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Late night Timeshifting
Changes to Ratings data are certainly creating new ways to learn how we watch TV, as well as networks finding new ways to canvas their shows to media.
This week both TEN and Seven have drawn upon Consolidated figures to alert media to increases in shows.
House (Jan 31) picked up an extra 144,000 viewers across the week while Brothers and Sisters (Feb 1) netted an additional 72,000.
Timeshifting is still a new dynamic to ratings results, but numbers in a week’s time will be far more interesting when they reflect official survey figures.
If …
When ‘Exclusives’ come full Circle
TEN’s new morning show The Circle premiered this morning on TEN, and the girls on the show had a good on-air rapport.
Sitting on a couch, as opposed to The View’s table, Denise Drysdale, Yumi Stynes, Chrissie Swan and Gorgi Coghlan bantered and laughed their way through two hours of interviews, songs, cooking and advertorials. Drysdale’s down-to-earth humour is a welcome return to the genre and Coghlan was particularly assured.
No doubt a few teething problems between presenters, cameras and vision switchers will be ironed out, along with knowing whether the show is …
Should Finance Experts disclose deals?
There’s been a fair bit of scrutiny recently when it comes to those financial experts talking to the News.
Last week’s Seven News cross in which a Macquarie Bank broker was seen checking out Miranda Kerr made news around the world.
Today the Sydney Morning Herald raises the question of commercial deals between banks and networks.
Under ACMA’s Code of Practice networks are required to disclose such commercial arrangements but some in the media and financial sectors are questioning a lack of disclosure.
Television access for financial experts to represent their employers is said to …
Charlie Sheen charged
Charlie Sheen has been charged with a felony menacing, third-degree assault and criminal mischief stemming from a Christmas Day incident in which he allegedly held a knife to his wife’s throat in Aspen.
The Two and a Half Men star has been allowed to return to Los Angeles with his wife, Brooke Mueller, and modified a protective order that had prohibited both from seeing each other.
Details of the case against the actor were not read in Aspen’s Pitkin County District Court but according to an affidavit, Sheen and Mueller had been arguing …
106.5m Super Bowl viewers sets new record
Super Bowl XLIV has set a new US television record, after it scored a staggering 106.5m viewers yesterday.
The game overtakes the 27-year-old record set by the final episode of MASH, which previousy stood at 105.97m viewers in 1983.
There were fewer US TV sets in 1983 when the MASH finale was broadcast, but with the growth of cable and satellite, TV networks now face competition from far more channels and the internet.
The game was also the first US televised sports event to top 100 million viewers, beating last year’s 98.7 million for …
Seven showing Lost -but where is Part 2?
First the accolades…
It’s great that 7TWO is screening Lost at a decent timeslot tomorrow night.
It premieres at 9:30pm in a two hour episode, following a one hour special at 8:30. A week later it settles into the 8:30pm slot.
It’s also great that it is screening at 11:30pm on Seven for those without Digital TV, and even better that it can be seen in high definition on 7HD.
What’s not so great is that Seven has opted to screen just the first episode on Seven / 7HD. Instead of showing Part 2 as …
3 new comedies stitch up ABC funding
Three comedy projects that were developed under a Film Victoria/ABC TV comedy initiative STITCH will receive funding from the ABC.
The projects were selected from more than 200 applicants and rewarded with a three-day workshop last year
with comedy writing mentoring from Steve Kaplan (whose graduates have worked on Sex and the City, Ugly Betty, Big Love and The Daily Show) and insight from Andrew Knight (Full Frontal, Tripping Over, SeaChange) and and Mike Bullen (Cold Feet).
The three projects are:
Next of Kin – Josh Thomas (Talkin’ ‘Bout Your Generation), and Todd Abbott …
TEN improves with Consolidated ratings
While more than 2.4m Australian viewers were glued to their screens watching the Federer v Murray match last week, 144,000 viewers were recording House to watch at a later time.
In Consolidated figures released for Sunday January 31st, TEN’s shows gained extra boosts of up to some 14%.
The OzTAM ratings system now tracks timeshifted (Consolidated) ratings amongst its viewing panel. A programme can now pick up extra viewers if it is watched within 7 days of its broadcast.
Traditional morning ratings are now known as Overnight results.
Most increased shows: Sunday January 31st
Rnk / …
Decision time for Aussies in Hollywood pilots
Australian actress Radha Mitchell has missed out on her US drama The Quickening proceeding past its pilot.
The drama about a bipolar homicide detective has been rejected by the cable network A&E.
But the same network is yet to deliver its verdict on another project for fellow Aussie actor Matt Passmore.
Sugarloaf is expected to learn its fate by the end of the month.
Passmore has been cast as Jim, a Chicago cop with a sly sense of humor who gets kicked off the force after being shot and wrongfully accused by his ex-captain of …
ABC again leaves Hopman Cup in balance
For the second time in twelve months, the ABC has raised question marks over the future of broadcasting the Hopman Cup .
ABC Managing Director Mark Scott has told a Senate estimates committees a final decision on whether the ABC would continue to show live coverage would be made soon.
But with the amount of other tennis shown on other channels, the Perth event may be forced to make way for sports that receive less coverage.
“When we weigh up the relative priority of the investment in the Hopman Cup in terms of time …
SVU producer: Chris Meloni not leaving
So is Christopher Meloni staying put or planning to leave SVU?
According to a Courier Mail story on Saturday, he’s leaving at the end of next season: “One of TV’s best-loved crime fighting couples will part ways within the year with Chris Meloni confirming he would walk away from the role of Detective Elliot Stabler after season 12 of Law & Order SVU.”
But according to Law & Order: SVU executive produce Neal Baer, Meloni is staying put.
Asked by a fan if the star would be leaving his role as Detective Eliot Stabler …
2010 Super Bowl ads
Look who joined David Letterman on his couch for a once-only advertisement that aired during today’s Super Bowl.
The ads are America’s premium TV commercial showcase, with campaigns launched and production values generally unmatched.
At least two other TV shows made an appearance this year, including a Lost parody and The Simpsons plugging a certain beverage….