With Easter but a week away (I KNOW, RIGHT??!!) it means the only break in the ratings year is just about upon us. Lots of shows finishing up this week and next, and even some kicking off to run through the break (do we really need it anymore?). At least one network is decidedly cagey as to when some “hit” shows it has been scheduling will be seen on our TVs and you’d have to question why… surely they’d want to be promoting the shows to us so that we can all get excited about them? Unless they’re not that excited about them (“Class Of…” anyone?).
MOLK PICKS
- Sunday Night – Sun 6:30pm, Ch7
- Great Barrier Reef – Sun 6:30pm, Ch9
- Great Expectations – Sun 7:30pm, ABC1
- My Kitchen Rules (semi-final 1)- Sun 7:30pm, Ch7
- 60 Minutes – Sun 7:30pm, Ch9
- Modern Family – Sun 7:30pm, Ch10
- The Force – Sun 8pm, Ch7
- New Girl – Sun 8pm, Ch10
- The Mentalist – Sun 8:30pm/Wed 8:35pm, Ch9
- Homeland (season finale) – Sun 8:30pm, Ch10
- Fry’s Planet Word – Sun 9:30pm, ABC1
- Louis Theroux’s Wild Weekends (rpt) – Sun 10pm/Mon 8:30pm, ABC2
- Excess Baggage (final week) – Mon-Thu 6:30pm, GO!
- My Kitchen Rules (semi-final 2)- Mon 7:35pm, Ch7
- Mythbusters – Mon 7:35pm, SBS one
- Australian Story – Mon 8pm, ABC1
- Bondi Rescue – Mon 8pm, Ch10
- Four Corners – Mon 8:30pm, ABC1
- James May’s Man Lab – Mon 8:30pm, SBS one
- Santo, Sam & Ed’s Sports Fever – Mon 8:30pm 7mate; rpt 11:30pm, Ch7
- Revenge – Mon 8:35pm, Ch7
- Ross Noble: Live At Regents Park Open Air Theatre – Mon 8:30pm, ONE
- Media Watch – Mon 9:15pm, ABC1
- Danger 5 – Mon 9:30pm, SBS one
- Q&A – Mon 9:35pm, ABC1/8:35pm AEST ABC News 24
- Person Of Interest – Mon 9:35pm, Ch9
- Happy Endings (double episode) – Mon 10:30pm, Ch7
- Who Do You Think You Are? (season premiere – Shaun Micallef) – Tue 7:30pm, SBS one
- My Kitchen Rules (2 hour Grand Final)- Tue 7:35pm, Ch7
- Country Town Rescue (season premiere) – Tue 8pm, ABC1
- Bondi Vet – Tue 8pm, Ch10
- Good Game – Tue 8:30pm, ABC2
- NCIS – Tue 8:30pm, Ch10
- The Office (US) – Tue 9pm, Eleven
- Pictures Of You (premiere/preview – Anh Do) – Tue 9:30pm, Ch7
- Top Gear UK – Tue 9:35pm, Ch9
- Woodley – Wed 8pm, ABC1
- Adam Hills In Gordon Street Tonight – Wed 8:30pm, ABC1
- Talkin’ ‘Bout Your Generation – Wed 8pm/Thu 7:30pm, Ch10
- Please Marry My Boy (season finale) – Wed 9:10pm, Ch7
- Agony Uncles – Wed 9:30pm, ABC1
- Kitchen Cabinet (season finale – Dick Adams) – Wed 9:30pm, ABC2
- Unforgettable – Wed 9:35pm, Ch9
- The Amazing Race US – Wed 9:35pm, ABC1
- Property Ladder (series premiere) – Thu 7:30pm, Ch7
- How to cook like Heston (season premiere) – Thu 8pm, SBS one
- The Straits (season finale) – Thu 8:30pm, ABC1
- 2012 Melbourne International Comedy Gala – Thu 8:30pm, Ch10
- The Marngrook Footy Show – Thu 8:30pm, ABC2
- The Game Plan – Thu 8:30pm, ONE
- 24 Hours in Emergency – Thu 9:35pm, SBS one
- MOVIE: Good Will Hunting – Thu 9:30pm, GEM
- Planet America – Fri 5pm (AEST), ABC News 24
- News Exchange – Fri 7pm (AEST), ABC News 24
- Young Talent Time – Fri 7pm, Ch10
- QI – Fri 8pm, ABC1
- MOVIE: Monsters vs Aliens – Fri 8pm, Ch10
- Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries – Fri 8:30pm, ABC1
- Last Man Standing (Bhutan) – Fri 8:30pm, ABC2
- Before The Game – Sat 6:30pm, Ch10/ONE
- New Tricks (series return) – Sat 7:30pm, ABC1
- RocKwiz (rpts) – Sat 8:35pm, SBS one
BURIED TREASURE
- Dragon’s Den – Sun 7:30pm, ABC2
- Suburgatory – Sun 8:30pm, GO!
