tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5628089339672898920.post7434021090839873479..comments2023-10-30T05:13:23.828-07:00Comments on Television Rant: Lowering the Bar - Monday 3 November 2008H E Pennypackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06976111802591827611noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5628089339672898920.post-37870631472725529072008-11-04T01:48:00.000-08:002008-11-04T01:48:00.000-08:00I am old enough to remember Hinch on TV and he was...I am old enough to remember Hinch on TV and he was good - got good ratings for them too - but ultimately they gave him the boot and tried Alan Jones instead - his show fizzed out and they haven't gone back to current affairs since which is a pity because they could offer something different to Nine and Seven.<BR/><BR/>I would also love for them to bring back Jeopardy - would be a good 7pm show after The Biggest Loser wraps in 09, when they first tried it in 93 it was at 6pm and (of course) bombed, but not much is gonna work in that 6pm timeslot thanks to news on the other two.<BR/><BR/>I was simply suprised that W&G went up - didn't think that would happen - we'll see tonight if that goes anywhere though.<BR/><BR/>I think Taken Out's main problems were, you couldn't explain it in a promo (if you wanna grab huge numbers of people to a new show it helps if you can explain the concept in under 30 seconds), also the set was dark and didn't catch the eye at all so if you were channel surfing you'd just as soon surf right on past.H E Pennypackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06976111802591827611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5628089339672898920.post-48575875175439743182008-11-03T21:55:00.000-08:002008-11-03T21:55:00.000-08:00A 12% increase for Will & Grace sounds great, ...A 12% increase for Will & Grace sounds great, then you look at the figure it takes them to and it seems just as bad as ever. <BR/><BR/>Ten need to realise they won't get far if they keep going with the strategy of showing reruns of old comedies isn't going to work at 7pm. <BR/><BR/>MASH sort of works on Seven for a few reasons, being on at 5 before a show people (for some reason) want to watch and that nice theme music. <BR/><BR/>With W&G it isn't the case, Ten is failing on every night in the 7:30 slot, so people aren't going to watch it to see the show afterwards (I think DOND rates well because people want to watch Seven News, not the other way round) and the theme tune isn't all that good.<BR/><BR/>Taken Out was a good step from Ten, they actually tried local new content that is different from what else is on. Now there were a lot of problems with the show itself, but at least they were trying. There is no evidence of that right now. <BR/><BR/>Ten need to take a risk and make another local show (I want Jeopardy) or a US show that hasn't been shown already. The Office is a good suggestion, but there is a pile of other suitable shows just sitting there.<BR/><BR/>If they really want to try something different, get a very controversial radio guy and give them a political/current affairs show. I'm not old enough to remember it, but Hinch sounded good.Matt Whitehornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05483296881891354404noreply@blogger.com