Put something else on the menu other than cooking shows
Enough with the cooking shows already says media trading director Sam Tedesco. The market saturation is not doing anything positive for the ratings.
Like most members of the Australian TV viewing audience, I love a good cooking show. Right now, though, I need a break from high-pressure personality-driven food formats.
I’ve gone along for the ride with audiences who stuck it out through lengthy MKR and Masterchef series. Then this week, Restaurant Revolution and The Hotplate launched.
Sure, food is still a hot topic, but let’s have a bit of a break between courses.
“If a regular TV watcher like me is going to be looking for new and fresh content, what are the millions of other viewers going to be doing?”
Netflix
Foxtel
Anything but watch FTA
IMHO the FTAs don’t have the guts for taking risks that garner audience attention. And ever the times that they do, they are skewered by all and sundry for doing it.
Netflix + Unlocator = access to superior content when and where you want.
I’m hungry.
I’m starting to wonder if these networks are tanking for some early draft picks.
The networks have a massive problem on their hands. They’re currently programming via number and research.
There is no heart and very little imagination, and it shows.
Our “crowded” network schedules on FTA are wall-to-wall reality TV shows and their ubiquitous repeats, too many news bulletins with too many live crosses to too many media personalities, a couple of gameshows thrown in, and some incredibly low level children’s programming and that’s it.
Decent drama, excellent comedy, and any other original programming has become a once a year exercise.
With all the reality TV … Cooking, singing and singles …we will finally be able to watch Breaking Bad we have recorded – bring on S5.
Can they make a cleaning show? You see, Master chef was great at inspiring my partner to cook.
The Media Buyers have spoken – are you listening 9 & 7 Programming Execs? These are the people that buy airtime on your channels. They’re not impressed . And while you’re about it channel 7 – fix your woeful news – which is obsessed with stories on realestate .
Audience decline is complete bollocks, its actually audience boredom and the ability to watch what they want elsewhere. And it’s all the fault of what @David in Sydney refers to, programming by numbers vs asking the audience what they want.
Talk about own goals powered by hubris!
(if netflix can get 1M ppl to cough up $10 per month to play old eps that this current lot of programmers passed up….says a lot hey)