ABC moving drama to Saturdays means the Brits will see it before its home-grown fan-base.
Let’s put this down to British love for an Aussie spin-off rather than clumsy scheduling by ABC…
Return to Paradise S2 will premiere in the UK ahead of Australia.
Season 2 will premiere on October 31 (Saturday Australian time) in the UK, but not on ABC until November 15.
It’s not the first time an Australian production has screened internationally ahead of its home market, but it’s not ideal. There may be spoilers if dedicated fans start scouring the web, but its audience is arguably not as ferocious as say, Game of Thrones or The White Lotus.…
Interestingly ABC has not scheduled the show into a Sunday slot now that Mystery Road: Origin has wrapped, instead moving it to a cosy crime Saturday slot.
This Sunday ABC premieres Portrait Artist of the Year at 8pm.