Channel Nine have announced their 2011 program lineup at an event in Sydney this afternoon. While there is a strong sense of continuity between this years offerings and next years, there are a few shows set to launch that are a bit of a surprise.
The most interesting to me personally is the announcement of ‘The Joy of Sets‘, a new TV discussion program helmed by former Get This hosts Tony Martin and Ed Kavalee. Kavalee was great as the host of TV Burp on Seven in 2009 and the Martin/Kavalee combo has been proven as a winner. This is to be produced by Andrew Denton’s production company Zapruders Other Films.
The other big surprise is that Nine will be the home of a new series of the John Clarke show The Games. Could Joy of Sects and The Games signal a change of tone for comedy at Channel 9? Probably not, but here’s to hoping that the shows will be successful regardless.
The Nine media release:
NINE ANNOUNCES EXCITING NEW SHOWS FOR 2011
Channel Nine announced today a number of new productions for 2011, adding to the already outstanding schedule from 2010 that won the network the ratings battle in all key demographics (16-39s, 25-54s, and 18-49s).
First up, the most anticipated new series from the producers of Australia’s number one drama, comes the gripping new instalment, UNDERBELLY RAZOR. Set during the roaring ‘20s in Sydney, when organised crime in Australia began. This is the story of the bloody battle between the era’s most feared vice queens – Tilly Devine and her rival Kate Leigh. It’s the most ambitious, daring UNDERBELLY yet.
Two of Australia’s great comedic talents, Tony Martin and Ed Kavalee, will be reunited on Nine in 2011 in The Joy Of Sets, giving viewers their unique take on television; the good, the bad and the fabulously misguided. From Zapruder’s Other Films (producers of The Gruen Transfer) The Joy Of Sets will take you to parts of the television universe you never knew existed.
Strengthening this line up of laughter, Nine welcomes international comedy icon BEN ELTON and his new creation, BEN ELTON LIVE FROM PLANET EARTH. A live comedy show jampacked with Ben’s unique take on pop culture, direct from Melbourne each week.
And, in anticipation of the 2012 London Olympics Games, Nine is delighted that John Clarke and Gina Riley will star in an all new series of the John Clarke/Ross Stevenson mockumentary, THE GAMES – London Calling.
Finally, Australia’s guru of lifestyle television, JAMIE DURIE returns home to Nine, hosting a massive new series, TOP DESIGN. Jamie will take viewers on a journey, searching the country to find people from all walks of life who are passionate about design and renovation. They will then be put to the test to create a masterpiece in this exciting new make over show.
These outstanding new productions join the strongest Nine schedule yet:
Nine, the Home of Drama: UNDERBELLY RAZOR, three major UNDERBELLY movie events – Tell Them Lucifer was Here, Infiltration and The Man Who Got Away, Rescue Special Ops – series 3 and Sea Patrol 5: Damage Control, The Mentalist and the CSI franchise.
Nine, the Home of Entertainment: All new Top Gear UK & Australia, Customs, RBT, RPA, Hot Property, This is Your Life, The Block, Getaway, The Farmer Wants a Wife and Millionaire Hot Seat.
Nine, the Home of Laughter: $#*! My Dad Says, Mike & Molly, Two and a Half Men, The Big Bang Theory, Hot in Cleveland, Mr Sunshine and Episodes.
Nine, the Home of the most respected News and Current Affairs: Nine News, A Current Affair, 60 Minutes and the Today Show.
Nine, the Home of Sport: The ASHES, the World Cup Cricket, the NRL and State of Origin series, the Rugby Union World Cup, and coming in 2012, London Olympic Games.
Awesome news from a fan of Get This. Should be good to see them together again.
I’m so excited by the Tony Martin news, plus the new series of “The Games”, that words are failing me. So I will have to employ the “overly enthusiastic exclamation point” device.
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But seriously….
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I am so excited about this I can barely type properly. You’re lucky this comment isn’t just unreadable garbage, or just 367 uppercase “A”s.
If anyone deserved a proper show, it’s Tony Martin, possibly the funniest man working in Australia right now. That he gets to reunite with Get This partner Ed Kavalee is gravy.
The only possible downside is that we likely won’t get any more episodes of “A Quiet Word With…” but honestly it’s a trade I’m more than happy to make.
Underbelly set in the 20s? Ehhhhh I’ll give it a go.
Can’t wait for The Joy Of Sets – still have heaps of Get This podcast on high rotation. “I’m invincible, I’m paying money … uh … The girl’s happy, she’s got no money, I got my rocks off. How good is this?”
I hope Nine does screw with them – just let the craziness fly!! Shame Richard Marsland is not with us any more.
OHHHH HOW GOOD IS THIS
No Hey Hey? bwahahahahahahaha
Martin and Kavalee together again? You’ll bar up when you see some of this shit. Its not ya fuckin normal telly show….its like a gourmet telly show.
Get this for Telly!!! Let’s hope Channel 9 give it a decent chance – their track record in that regard isn’t fantastic (Mick Molloy show, Micallef tonight, The Nation, Rove…..)
Hope that one day that’ll get to “Grant Spatchcock’s Mildura” as that TV show would kill.
I predicted 1920′s Underbelly six months ago, but I thought it might have been Squizzy Taylor – looking forward to it!
Merrrgh, that television programme was due out ten minutes ago. I ‘ate you, Butler.
YES YES YES YES YES YES YES!!!
First guest on the show, KarlBot Stefanovinator 3.1
I was just reminiscing about Get This – tight shorts, pink helicopters, and a pair of bright young newcomers called Bros had the world at their feet.