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Melbourne Observer - Wednesday, August 15, 2012 - Page 17
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TV Times
7-DAY TV GUIDE LIFTOUT
Wednesday, August 15 - Tuesday, August 21
Cyclops
Nine’s Big Brother begins ■ Was ‘Cyclops’ alone in thinking that Sonia Kruger looked out of her depth when Nine aired its first episode of Big Brother this week? Monday night’s launch episode attracted more than 1.6 million viewers nationally, which should have pleased the network. Nine won the night with a 38 per cent percentage share helped with the Underbelly Badness debut, and a repeat of the Closing Ceremony from the London Games. (TheClosing Ceremony presentation attracted much criticism, with co-host Eddie McGuire talking over some of the British music acts.) Big Brother is a massive marketing project. The DreamWorld site in Queensland is heavily promoted, as is the Big Brother website, and the social media connections on Twitter and Facebook.
● Sonia Kruger
The Observer’s One-Eyed TV Critic ... He Has No Fear
‘Dance’ bombs Last Nazis
9 DOMINATES RATINGS ● Adolf Hitler ■ SBS continues its The Last Nazis series at 9.35pm this Friday with a special program: The Children of The Nazis. The program looks at Heinrich Himmler’s project to create a socalled Master Race of blondehaired blue-eyed children. Some 67 years ago after the end of World War II, the program looks at what became of the children who were born and stolen to become to new master race.
● Sarah Murdoch ■ Ten Network’s launch of Everybody Dance Now bombed in Monday’s nights ratings. We’re not sure who at Ten decided to schedule the opening night against Nine’s Olympics-Big Brother-Underbelly gala ... or Home And Away’s much promoted car crash involving ‘Dex’ (Charles Cottier). ■ Part 4 of the five-part History of Scotland airs at 8.30pm this Friday on SBS One. Neil Oliver reveals how Sir Walter Scott created a powerful myth about the Scots.
● Underbelly Badness won its timeslot for the Nine Network ■ Channel 9 started the week encouragingly with Monday night’s figures reflecting wins with the launch of Big Brother attracting a peak audience of 2.147 million with an average of 1.618 million viewers. ■ The first part of Howzat: Kerry Packer’s War will go Underbelly: Badness secured a peak audience of 2.207 to air at 8.30pm this Sunday (Aug. 19) on Channel 9. million with an average of 1.780 million viewers The two-hour episode looks at Packer’s efforts in The National (5 City Metro and Regional) result for 1976 to establish a maverick cricket competition, with Underbelly: Badness saw the peak audience grow to 3.049 the world’s best players. million and the average to 2.373million viewers. Packer’s World Series Cricket challenged the esNine’s live broadcast of the Olympics Closing Certablishment, and divided public opinion, and thrust sport emony (6am-9am AEST) led morning viewing across the into a new era of professionalism and innovation. board and secured an average national audience (5 City Howzat stars Lachy Hulme, Abe Forsythe, Matand Regional combined) of 1.483 million viewers. \ thew Le Nevez and Brendan Cowell. The 9.30pm replay won its timeslot.
Kerry Packer’s War
Media Briefs
Ronn quits B&B
Award for sound
■ Ronn Moss has quit his tole in The Bold and The Beautiful, citing salary issues. Production company Bell Phillip Television confirmed the exit. “Ronn has spent an amazing 25 years with B&B,”said a spokesman for Bell Phillip. “We will always consider him family, and we wish him only the best in all of his future endeavours.” Moss has played fashion magnate Ridge Forrester since 1987 inception. His last episode will air in the US in September.
■ Internationally acclaimed sound researcher, composer and sound artist,Dr Ros brandt from the University of Melbourne, was on Monday night awarded the 2012 National Film and Sound Archive Cochrane Smith Award for Sound Heritage, at Melbourne Town Hall. Dr Bandt is the director of the Australian Sound Design Project, a new nationwide website, database and research facility dedicated to the study of sound design in public space. She has been the recipient of many international awards.
● Ronn Moss
● André Rieu Live In Maastricht: A Midsummer Night’s Dream will be televised at 1pm this Friday (August 17) on SBS One. This includes South African soloists, soprano Kimmy Skota from Cape Town, the Bloemfontein Children’s Choir, and the kids from the Hout Bay Music Project.
TV Times Tele-Grams
Channel 10’s Puberty Blues screens tonight (Wed.) at 8.30pm. It’s ★ 1977 and teenagers Debbie and Sue fantasise about joining the Greenhills gang who rule the beach. Me On, one of SBS One’s late night offerings, looks at the ★ATurn history of the vibrator. 11pm Thursday. Long Way To The Top: 10 Year Anniversary one-hour special will ★ be shown on Channel 9 at 3pm this Saturday. A special is also being screened on ABC2. ABC2 is starting a new 10-part series, Kane and Disabled, to coin ★ cide with the Paralympics. The 5-minute episodes have been written by Sam Pang, John Origlasso and Sofija Stefanovic.