Ten unveils new shows

SUE YEAP, The West Australian August 17, 2011, 5:30 pm


It has been a ratings flop compared to MasterChef Australia and rival The Block but Ten is sticking with its costly reality series The Renovators.

Chief programming officer David Mott told advertisers and media buyers at the Ten 2012 program launch in Sydney last night the show's format needed some renovating but it would definitely return for a second season next year.

MasterChef Australia will be back, as will The Biggest Loser, which will next season be searching for singles wanting to lose weight.

The Queensland-shot Steven Spielberg sci-fi family drama Terra Nova will air on Ten this year as will Homeland, a US psychological drama starring Claire Danes and former Criminal Minds lead Mandy Patinkin.

Still to come this year are Australian shows Rush, Recruits: Paramedics and Good News World, from the makers of Good News Week.

Australian dramas to air in 2012 include Bikie Wars – Brothers in Arms, a TV adaptation of the coming of age book and film Puberty Blues and Underground – The Julian Assange Story, focussing on Assange's early years in the underground hacker movement.

Next year Ten is poaching hit British variety show The Graham Norton Show from the ABC. New US imports will include Zooey Deschanel’s 20-something comedy New Girl and Bones spin-off The Finder.

Returning programs include The Good Wife, Modern Family, Glee, NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles, Bondi Vet, Bondi Rescue, The Circle and Offspring.

A spokewoman said it was too early to say whether there would be new seasons of Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation and Junior MasterChef in 2012 when the current seasons were only just on air or soon to air.Network stars at the launch at Sydney Theatre at Walsh Bay included Bondi Vet's Dr Chris Brown, new Young Talent Time host Rob Mills, original Young Talent Time host and creator Johnny Young, Wilfred star and co-creator Jason Gann and Ten's newly anointed 2012 Breakfast show co-host Dr Andrew Rochford.



Damon Wayans Jr., Zooey Deschanel, Jake Johnson, Max Greenfield and Hannah SimoneA spokewoman said it was too early to say whether there would be new seasons of Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation and Junior MasterChef in 2012 when the current seasons were only just on air or soon to air.