Best on the Box Sun 31MAY09 East Coast

0400-0700: Helluva Good 200 - Dover, ONE HD & 12 Digital
0800-0830: Meet the Press with Paul Bongiorno, TEN
0902-1002: Insiders with Barrie Cassidy, ABC 1 ABC HD
1100-1200: Footy Shows: NRL (QLD, NSW) AFL (VIC) Nine
1200-1300: Sunday Roast NRL (QLD, NSW) Nine
1400-1559: English Challenge Cup Rugby League (QLD, NSW) Nine
1600-1759: NRL, Knights V Bulldogs at Newcastle (QLD, NSW) Nine
1830-1859: Einstein Factor with Peter Berner ABC1 ABC HD
1830-1929:Merlin S105 Lancelot Merlin narrowly escapes with his life when he is attacked by a mysterious and terrifying creature with the body of a lion and the head of an eagle. TEN
1930-2029: Dr Who: Planet of the Dead. David Tennant as The Doctor Michelle Ryan as Lady Christina de Souza ABC1 ABC HD.

Thats it for the day, best to go to downloads or pre-recorded stuff from 2030 onwards

Einstein Factor: First Playoff a Thriller

The first Grand Finalist playoff on tonights 2009 series of The Einstein Factor was a thriller, at the end of the game all three contestants were deadlocked on 1450 points.

Contestant and Subject:

Raymond Palermo: Specialty: Five Good Roman Emperors (96AD-180AD)
Gordon McGregor: Specialty: Diurnal Birds of Prey; and
Steven Farrell: Specialty: Life & Career of Marie Curie

So, five 'tie breaker' questions were asked, outcome, Gordon (1350 points) was ousted which led to a 'sudden death' playoff between Raymond (1550 points) and Steven (1550 points) of which Raymond emerged the winner.

Source: The Einstein Factor