Thought this might be an interesting point of discussion, especially as 7QLD just received a new set.
What would you rank the best and worst sets in Australia?
Only counting current sets in use, so these lists can change over time
Can include news/breakfast/morning/sports sets etc
List as many as you want
My lists are focused around news.
5 Best
ABC News Sydney (best)
10 News First Sydney
9 News Melbourne/Adelaide
9 News Perth
7 News Sydney
5 Worst
7 News Perth (worst by far )
10 News First Adelaide / WIN News / 9 News Darwin (basically green-screen single shot)
7 Regional NSW / WA
10 News First Queensland
NBN News
As for consistency of news sets across the country, 9 and ABC take the cake.
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JBar
November 27, 2023, 10:24am
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You must spend a lot of time studying the look of sets.
This is Mediaspy afterall
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For me (number 1 being the absolute worst):
7 News Perth
9 News Darwin
7 News Regional WA
WIN News
10 News First Adelaide
I’m breaking up 7WA/WIN/10Adl based on the backdrop, variety of camera shots and also, tbh, the vibe
The 9 News Darwin backdrop is just awful
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Troiboi
November 28, 2023, 2:15am
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It 's so interesting, I think 10 Sydney is very underwhelming compared to others. Yet there is so much love for it.
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Both Gold Coast closet-sized sets leave a lot to be desired.
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7’s Gold Coast set was great until they plonked that oversized desk in it.
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10NF Brisbane has a decent set for the setup its been dealt.
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Some amendments:
ABC News Sydney is now my current favourite. Absolutely fantastic looking set.
Extremely close with my love for the 10 News First Sydney set
Funny how ABC went from one of my least favourites to #1 .
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Nicholas:
ABC News Sydney
Should that be classed as an additional set since the original Sydney set at Ultimo is still in use (and maybe labelled as ABC News Western Sydney/Parramatta)?
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I may as well bring my 5 cents into this
Top 5 Best:
1 - Seven News Sydney
2 - 10 News Sydney
3 - ABC News NSW
4 - Nine News A (Bris, Syd, Melb)
5 - 10 News Melbourne (While it is a great set - replacing authentic sets with VR doesn’t feel right)
Top 5 Worst:
1 - Seven News Perth (let’s be honest, we all know this lad was here)
2 - Seven News Queensland (big empty void)
3 - Nine News B (Gold Coast/Adelaide/Perth) (Outdated desks)
4 - SBS World News (Come On, It isn’t the best set + paired with some Microsoft PowerPoint type graphics package)
5 - Seven News Adelaide (not the worst, but God.. revert the damndesk glass, feels weird being extended now)
Bonus:
Top 5 Mid Sets:
1 - Seven News Melbourne (If Sydney & Brisbane had a kid)
2 - 10 News Queensland (If 10 News Sydney’s cousin)
3 - Seven News Regional NSW (Fairly good for a regional market)
4 - Seven News Regional QLD (The paint & former Brisbane desk has given the set a fair bit of new life into jt)
5 - NBN News (Desk screens from Melbourne, boxy looking video walls & then the awful presenter layout when they done dual anchors)
. I’ll be interested to see what changes they make to the flooring over Summer and whether they fix up some aging parts of it.