Comments on: Variety the spice of Nine’s life

By: aLIcIA

aLIcIA — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:58:58 +0000

I really think that tv stations should be promoting Australian shows more often than they do instead of pushing the American/foreign shows all the time. There are a lot of good Aussie shows out there, but more often than not we don’t hear about them because they’re not advertised well or are in a dodgy timeslot.

By: Paull

Paull — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 03:23:36 +0000

That’s disappointing about 7pm Project, such a great show, and the first time I’ve regularly watched something at 7pm in years.

By: harry

harry — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 11:53:36 +0000

Ten need to fix their 7.00 timeslot over the summer break. Nothing has worked for them except Masterchef and TBL. The 7pm Project is a nice little show and would be easier to watch if Charlie/Hughsey weren’t hosts.

By: Mike Retter

Mike Retter — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 09:14:54 +0000

I love the 7 factuals because I passivly exhorb the nationlistic message.

By: Boy Wonder

Boy Wonder — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 06:38:44 +0000

I love the (7) factuals as they don’t require me to think after a long day.

By: Jerome

Jerome — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 06:27:37 +0000

“Nine News had 2 nights under 1m and a third on a clear 1,000,000″

david, 9news was under the mil on Tues, Wed, and Thurs. or has there has been some figure updating from Tuesday which was close.

and i agree with jusin re: WaT and ER, they won their timeslots and got above 400k at 10:30. and considering that ER is up about 120k week on week i would consider as quite sucessful.

By: shaun

shaun — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 06:11:10 +0000

I disagree how some people keep shooting down 7s factuals now Im not a 7 fanboy but I have to say there is nothing on channel 9 that i watch so i’ve got all the top shows i need on 7 and they are consident with there programming and just back to the factuals i do agree a little that they seem to run the factuals to death but i for one love them because they do a excellent job especially border, the force and highway patrol but some of the other ones do get too much to watch and spoils the show but when there on a good thing with the ratings that keep them up there they will probably make more in time.

By: KFed

KFed — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 04:33:02 +0000

How much longer is 7pm going to stick around? Will Summer really save it?

@Craig Ratings aren’t about the quality of programs. There aren’t any network heads sitting around saying, “Well nobody is watching, but thankfully our show is the best quality!” Given that what constitutes a good program is so subjective, it is pretty easy to argue that a show watched by twice the audience of another is, in fact, “better”.

By: Justin

Justin — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 03:25:54 +0000

David Without A Trace and ER managed close to 500k at 10:30 an Amazing effort in my opinion. I think that comment is premmature and innaccurate.

By: Andrew B

Andrew B — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 03:07:18 +0000

Nine would have won the week anyway even without the Don Lane Tribute. Seven had a bad week but still more watched than channel 9 when GO is not included.

By: Johnson

Johnson — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:46:52 +0000

People’s love of Two and a Half Men plus programming complacency by Seven gave Nine the win.

By: Craig

Craig — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:44:25 +0000

@Rob can we call GO! a success with just 2.6%? IMO 1.4% for ABC2 and ONE is a good number considering only half the population has access to them and they are the 2nd channels. GO! is doing betting because of it’s spread of shows not because they are better it’s just more people like them.

We should not confuse high ratings with a shows quality, case in point 2.5 Men.

By: Cameron

Cameron — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:35:06 +0000

Great week for Nine winning the week with strong programming across two channels. Don Lane did not help them win the week as CSI would have still done 1.1 million. Seven News has dropped and couldn’t even be the number one show on any day. Seven news Sydney is declining even with the best newsreader they have – Chris Bath. Don’t think Nine would be too upset over low news figures when Seven news has lost the same amount of viewers. Tuesdays, Fridays and to some extent Saturdays are dull for Nine whereas the other days are great on at least one of their channels.

Ten had a good week up til Thursday but still had a healthy weekly share. Wouldn’t be happy about losing the demos to Nine but that should pressure them to do better and fix up Friday and Saturday nights and to some extent, Mondays as well. The others are good for the network with great shows on.

Don’t know why Seven still does well when they don’t have the best programs on in my opinion. Rafters still great but City Homicide is facing the axe. Too many factuals and that bores me. Even 7 Two doesn’t look as appealing as Go! or ABC2. ABC did great on Saturday, winning the night with new programming! Hope Springs was great and so was Heartland and the Bill.

By: tomothy

tomothy — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:29:36 +0000

Proud to say I do not watch any factuals on Seven. Rarely catch a glimpse of Nine or Ten either these days, expecially Nine.
Graham Norton should be on ABC1, UK moved it from BBC2 to BBC1 this series.
City Homidice is on the wrong night, it should have been on Mondays 8.30, and FlashForward on Thursdays at 8.30, new Criminal Minds on Wednesday 8.30. Ohh by 8.30 I really mean 8.38 obviously…

By: chris

chris — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:14:43 +0000

Agreed! Norton’s show should be on ABC1 it would pull much bigger numbers.

By: Billy

Billy — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:56:44 +0000

good win to 9, no wonder 7 is so anxious to get there 2nd channel up. will be interesting to see who wins when that comes on. i really hope the apprentice grows further becase im loving it at the moment along with the secret millionare. craig; of course they wouldve. csi wouldve aired and it usually gets around 1.1 million so really the don lone tribute added only 100 000 for 1 hr of the week, not making much of a difference at all