- Man V Food – Mon 7:30pm, 7mate
- Embarrassing Bodies – Mon 9:30pm, GEM
- The League – Wed 1am, ONE
- Pawn Stars – Wed 7:30pm/Thu 8:30pm, 7mate
- Hardcore Pawn – Wed 8:30pm, 7mate
- MOVIE: The Negotiator – Wed 8:30pm, GO!
- Lawrence Leung’s Choose Your Own Adventure (rpt) – Wed 11:35pm, ABC1
- Arrested Development – Tue 10:45pm/Thu 9:30, ABC2
- 30 Rock – Thu 11:40pm, Ch7
- Snog, Marry, Avoid – Fri 8:30pm, Eleven
- MOVIE: Deja Vu – Sat 8:30pm, Ch9
- MOVIE: Patch Adams – Sat 8:30pm, GO!
SECRET TV PLEASURES
- The Project – Sun-Fri 6pm, Ch10
- Compass – Sun 6:30pm, ABC1
- Whoose Line Is It Anyway? – Mon 7:30pm, ONE
- Raising Hope – Mon 8pm, Eleven
- At The Movies – Wed 10pm, ABC1
- Portlandia (season finale) – Thu 9pm, ABC2
AT YOUR OWN RISK
- Grandstand – Mon-Thu 6:30pm, ABC News 24
- Alcatraz – Mon 8:35pm, Ch9
- The Good Wife – Wed 9:10pm, Ch10
- The Footy Show AFL – Wed 9:30pm (MEL/ADL/PER), Ch9
- Catalyst – Thu 8pm, ABC1
- Grey’s Anatomy – Thu 8:40pm, Ch7
- The Footy Show NRL – Thu 9:30pm (BNE/SYD), Ch9
- Desperate Housewives – Thu 9:4pm, Ch7
- Private Practice – Thu 10:30pm, Ch7
- Better Homes and Gardens – Fri 7:30pm, Ch7
LAST CHANCE(S)
- The Biggest Loser – Sun 6:30pm; Mon-Thu 7pm, Ch10
- Lewis Black’s Root Of All Evil – Tue 10:25pm, ABC2
- A Gifted Man – Thu 10:45pm, Ch10
- The Graham Norton Show – Sat 8:30pm, Ch10
DO. NOT. BOTHER.
- Ringer – Mon 8:30pm, Eleven
- 2 Broke Girls – Tue 8:05pm, Ch9
- Australia’s Funniest Home Video Show – Sat 6:30pm, Ch9
- Top Gear USA – Sat 6:30pm, GO!
The season finale of Homeland airs tonight on Ch10 – DO. NOT. MISS. IT.
So many recaps, so much cooking, so little of Peter & Gary… My Kitchen Rules wraps up season three – the most successful yet – on Tuesday, followed by the premiere/preview of Pictures Of You, the latest show from Working Dog. It’s delightful television.
Please Marry My Boy wraps season one on Wednesday night – will there be a proposal? Will anyone’s Mother allow it? Has anyone maintained their dignity?