Comments on: Ratings winners upstaged by Nine stoush

By: Dana

Dana — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:30:51 +0000

I totally agree with mg.. as an Australian I am totally ashamed at the old cow chanel 9 has put on our TV screen. I doi not think she is pretty but that doesn’t realy bother me at all what is bothersome to me is that she is ugly from inside and is always unhappy and her lip curls on the floor. She is extrmely ruse and unfriendly to all who she interviews or talks about in general.. In other words she is a total B.

By: mg

mg — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:47:18 +0000

Guys at 9 should wake up and realize that infact she is not a pig but an old and ugly cow which 9 has put as a host of a prime time telivision programm and me as a foreigner living in Australia wonder how has she got/kept that job, guys look at host of prime time tv overseas they are either brilliant or just great looking and She is neither.

Ask her to get a job out of Australia in the same dept and you will realize what the people at 9 are putting the Australian public through which is a cheap crap.

Thanks Gordan, you actually had balls to tell the truth the rest are of all are scared to mention we dont watch 9 because it is ugly looking

9 you want to get back your ratings . think replacing her and may be guys will do well.

By: tvaddict

tvaddict — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:25:55 +0000

hmm even a well staged publicity stunt can’t save Nine ….

By: wamdue

wamdue — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 16:36:22 +0000

just making a final post to say that, Neighbours is doing great things with the new characters of Donna & Callum, a few more characters like that, and the show wont have any more problems.

By: Michael

Michael — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 15:12:02 +0000

Pressure seven
if enough people ask why seven haven’t announced a launch date it will happen
how else is it going to happen?

As for 1 its just pathetic that only some of the country has it

Freeview need to get their s@?t together if they really really really wanted to they could take pay head on but they dont do they

By: wamdue

wamdue — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 14:27:53 +0000

I actually quite like the idea of seeing running like Desperate Housewvies 40ish/ 1 hour a year, it works well for D.Wives, I just dont think the Neighbours international sales would allow it to happen.

as for a relaunch, I actually dont disagree, take it off for a 4-6 weeks, give the show time create new lasting characters, without having to do it on screen, its not always a good move for a show, but I could see Neighbours doing that, if the Ramsays dont lead to a large increase in ratings.

However TBH if the Ramsays dont lead to a ratings increase I can see TEN giving up on it, there are only so many revamps a show can have, and still be on the air.

By: Tomothy

Tomothy — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 11:09:34 +0000

off topic I know, but the pic reminded me. How awful is the ACA set/background? The 1980′s versions had a set almost idential, but it wasnt on green/blue screen.

By: Max

Max — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 09:45:34 +0000

@ Pauli – i think its fairly obvious that we’ll never get a true indication of what people are watching, however as the industry are working off the current system, that is always going to be what influences network’s choices in terms of commissioning/replacing/moving shows.

@ Michael – something we’re all wondering but posting the same comment on every story isn’t going to make their second channel come along any faster. Hell, half the country is still waiting for ONE to start in their region!

By: Dino

Dino — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 09:23:57 +0000

Excellent result for Ten and Seven, not so much for Nine. Will be interesting to see whether Random Acts of Kindness can reinvigorate their Sunday night, or crash and burn like homemade.

Michael, I think you’re flogging a dead horse there…

By: Jack

Jack — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 08:46:58 +0000

Yer I can see what your saying about ditching the Friday episode. I’d still have it on for half an hour a day 4 days a week just not on a Friday. Maybe they could have two episodes on a Thursday instead and one episode at 7.30, after Home and away like Coronation street some nights in the uk.

7.30pm- Coronation street
8pm- Eastenders
8.30pm- Coronation street

We could have…

6.30pm- Neighbours
7pm-Home and away
7.30pm- Neighbours

By: Michael

Michael — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 08:43:19 +0000

Seven still wins the week thats great
When will Seven announce a start date for their second sd channel

By: nick

nick — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 08:33:47 +0000

I think Neighbours should be axed and a relaunch should be done. Like a Neighbours 2nd generation or something like that, In all seriousness, it could do a bit of a Desperate Housewives kind of premise, except without the whole prestine houses and housewife focus etc and of course in a half hour daily soap. Just glamour it up and set it in a prestige suburb in Sydney. Have 4 or 5 families living on the same street all of whom know eachother well. Have the ‘oldie’ resident like a harold or lou, or like Mrs Mckluscky from desperate housewives living in the street. Really Desperate Housewives could be called Neighbours, Neighbours is all over the place, bit of a mess

By: wamdue

wamdue — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 07:27:49 +0000

@Geroge, some bold suggestions in your post, I dont think Neighbours would go 40×60, for the simple fact the international market (even more so the UK) is very happy to get Neighbours 5 days a week, and would do alot to make sure it stays that way, as it would leave them with alot of holes in the schedule.

Neighbours ratings have picked up over the past month, but year on year there is not much growth, but a stronger TEN schedule will help it no question.

Neighbours has been in a constant state of revamp for the past couple of years now, with a high cast turn over, I am hoping that the new Ramsays, can stick around long term and dont end up like the Parkers.

Not sure about Sunday – Thursday, im not sure how well the Sunday episode would do, but for the reason I gave above, Neighbours does need to be 5 nights a week, I just wish the ratings for Friday episodes were closer to the other 4 days.

By: George

George — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 06:45:48 +0000

@Wamdue:

I reckon having Neighbours run Sun-Thu could work, but I reckon Neighbours will pick up soon with the increasing strength of the shows which surround it on TEN (with the exception of The Simpsons repeats).
I reckon by next year Neighbours will be averaging ~950,000 again if TEN News gets moved to 5:30.

Either way, Neighbours needs to be fixed up big time. I can’t stand watching it at all because it’s just absolutely cringeworthy. It looks extremely rushed. I personally reckon a 40×60 series each year would work much better than the weeknightly eps mainly because more time will be able to be put into the production of each episode, and they won’t need to cover as many storylines each year, which sadly is one of the problems of Neighbours – constantly repeated storylines.

By: Darryn

Darryn — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 05:52:00 +0000

Everything dips ön a friday. I dont know if we are the norm but we are never home that night. Drinks after work, shopping, dinner out, clubbing. Thats the norm in this household anyways

By: Craig

Craig — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 05:32:07 +0000

David how many Top Gear AU eps are left?