We seem to be having massive finals every other week at the moment. AGT a month ago. MasterChef Australia last week. This coming week is the last of the very successful season 3 of The Block, with the auctions taking place in real life on Saturday and then the final episode/results to air next Sunday night 21/08. Crazy. There’s still a lot of good telly this week too…
CAN’T MISS
- Sunday Night – Sun 6:30pm, Ch7
- The Block (final week!) – Sun 6:30pm; Mon/Tue/Wed/Thu/Fri 7pm, Ch9
- Bondi Vet in Africa – Sun 6:30pm, Ch10
- Grand Designs – Sun 7:30pm, ABC1
- Highway Patrol – Sun 7:30pm, Ch7
- 60 Minutes – Sun 7:30pm, Ch9
- The Renovators – Sun/Mon/Tue 8pm/Wed/Thu 8pm/Fri 7:30pm, Ch10
- The Force – Sun 8pm, Ch7
- Mythbusters – Mon 7:30pm, SBS one
- Australian Story – Mon 8pm, ABC1
- Body Of Proof – Mon 8:30pm, Ch7
- Can Of Worms – Mon 8:30pm, Ch10
- Suits – Mon 9:30pm, Ch7
- Flight Of The Conchords (rpt) – Mon 10pm, SBS one
- Modern Family – Tue 7:30pm (rpt Thu 7:30pm), Ch10
- Top Gear UK – Tue 8:30pm, Ch9
- Four Weddings – Tue 7:30pm, Ch7
- The Office (US) – Tue 8:30pm/9pm, Eleven
- Dinner Date – Tue 9:30pm, Ch7
- Wilfred (US) – Tue 9:30pm, Eleven
- Californication (rpt) – Tue 10pm, Eleven
- Top Design – Wed 7:30pm, Ch9
- Spicks and Specks – Wed 8:30pm, ABC1
- Talkin’ ‘Bout Your Generation – Wed 8:30pm, Ch10
- The Gruen Transfer – Wed 9pm, ABC1
- Judith Lucy’s Spiritual Journey – Wed 9:30pm, ABC1
- Sons Of Anarchy – Wed 9:30pm, Eleven
- Crownies – Thu 8:30pm, ABC1
- Hamish & Andy’s Gap Year – Thu 8:30pm, Ch9
- James May’s Toy Stories (rpt) – Fri 7:30pm, SBS one
- The Glee Project – Fri 7:30pm, Eleven
- Sex: An Unnatural History – Fri 10:05pm, SBS one
- RocKwiz – Sat 9:20pm, SBS one
BURIED TREASURE
- Compass – Sun 10pm, ABC1
- Deadwood (rpt) – Mon 9:30pm, ABC2
- Arrested Development – Thu 8:30pm, ABC2
- Richard Hammond’s Engineering Connections – Sat 7:30pm, SBS one
SECRET TV PLEASURES
- 6:30PM with George Negus – Weeknights 6:30pm, Ch10
- The 7pm Project – Weeknights 7pm, Ch10
- Media Watch – Mon 9:15pm, ABC1
- Q & A – Mon 9:35pm, ABC1
- Good Game – Tue 8:30pm, ABC2
- Hardcore Pawn – Wed 8:30pm, 7mate
- American Pickers – Wed 9:30pm, 7mate
- Swamp People – Thu 7:30pm, 7mate
- Pawn Stars – Thu 8:30pm, Ch7
- The NRL Game Plan – Thu 8:30pm, One
- Embarrassing Bodies – Thu 9:30pm, GEM
- Operation Repo – Thu 9:30pm, 7mate
- Up Late – Thu 11:50pm, GO!
- NRL – Fri 7:30pm/9:30pm, Ch9
AT YOUR OWN RISK
- Everyday Gourmet – Weekdays 4pm, Ch10
- Winners and Losers – Tue 8:30pm, Ch7
- The Hotel – Wed 8:30pm, SBS one
- Law & Order: UK – Fri 8:30pm, Ch10
LAST CHANCE(S)
- CSI: Miami – Mon 10:30pm, Ch9
- The Defenders – Wed 9:30pm, Ch10
- Detroit-187 – Wed 11pm, Ch7
DO. NOT. BOTHER.
- Rescue Special Ops – Mon 8:30pm, Ch9
- Teen Wolf – Mon 10:30pm, Ch7
- Keeping Up With The Kardashians – Tue 11pm, Ch7
- NRL Footy Show – Thu 9:30pm, Ch9
- 30 Rock – Thu 11:30pm, Ch7
It’s brash, bold, and the central characters walk a very fine like between likeable and downright arrogant. Suits premieres this week on Ch7, though buried at 9:30pm. It’s entirely enjoyable and not overly demanding of a viewer’s attention, but it’s very easy to watch.
It’s the final week of season 3 of The Block. Everything’s complete (well, after the Sunday night episode), then it’s all about the open houses and marketing the places to sell them. 25,000 turned out for the first open house held a few weeks ago… I wonder how many appear at the auction this Saturday (results to air next Sunday night in a 2 hour finale special, followed by the launch of Underbelly Razor). It’s all happening.