But you’re kidding yourself if you think any major primetime entertainment program is likely to get 700k metro viewers on a Saturday night in 2022 with the way audiences have further declined over the last 11-12 years.
And knowing how shows like Sunday Night Takeaway + Saturday Night Rove tanked not that long ago, I don’t think any network is going to be stupid enough to invest in an essentially dead programming genre on a dead night for TV (excluding Sports & Elections) anytime soon.
And the fact it was terribly produced.
A petition existing means nothing these days.
What do you mean already? Hey Hey fans have been petitioning it to come back for over 10 years.
Where did you find this?
Yeah nah.
Probably all done by Daryl Somers and 150+ duplicate account of his.
No flippin’-Hey-flippin’-Hey!
It won’t. AFL.
Because of Saturday night AFL on Seven, it wouldn’t work all year round - but, they could turn it into a summer thing, so Saturday nights from October to March when there’s no AFL. Can shift to 7TWO if there’s cricket.
Even if it‘s not Hey Hey It’s Saturday, would love some live variety on Saturday nights from October to March.
I was reaction to what Warburton said in an interview he did with Mediaweek which Johnson has linked and referenced to in several threads:
I can’t see Hey Hey returning to our screens as a regular weekly-type program - like it did in 2010 after a successful Reunion Show. These days are gone.
I know that a few posts in here are more suited to the “Most Schedule” page (or make a new “Weekly Variety Show” to talk about past weekly shows). For me, i don’t mind the odd variety special here and there, even if it is under the Hey Hey banner. Like a “End of year” special, AFL/NRL Grand Final Weekend Edition; Winter Olympics Special to name a few.
But then again, The Front Bar currently have had these sorts of specials in recent times (an odd cricket special and the olympic special from memory). Im a fan of the show, but does get average numbers in the NRL cities - even for these specials. Many in these cities may not be as familiar with the brand as those in AFL cities. Nationwide - more may know the “Hey Hey brand”.
The rights to broadcast AFL, NRL and (to a lesser extent) A League are already a massive investment by the networks.
Agreed.
Think of Hey Hey It’s Saturday in a similar way to “All You Can Eat” buffets at Sizzler or Pizza Hut: Might’ve been great in the 1990s, but you probably wouldn’t really enjoy them in the same way nowadays.
I suspect The Front Bar might be more accepted in the NRL states if…there was a local version of the show.
YouTube has well and truly killed Hey Hey’s niche. Their strength was being an outlet for talent to be introduced to the Australian viewer - whether it’s overseas celebrities participating in the show, Red Faces for local acts, or musicians and artists debuting their singles. These days you can get famous without needing shows like Hey Hey to prop you up.
US late night shows, which are comparable to Hey Hey to a degree, have only really stuck it out this far thanks to their shift to political satire and the role they play for Hollywood personalities to advertise their work.
Agreed, we need fresh and innovative programming, not programming that’s quite frankly daggy these days!
Exactly. While not quite as daggy as Hey Hey, I’d also say that Seven’s idea for next year of running a myriad of singing/dancing/talent-type shows (AGT, The Voice, Idol) seems more appropriate for 2012 rather than 2022.
Not to mention the economies of scale/far larger number of viewers that pays for everything.
Some program that’s tight, live and dangerous (in that there’s always the potential for something unplanned and unexpected to happen) on a regular basis here in Australia would be fantastic. But there just isn’t the money in TV for it to happen.
Funny how thats the complete opposite of streaming services like Netflix who drop most of their original shows on a Friday so that people can binge over the weekend.
I’ve signed the petition. I encourage other to do the same!!!
I’ve signed it also.