Promo for second half of season 3 shown tonight during House Rules.
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Season 3 Episode 9 Tuesday 14 August at 8:45PM
Final season?
I hope itâs not the final season because it means Seven will not have any Australian drama left on its stable apart from Home and Away.
Seven just announced a new drama
They should hang their heads in shame if all they can commission is spinoff ABC products.
random question here - why does Seven have a habit of airing split seasons of their Dramas in recent years? First, they did it with Packed to the Rafters, then did it with Winners & Losers (seasons 3 & 4), and now with 800 Words since it began in 2015.
Because they waited too late in the year to screen them and then had too many episodes to screen before ratings finished.
fair enough. Makes sense now. Thanks
I agree it would be nice if Seven could have some original ideas instead of spinoffs, but I think theyâre hoping for some in built audience on something so expensive. Though Iâm quite looking forward to the spinoff. It has loads of potential and itâs something really different, so for that I think Seven should be commended.
After watching Olivia I hope Seven has the budget to fully realise the 60s though and I worry that the telemovie/telemovie miniseries format is out of fashion as they havenât rated well lately.
I also hope this isnât the final nail in Doctor Blakeâs coffin.
It is, well the last half of a season anyway. The crew were informed late last year that Seven would not be commissioning a fourth series. Why I have no idea, except as usual Seven was gearing up for a costly Sports Rights battle, so whenever that happens Australian dramas that rate okay suddenly seem to vanish.
The audience for 800 Words dwindled and the prospects werenât good for a recovery. I understand the decision to axe it but they should be upfront about it and confirm they have other projects in the pipeline. Theyâve sort of done the latter with their ABC spinoffs but they should promote it as a final season.
Youâre right the ratings did dwindle, but nowadays they arenât going to get much better and it was a co production filmed in New Zealand, so cheaper than most fully Australian productions. Splitting the season in half also probably didnât help much.
I also think they should have played out the final half of the season to make their final decision on a renewal. You never know, the ratings could have improved if aired in a different slot in a different part of the year.
Definitely agree with you on Seven should have been upfront, as it was I read about the axing in a New Zealand article.
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Surely they will find another project for Erik Thomson. Audiences love him in family drama.
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Apart from this drama being cancelled for low audiences.
To be fair heâs had a pretty good run in Australian tv. Four years in All Saints, five years on Packed to the Rafters, two years on 800 Words. Thatâs a really good run. Really only Gary Sweet can rival that.
I also donât think you can blame him for its decreasing ratings. The storylines and erratic scheduling pretty much sealed its fate and he did his job of initially drawing in eyeballs. No actor can keep a show running when the storylines arenât there or the network has lost confidence.
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Yeah in retrospect a bit unfair. Sorry @ryan1890. I do like Erik!
Three seasons shown over four years.
Will 800 words do ok airing after Dance Boss I wonderâŚ
What about Paul Cronin? 6 years on Matlock Police and Solo One, 7 years on The Sullivans.