…and so, we come to the final week of ratings (Week 48). Channel 7 have already won almost everything, and this week we see lots of shows wrap for the year – some forever. It’s a massive farewell to Spicks and Specks on Wednesday night, and also to Wild Boys on Sunday night. Lots of other shows ending for the year and offering prize money – Celebrity Apprentice Australia, X Factor Australia & Junior MasterChef. There’s also the end to some quality drama (The Slap) & “quality” reality TV (Beauty and the Geek). There’s even Christmas programming already appearing… for mid-November, a very Merry Christmas indeed.

CAN’T MISS

  • Sunday Night – Sun 6:30pm, Ch7
  • Frozen Planet – Sun 6:30pm/Wed 8:30pm, Ch9
  • Wild Boys (2 hour finale) – Sun 7:30pm, Ch7
  • 60 Minutes – Sun 7:30pm, Ch9
  • Junior Masterchef – Sun/Mon/Tue/Wed 7:30pm, Ch10
  • CSI – Sun 8:30pm, Ch9
  • Terra Nova – Sun 8:30pm, Ch10
  • Person Of Interest – Sun 9:30pm, Ch9
  • Compass – Sun 10pm, ABC1
  • Celebrity Apprentice Australia (season finale) – Mon 7pm, Ch9
  • The X Factor Australia – Mon/Tue 7:30pm, Ch7
  • The Hour (premiere) – Mon 8:30pm, ABC1
  • Kyle & Jackie O’s Night With The Stars – Mon 9:30pm, Ch7
  • The Mentalist – Mon 9:30pm, 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
  • The Office (US) – Tue 8:30pm, Eleven
  • Happy Endings – Tue 9:30pm/Thu 9pm, Ch7
  • Survivor: South Pacific – Tue 9:30pm, Ch9
  • American Horror Story – Tue 9:30pm, Eleven
  • Spicks and Specks (finale) – Wed 8:30pm, ABC1
  • I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here (season premiere) – Wed 7:30pm, GO!
  • The Killing – Wed 9:30pm, One
  • The Hamster Wheel (season final) – Wed 9:35pm, ABC1
  • Beauty and the Geek Australia – Thu 7:30pm, Ch7
  • Recruits: Paramedics – Thu 7:30pm, Ch10
  • The Family – Thu 7:30pm, SBS one
  • Keeping Up With The Joneses – Thu 8pm, Ch10
  • The Slap – Thu 8:30pm, ABC1
  • Unforgettable – Thu 8:30pm, Ch9
  • Crownies – Thu 9:30pm, ABC1
  • MOVIE: Little Miss Sunshine – Fri 9:30pm, Ch10
  • Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas – Sat 6:30pm, Ch10
  • MOVIE: Elf – Sat 7:30pm, Ch9
  • RocKwiz – Sat 9:30pm, SBS one

BURIED TREASURE

  • The League – Tue 11:30pm, ONE
  • Hardcore Pawn – Wed 8:30pm, 7mate
  • Pawn Stars – Thu 7:30pm, 7mate
  • Big Love – Thu 10pm, SBS one
  • MOVIE: Hellboy 2: The Golden Army – Sat 8:45pm, Ch7

SECRET TV PLEASURES

  • The Project – Weeknights 6:30pm, Ch10
  • CSI: Miami – Mon 9:30pm, Ch9
  • Good Game – Tue 8:30pm, ABC2
  • The Amazing Race US – Thu 9:30pm, Ch7
  • Embarrassing Bodies – Thu 9:30pm, GEM

AT YOUR OWN RISK

  • Who’s Been Sleeping In My House? – Mon 8pm, ABC1
  • 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
  • The One (series final) – Wed 7:30pm, Ch7
  • Outsourced – Thu 10:30pm, Ch7

It’s a Knockout starts this coming Sunday 7:30pm on Channel 10, singnalling the start of summer TV programming. Settle in or grab those DVD box sets.

New sitcom to Channel 7 over the break in Happy Endings is actually pretty funny. For summer programming.

A new must-watch is upon us with The Hour on ABC1. A cross between ‘Network’ and ‘Mad Men’, this British producxtion is emminently entertaining and will make Monday nights additionally bareable.