Ten programming boss: I wish we’d never made the Spearman Experiment
The boss of Ten’s programming has admitted that its copycat of Nine’s 20 To 01, The Spearman Experiment, was a mistake.
When the list show – hosted by Magda Szubanski – went to air in September- it was widely derided by viewers.
In an interview with the Sunday Telegraph, Ten’s programming boss David Mott said: “We should never have done (Spearman) – we made a mistake. Magda is terrific talent and we would work with her again tomorrow. But I wished we hadn’t done it.”
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agreed. it was pretty crap.
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Wow, it seems honesty is catching. Contrition is the new black. The Boonie doll was a mistake and Spearman was too!
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I’m willing to put my hand up and say that I didn’t mind it. Much better than Channel Nine’s geriatric 20 to 1.
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I liked it. I thought it was better than 20 to 1.
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Both use recycled footage used to cross promote station talent. They are kind of like a TV garage sale.
I hope their advertisers found some bargains.
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20 to 1 is crap. Is anyone really watching that rubbish? Any copy was always only going to be crap too.
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He’s not the only one.
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What a crock of steaming elephant poo that was – but sadly, as with Aus. radio, television here is lacking in the “vision” dept – too much reliance on what can rip off from someone else or O/S!?
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If anyone needs to roll the dice on a new television series concept stolen from an opposition channel that was rubbish in the first place just let me know.
I know an astute 9 year old who could do a better forecast than the “Mottley Crew”.
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I hate 20-1 (and most of the crap that’s on TV really) but the Spearman episode on cashed up bogans was hysterical.
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ahh – a ripped off concept! I thought it was a competition between the two networks as to who could create the cheapest TV show
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