Now that it’s Week 46, we’ve only 3 weeks of television ratings to go, so we’re starting to see things wind up – especially on the ABC. Underbelly Razor finishes tonight after an up and down season, and Tuesday night sees a cracking finale episode of The Joy Of Sets. The upside of shows ending and the non-ratings period falling upon us does mean a rise in movies being programmed onto the primary channels (as much as the digital multi-channels already deliver us endless films). Settle in – if you don’t like cricket, golf, tennis or It’s A Knockout, there’s not going to be too much new programming over the Christmas/New Year period. Perhaps it’s a chance to take up a hobby?

CAN’T MISS

• Sunday Night – Sun 6:30pm, Ch7
• Frozen Planet – Sun 6:30pm, Ch9
• Wild Boys – Sun 7:30pm, Ch7
• 60 Minutes – Sun 7:30pm, Ch9
• Junior Masterchef – Sun/Mon 7:30pm, Ch10
• Underbelly Razor (season final) – Sun 8:30pm, Ch9
• The No1 Ladies’ Detective Agency (season final) – Sun 8:30pm, ABC1
• Terra Nova – Sun 8:30pm, Ch10
• Compass – Sun 10pm, ABC1
• Celebrity Apprentice Australia – Weeknights 7pm, Ch9
• Australian Story – Mon 8pm, ABC1
• Four Corners (season final) – Mon 8:30pm, ABC1
• The Mentalist – Mon 8:30pm, Ch9
• Breaking Bad – Mon 9:30pm, ABC2
• Blue Bloods – Mon 9:30pm, ONE
• Housos – Mon 10pm, SBS one
• Good News World – Mon 10:30pm, Ch10
• Modern Family – Tue 7:30pm/8pm, Ch10
• NCIS – Tue 8:30pm, Ch10
• The Office (US) – Tue 9:30pm, Eleven
• Survivor: South Pacific – Tue 9:30pm, Ch9
• American Horror Story – Tue 9:30pm, Eleven
• The Joy Of Sets (season final) – Tue 10:30pm, Ch9
• Glee – Wed 7:30pm, Ch10
• Spicks and Specks (Best of E01) – Wed 8:30pm, ABC1
• CSI – Wed 8:30pm, Ch9
• The Killing – Wed 9:30pm, One
• The Gruen Planet – Wed 9pm, ABC1
• The Hamster Wheel – Wed 9:35pm, ABC1
• Recruits: Paramedics – Thu 7:30pm, Ch10
• Keeping Up With The Joneses – Thu 8pm, Ch10
• The Slap – Thu 8:30pm, ABC1
• Beauty and the Geek Australia – Thu 7:30pm, Ch7
• Unforgettable – Thu 8:30pm, Ch9
• Crownies – Thu 9:30pm, ABC1
• Big Love – Thu 10pm, SBS one
• Choccywoccydoodah – Fri 6pm, ABC1
• MOVIE: Coraline – Sat 6:30pm, Ch7
• RocKwiz – Sat 9:30pm, SBS one
• MOVIE: Dr Strangelove – Sat 9:55pm, ABC2
• Penn & Teller: Fool Us – Sat 10pm, ABC1

BURIED TREASURE

• Can Of Worms (rpt) – Tue 9:30pm, ONE
• The League – Tue 11:30pm, ONE
• Lockdown – Thu 9pm, 7mate
• MOVIE: The Nutty Professor – Fri 7:30pm, GO!
• MOVIE: Kill Bill Vol 2 – Fri 9:30pm, 7mate

SECRET TV PLEASURES

• The Project – Weeknights 6:30pm, Ch10
• Media Watch (season final) – Mon 9:15pm, ABC1
• CSI: Miami – Mon 9:30pm, Ch9
• Q & A (season final) – Mon 9:35pm, ABC1
• Good Game – Tue 8:30pm, ABC2
• Hardcore Pawn – Wed 8:30pm, 7mate
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Weeknights 7:10pm, ABC3
• The Amazing Race US – Thu 9:30pm, Ch7
• Embarrassing Bodies – Thu 9:30pm, GEM
• MOVIE: Star Trek – Fri 9:30pm, Ch10

AT YOUR OWN RISK

• The X Factor Australia – Mon/Tue 7:30pm, Ch7
• William Shatner’s Weird or What – Mon 7:30pm, SBS one
• Australia’s Got Amazing Talent – Tue 8:30pm, Ch7
• Poh’s Kitchen on the Road – Wed 8pm, ABC1
• Young Doctors – Wed 8pm, Ch9
• Hawaii Five-0 – Wed 9:30pm, Ch10

LAST CHANCE(S)

• Undercover Boss USA – Mon 8:30pm, Ch10
• House – Fri 8:30pm, Ch10

DO. NOT. BOTHER.

• Ringer – Sun 9:30pm, Ch10
• Two and a Half Men (feat Ashton Kutcher) – Tue 8:30pm, Ch9
• Pete Vs Life – Tue 9pm, ABC2
• The One – Wed 7:30pm, Ch7
• Rush – Thu 9:30pm, Ch10
• Outsourced – Thu 10:30pm, Ch7

The final Joy Of Sets on Tuesday night is an excellent episode. One that belies the late night timeslot it’s been handed.

Good News World has become somewhat of a surprise, delivering solid sketch comedy for Ch10, but also buried at 10:30pm Monday night.