The Seven Network has unveiled a stellar line-up of shows for 2024 as it cements itself as Australia’s No.1 broadcast and digital company.
Seven was the most watched network in Australia for the third year in a row in 2023, and has attracted more viewers than any of its rivals for 15 of the last 17 years.
At its annual Upfront event on Wednesday, Seven made a slew of announcements — and revealed exactly what’s in store for 2024.
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It’s good news for fans of Farmer Wants a Wife, The Voice, Dancing with the Stars and Australian Idol, with all set for a return to screens.
Also returning will be My Kitchen Rules, Big Brother and the beloved TV Week Logie Awards, as well as hits including Home and Away, Sunrise, The Morning Show, The Chase Australia, SAS Australia, Better Homes and Gardens and The 1% Club.
But there are some hotly anticipated newcomers on the block too.
Much-loved TV personality Dr Chris Brown will host a brand-new renovation competition — Dream Home.
Six pairs of everyday Aussies will battle it out room by room to create astonishing new homes, with a trio of expert judges set to score each new space.
The winning couple will not only receive the home of their dreams, but also a life-changing prize.
Also coming to Seven in 2024 is Stranded on Honeymoon Island, a hot new reality TV format from the creators of MAFS.
The show sees couples matched by experts following an exciting speed dating event before being sensationally stranded on a deserted island in nothing but their wedding attire.
Dr Chris Brown returns to host another show in 2024 — Once In A Lifetime.
This new animal adventure series sees the beloved vet pushed to his limits in the pursuit of the ultimate animal encounter.
He not only travels to the furthest corners of the globe to do it, but he takes the country’s most intriguing and entertaining personalities along for the ride.
Also new in 2024 is First Dates — the fly-on-the-wall dating series where hopeful singles’ first encounter with a potential love match is caught on camera for all to see.
Dates and drama will also form the backdrop for an eye-opening new reality series based on the wildly popular Made in Chelsea.
Made in Bondi will follow the lives and loves of Sydney’s young, social elite, with every episode set to provide a front-row seat to jaw-dropping parties, breathtaking fashion and sizzling romances.
More new shows coming to Channel 7 in 2024 include...
Ego: The Michael Gudinski Story
A rare insight into how hitmaker and trailblazer Michael Gudinski inspired the soundtrack of a nation and revolutionised the Australian music industry, Ego: The Michael Gudinski Story follows his relentless pursuit of success over five decades as he launches Mushroom Records and the careers of countless artists, promotes legendary international acts, and takes Australian music to the world.
The Wave
A documentary film examining the destruction and aftermath of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, which killed at least 225,000 people and devastated the lives of many millions more. It revisits key locations in South East Asia where the effects of the tsunami can still be felt and includes powerful individual stories of courage, resilience and — ultimately — redemption.
Australia’s Most Dangerous Prisoners
The gripping new series will outline in detail the crimes that landed these men and women in Australia’s high security jails through first-hand accounts from ex-inmates, former correctional officers, journalists and forensic psychologists, who try to make sense of their world.
The Hunters
Legendary investigative crime journalist Adam Shand and “The Human Lie Detector” Steve van Aperen join forces to crack famous crimes wide open. Using unique skills honed razor sharp across decades of experience, they uncover astonishing new leads and evidence, leaving police no choice but to re-open cases.
The Rise And Fall Of Kings Cross
This riveting new documentary features rare and unseen vision, re-enactments and exclusive interviews in a cavalcade of stories spanning 150 years from Sydney’s Kings Cross, the internationally notorious bawdy, riotous, gaudy, bloody neighbourhood that for generations has mixed fine art and great entertainment with rampant debauchery.
King Con: The Life and Crimes Of Hamish McLaren
Hamish McLaren is one of the most successful con men of all time. Throughout a 30-year career, he scammed unsuspecting girlfriends, high-profile businessmen, acquaintances and his best friends out of more than $60 million … and that’s just the people who came forward. This special event series tracks the rise and fall of Australia’s most successful con man, and how Tom Zadravec, a young NSW Police detective, forensically pieced together Hamish’s scams and then brought him down
The Australian Roast Of John Cleese
Some of Australia’s funniest performers — including Shane Jacobson, Tom Gleeson and Joel Creasey — pay homage to international comedy legend John Cleese in a way that only Aussies know how: firing good-natured insults and jokes.
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