Tripping Over Ten’s Programming News
If you tune in to Network Ten you have probably seen the commercials for its new drama series Tripping Over. The show, which is set to premiere Wednesday 25th October at 8.30pm, is an Australian/UK co-production which follows five young travellers whose lives converge during a stop-over in Bangkok.
This is appears to be the most promising Australian drama of recent times, although that’s not much of an achievement considering the other offerings. It will remain to be seen whether it will suffer the same script and cultural-cringe problems that most of these shows face, and end up dieing a slow and painful death – hauled out during summer to fill a programming gap like Headland or Last Man Standing.
I have to admit that I’m put off watching by the fact that Rebecca Gibney and Lisa McCune are part of the cast. It seems as if every new Australian show features one of four women – Gibney, McCune, Georgie Parker or Claudia Karvan. Honestly, is there no one else that can play these roles? I’m not saying that they are poor actresses, but, honestly, I’m just sick of seeing them. I think this is another problem with Australian shows – there seems to be only a small talent pool that the cast comes from, which essentially takes the audience out of what they are watching and burns out the concept.
There is also the fact that the show’s timeslot clashes with Spicks and Specks. While I feel like I should support scripted Australian television, I’m afraid that the loveable Adam Hills will probably win out. I think it’s because part of me just assumes that the show will be utter crap and will only last a few episodes – probably because there are a host of other failed Australian dramas to back up this supposition. I’d like to know if I’m alone in this line of thinking and whether others will be making the effort to tune in.
In other programming news for Ten, Smallville will return as a two-hour premiere on Friday 20th October at 7.30pm. A much as this is a nice gesture to that show’s fans, it will mean yet another week that Veronica Mars is off the air. I know I should expect this kind of shabby treatment by now, but it does feel like Ten is on a personal vendetta to destroy my heart and soul. I’m probably just imagining it, right?
Ten is also following the lead of yesterday’s post by throwing a Sci Fi scrap to the viewers in the form of The 4400. Season 3 will begin airing on Sunday 22nd October at 10.45pm. Wow, a late night time slot for a Sci Fi show? I bet no one saw that one coming.
This is appears to be the most promising Australian drama of recent times, although that’s not much of an achievement considering the other offerings. It will remain to be seen whether it will suffer the same script and cultural-cringe problems that most of these shows face, and end up dieing a slow and painful death – hauled out during summer to fill a programming gap like Headland or Last Man Standing.
I have to admit that I’m put off watching by the fact that Rebecca Gibney and Lisa McCune are part of the cast. It seems as if every new Australian show features one of four women – Gibney, McCune, Georgie Parker or Claudia Karvan. Honestly, is there no one else that can play these roles? I’m not saying that they are poor actresses, but, honestly, I’m just sick of seeing them. I think this is another problem with Australian shows – there seems to be only a small talent pool that the cast comes from, which essentially takes the audience out of what they are watching and burns out the concept.
There is also the fact that the show’s timeslot clashes with Spicks and Specks. While I feel like I should support scripted Australian television, I’m afraid that the loveable Adam Hills will probably win out. I think it’s because part of me just assumes that the show will be utter crap and will only last a few episodes – probably because there are a host of other failed Australian dramas to back up this supposition. I’d like to know if I’m alone in this line of thinking and whether others will be making the effort to tune in.
In other programming news for Ten, Smallville will return as a two-hour premiere on Friday 20th October at 7.30pm. A much as this is a nice gesture to that show’s fans, it will mean yet another week that Veronica Mars is off the air. I know I should expect this kind of shabby treatment by now, but it does feel like Ten is on a personal vendetta to destroy my heart and soul. I’m probably just imagining it, right?
Ten is also following the lead of yesterday’s post by throwing a Sci Fi scrap to the viewers in the form of The 4400. Season 3 will begin airing on Sunday 22nd October at 10.45pm. Wow, a late night time slot for a Sci Fi show? I bet no one saw that one coming.
