yes that’s right: why did Seven pay billions for the exclusive free to air rights to 20th Century Fox product in the mid-90s (away from Ten) when they’re not going to use much of that product in prime time instead shoving it late at night. The only successful shows from that partnership were Ally McBeal, The Practice, My Name is Earl and How I Met Your Mother. The rest were either put in post-10.30 slots or gone to Foxtel.
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Today’s TV: Thursday 20th March 2008, Perth
Source: The West Australian
During that day, there were two AFL matches being played on a Thursday night - Carlton v Richmond (TEN) and a Grand Final rematch between Port Adelaide v Geelong (SEVEN). TEN had Carlton v Richmond coverage at 6PM, while WIN had coverage at 7PM, which was quite strange.
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Today’s TV: Monday 21 March 2005, Perth
Source: The West Australian
The X Factor used to air on Channel 10 and on WIN WA in 2005. Unfortunately, the ratings were very soft and failed to beat Joey and The Great Outdoors in its 7:30pm timeslot.
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Loving these 2000s guides for some of the more outrageous programming decision of the time, like Nine airing new Curb your Enthusiasm episodes at 2am…
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Today’s TV: Tuesday 21 March 2006, Perth
Source: The West Australian.
Channel Nine showed the Today Show Live, but WIN TV didn’t show the Today Show. To make matters worse, Neighbours was shown at 3pm followed by ACA at 3:30pm.
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I was really happy when the ABC managed to nab the rights to The West Wing - long a victim of Nine’s death slots.
the things an aspiring young journo must do to get a foot in the door…
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I bet she enjoyed working with Fat Cat more than she did Ross Symonds.
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I was really happy when the ABC managed to nab the rights to The West Wing - long a victim of Nine’s death slots.[/quote]
It’s amazing Nine had both The Sopranos and The West Wing probably the two best shows of the early-00s and gave them terrible timeslots. I sort of get The Sopranos given the nature of the content but surely The West Wing could have gotten a 9:30 slot.
The problem Nine had was that premium dramas like that didn’t rate well, so they never really knew what to do with it. Hill Street Blues was another one years earlier that was similar in that it had a loyal fanbase but it never rated so it was always bounced around off-peak timeslots. ABC, obviously with the lesser emphasis on ratings, eventually got Hill Street Blues as a re-run and put it on at 8.30.
Did Nine end up airing The Sopranos in full? I didn’t watch it until 7mate was airing it in 2011 when it was on in the graveyard shifts overnight.
I don’t know. I am guessing it did, but someone may know for sure.
Yes they did, I think they even aired the Finale at a slightly earlier timeslot than the usual.
I recall the amount of shit that Nine in particular used to cop about it’s treatment of The Sopranos, particularly on breakfast / talkback radio. That was the era before Foxtel realised that people might want to subscribe for premium drama / cable programming…
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Does anyone know what the TTN listing for both Nine and TEN at 11:00am is?
That’s good I guess. How delayed was the airing here if at all? Given how massive the hype surrounding the finale was and how widespread discussion about the final scene was in the days after it aired. This was still the period when shows were airing well after the fact hereafter their initial US airings.
TTN was a Channel Ten production, it was a news show aimed at school-age children. It was a replacement for Behind The News (BTN) which ABC had cancelled (but later reinstated).
I don’t know why it’s listed for Nine, it could be a typo.
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