Could this show actually now be an expensive liability for Nine, given last Saturday’s bad share (pushed to 3rd behind the ABC). Tomorrow morning will be interesting, could make for painful reading if the second outing performs even worse and up against Seven’s AFL including a Perth team on 7mate.
With Lego also underperforming. Unlike years gone by, the game show, Nine News and ACA (like mid-2010s) are becoming a 2024 saviour for Nine, whereas Seven’s is the AFL and now reality and most likely DWTS and Voice.
This doesn’t take half an hour. The issue is Fry adding extra info after questions, and adding an extra round to fluff it out to an hour, as the state of the FTA industry makes 30-minute shows all but a rarity cost wise. It’s a crying shame but alas the era we live in
I appreciate that Nine wanted to try something new in the Saturday slot but it really does baffle my mind that they wouldn’t try to at least counter program against something like The 1% Club and put this on a Thursday night at 7:30.
I think the format itself is strong enough to go up in that slot but they clearly don’t have much faith.
I can’t see 10 doing the same thing with the filmed in the UK, Wheel of Fortune Revival they have optioned with Graham Norton…
Surely Sydney and Brisbane can have double episodes on the main channel on May 25 to complete the season, without forcing viewers to go to 9Now to see episode 5. Why not rest A Current Affair for the night?
Would Nine have done that if not for one off NRL in some markets? As hard to see Summit (given how it’s rating) encores across an evening doing better if not worse than first run Jeopardy. However they’ve done similar a lot over the years.
NRL could actually win tonight for Nine in a rare upset and rescue their week a little, with Seven’s AFL in some markets (the Brisbane v Richmond game at the 'Gabba) an absolute annihilation.
I am surprised too. Hopefully they learn from Season 1 and make the game better by doing things such as reducing the game to 30 mins. etc… 1 hour was just too long!
I’m surprised that it took them a whole year to get the episodes on screen
Also back when the UK version aired on January 2025, they added a 7th category. I’m sure it will applied here as well, but unlikely it will make impact on the pace
