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How would viewers outside the eastern states be able to participate?

The problem with 10 is that there really is no brand consistency across their platforms let alone across their schedule.

Here is what I would do to achieve this:

10 daily as the networks new and infotainment staple. This would be linked back to on air, and carry subpages for programs on air across the day ā€“ 10 News First, Studio 10 etc.

5:00 10 News First ā€“ Early Edition. High profile anchor. Similar format to ABC News Radio ā€“ 4 x 15 minute ā€˜mini-bulletinsā€™.

6:00 10 This Morning. 3-person team. Scrap the silliness of Sunrise and Today. My picks would be Sarah Harris, Narelda Jacobs and Hugh Riminton (weekday)

8:30 Studio 10 with Natasha Belling, Angela Bishop (bigger emphasis on entertainment and scoring exclusives) and Joe Hildebrand. 4throtating panellist.

11:00 10 News First ā€“ Morning Edition. National.

12:00 Network Programming.

3:00 Judge Judy

3:30 Bold and the Beautiful. New time.

4:00 ā€˜Jessicaā€™. Talk-show similar in vain to Ellen and Opera out of the US. Hosted by Jessica Rowe.

5:00 10 News First ā€“ Local Evening Edition.

6:00 10 This Evening. The Project renamed and reworked with new set etc. 3-person team. More of a current affair focus. Carrie Bickmore, Waleed Aly and Tommy Little (weekday). 7 days a week.

7:00 Network Programming.

10:00 10 News First ā€“ Local Late Editions.

10:45 10 Up-late. 3 person. Panel-esque. Late night talk-show. Would love to see Rove, Shaun Micallef and Mark Humphries involved.

11:30 Network Programming.

Evenings from 7:00 I would run something like this:

SUNDAY

7:00 Iā€™m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here

8:00 The Child in Time. New UK Series

9:00 Miracle Workers. New US dramedy starring Daniel Radcliffe

THEN

7:00 Sunday Night Takeaway with Chris and Julia

9:00 Miracle Workers. New US dramedy starring Daniel Radcliffe

MONDAY

7:00 Iā€™m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here

8:00 Good News Week New Season. Would retain HYBPA viewers. Whatever else they put here will fail.

9:00 Back. New UK comedy

9:30 Car Share. New UK comedy

THEN

7:00 Ambulance: Australia. New Season

8:00 Good News Week. New Season. Would retain HYBPA viewers. Whatever else they put here will fail.

9:00 Back

9:30 Car Share

TUESDAY

7:00 Iā€™m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here

8:00 How to Stay Married

8:30 Happy Together

9:00 A Million Little Things

THEN

7:00 Dancing with the Stars

9:00 Catastrophe. New UK dramedy

WEDNESDAY

7:00 Iā€™m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here

8:00 Celebrity Name Game

9:00 The Kids are Alright

9:30 Single Parents

THEN

7:00 Changing Rooms

8:00 My Life is Murder. New Australian Series.

9:00 YOU. New US Series.

THURSDAY

7:00 Iā€™m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here

8:00 The Comment Section. Based off US program of the same name. Can also take the piss out of news articles and comments on them. Cheap to produce. Fronted by up and coming comedic talent or simply Lee Lin Chin.

9:00 Curfew. New UK dramedy.

THEN

7:00 Changing Rooms

8:00 Gogglebox. New Season.

9:00 Hughsey We Have a Problem. New Season.

FRIDAY

7:00 The Living Room

8:00 Graham Norton Show

9:00 Friday Night Dinner. New UK dramedy.

THEN

7:00 The Living Room

8:00 Show Me The Movie. New Season.

9:00 Friday Night Dinner. New UK dramedy.

SATURDAY

7:00 Iā€™m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here

8:00 End of the Fucking World. New UK dramedy

9:00 CBS 48 hours

THEN

7:00 Ambulance: UK

8:00 Motherfatherson. New UK Series

9:00 World on Fire. New UK Series.

