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Old 15-08-2015, 14:56
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Be very surprised if they did this, especially for a current affairs show nobody has seemed to really miss.

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Old 15-08-2015, 15:36
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They should try and find out with HAA's numbers have slipped over the past year first.
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Old 15-08-2015, 17:14
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I just can't see Seven moving H&A to 7Two at all. Sure, the ratings have dropped to 700k and, it's rarely in the top 5 of any of the demos any more, but this is a recent development, and making any sudden moves now without trying to fix the show first is crazy. It would be a risky move and one that may not pay off.
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Old 15-08-2015, 19:23
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As a non-Australian, why did 7 combine the Thurs and Friday episodes?
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Old 15-08-2015, 19:26
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As a non-Australian, why did 7 combine the Thurs and Friday episodes?
Because Aussie Rules airs in some states on Fridays. Seven only have themselves to blame for the decline in H&A. As well as rubbish stories and unlikeable characters, they mess with the schedule too much. The show was Monday to Friday for over 20 years until they started messing it around. They show triple episodes in some states on Wednesdays occasionally. It's all over the place.
This is all hearsay for now. I would be very surprised if it happened. The dip has only been this year. H&A is still Seven's most profitable show due to international markets and I can't see them writing it off just like that.
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Old 15-08-2015, 19:30
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Thanks. Lets hope it picks up again.
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Old 15-08-2015, 20:13
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It seemed to be doing okay against A Current Affair until recently. Surely pitting a news show against another news show would be overkill.
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Old 15-08-2015, 22:38
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They should learn from the experience of Neighbours and fix the show. from what I understand Neighbours was moved when it hit rock bottom and the move to digital caused everyone to forget about it even when the quality improved. The same thing will happen to H&A.

I've watched a couple of eppys Aus pace and its still in rinse and repeat mode with interchangeable romance plots and characters. Fix the show!
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Old 16-08-2015, 11:11
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It seemed to be doing okay against A Current Affair until recently. Surely pitting a news show against another news show would be overkill.
That's the problem with channels 7 and 9. All they do nowadays is show the same kind of series against each other.
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Old 16-08-2015, 11:25
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On Thursday night in Australia, the show had 653,000 viewers. Quite a far cry from the 900,000-1.3 million average the show was pulling in every day a few years ago. It's actually getting really good again OZ pace, the best it has been in quite a long time. I just hope Seven don't give up on the show.
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Old 16-08-2015, 11:55
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Had nearly 800,000 the days before though.
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Old 16-08-2015, 12:19
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IF you take the 5 main free to air channels in Australia at 7pm, two networks show straight news, Nine show A Current Affair, and Ten show the panel based news show The Project, meaning Seven are the only network that offer something different. If Today Tonight were brought back surely it would mean just reducing the news back to half an hour and showing TT at 6.30. The only reason Home and Away has lost viewers is the same as with Neighbours 6-7 years ago, the storylines are rubbish, characters unlikeable, and the show just seems to go round and round in circles with endless love triangles.

Its the producer that needs changing rather than the channel it airs on.

And without knowing the arrangements with Channel Five, I suspect Neighbours costs more money than Home and Away, and whilst Ten could keep Neighbours on international sales alone, is Home and Away that profitable abroad?
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Old 16-08-2015, 12:24
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Had nearly 800,000 the days before though.
It's the one hour Thursday episodes that are the problem. Mon-Wed now seem to average between 750,000-800,000. However, Thursdays keep dipping to the low 700,000s or has been the case many times this year, below 700,000.
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Old 16-08-2015, 14:44
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IF you take the 5 main free to air channels in Australia at 7pm, two networks show straight news, Nine show A Current Affair, and Ten show the panel based news show The Project, meaning Seven are the only network that offer something different. If Today Tonight were brought back surely it would mean just reducing the news back to half an hour and showing TT at 6.30. The only reason Home and Away has lost viewers is the same as with Neighbours 6-7 years ago, the storylines are rubbish, characters unlikeable, and the show just seems to go round and round in circles with endless love triangles.

