Money for Jam (TV series)
Encyclopedia
Money for Jam is an Australian lifestyle television series which airs on the Nine Network
. The series premiered on 2 September 2009 at , and will originally consist of eight episodes. It features Money magazine editor Effie Zahos and financial expert Paul Clitheroe
as presenters, as well as Nine Network personalities Shelley Craft
and Shane Crawford
. The series' title is a reference to the colloquialism
"money for jam", which is used to imply that 'money can be made easily'. The series has been renewed for a second series which will air sometime in 2010.
Nine Network
The Nine Network , is an Australian television network with headquarters based in Willoughby, a suburb located on the North Shore of Sydney. For 50 years since television's inception in Australia, between 1956 and 2006, it was the most watched television network in Australia...
. The series premiered on 2 September 2009 at , and will originally consist of eight episodes. It features Money magazine editor Effie Zahos and financial expert Paul Clitheroe
Paul Clitheroe
Paul Hugh Clitheroe AM is an Australian television presenter, financial analyst and financial advisor.Paul is an alumnus of the University of NSW, which he graduated from in the late 1970s....
as presenters, as well as Nine Network personalities Shelley Craft
Shelley Craft
Shelley De Billinghurst Craft and known professionally as Shelley Craft is an Australian television personality....
and Shane Crawford
Shane Crawford
Shane Barry Crawford is a former Australian rules footballer, having played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League...
. The series' title is a reference to the colloquialism
Colloquialism
A colloquialism is a word or phrase that is common in everyday, unconstrained conversation rather than in formal speech, academic writing, or paralinguistics. Dictionaries often display colloquial words and phrases with the abbreviation colloq. as an identifier...
"money for jam", which is used to imply that 'money can be made easily'. The series has been renewed for a second series which will air sometime in 2010.
Format
Money for Jam will present ideas on how to put more money back in your pocket. In episode one, Effie will show you how to get a bonus worth nearly $3000 a year. Shane meets a man who has turned his love of beer into a business. Five tradesmen take Shelley’s lunchbox challenge. And there are words of wisdom from money-man Paul Clitheroe. Plus the "Super Scrooge of the Week" segment with the scroogiest ideas to save a buck.Episodes
| # | Title | Airdate | Timeslot | RatingsOverall national viewers, numbers in brackets indicate nightly ratings position. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Episode 1" | 2 September 2009 | Wednesday 8:00 pm–8:30 pm | 1,324,000 (4th) |
| 2 | "Episode 2" | 9 September 2009 | 1,093,000 (9th) | |
| 3 | "Episode 3" | 16 September 2009 | 1,018,000 (13th) | |
| 4 | "Episode 4" | 23 September 2009 | Wednesday 8:00 pm–8:30 pm | 1,126,000 |
| 5 | "Episode 5" | 15 October 2009 | 858,000 | |
| 6 | "Episode 6" | 22 October 2009 | 982,000 | |
| 7 | "Episode 7" | 28 October 2009 | 834,000 | |
| 8 | "Episode 8" | 4 November 2009 | 876,000 | |
| Average series ratings (ongoing) | 995,000 | |||