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[sav0001]

It isn't that strange, Ten are so far behind the Us with The Office that they can screen seasons back to back. Meanwhile Eleven can't show Dexter until 12 months after it has aired on Foxtel as they have first run rights and Californication just returned recently in the US so they couldn't run straight into the next season as they fasttracked the previous season.

[Big Dan]

Hurry up with Californication! I miss the perfect combination of David Duchovny and female breasts.

[aryan3]

The Office will be screening the same season as the US starting next week. Within 3 months we will be just a few weeks behind. There is no Foxtel partnership with The Office so ELEVEN can screen it at whatever pace they want. With a show like Dexter, there is a partnership with Foxtel and they can only screen seasons at certain times and dates.

[Swanny]

Hmm. Good point. Pretty sure Dexter season 6 has finished airing on Showcase but I guess they have to wait a certain amount of time before they can air it on FTA.

Doesn't explain Californication though. Ten/Eleven aired it first before it went on Showcase.

[aryan3]

Ten can air 'Californication' now but no slots. Probably air when 'Dexter' ends.

[sav0001]

Californication returned in the US just 4 weeks ago and they had no free slots at that moment, they will probably screen it when Dexter finishes.

[ryaneco]

Californication could return to Tuesday nights and Eleven return a good comedy/dramedy lineup.

Something like this could be great

7.30 - Simpsons
8.00 - Futurama
8.30 - The Office
9.00 - Raising Hope
9.30 - Nurse Jackie
10.00 - Californication

[-David-]

In an excellent move for kids, Toasted TV extends to 3 hours from Feb 27 and will now air on Eleven.

6.00am Toasted TV
6.05 Bayblade Metal Fusion
6.30 Bakugan
7.00 Toasted TV
7.05 Pokemon
7.25 Toasted TV
7.30 Redekal (premiere Monday Feb 27)
8.00 Spongebob Squarepants
8.25 Toasted TV
8.30 Victorious
8.55 Toasted TV

Source Throng

[Seriously]

If they want more people watching the should slip an episode of The Simpsons in there.

[The Sifon]

If they want more people watching the should slip an episode of The Simpsons in there.

They should air Old Skool Simpsons before 9am, they don't get much airtime anymore. Ten/Eleven have only aired 1 episode outside of primetime in 21 years. I doubt they'll start now.

I was wondering on the future of Toasted TV, glad to see it will move to Eleven.

[Moe]

In an excellent move for kids, Toasted TV extends to 3 hours from Feb 27 and will now air on Eleven.

As I've noted before - and why this is still rubbish on Eleven's part is simply that they still are cramming too many shows in slots that just aren't long enough, resulting in massive cuts in runtime all to chuck in more of the largely advertorial content of Toasted TV itself - and a relatively high proportion of ads.

Though it's positive in a way that Ten continue to invest in Eleven in the way they do, doing stuff like this helps cement Eleven as being the best executed of the commercial multichannels. As well as leading in local content - however crap it may be.

[The Sifon]

So with Toasted TVs move to Eleven, PG cartoons/anime (which would have previously been cut/not shown) can now be aired.

[Swanny]

@Moe: not sure what the issue exactly with runtimes are in regards to Toasted TV. I haven't watched since my early teens, though it always seemed to be fine at slotting in animations in half hour slots with a few minutes of Toasted TV content in between. Same deal with Cheez TV. And I'd assume the same deal for Couch Time in the afternoons.

I am really glad that Ten chose to keep TTV around, despite the fact I think it's utter crap in comparison to the old days of Cheez TV . But I couldn't see those cartoons ever being picked up by the ABC, so it's good that future generations can still enjoy those shows (despite the fact they're so cheap and nasty now, just like TTV is )

[atefooterz]

Have they rescheduled the Neighbours repeat ( previously @ 8:30AM ) ? My ten elleven ONEHD is unwatchable due to heavy peak hour air traffic in the early evenings so watching/ taping the repeat is my usual option

[Swanny]

Yep, it's still on 8:30am weekdays.

[Kirben]

In an excellent move for kids, Toasted TV extends to 3 hours from Feb 27 and will now air on Eleven.

6.00am Toasted TV
6.05 Bayblade Metal Fusion
6.30 Bakugan
7.00 Toasted TV
7.05 Pokemon
7.25 Toasted TV
7.30 Redekal (premiere Monday Feb 27)
8.00 Spongebob Squarepants
8.25 Toasted TV
8.30 Victorious
8.55 Toasted TV

Is Toasted TV still been shown on Saturdays? it sounds more like the weekend series, have just been combined with the weekday series.
Also at least half the series (Bakugan, Beyblade, SpongeBob Squarepants) are still only repeats.

@Moe: not sure what the issue exactly with runtimes are in regards to Toasted TV. I haven't watched since my early teens, though it always seemed to be fine at slotting in animations in half hour slots with a few minutes of Toasted TV content in between. Same deal with Cheez TV. And I'd assume the same deal for Couch Time in the afternoons.

Toasted TV frequently cuts several minutes from episodes, to allow more time for commericials and Toasted TV segments. The cuts are always during the commericial breaks, so these cuts aren't related to the rating of the timeslots.

So with Toasted TVs move to Eleven, PG cartoons/anime (which would have previously been cut/not shown) can now be aired.

I doubt it will make any difference, as Toasted TV don't seem interested in showing any decent anime series. Naurto never got past season 1, since it rated more for teenagers, than younger children for example.

Edited by Kirben, 15 February 2012 - 09:23 AM.

[Genocyst]

Good to see that it will continue on Eleven (not that i watched Toasted that much), but an alternative for children other than breakfast news tv is a good thing.

I will miss MacGyver at 7am though!

[SydneyCityTV]

Good to see that it will continue on Eleven (not that i watched Toasted that much), but an alternative for children other than breakfast news tv is a good thing.

Agreed. I almost never watch Toasted TV (I'm hardly their demographic, and if I wanted to watch a few 'toons, I've got Foxtel for that!), but it's good to see that there's an alternative to Sunrise/Today/Breakfast/ABC News Breakfast for school age kids. With only ABC3 as real competition (the kiddy shows on ABC1 and ABC4 Kids are mainly for kids under 6), Toasted on Eleven should go well.

[does not exist]

the kiddy shows on ABC1 and ABC4 Kids are mainly for kids under 6

ABC1 doesn't have kiddy shows in the morning anymore.

[SydneyCityTV]

ABC1 doesn't have kiddy shows in the morning anymore.

I forgot about that! I even remember the relaunch date of ABC4 Kids and taping the then new look on that day!