The 7 Upfronts are all over for another year with plenty of excitement, a slew of renewals and just a couple of surprises.
The upfront event is suppose to be a highlights event only, meaning not all shows get a mention of their status.
For the television fanatics, TV Blackbox has a further update on a range of shows that weren’t mentioned at the recent Seven event.
This website can now reveal the long-awaited Australian comedy series Fam Time will finally air before the end of this year. Created by Michael Horrocks, the series centres around “Australia’s most post-modern modern family wrapped in fibre optic cables and swiping for love, streaming for acceptance, posting for purpose…”. Fam Time was originally part of the 2019 7Upfronts presentation but never aired in 2020.
Similarly, Mates on a Mission was plugged for the 2019 year but never made it to air. COVID did affect production, so Seven will air what footage they have. The series will feature Shane Jacobson, Todd McKenney, Kris Smith and Brian Taylor taking on challenges from across the globe to raise awareness for different causes including mental health, heart disease and bowel cancer.
Holey Moley Australia hits the pause button as COVID restrictions halt international travel. Seven need the investment in other countries to use the course for their own home formats to make the show financially justifiable.
RFDS has a number of factors to be considered before season 2 could be considered for a renewal. The show’s first season completed production over 12 months ago, meaning cast options may have expired. Seven will be looking at international sales for the drama series as well as ratings and demographic break downs.
Still to Come in 2021
- Big Brother VIP
- Mates on a Mission
- Fam Time
Not Returning in 2022
- Ultimate Tag
- How to Look Good Naked UK (seems to not have been renewed in UK)
New in 2022
- Extreme Weddings
Returning in 2022
- Ramsay’s 24 Hours to Hell and Back
- Miss Fisher’s Modern Murder Mysteries
- Absentia (final season)
- The All New Monty
- The Amazing Race
- It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
- The Bay
Awaiting Renewal Status in International Market
- Manhunt UK
- The Real Manhunter
Yet to be confirmed
- RFDS
- Nurses
- Holey Moley Australia
Seven also has unaired episodes of 10 Years Younger in 10 Days, Dogs Behaving Very Badly, Ambulance: Code Red, Gordon Gino and Fred and Surveillance Oz to air.
Seven were a little more coy about their multi channel strategy and would not provide an update on their programming for 2022 for 7two, 7mate and 7flix.
7TWO
Returning in 2022
- Miss Scarlett and the Duke
- Murdoch Mysteries
- Charlie Luxton’s Homes by the Sea
- One Lane Bridge
- Frankie Drake Mysteries
- Dog Patrol
- Hospital
*Note: This is based on the programming slate from 2021. These titles were not confirmed by Seven
7two also has new episodes of The Hotel Inspector that was pulled from the schedule this year.
7mate
No Decision
- Regular Old Bogan
- Fat Pizza: Back in Business
- Outback Truckers
- Australia’s Sexiest Tradie
Returning in 2022
- SAS: UK (season 5 and 6)
7mate also has new episodes of Scrap Kings, Aussie Lobster Men and Dirty Rotten Survival that were pulled from the schedule this year.
7flix
Returning in 2022
- Ink Master
*Note: This is based on the programming slate from 2021. These titles were not confirmed by Seven
