Has anyone heard of this show? its on Monday night, 10.30pm on NINE. Just saw an advert for it. Looks interesting! If not a little B-Grade soapy. It also looks Australian.. but I am not sure it is. The other tv guide says its from "new zealand" but they had aussie accents.

Broadcast Date: Monday 11 December 2006
Channel: Free to Air / Nine
Broadcast Time: 10.30 pm
Classifications: Other, Series Premiere M WS
Timeslot Duration: 60 mins
Official title / weblink if available: OUTRAGEOUS FORTUNE

SLINGS AND ARROWS. When career criminal Wolfgang West gets put away for four years, his wife Cheryl decides it's time for her family to go straight. But can the Wests change the habits of a lifetime? Stars Robyn Malcolm and Grant Bowler. Frequent Coarse Language [L] Sex Scenes [S] Some Violence [V]

Sounds interesting. We don't get enough NZ stuff here, but I'm sure it's of an even poorer quality than Australian-made stuff. :P

I'd love to see some British soaps on FTA though.

Quoted from Sillygostly

I'd love to see some British soaps on FTA though.

I'd love to see Eastenders back on the ABC. I used to loooove watching that one ;p

I'd love to see Eastenders. Never watched it. But it sounds like my kinda show from what I've read lol. :D

It's sooooooooooooo 3rd rate.   (puke)  I watched 20 minutes of it last night and went to bed.

I love this show, But I wish that Ch9 would get their act togeather it was on Monday night then Tuesday night, now next week its on Tuesday and Wednesday nights

I really enjoy it as well !!

Presumably , it is being used as a non-ratings period filler and Ch 9 didn't think it would be popular ( hence the 10.30 slot )

I figure they want it finished before ratings start , so because it wasn't shown one night (  Boxing Day,  I think  ) they wanted two in one week to catch up

Shane Warne's tribute show presumably ran over time last Monday so the "extra" episode got bumped

Now the "catch-up" is scheduled for next week

Yet with a bit of promoting  ( Grant Bowler is known here for Blue Heelers , The Mole ( ? ) and other appearances ) it might have gained an audience

Yes Paula it is cheaply made , but there are some funny lines and situations -- did you watch from the series start or just last Tuesday ?

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Yet with a bit of promoting  ( Grant Bowler is known here for Blue Heelers , The Mole ( ? ) and other appearances ) it might have gained an audience

Grant Bowler is more well known now for being the face of Australias #1 show - Border Security which is on channel seven. As a result, theres no chance nine will be promotiong Grant Bowler - not in a long shot.

Really enjoying this show, whenever I remember it's on. Definitely deserves an earlier timeslot, 9.30 maybe????

its funny and sad, at the same time , but the closeness of the family always comes through, I love it

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Isn't this the one commencing on Arena channel directly?  Every Sunday and Monday early evening

It is definately coming to Foxtel. Starting from the very beginning and running twice a week from the 9th of December I believe.

It's trashy, but I liked it. I'll be putting it on the planner :) Can't resist the 'bad guys going good' storyline!

HELP ..... my TV guide for next week has Outrageous Fortune
                                             Sunday 9th Dec Ch 10 @ 11:10
                                             Wed 13th Dec Ch 9 @ 10:35
                                             Friday 14th Dec ch 10 @ 10:30


Wot Tha ?  is Ch 9 replaying the series or are they sharing with Ch10 ? please help

Channel 9 will be playing the remainder of season 1 (which they failed to do last year).

TEN however will continue playing the second season randomly on Fridays/Sundays.

Stupid Nine. I don't see why they'd even bother.

Quoted from Morgan_Pym

Free to air TV channel programmers ... seriously, are they trying to mess with everyone's mind or simply do not care about viewers?

I think thats 50/50!

Even pay TV is starting to show how little they care .. way more ads and changing times of series from month to month so you have to hunt for stuff.

Outrageous Fortune starts from the beginning this month on Fox, but whats the bet that they move the timeslot next month.

Quoted from cyndii71

...way more ads...

why would you pay for ads?  ??)

Foxtel wouldn't able to fund ALL of those TV shows and movies without the funding they receive from ads. Subscription fees alone wouldn't be enough.

I know we are off topic but I would have to say MTV is the worst for ads. There is about 4 minutes of content to 5 minutes ads sometimes >:(

As for Outrageous Fortune, bit weird that nine would be playing the first season when the second is playing on ten???? If anything it will benefit 10 not 9

Quoted from Paula

why would you pay for ads?  ??)

My Fox is included in my rent. The only reason I would pay for it seperately is for The Young & The Restless now it's off free to air *ducks*

For Outrageous Fortune .. maybe Nine decided to get their money's worth from the rest of the series they bought and to try to steal away a little of Ch 10's audience for a while!

Quoted from Sillygostly

Foxtel wouldn't able to fund ALL of those TV shows and movies without the funding they receive from ads. Subscription fees alone wouldn't be enough.

this is true Silly, but you may not remember, when Foxtel first started that was one of its selling points, no ads,

and thanks everyone for the info  :-/ Im more confused than ever just which one should I watch ??) because with my work I need to tape almost every day  ??)

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I know we are off topic but I would have to say MTV is the worst for ads. There is about 4 minutes of content to 5 minutes ads sometimes >:(

As for Outrageous Fortune, bit weird that nine would be playing the first season when the second is playing on ten???? If anything it will benefit 10 not 9

even the Discovery Channel is being inundated nowadays, but at least they are mainly advertisements for future programs on the channel

I completely agree Re: music television channel

I'm looking forward to watching Outrageous Fortune from the beginning

I love this show! it's a good way to past the hour!  :D

There's 3 episodes of it this week:

Tonight - 10.30pm on TEN
Thursday - 10.30pm on Ch 9
Friday - 10.30pm on TEN

;) ;D