Comments on: Eddie for ACA 2009?

By: spunkymonkeycaesar

spunkymonkeycaesar — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 00:19:32 +0000

Fanger101, yes this show as with Today Tonight is known for their sensationalising of stories, however the condition of it being made longer, is that in making it longer it would become a daily version of 60 Minutes or Dateline. In becoming a similar program to those mentioned such as lengthening it to one hour, it would have to adopt a more serious approach, and would have to stop sensationalising the stories they report on to the degree in which they do, in order to give them more credibility.

And, as far as Eddie goes, in response to a previous comment Eddie is not a hack, and is rather a very credible and likeable TV presenter. With that said however, as I’ve mentioned I think if Tracy goes Leila will step in, as I agree with you Fanger101, generally people are more willing to forgive a female than a male in my opinion.

By: FangerA101

FangerA101 — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 10:25:47 +0000

So this show is known for its tabloid hyping of stories, bending truths and chasing self created enemies so why on Earth is anybody saying make this show LONGER than it already is!
C9 wont get Eddie, they need to stick with a female host. A female host (preferably attractive) is a lot easier to forgive when the show stuffs up and they have to apologize, they tend to be to get away with telling a tall tale as well due to the distractions

By: knoxoverstreet

knoxoverstreet — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 07:10:56 +0000

Eddie is far from a hack and is one of the best presenters going. Just needs the right vehicle and ACA is not it although he did a good job as fill in. Perhaps bring back Millionaire? Anyway Eddie will definately have a job in 2012 when Nine get the AFL back.

By: Benno

Benno — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 05:59:27 +0000

In America, the cbs, nbc and abc news starts at 6:30pm, so they could move their news to then.

By: spunkymonkeycaesar

spunkymonkeycaesar — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 04:04:05 +0000

Antoinette that is a great suggestion, extending ACA for an hour and making it more like a daily version of 60 Minutes or Dateline. I would though, rather than extend ACA in it’s current timeslot of 6.30, move ACA to 5.30 – 6.30, then have National Nine News from 6.30 – 7.00. That way it would be unnecessary for a chat show as was reported on TV Tonight the other day, and then it would give National Nine News more of a chance not being up against Seven News, and in turn would (hopefully) give them a competitive advantage over Seven in terms of being number one in news and current affairs. Then, the nights shows could continue to begin from 7.00 onwards. Perhaps in ACA becoming like 60 Minutes or Dateline they could have more investigative stories, consequently giving the show more credibility. This would in turn give the viewers of this site especially, (as seen from the results of the Current Affairs Survey by David) a more credible current affairs show.

As far as this article goes, I read the original article in todays Daily Telegraph and thought it was nothing but utter crap that Eddie McGuire would take over from Tracy Grimshaw, just like last weeks article that Seven’s Samantha Armytage would move to Nine’s 60 Minutes and that Nine would be broke by 2012 – Personally, I think there is no likelihood Eddie will become host of ACA in 2009, as Eddie as mentioned by David in this article ended up pulling the same ratings as Tracy by the end of the week. The only logical reason I can think of as to why Eddie pulled more ratings at the begining of the week was due to their Underbelly stories with Roberta Williams. I do though believe Tracy may move to 60 Minutes and replace Tara Brown, however in my opinion Leila McKinnon is Tracy’s likely replacement. Samantha Armytage will NEVER move to Nine, or atleast I can’t imagine it happening as Seven will offer her a contract like they did with Ian Ross that noone could possibly refuse unless they were really that uphappy which I do not think is the case!

As far as Peter Overton becoming presenter of Sydney’s weekend news, I again think that is unlikely, I think rather he will stay at 60 Minutes and Michael Usher will become presenter of Sydney’s weekend news when Mike Munro retires.

By: Jake

Jake — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 03:43:29 +0000

If he’s bringing in figures like that, why not bring him back in some kind of presenting compacity again. Won’t hurt them anymore than what the Olympics did.

By: Benno

Benno — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 02:59:24 +0000

If they don’t have trashy stories, Antoinette, I’m all for the dateline idea. But trashy stories bring in the ratings, so I don’t see that happening.

By: RichoTB

RichoTB — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 02:55:49 +0000

Eddie Everywhere > Ray Martin

By: Sephiroth_FF

Sephiroth_FF — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 02:24:16 +0000

Why do they keep hiring this hack? It’s bad enough Bert Newton’s face is plastered over just about everything on channel 9. We don’t need more of Eddie again. It was good went he took over as CEO for a while because he wasn’t seen much. It’s not like channel 9 was being run better before and after he was in charge. It’s been crap for a long while.

By: Antoinette

Antoinette — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 02:21:49 +0000

one more thing it could be duo hosting the program. Tracey and Eddie just an example.

By: Antoinette

Antoinette — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 02:20:38 +0000

Why won’t Channel 9 make a ONE HOUR A Current Affair Show, 6.30-7.30pm slot everyday. Like a 60 minutes or dateline but daily. It will better than watching Home and Away or other 7pm shows.

By: Fourth

Fourth — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:57:05 +0000

Now that is a fall from grace. From Eddy everwhere, to network CEO, to crap TV. Nice.

By: Ingleburn

Ingleburn — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:42:52 +0000

This is only rumours that the Daily Telegraph made up.
I think Peter Overton will move to the weeknight newsreader role in Sydney and Mark Ferguson will be pushed into the weekend role replacing Mike Munro, to help their terrible ratings in Sydney.
Michael Usher will replace Peter Overton on 60 Minutes.
As Nine is trying to get Samantha Armytage from Seven they are hoping she replaces Tara Brown on 60 Minutes. Who knows who they will get if they don’t get Samantha from Seven.
That’s what I think will happen, but I may be wrong.