Ten leapfrogs Nine in first ratings night of the year
Nine opened the ratings year behind Ten and free-to-air leader Seven, as it led its prime time schedule with coverage of the cricket, while its rivals unveiled new and returning programs.
The premier of US drama The Good Wife proved a ratings winner for Ten, attracting 1.4 million viewers, while the series return of Australian panel show Talking’ Bout Your Generation attracted 1.3 million, according to overnight OzTam data in the five metropolitan markets.
However, the panel show was well below the average viewing figure of 1.6 million for last year’s series.
Meanwhile, Seven News was the most watched show with 1.45m. But Nine’s one bright spot for the evening was its equivalent news bulletin which was not far behind Seven with 1.4m viewers.
Talkin’ Bout Your Generation was great to see back on TV (3D segment annoying if you did not have the specs)…Good Wife not bad either!
BTW – Channel 10’s new ad was the best ad they have ever done – it does not mock mentally challenged individuals – it mocks support groups which are fodder for movies and books
Removing it from every source shows the requisite amount of spinlessness
I don’t think Ten get the credit they deserve. They are more innovative than any other network, and while sometimes that doesn’t pay off, at least they give new ideas and concepts a go. Remember when Sunday night was ‘premiere movie’ night? Ten was the one who started putting new prime time programming into that slot and it was a winner.
A lot of people are ragging on The 7PM Project for its lack of ratings, but I beleive its a real alternative for people who are sick of Two & A Half Men repeats and have grown past Home & Away. And thank you for sticking by it.
Finally – the new on air imaging looks great. A lot cooler and sleeker than before.
That’s a fair point, Damien. Even though the 7PM Project has struggled (speculation in the papers at the weekend that it’s doomed because of poor ratings) Ten has stuck with it for far longer than any of its rivals would have done. It certainly deserves success for that show based on the commitment it’s shown.
Cheers,
Tim – Mumbrella
The 7PM Project is a hopeless excuse of a show…weak hosts (and guest hosts like the untalented Ruby Rose..BTW HOW THE F**K does she justify being a host for the WINTER OLYMPICS?????) and very weak jokes and content…I say watch either ABC news or something on Foxtel like I do….
In my opinion..
I agree about Ruby Rose – I just don’t get it. She looks great and yes she is a lesbian so yay for diversity but she has absolutely no charisma at all. I actually qutie like the 7pm project. However, in thinking about it, I very rarely watch it and am usually lured by some shit that I have recorded on Foxtel. Go Ru Paul!