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it is pretty shocking how far TEN have let Neighbours fall in the ratings.
Last year IIRC it managed to crack the 1m mark for a big episode thanks partly to the above. These days it's only getting around 60% of that. |
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it is pretty shocking how far TEN have let Neighbours fall in the ratings.
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Ten have a government quota of Australian drama to fill, if they axed Neighbours they'd have to replace it with a similar show, with no guarantee the new show wouldn't bomb completely (see Headland, Out of the Blue etc etc).
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Ten have a government quota of Australian drama to fill, if they axed Neighbours they'd have to replace it with a similar show, with no guarantee the new show wouldn't bomb completely (see Headland, Out of the Blue etc etc).
Its alot like Hollyoaks, only whilst C4 has made a change, TEN does not care at all, its gone as far as recasting characters, there may not be anyway back for Neighbours, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJcPk0DcXfk http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2010/05/...-the-week.html and Neighbours ratings & the Top 100 of the week 86 The Simpsons Ten 650,000 90 Neighbours Ten 630,000 61 The 7pm Project Ten 856,000 91 Doctor Who: Confidential Cutdown ABC1 629,000 |
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It doesn't help that it's missing the MasterChef lead-out this year.
Last year IIRC it managed to crack the 1m mark for a big episode thanks partly to the above. |
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I wonder though if a daily soap is simply too much of a commitment for young Australians nowadays. Perhaps the money would be better invested in multiple local drama series' over the course of the year.
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RE: Neighbours
They need to actually get a good storyline, something that gets people talking. They are so scared of anything that resembles controversial it's ridiculous. It needs to get rid of Susan Bower (exec prod), and bring in someone that is prepared to go up to the rules and bend them a little bit. This was edited out of the Logies (Aussie BAFTA's) and was then shown the following night at 7pm. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6UNApobsp0 I'm not saying it should all be like that!, but if that was allowed at 7, why should something similar not be allowed at 7.30?? |
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RE: Neighbours
They need to actually get a good storyline, something that gets people talking. They are so scared of anything that resembles controversial it's ridiculous. It needs to get rid of Susan Bower (exec prod), and bring in someone that is prepared to go up to the rules and bend them a little bit. This was edited out of the Logies (Aussie BAFTA's) and was then shown the following night at 7pm. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6UNApobsp0 I'm not saying it should all be like that!, but if that was allowed at 7, why should something similar not be allowed at 7.30?? |
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Could Neighbours be reaching the end of the road in Australia although foreign markets could keep it going? Sadly it does seem to be rather passe and is a tad innocent compared with the grittier goings on in our soaps that viewers much prefer these days. Remember Neighbours attracted the same number of viewers as Eastenders in 1989, but now attracts about 20 pc of the audience
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I think its pretty telling that the Logies was scared to show it, I assume that the Logies is prime-time.
Its also very tongue in check, something Underbelly probaly isnt. Really the Aussie networks are overly censored, certainly at times like 18:30, where Neighbours airs, it could never do half of what Hollyoaks gets away with in the same time slot. In terms of the show having some more mature storylines, a later timeslot would help, but then it faces tougher competition, and TEN have shows to air in those timeslots. |
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I think its pretty telling that the Logies was scared to show it, I assume that the Logies is prime-time.
Its also very tongue in check, something Underbelly probaly isnt. Really the Aussie networks are overly censored, certainly at times like 18:30, where Neighbours airs, it could never do half of what Hollyoaks gets away with in the same time slot. In terms of the show having some more mature storylines, a later timeslot would help, but then it faces tougher competition, and TEN have shows to air in those timeslots. |
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What Australia Watched: Sunday 23rd May
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18:00 Seven News 1.63m 18:30 Sunday Night 1.23m 19:30 Border Security (R) 1.11m 20:00 The Force 1.20m 20:30 Bones (20/22) 1.29m 21:30 Castle (22/24) 1.04m Nine 18:00 Nine News Sunday 1.56m 18:30 Customs 1.33m 19:00 Send in the Dogs 1.25m 19:30 60 Minutes 1.26m 20:30 Underbelly: The Golden Mile (8/13) 1.65m 21:30 Australian Families of Crime 0.84m Ten 17:00 Ten News at Five 0.59m 17:30 Sports Tonight 0.40m 18:00 The Simpsons (R) 0.51m 18:30 Merlin (5/13) 1.03m 19:30 MasterChef Australia - Challenge 1.67m 20:30 The Good Wife (16/23) 0.93m 21:30 House (14/21) 0.79m ABC1 19:00 ABC News 0.94m 19:30 Doctor Who (6/13) 0.94m 20:15 Doctor Who Confidential 0.78m 20:30 ABC News Update 0.93m 20:35 Foyle's War (3/3) 1.00m |
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I see Merlin is doing better than Neighbours, and Doctor Who Confidential might even out rate Neighbours again.
