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Anybody home at My Place?
ABC3’s kids series My Place is lovingly-produced series, full of high production values, strong cast, attention to detail and lavish settings -so why didn’t many viewers watch it on Sunday? Once again...
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Dear ABC, it’s time to act on My Place.
ABC3’s scheduling of My Place has failed to connect with its audience. Two weeks ago the show pulled just 37,000 viewers for its second season premiere at 5pm on a Sunday afternoon, dwarfed by 176,000...
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iView hits new high
ABC has released some data which indicates iView has hit new levels. Kim Dalton, Director of ABC TV, says the broadcaster’s mix of multi‐channel, multi‐platform and multi‐device strategy is working...
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Conspiracy 365 headed for MIPCOM
Pay TV series Conspiracy 365 will have global sales and distribution representation from leading independent studio, Entertainment One (eOne) at the upcoming MIPCOM Television market in Cannes, France....
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Seven snares Tuesday
Tuesday proved to be another easy win for Seven with a distracting My Kitchen Rules wedding proposal pulling 2.07m viewers and Packed to the Rafters at 1.41m. Once again it came at the expense of...
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The great ratings divide
Television continues to divide into a landscape where blockbusters are grabbing 2 million viewers and everything else is under 1.2m. The middle ground of shows between 1.3 – 2 million continues to...
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Parade’s End sinks on Nine
Parade’s End had a dismal first outing on Nine last night, averaging just 453,000 viewers for its first hour -fourth in its timeslot. The night again belonged to Seven with network shares at 32.9% then...
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Pointless Peppa Pig headlines distract from proper debate
The axe potentially falling on Peppa Pig may make for great press copy, but real debates about ABC cuts should be about Australian productions not imported animated shows. Especially ones that are...
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SBS content at risk under funding cuts
Following ABC Managing Director Mark Scott’s appearance at a Senate Estimates hearing on Wednesday, yesterday it fell to SBS managing director Michael Ebeid to address funding issues. Earlier this...
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MasterChef can’t save Jack Bauer for TEN
TEN is pulling very good numbers for MasterChef, last night at 1.07m and winning 16-39 and 18-49 demos -but the network’s headache is that it can’t keep viewers when the show ends. 24 plummeted to just...
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MasterChef above the magic million for TEN
MasterChef only just missed out on taking the top show for the night on Thursday. At 1.16m viewers it was the only entertainment show above the magic million, and managed to top the Demos. It was a...
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TEN pushes Nine to third place on Wednesday
TEN sticking with first-content saw it rise above Nine’s night of mostly-Big Bang reruns on Wednesday. With no Reality on Seven or Nine, MasterChef Australia had its biggest audience of the year on...
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60 Minutes interview gives Nine the night
A 60 Minutes exclusive interview with the mistress of Gerard Baden-Clay took the show to a rare #1 position last night at 1.41m viewers. It trounced Sunday Night‘s take on the same case, with a “letter...
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Bachelor tantrums top demos, Nine wins Thursday.
It was a quiet Thursday, with just one title over the magic million. Social media was agog by antics on The Bachelor after one contestant declined a rose from Blake Garvey and six new females entered...
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Survey says simulcast outrates other TEN titles
It’s now been 8 weeks since TEN has been simulcasting Family Feud across three channels, which has been a clever programming strategy for launching a new brand with good headlines. While TEN continues...
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1.7m as Block Glasshouse hits new high
The Block hit a season high of 1.7m viewers for Nine and still has several weeks to go. Both Melbourne and Sydney surged past the 500,000 mark. Nine snared 3 of the top 5 spots, while Seven can take...
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5 from 5 wins for The Block
Credit where it’s due. The Block last night (1.18m) topped the night for the 5th consecutive night this week. It has now won Sunday – Thursday for 2 straight weeks, and the only reason it didn’t have a...
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Seven, Nine tie for Wednesday ratings.
Wednesday viewing wasn’t a big drawcard with no show above the 1.2m margin. Nine had the edge in primary channels but Seven’s multichannels helped it to match its rival in network share. Nine and Seven...
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Footy Show takes Nine to Thursday win
Nine dominated last night from 6pm winning all its timeslots. At 535,000 across a three hour broadcast The Footy Show AFL final scored its biggest grand final audience in Melbourne in 5 years. The...
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Lateline: Turnbull shifts blame back onto ABC
There’s a bit of a blame game going on at the moment over possible programming cuts to the ABC. While viewers are set to protest today at ABC’s Ultimo headquarters, Communications Minister Malcolm...
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