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Could Studio 10 be rebranded as 10 This Morning airing 10 News First from 6-8.30am. This then brings it more in line with 10 This Evening aka The Project.

Invest in reviving Ready Steady Cook at 3.30pm followed by Entertainment Tonight at 4.30pm (Angela Bishop) shifting B&B to 10Peach 6pm leading into Neighbours, 3pm would have Everyday Gourmet.

I donā€™t see the point of investing in dramas/comedies from the UK when 10 already have the CBS library with shows like NCIS. If there needs to be something there, push 10 Up Late forward to 9pm. Australians go to bed early, few people will be watching after 10pm.

I think Nineā€™s post-MAFS (Married at First Sight) line-up in February and March will be:
Sunday - 60 Minutes
Monday - Bad Mothers
Tuesday - The Big Bang Theory / Young Sheldon
Wednesday - New Amsterdam (confirmed)
Thursday - Dynasties, then NRL for NSW and Queensland

Stan has rights to this. End of the F*n world Netflix. A Million Little Things has been moved to 10All Access and You is on Netflix .

I donā€™t think dramas/comedies from the UK would work on 10ā€™s main channel but I think 10 Peach would need some of them. Other than repeats thereā€™s nothing to watch on that channel and I think they desperately need some new content and this category might tick the box. You can then have the American stuff on 10 Bold.

I am just not a fan of rebranding a successful platform like The Project. So I cannot see past your schedule because of that. The Project has a huge online presence to try and get that back with a new show is just a huge task.

And are these just shows that have been played out on Netflix?

not sold on this morning scheduleā€¦

my schedule would involve moving infomercials and religious programming to the secondary channels and turn the midnight to 6am slot into chat and entertainment based programming

or

Sunday
12:00am The Sunday Project
1:00am Graham Norton Show
2:00am The Doctors
3:00am Dr Phil
4:00am ET
4:30am CBS This Morning

Monday
12:00am The Project
1:00am 48 Hours
2:00am The Doctors
3:00am Dr Phil
4:00am ET
4:30am CBS This Morning

Tuesday to Thursday
12:00am The Project
1:00am The Late Show
2:00am The Late Late Show
3:00am The Talk
4:00am ET
4:30am CBS This Morning

Friday
12:00am The Project
1:00am The Late Show
2:00am The Late Late Show
3:00am The Talk
4:00am The Doctors
5:00am Dr Phil (rpt)

Saturday
12:00am 48 Hours
1:00am The Late Show
2:00am The Late Late Show
3:00am The Talk
4:00am The Doctors
5:00am Dr Phil (rpt)

My idea for 10 for the back end of this year and 2020.

I am going to break it up with what I will do in timeslots and during the year - I am not focusing on the 8:30 slots but will offer a few types of shows that I would commission if I were 10.

5pm-6pm
10 News - continues in this slot where it has been successful for many years.

6pm-6:30pm
The Sports Project - Hosted by Tommy Little - This will just air on Fridayā€™s, Saturdays and Sundays.
Come Dine With Me Australia - This will air Monday-Thursday

6:30pm-7:30pm
The Project - airing Saturdays as well

The 7:30 Slot
November - December (6 Week Run)
Iā€™m a Celebrity Get Me Outta Here - Airing it earlier giving 10 some valuable content over summer.

1st Sunday of January - March (10 week run)
Big Brother - shorter season than normal.

March - May - (10 week run)
Sunday - Sunday Night Takeaway
Monday - Dancing With The Stars
Tuesday - Bachelor in Paradise
Wednesday & Thursday The Apprentice

May - August (12 Week Run)
Masterchef

August - October (8 Week Run)
Sunday - The Masked Singer
Monday - Survivor Australia
Tuesday - Survivor Australia
Wednesday - The Bachelor
Thursday - The Bachelor

October - November (6 Week Run)
Sunday - The Amazing Race Australia
Monday - The Amazing Race Australia
Tuesday - The Amazing Race Australia
Wednesday - The Bachelorette
Thursday - The Bachelorette

