Comments on: Buyers eye Southern Star

By: Nathan

Nathan — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 05:34:48 +0000

Scott-
As someone who watches shows such as Big Brother, I think you are far from correct.
(1) The contestants of Big Brother, apart from a few years, have been far from homogeneous… And very few would been defined as Teens. Also, 55c isn’t that much of an inflated cost for an sms… the show needs to make a profit.

(2) Ammm…. big brother didn’t have a Judging Panel… but the shows that do, I hardly doubt any network in Australia would be able to pick up high-grade, permanent celebrities. But none the less, not all reality Television shows contain the same judging style.

(3) I agree that some shows take too long to reach their goal, but not all reality television show will draw out their programs.

(4) Millions of Australians actually liking what they see.

By: Zambora

Zambora — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:23:08 +0000

“Scott” covered all the bases with his3 point plan.

Maybe Southern Cross Endemol could do “the Mole’, “Survivor or Amazing Race.

Nope- forget it, none involve the money grabbing scheme calling PHONE voting.

The original Big Brother premise will still work – just cut out the stunts.
Bar one, ask for folks to sign up for BB, then when they pass – sent them to Darwin, Kangaroo Island, King island, Rottnest Island or Nar Nar Goon instead of the riches (and adulation) they expect on Gold Coast.

By: Kuttsywood

Kuttsywood — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 06:38:33 +0000

Buy Southern Star, Win. Show PBL, that your not a one trick pony. I honestly think next year, Win should launch it’s own SD to compete against 9′s using the Crawfords program library as a background. They would have to negotiate the deal of the century with a pay-tv operator like Foxtel to get the real “4th” network onboard in the eastern capitals.

By: Scott

Scott — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 06:33:44 +0000

Sadly, whatever show they develop will feature the following key atrocities:-

(1) Endless exhortations to vote for or against bland, homogenous teen contestants on inflated-cost phone lines.

(2) D-grade unemployable musicians, actors, network contracted ‘stars’ to sit on a judging panel of those contestents.

(3) A format that merits thirty minutes of content per week drawn out beyond any level of rationality to at least 4.5 to 6 hours per week.

(4) Millions of Australians praying for better locally produced television content.