Annabel Crabb’s Kitchen Cabinet sees off Masterchef and Great Australian Bake Off in Tuesday’s ratings

Brilliant. Restoring my faith in the Australian viewing public.

Well there is a victory for a program for viewers who don’t move their lips while reading.

Hey I’m all for this – but does anyone appreciate the irony of a bunch of advertisers/marketers applauding the success of ad free programs over their commercial filled counterparts that keep most of us in work?

The Ladies looked pretty, Annabelle was beautifully dressed and wore lipstick, the kitchen was from the 1950’s , reminded me of how sugar and spice Australia was.

And the record leading audience was possibly because the Liberal Party has more interesting and charming characters for viewers . Obviously the ABC should pursue more along these lines for balance. They treated these Coalition representatives much better than they normally do.

Sorry guys but nice as Annabel is does the ABC really need a show as light on as this one. Why does the ABC serve soufflé when you can get it on commercial television at the same time? It is amusing but provides no insights. Would love to see her talents put to some real journalistic use..

Harry, Why must people be so negative all the time?
It’s got nothing to do with how nice Annabel is. The show, on the contrary, not only portrays politicians in a more positive light for a change, it shows Annabel to be the talented, astute and personable journalist she is. One of the best we’ve got. The banter is fantastic and anything but ‘light on’ if you atcually listen to the discussions they delve in to.

@TR, I sort of see the irony, but I’m not applauding the success of an ad-free station over ad-supported. I’m applauding the success of something a bit more interesting that YET another cooking competition. A bit of original programming.

I still believe Australians are quite clever, original and interesting people, but it’s just totally not being reflected in current Australian made TV content.

Here is an example of at least a part of the message regarding the failure of some FTA television, which I have been attempting to get across for some time.

Good television presented by people trained and experienced in the culture of television production.
An attractive, entertaining and informative programme, inviting an audience without gilding the lily and insulting their intellect.

Television runs on advertising and/or other funding and encompasses theatre, show business, news and documentary, but it isn’t any one of these things to a greater extent than the others.

Hyperventilated melodramatic and over produced programming such as X factor, a range of cooking shows, D.I.Y, veterinary and the so called journalistic exposé examples are try hard show biz style ratings grabbers, some even work, but not many of them are what could be deemed good television.

The great Australian Bake Off- Big Brother- Formal wars-celebrity splash- the shire.

What a shite year for new tv shows. If ABC1 and SBS didnt exist i would sell my TV!! seriously