Transformers Movies and Cartoons on Free-TV

[Paulbot]

Bumblebee premiers on channel 9 this Saturday at 830. Just saw a commercial for it.

[griffin]

About damn time... over two and half years after its cinema release.
Even though I have it on DVD, I still like to see it on the regular TV for others to get to see it for the first time, or for some of us fans to have it on just because it is on.
The details on the Nine network website.

I wonder why it takes so long for movies to be allowed to be shown on free-to-air, especially since video/dvd rentals no longer exist, so they don't have to wait for a minimum rental period. The Bumblebee Movie was released on DVD/BR/Digital late April 2019, over two years ago... after a few weeks or even a couple months for those people who were keen to buy a copy, can't it start playing on TV?
They get money from TV screenings, so why wait all that time when they could have been getting this screening fee two years ago when DVD/BR/digital sales dropped off.

[Paulbot]

Maybe Netflix had an exclusive rights deal on it? Those streaming rights and the DVD/Bluray purchase period would replace the older rental periods.

It could have gone straight to Paramount Plus and skipped free-to-air altogether!

[spiderken17]

i have been waiting for this. took its time.

[Jaxius._]

Tv guide has crocodile dundee instead of Bumblebee
Might be because of John Cornell’s passing they put dundee on

[griffin]

Tv guide has crocodile dundee instead of Bumblebee
Might be because of John Cornell’s passing they put dundee on

Yep, a last minute change due to someone (I haven't heard of before) dying this week.

Hopefully they put it on next week.

[spiderken17]

That was bloody annoying. Wife was having a Zoom catchup with her friends, so i sat down to watch it and it wasnt on. Boo.

[griffin]

After just playing the first five movies in March and April, the 2007 movie is on tomorrow night (Sunday) at 8.45pm... so maybe they are playing them all over again to lead into the 6th movie (Bumblebee), as they haven't played it yet after cancelling it in July.