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Castle is doing really well at 9:30. Seven should swap it with an underperforming Housewives (Mondays 8:30) next season.
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Good. I'm looking forward to Murray v Gasquet tomorrow.
Quite agree with you Russell about 302. Whilst I do appreciate the capacity restrictions that exist on the platform, for me it boils down to a very simple question. Freeview viewers pay the very same LF as everyone else, why should we miss out on BBC programmes and services that are available elsewhere? ![]() Indeed, I raised this subject in my response to the BBC strategy review. For me the level of service offered on Freeview should match what is being offered on pay platforms. What annoys me is firstly the BBC have less TV channels on their mux than any other mux, so could squeeze another one in considering it's desperately required. Secondly they struck a deal with Arquiva which created two new channels on Mux C/D post DSO - only for that deal to involve selling the space to Sky for a premium service. And thirdly they just don't seem to acknowledge how damaging this is and that there is a problem - think the French Open coverage is poor - just wait till Wimbledon, especially when you get Wimbledon, F1 and the World Cup running at the same time. Quote:
When the British soaps were in bad patches at resepctive times, the channels stepped in and replaced the executive producer to try and stop the slide - why on earth haven't Ten?
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Because they pay a pittance for Neighbours due to Five's vastly over priced deal?
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Five just paid market value for it. ITV apparently offered the same amount, but for 5 years and they went for 10 at Five - a BIG mistake in my opinion, but there you go.
It would have been a big coup for ITV and it could have made them a lot of money. Neighbours was performing better than Paul O'Grady and anything else in its path at lunchtime. It would have held up well on ITV and provided them with an extra hour of daytime content year-round. |
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Maybe Five need to interfere - mind you, Neighbours' drop isn't so dramatic here as in Australia, is it? Obviously compared to the ratings it was getting on BBC1 it is, but in comparison to how it started off on Five it isn't too bad?
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Maybe Five need to interfere - mind you, Neighbours' drop isn't so dramatic here as in Australia, is it? Obviously compared to the ratings it was getting on BBC1 it is, but in comparison to how it started off on Five it isn't too bad?
![]() Really what Neighbours needs is a British soap producer at the helm, our soaps are the best in the world, and if Five could get someone with UK soap history in to the job, the show may bounce back. |
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Five just paid market value for it. ITV apparently offered the same amount, but for 5 years and they went for 10 at Five - a BIG mistake in my opinion, but there you go.
It would have been a big coup for ITV and it could have made them a lot of money. Neighbours was performing better than Paul O'Grady and anything else in its path at lunchtime. It would have held up well on ITV and provided them with an extra hour of daytime content year-round. I bet Five though are paying more for it than they paid for Family Affairs. Can't find the exact figure they paid, but the BBC said they were told to cough up £300m for an eight year deal - probably over exaggerated, but that works out at somewhere between £100,000 and £150,000 an episode. A few weeks ago people were saying Hollyoaks costs C4 £30,000 an episode - so Neighbours is hardly value for money for Five - and in all honesty I think Five's accountants at least would be rather relieved if Neighbours was axed by Ten. |
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P.S. Without spoiling anything I certainly now have no regrets about giving up on Lost midway through the first series when they said they'd drag it out six years!
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Just checked Digital-I, ratings have been delayed. Too low to record?
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BBC to mark 50 years of ITV's Coronation Street with 90 minute drama
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Cheeky BBC bosses are out to steal Coronation Street's 50th birthday thunder from ITV - with a 90-minute drama celebrating the milestone. http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/news/...5875-22281050/
Florizel Street, the soap's original working title, will chart the ups and downs of the show's early years. And the Beeb will even "bring back to life" several of the show's late stars. An insider admitted: "It's a bit mischievous - but ITV don't seem to have much of a clue what to do to mark this event. |
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Just checked Digital-I, ratings have been delayed. Too low to record?
![]() For my sins I loved MM last night, Dali is such a fascinating character, I do realise I am completely alone in this regard. |
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Just checked Digital-I, ratings have been delayed. Too low to record?
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