November - December
Iā€™m a Celebrity

The 8:30pm Slot
Ambulance Australia - will move to 8:30pm
Sunday Night Takeaway
48 Hours Australia fronted by Hamish Macdonald
Wanted Australia fronted by Sandra Sully to return

Then the obvious returning shows

The 9:30pm Slot
Entertainment Tonight - Hosted by Angela Bishop

The 10pm Slot
10 Late News

Minor nit-pick:

  • For the March/May section Iā€™d make BiP run twice a week (Monday/Tuesday) - as that is how it was formatted last year (with Eliminations every other episode)

  • Iā€™d make TARAu run twice a week in the October/November section (Monday/Tuesday) as 6 weeks of 3 episodes (18 overall) is too many episodes for TAR (most versions - US, Canadian, Asian, the Ch7 version of TARAu - do/did around 12)

With the above changes in place DWTS would move to Sunday in the October/November section.

Otherwise, good schedule,

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Iā€™d love to see Big Brother back on Ten. Air it over summer perhaps ?

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What I think 10 could do now with the shows they have available.

Sunday
6:30 The Project
7:30 Sunday Night Takeaway
9:00 Graham Norton

Monday
7:30 Dancing With The Stars
9:30 Law and Order SVU

Tuesday
7:30 Ambulance Australia
8:30 Hughsey

Wednesday
7:30 Changing Rooms Then Bachelor in Paradise
8:30 NCIS

Thursday
7:30 Changing Rooms Then Bachelor in Paradise
8:30 Gogglebox Then Celebrity Name Game

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Yeah I just donā€™t think DWTS will go on Tuesday as it will air too long. Thatā€™s why I have it Mondayā€™s.

Which is a good idea in itself since Ambulance does very well on Tuesdays. What I meant was having Hughesy on Mondays and Law&Order on Tuesdays. But I get your point.

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Yeah your right ideally Hughesy should be on Mondayā€™s. I was trying to go off what 10 had confirmed already.

This is the strategy I would use for Ten News, current affairs and sports based programs

State based editions (except WA)
7:00am Ten Early Morning News - 1 hour bulletin
6:30pm Ten Evening News - half hour edition - with possibility of expanding to 1 hour from 6pm if successful

National based editions (except WA)
10:30am Ten Morning News - half hour edition
5:00pm Ten News First - 1 hour bulletin
9:30pm Ten Late News

State based editions (WA only)
7:00am Ten Early Morning News - 1 hour bulletin
5:00pm Ten Evening News - half hour edition

National based editions (WA only)
10:30am Ten Morning News - half hour edition
3:00pm Ten News First - 1 hour bulletin
6:30pm Ten Late News

All

The Project would screen 7:00pm EVERY NIGHT
Studio 10 would air 8am til 10:30am weekdays and 8:00am til 10:00am Saturday and Sundays

New current affairs programs
Revive Page One - original 1 hour format screen it at 10:00am Sunday mornings
Close Analysis - weekly affairs program - ideally would be fronted by either Lisa Wilkinson (or Chris Bath if Ten can secure her services)
Australiaā€™s Most Wanted/Crimestoppers - revive this program possibly in a half hour format again with possibility of becoming a 1 hour program

Sports
Introduce news sports program under a working title of either Sports Action or Sports Zone - 1 hour format with possibility of expanding to 2 hours

Sports Tonight 6pm Saturday and Sundays

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Just too much news for me. 6:30 news failed before and I donā€™t think the current landscape needs the 6:30 bulletin.

I would much rather 10 utilise their multichannels and create BOLD news.

Whatever comes around next will be called News First as well. That is the brand

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Thatā€™s a good schedule. CBS This Morning should always air close to US broadcast time (or better still, have it live streamed on 10 All Access if possible), like Seven used to do with NBC Today in the 1990s.

9am Sunday 10 Face the Nation with PVO, Samantha Maiden and various guests. 10 had Meet the Press which was axed in 2013 leaving only Insiders as the sole Sunday politics show on FTA TV.