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 TV AUDIENCES will be spoilt for prime time viewing choices in a $100 million TV war that begins Sunday night.
That is when Channel 10 will unleash Sarah Murdoch-hosted talent show Everybody Dance Now. Dance is the start of a mammoth roll-out by Ten that includes I Will Survive, Puberty Blues, Don’t Tell the Bride and Can of Worms with new host Chrissie Swan. Nine is firing back with a swag of new shows including Underbelly: Badness, Big Brother, Howzat!, House Husbands, The Farmer Wants a Wife, Charlie Sheen’s Anger Management and Dallas. Seven has The X Factor, US drama GCB, and Beauty & The Geek ready to roll. This is the fiercest ratings battle yet and viewers will be spoiled for choice. Seven and Nine are in a neck-and-neck battle for 2012 ratings supremacy. Seven scored first blood with My Kitchen Rules but Nine hit back with The Block and The Voice.
Seven is taking a punt on Kath & Kim repeats and programs that have already screened on Foxtel – Smash and Killing Time. So what's on offer? Channel 10: Everybody Dance Now
Dance talent show hosted by Sarah Murdoch. Kelly Rowland and Jason Derulo are in charge of 88 dance acts chasing the $250,000 first prize.
Starts: August 12 I Will Survive
Talent show looks for singer/dancer/actor to be in Priscilla, Queen of the Desert stage show. Hosted by Packed to the Rafters star Hugh Sheridan.
Starts: August 22 Puberty Blues
TV reboot of classic Aussie novel by Gabrielle Cary and Kathy Lette. Cast includes Claudia Karvan.
Starts: August 15 Don’t Tell the Bride
Reality show where grooms plan weddings. Hosted by Kate Ritchie.
Starts: August 21 Can of Worms
Chrissie Swan replaces Ian ‘Dicko’ Dickson for show that asks curly moral questions.
Starts: August 20 Channel 9: Underbelly Badness
Latest in crime franchise stars Jonathan LaPaglia as Sydney underworld figure Anthony “Badness” Perish.
Starts: August 13 The Farmer Wants a Wife – Love Bites
Six farmers go on 200 speed dates in the latest edition of Nine’s romance series.
Starts: August 15 Big Brother
Family-friendly version of famed reality show on a new network. Hosted by Sonia Kruger.
Starts: August 13 Howzat!
Lachy Hulme stars as media mogul Kerry Packer in this two-part drama about World Series Cricket.
Starts: August 19 Anger Management
Charlie Sheen returns to sitcoms after getting fired from Two and a Half Men.
Starts: August 14 House Husbands
Aussie drama about men who raise kids. Gary Sweet, Rhys Muldoon, Gyton Grantley and Firass Dirani play title roles.
Starts: August/September Dallas
Original Dallas cast including Larry Hagman, Linda Gray and Patrick Duffy return for soap opera about wealthy Dallas oil and cattle-ranching family.
Starts: August/September Channel 7: The X Factor
Same judges – Ronan Keating, Guy Sebastian, Natalie Bassingthwaite, Mel B – new talent including Bella Ferraro and boyband What About Tonight.
Starts: August 20 GCB
US drama from Sex and the City creator Darren Starr. Kristin Chenoweth and Leslie Bibb play southern belles.
Starts: August/September Kath & Kim: The Souvenir Editions
Repackaged episodes of Kath & Kim with new introductions by Gina Riley and Jane Turner.
Starts: August/September Smash
Broadway drama starring Debra Messing and Anjelica Huston. Think of it as a grown-up Glee.
Starts: August/September Killing Time
David Wenham stars in acclaimed mini-series about disgraced lawyer Andrew Fraser.
Starts: August/September
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