Its the producer that needs changing rather than the channel it airs on.

And without knowing the arrangements with Channel Five, I suspect Neighbours costs more money than Home and Away, and whilst Ten could keep Neighbours on international sales alone, is Home and Away that profitable abroad?
Home and Away is Seven's most profitable TV show. I don't think they pay anything towards making it!
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Old 16-08-2015, 20:52
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Australian soap audiences are notoriously fickle - quick to desert a show for something else. Home and Away is the one soap to buck that trend and sustain high ratings for decades. Seven should therefore be careful with changing the show's schedule and channel. If it moves to digital it will likely be a similar situation to what happened to Neighbours in Australia. The ratings will be halved, essentially, and Australians will dimiss the show as a 'reject' and (aside from the diehard fans) likely continue to ignore it even if it changes or improves.

Admittedly Ten did perservere with Neighbours and its steadily declining Australian audience for many years so I don't blame them for moving the show. But once it moved it is like everyone sees it as a failure. I really can't see it ever going back to the main channel no matter how good the actual show is. Moving H&A should be considered very carefully as I don't think there's any going back.

H&A would also be a lot more expensive to produce than a news show making the latter quite attractive to the network. The network aren't going to move an expensive show to digital only unless there were lucrative international sales to help fund the production. They'd either try to boost the ratings and keep it where it was, or axe it entirely.
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Old 17-08-2015, 20:04
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Home and Away is pulling similar number to what Neighbours was pulling prior to the move to a digital channel. With the UK deal for Home and Away, I am not surprised that Seven are rumoured to be thinking about moving the show to a secondary channel - it's a channel that seems to be big on reality and news. They even axed A Place to Call Home last year when it was pulling decent numbers and replaced it with more reality TV.

At the end of the year, it would be cheaper for a channel to air quizzes, news or a reality show (just look what happened in the States a few years back), plus whilst Neighbours rates very well on Channel Five, ratings for Home and Away in the UK keep sliding.
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Old 17-08-2015, 21:34
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Home and Away is pulling similar number to what Neighbours was pulling prior to the move to a digital channel. With the UK deal for Home and Away, I am not surprised that Seven are rumoured to be thinking about moving the show to a secondary channel - it's a channel that seems to be big on reality and news. They even axed A Place to Call Home last year when it was pulling decent numbers and replaced it with more reality TV.

At the end of the year, it would be cheaper for a channel to air quizzes, news or a reality show (just look what happened in the States a few years back), plus whilst Neighbours rates very well on Channel Five, ratings for Home and Away in the UK keep sliding.
Well, if Home and Away's ratings are declining in Australia and the UK, probably suggests there are issues with the show's content. Surely an easy way to fix that is to carry out viewer research, find out who/what is making viewers turn off and make necessary changes.
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Old 17-08-2015, 21:58
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This is the future of tv then. Drama being replaced by cheap crap. That slot in Australia sounds abysmal with all that news and current affairs against each other.
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Old 17-08-2015, 23:02
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This is the future of tv then. Drama being replaced by cheap crap. That slot in Australia sounds abysmal with all that news and current affairs against each other.
If they replace a show that has been solid in its time slot for over 20 years on the back of a few months bad ratings, then surely Australian TV as a whole is in for a shake up. This show won an award for being Australia's Most Popular Drama only three months ago
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Old 17-08-2015, 23:33
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Hopefully it stays on UK TV for a few more years, because right now I am enjoying it a lot more than Neighbours. Not enjoying Brennan and Paige on Neighbours, while I dislike Brad and Lauren having feelings for each other. I am happy with most of Home And Away stories. I do find Phoebe and some characters on Home And Away annoying, but I do not skip them like I do with Paige and Brennan.
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Old 18-08-2015, 00:58
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I don't think people should panic just yet. H&A ratings may be lower than before but they're nowhere near as low as Neighbours was before it was moved to Eleven. Also, I don't think a move to digital is the death knell that everyone thinks it may be. Neighbours has been hanging in there on Eleven for nearly five years now. A move to digital doesn't necessarily mean a show is being put out to pasture.
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