK everyone – keep cool. Ratings are only ONE WEEK AWAY, and that means everyone is starting to throw everything at us all at once! Buckle up, as it’s gonna be a bumpy week or two.
It’s a massive week for AB1: Adam Zwar’s new 8 part comedy sequel to the Agony Uncles/Aunts series The Agony Of Life starts Wed, as does Shock Horror Aunty and Adam Hills: The Last Leg; and the usual Monday night suspects return in Australian Story, Four Corners, Media Watch and Q&A (twitter filters at the ready for non-fans of the latter).
Seven add one of their biggest to the arsenal as Revenge returns for a second season, while Packed To The Rafters celebrates its 100th episode on Tuesday!
That sound you hear is the gears stopping grinding at Nine and them starting to fire new programming at us as The Block: All Stars rolls out for three episodes this week (and many more to come). Not before time too.
Elementary lands from Ten and despite the promo that’s been running for the last week or so it’s very, very good. Well worth investing in.
[Remember to check out the daily Molk Picks & Must Watch, all listed below & tweeted for your convenience. Let me know if I’m off the mark or spot on, too!]
MOLK RECOMMENDS
- Sunday
- Sunday Night (series return) – Sun 6:30pm, Ch7
- Modern Family – Sun 6:30pm, Ch10
- MasterChef The Professionals – Sun 7:30pm, Ch10
- Upstairs Downstairs – Sun 8:30pm, ABC1
- MOVIE: The Color Purple – Sun 8:30pm, GEM
- Elementary (series premiere – ep 1 of 24) – Sun 8:30pm, Ch10
- Rev – Sun 9:30pm, ABC1
- Monday
- The Project – Mon 6:30pm, Ch10
- The Block: All Stars (series premiere) – Mon 7pm, Ch9
- My Kitchen Rules – Mon 7:30pm, Ch7
- MasterChef The Professionals – Mon 7:30pm, Ch10
- Whose Line Is It Anyway? – Mon 7:30pm, ONE
- Mythbusters – Mon 7:35pm, SBS one
- Australian Story (series return) – Mon 8pm, ABC1
- Four Corners (series return) – Mon 8:30pm, ABC1
- Revenge (S02 premiere) – Mon 8:45pm, Ch7
- Media Watch (series return) – Mon 9:20pm, ABC1
- Q&A (series return) – Mon 9:35pm, ABC1
- Hawaii 5-O (Choose Your Own Ending) – Mon 9:30pm, Ch10
- American Horror Story: The Asylum – Mon 9:30pm, Eleven
- Happy Endings (S03 premiere – double episode) – Mon 11:15pm, Ch7
- Tuesday
- The Project – Tue 6:30pm, Ch10
- The Block: All Stars – Tue 7pm, Ch9
- My Kitchen Rules – Tue 7:30pm, Ch7
- MasterChef The Professionals – Tue 7:30pm, Ch10
- Foreign Correspondent (series return) – Tue 8pm, ABC1
- NCIS – Tue 8:35pm, Ch10
- Packed to the Rafters (100th episode!) – Tue 8:45pm, Ch7
- Next Stop Hollywood (ep 5 of 6) – Tue 9:30pm, ABC1
- The Cult – Tues 10:40pm, 7Two
- Against The Wall – Tue 10:45pm, Ch7
- Wednesday
- The Project – Wed 6:30pm, Ch10
- My Kitchen Rules – Wed 7:30pm, Ch7
- Glee – Wed 7:30pm, Ch10
- Shock Horror Aunty (series premiere – ep 1 of 2) – Wed 8:30pm, ABC1
- Hardcore Pawn – Wed 8:30pm, 7mate
- MOVIE: Morning Glory – Wed 8:30pm, Ch10
- The Agony Of Life (series premiere – ep 1 of 8) – Wed 9pm, ABC1
- Adam Hills: The Last Leg (S02 premiere) – Wed 9:30pm, ABC1
- How To Get A Life (ep 4 of 6) – Wed 9:30pm, ABC2
- Sex, Death and the Meaning of Life (series finale) – Wed 9:35pm, SBS one
- The Cult – Wed 9:50pm, 7Two
- Thursday
- The Project – Thu 6:30pm, Ch10
- The Block: All Stars – Thu 7pm, Ch9
- My Kitchen Rules – Thu 7:30pm, Ch7
- Getaway (summer series) – Thu 7:30pm, Ch9
- Catalyst: On The Road (series return) – Thu 8pm, ABC1
- Nigellissima (series finale) – Thu 8:30pm, ABC1
- The Hour (season finale) – Thu 9pm, ABC1
- The Set List feat. Marcel Lucont, Russel Kane, Paul Foot (ep 3 of 14) – Thu 9:05pm, ABC2
- 24 Hours In Emergency – Thu 9:35pm, SBS one
- This Is Jinsy – Thu 9:55pm, ABC2
- Agony Uncles (rpt – ep 5 of 6) – Thu 10pm, ABC1
- Up All Night – Thu 11:30pm, Ch7
- Friday
- The Project – Fri 6:30pm, Ch10
- Planet America – Fri 6:30pm AEST, ABC News 24
- The Doctor Blake Mysteries (ep 2 of 10) – Fri 8:30pm, ABC1
- The Living Room (summer series) – Fri 8:35pm, Ch10
- Saturday
- Rugby League: Indigenous All Stars v NRL All Stars – Sat 6:30pm, Ch9
- David Attenborough’s Blue Planet – Sat 6:30pm, Ch10
- The Paradise (ep 2 of 8) – Sat 7:30pm, ABC1
- The True Story: Apollo 13 (ep 6 of 6) – Sat 7:30pm, ABC2
- Prisoners Of War – Sat 8:30pm, SBS one
- Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries (rpt) – Sat 9:20pm, ABC1
AT YOUR OWN RISK
- Grandstand – Mon-Thu 7:30pm, ABC News 24
- The New Normal – Mon 9pm, Ch10
- 2 Broke Girls – Tue 9pm, Ch9
- Better Homes and Gardens – Fri 7:30pm, Ch7
DO. NOT. BOTHER.
- The Mindy Project – Mon 9:30pm, Ch7
- Two and a Half Men – Tue 10pm, Ch9
- Australia’s Funniest Home Videos Summer Series – Sat 6:30pm, Ch9
How much work goes into producing a show like My Kitchen Rules
Hi James – As you might imagine, a fair bit. Once casting is done, then there’s the two rounds of Instant Restaurants, then there’s the out and about challenges, and then there’s the in studio stuff. It’s a bit of a huge undertaking by the production company!
Never watched Kitchen Rules or The Block, so won’t be bothering with them. I watch MasterChef though. Really looking forward to Elementary and finally Revenge is back!!!!!! Don’t know why 7 couldn’t fast track, they are already half way through this season in the US. I like Hawaii Five-0, missed last weeks as I didn’t have power. Just glad it didn’t happen tomorrow night. I like Two Broke Girls & The New Normal so I will risk them. Is The New Normal on tomorrow night? It’s not showing up on my TV Guide. Thanks for the warning about The Mindy Project, I was undecided about that one so I won’t bother with it.
Wish I had seen your review before I watched the Mindy Project last week. Only watched the first 10 minutes, but that was enough. Happy the new NCIS episodes are here. You do good recommendations. Mental note to me – check before watching! Now if the commercial stations would buy up a few of the HBO TV series that would be nice.