Comments on: Birth for a nation

By: franz chong

franz chong — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:00:11 +0000

All SBS has to work on now is on some decent Monday Night Offerings that follow their late night News Bulletin.
I used to stick around for Skins or Shameless but with those gone I see the rubbish they have now.Boring Now I switch off come 10pm

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:12:43 +0000

Man vs wild is definitely developing a cult following. I’ve been watching the ratings and have no doubt they’ll continue to swell.

By: Jed

Jed — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 11:08:24 +0000

If people really want to understand the whole ‘blackface’ thing and why the Hey Hey skit was so controversial in America, they should probably see the movie Birth of a Nation.

Didn’t think Ratatouille would rate so well, especially for a Saturday night movie. First run movies do actually rate well, take the hint networks. Repeat movies are not wanted.

By: hoople

hoople — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:23:06 +0000

agreed harry – mr deeds? no thanks!

By: David Knox

David Knox — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 06:21:45 +0000

FJ: Rafters was the top show in the country last week and 2m is an excellent figure. But I guess not everybody is familiar with the landmark US film “Birth of a Nation.”

By: Harry

Harry — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 05:50:33 +0000

TEN need better movies. They play every movie they have every month. Lift your game. Wouldve been nice to see Rush finish above 1 mill, but 990k was a good result.

Bring on ‘10.

By: Zambora

Zambora — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 04:11:47 +0000

Now we have to wait to see if the networks will pay attention to the viewers or will they go their own way and believe just their own Yes men

By: franz chong

franz chong — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 03:26:32 +0000

Anything has got to be an improvement on those old recycled South Park Episodes some of which date back to the 2004 to 2007 seasons.The Anal Probe Episode was the last straw that saw me switch to Tens Good News Week and put me off SBS permanently between the hours of 8:30 and 9:30pm till they put something decent on.
I will give this documentary a chance while GNW is off the air for the summer of Man versus Wild to see if it is any good.

By: FJ

FJ — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 01:23:30 +0000

A nation?

2 million out of 22 million is hardly a nation. It’s not even 10%.

By: David Knox

David Knox — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 01:03:41 +0000

Chris I will be doing several stories on the year in ratings. Just waiting for all the info to come in.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:48:53 +0000

“microcosm” – too much for a Sunday morning David, I had to fire up dictionary.com on that one!

By: Vic

Vic — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:13:38 +0000

I have to say I’m happy Man vs Wild is becoming somewhat of a hit. It’s a good show, and thematically a better fit for SBS (I feel like with the increased local production, and increased sourcing of high quality US shows, we’re starting to see SBS grow up).

Nice to see GO! doing well (300k viewers on a digital only channel is a damn good accomplishment), and while I’m not a fan of the show, it’s nice to see people actually tuning into Stargate.

I honestly thought more people would be tuning in for the UFC, but I’m guessing it’s more an inditement on the “popularity” of ONE. I love the channel, but for most people, it’s an afterthought, at best.

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:13:08 +0000

Hi David, will you be listing how many weeks each network won, in total and demos etc? interested to know who won what, and not after reading their spin!!
Thanks for the great work