Ten has set a precedent for premature program launch-ulation. The Biggest Loser, Young Talent Time, Homeland, and at least a couple have paid off. Tomorrow was meant to signal the first episode of their new morning news/light entertainment program Breakfast though it launched on Thursday last week to capitalise on the developments happening with the Federal Labor leadership. Did it pay off? Not necessarily in the ratings… though this is a marathon, not a sprint.

MOLK PICKS

• Sunday Night – Sun 6:30pm, Ch7
• Young Talent Time – Sun 6:30pm, Ch10
• Grand Designs – Sun 7:30pm, ABC1
• Border Security – Sun 7:30pm, Ch7
• Modern Family – Sun 7:30pm, Ch10
• The Force – Sun 8pm, Ch7
• New Girl – Sun 8pm, Ch10
• Homeland – Sun 8:30pm, Ch10
• House (final series return) – Sun 9:45pm, Ch10
• Louis Theroux’s Wild Weekends (rpt) – Sun 10:20pm/Mon 8:30pm, ABC2
• Breakfast (“official” start) – Mon-Fri 6am, Ch10
• The 84th Annual Academy Awards – Mon 11:30am (AEST), Ch9 (rpts 7:30pm, GO!)
• Excess Baggage – Mon-Thu 6:30pm, GO!
• Mythbusters – Mon 7:35pm, SBS one
• My Kitchen Rules – Mon-Thu 7:35pm, Ch7
• 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 11pm, Ch7
• Alcatraz – Mon 8:35pm, Ch9
• Revenge – Mon 8:50pm, Ch7
• 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 (double episode) – Mon 9:35pm, Ch9
• Happy Endings – Mon 10:20pm, Ch7
• Bondi Vet – Tue 8pm, Ch10
• Good Game – Tue 8:40pm, ABC2
• NCIS – Tue 8:30pm, Ch10
• The Office (US) – Tue 9pm, Eleven
• Top Gear UK – Tue 9:35pm, Ch9
• Woodley – Wed 8pm, ABC1
• Talkin’ ‘Bout Your Generation – Wed 8pm, Ch10
• Adam Hills In Gordon Street Tonight – Wed 8:30pm, ABC1
• Sherlock (season finale) – Wed 8:35pm, Ch7
• Please Marry My Boy – Wed 8:40pm, Ch7
• Outland – Wed 9:30pm, ABC1
• Kitchen Cabinet – Wed 9:30pm, ABC2
• The Amazing Race US – Wed 9:40pm, ABC1
• NRL Championship Season 2012 Round 1 – Newcastle v St George – Thu 7:30pm, Ch9
• The Straits – Thu 8:30pm, ABC1
• MOVIE: Swordfish – Thu 9:30pm, GO!
• 24 Hours in Emergency – Thu 9:35pm, SBS one
• Planet America – Fri 5pm (AEST), ABC News 24
• NRL Championship Season 2012 Round 1 – Parramatta v Brisbane – Fri 6:30pm, Ch9
• News Exchange – Fri 7pm (AEST), ABC News 24
• Glee – Fri 7:30pm, Ch10
• Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries – Fri 8:30pm, ABC1
• Last Man Standing (Ethiopia) – Fri 8:30pm, ABC2
• MOVIE: Charlie & the Chocolate Factory – Sat 7:30pm, Ch9
• Undercover Boss USA – Sat 7:30pm, Ch10
• RocKwiz (rpts) – Sat 8:35pm, SBS one
• Mad Men (double episode) – Sat 9:25pm, SBS one

BURIED TREASURE

• Dragon’s Den – Sun 7:30pm, ABC2
• Suburgatory – Sun 8:30pm, GO!
• Man V Food – Mon 7:30pm, 7mate
• Commercial Kings (season final) – Tue 9:10pm, ABC2
• The League – Wed 1am, ONE
• MOVIE: In & Out – Wed 8:30pm, GEM
• Lawrence Leung’s Choose Your Own Adventure (rpt) – Wed 11:35pm, ABC1
• Hardcore Pawn – Wed 8:30pm, 7mate
• Arrested Development – Thu 8:30pm, ABC2
• 30 Rock – Thu 11:35pm, Ch7
• MOVIE: Starship Troopers – Fri 9:30pm, 7mate

SECRET TV PLEASURES

• The Project – Sun-Fri 6pm, Ch10
• Whoose Line Is It Anyway? – Mon 7:30pm, ONE
• Commercial Kings – Tue 9pm, ABC2
• At The Movies – Wed 10pm, ABC1
• Portlandia – Thu 9pm, ABC2

AT YOUR OWN RISK

• Grandstand – Mon-Thu 6:30pm, ABC News 24
• NCIS:LA – Mon 8:30pm, Ch10
• Hawaii 5-O – Mon 9:30pm, Ch10
• Packed To The Rafters – Tue 8:35pm, Ch7
• From Sydney to Tokyo By Any Means – Wed 8:30pm, SBS one
• The Good Wife – Wed 9:10pm, Ch10
• Grey’s Anatomy – Thu 8:35pm, Ch7
• The NRL Footy Show – Thu 9:30pm, Ch9
• Desperate Housewives – Thu 9:35pm, Ch7
• Private Practice – Thu 10:30pm, Ch7
• Better Homes and Gardens – Fri 7:30pm, Ch7
• The Graham Norton Show – Sat 8:30pm, Ch10
• An Idiot Abroad 2: Karl’s Bucket List – Sat 9:30pm, Ch10

LAST CHANCE(S)

• The Biggest Loser – Mon-Fri 7pm, Ch10
• 2 Broke Girls – Tue 8:05pm, Ch9
• Lewis Black’s Root Of All Evil – Tue 10:25pm, ABC2
• A Gifted Man – Thu 10:30pm, Ch10

DO. NOT. BOTHER.

• Two and a Half Men – Tue 8:30pm, Ch9
• Phoneshop – Tue 8:30pm, ABC2
• The Marriage Ref – Wed 11:05pm, Ch7
• Mobbed – Fri 8:30pm, Ch10
• Australia’s Funniest Home Video Show – Sat 6:30pm, Ch9
• Top Gear USA – Sat 6:30pm, GO!

Breakfast is an interesting alternative to what is on offer on the other commercial networks at 6am weekdays. Sure, it’s still talking heads and light entertainment, but the inclusion of Paul Henry is going to make it an extremely watchable alternative.

The 84th Annual Academy Awards – the Oscars – will be screened live on Channel 9 during the day, and repeated from 7:30pm on GO! in the evening. The red carpet is usually the most entertaining part, though with the return of Billy Crystal as host that should offer some interest too.

This week the NRL is back this week and it won the Friday battle with the One Day International Cricket. The cricket will screen on Ch9 for the afternoon session, then on the east coast flip over to GEM for the evening session so the NRL can be broadcast on Ch9. You’d think the NRL broadcast rights were up for grabs or something…