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Psst! Wanna join TEN’s new Programming Development Unit?

"Have you always wanted to pitch a new programming concept?" Here's your chance.

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TEN is thinking outside the square for its new Programming Development Unit, currently advertising for full-time, permanent staff.

“Have you always wanted to pitch a new programming concept?” it asks.

“Do you want to be part of Ten’s new Programming Development Unit?”

“We are establishing a team that will be instrumental in the development of new content that will give our viewers something to talk about.

“We’re looking for people with strong producing and/or writing backgrounds that showcase their unique creativity. You may have the proven track record in producing, directing or writing or you may have demonstrated and related experience that is completely left of centre – either way we want to hear from you.”

This is a rarity in the TV landscape and while it will raise eyebrows from the establishment, I’m guessing it will also net some radical ideas, which is clearly the intent.

I quite like that TEN is returning to bold moves rather than just trudging a safe, traditional path.

You only have until May 18 if you want to apply here.

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  1. ‘TEN is thinking outside the square for its new Programming Development Unit…’, only problem is they’ve fallen off the edge and into the abyss. Ten used to be my favourite channel but that was back in 2010. Since then, they’ve been in a continual death spiral. Now I turn to TVS before Ten. Trying to be hip and cool is a hiding to nowhere. Time to look to the past to define the future. Nothing substitutes for quality. The old (family favourite) Sunday movie was an institution. Monday to Thursday the 8:30pm time slot the hottest contended air space with equally hot programs. Today it’s nonstop banality, it’s like 24/7Foxtel, musac for TV.
    The most odious offering is The Project. This panel of halfwits turning the news into entertainment? And to make it more excruciating, they select stories that play into their dumbing down of the day’s events. 7 and 9 only inflict 1 presenter to assault viewers with their current affair offerings, Ten has 3 oxygen thieves. Their slapstick comments reflect more on their lack of intelligence than humouring the content. Ten has to accept some responsibility for arresting the mental development of young viewers. Reruns of Skippy would be more entertaining.

  2. Where do i start??
    As a huge fan of channel TEN myself I’ve gotta say that they have used a lot of ideas that I have had before James warburton came in such as the shire, a late night talk show with hamish McDonald (only rumor), cross promotion of all 3 channels ten eleven and one (they just started doing this), digital marketing (iPhone app, smartTV n hopefully Facebook) and its 7pm reality timeslot takeover.

    So far so good, but very tempted to sign up!
    If only uni wasn’t in the way 🙁

  3. Try this:

    Not airring MasterChef/Biggest Loser every single day of the week. That will be #1.

    #2, maintain a timeslot. I think Hawaii Five-0 has airred about one and a half seasons and has had more timeslots than Friends did in the ten years that was on. If Five-0 remains for ten seasons and TEN keeps it for its entire ten seasons, it will have had a turn at every timeslot twice.

    #3 Keep up with episodes. Simply put, start episodes of a series about 4-5 weeks after the US, (should be enough time to be able to air as many episodes consecutively week-to-week, but not enough time to lose the hardcore non-downloading fans)

    #4 Variety. Have unscripted shows, I don’t like them but they are required in any channels portfolio, but have more than MasterChef every night from 7:30 – 10:30? A variety of locally produced shows as well as imports, of comedy, drama and reality.

    #5 Get rid of The Project. How many different ways can you report the same three news stories? How bad is their editing that they can’t time the audience laughter? The Project is a late night show, the type of show you can watch once beers 2, 4 and 5 have finished.

    It’s not difficult….

  4. Well, here you go- I’ve seen plenty of talk about what and how Ten should do- now’s the time to put your money where your mouth is.

  5. Seriously?

    Why don’t they just have a nightly panel show hosted by Andrew Bolt with panelists Gina Reinhardt, Alan Jones, Steve Price, Clive Palmer, Pauline Hanson and Bob Katter.

    That’s sure to be a ratings winner.

  6. No. It may actually mean, for once, they haven’t done the usual exhaustive search, consisting of turning to the broken-down, middle-aged tool sitting next to them at the footy and said,
    ‘Hey, Shazza, mate, I know yez have never produced nothin’, but yez want a job at the network?’.

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