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.