The ABC’s Malcolm Turnbull extravaganza boosts ratings while The X Factor tops night
The ABC”s extensive profiling of new Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull across several shows last night attracted a bigger audience share than last week’s leadership spill for the public broadcaster.
Australian Story’s The Making of Malcolm, airing at 8pm, pulled in 1.051m after his Leigh Sales interview on 7.30 was watched by 970,000 metro viewers. At 8.30pm Four Corners’ Dethroning Tony Abbott episode grabbed 994,000 metro viewers while Media Watch, at 9.20pm, which looked at the media coverage of the events, pulled in 908,000.
It managed a share of 18.6 per cent, up on last week’s 17.1 per cent.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4BVEYuoXs4
The Biggest Loser at 500k viewers after a handful of episodes is looking like heading into that programming area outer space. Been to the well too many times as all networks are guilty of and viewers, the real ones get tired of same old same old.
Malcolm, Malcolm, Malcolm…………………
I can see a new trend – out with cooking shows and in with Malcolm:
– Australia’s Next Top Malcolm
– Malcolm in the Middle
– Everybody Loves Malcolm
– Game of Malcolm
– The Malcolm Factor
– My Malcolm Rules
A Current Malcolm
This series of the block doesnt seem to be delivering ratings.
Funnily enough, politics is now a reality show and so It’s all about ratings. When Malcolm stupidly justified his coup by citing 30 bad polls in a row — he confirmed the system is poll driven. He also set himself a trap.
@Peter Rush
It was refreshing to have a PM on live television, willing to have a rational discussion and answer some questions. It was also equally refreshing that the PM didn’t ‘blame labor’ in every other sentence.
Shorten wasn’t too bad on Q&A to be fair too and his rhetoric wasn’t overly acerbic.
It will be fascinating to see if we will witness some rational debate in parliament over the next few months? I hope so.