While that was to be expected considering how well their stripped reality formats have performed this year, Nine should have done more to address their post 8:30pm/9pm weakness. Aside from Travel Guides and Paramedics, not much has performed well for them.
Not to mention thereâs likely going to be again a Q4 hole that theyâll need to fill because I doubt Love Island will be renewed if it continues to perform as underwhelmingly as it has
Whilst I donât watch it nor care for these type of shows do we know itâs performing poorly on other metrics other than total people? It might be huge on BVOD and catch up. Who knows? Theyâll evaluate then see if they renew.
The big item from todayâs upfronts is Nineâs new partnership with the BBC for nature documentaries. If this works well, it could lead to collaborations in other genres like drama.
Otherwise, the 2020 line-up is much of the same from this year.
Paul Vautin is listed as being involved in the NRL coverage. There were rumours that he would be dumped at some point. It is good he is still at Nine as away from the buffoonery he has always been a good commentator.
More impressive than what Ten served up and what is rumoured to be coming to Seven. At least there is a bit of depth in the schedule- more drama and some factual and doco content. Probably not enough, though. Iâd be willing to give a couple of those titles a viewing but I wonât be watching live or changing my current habit of streaming international content from 7pm.
Something I notice during the upfronts. There was a womenâs sport segment with tennis, rugby league and netball all represented.
Given Nine will show next yearâs womenâs T20 World Cup cricket, why didnât the network invite a member of Australian womenâs cricket team to the event?
Itâs a bit dubious. If they added âsince OzTAM records beganâ (2001) it might have some truth to it. And millennials who wrote that press release probably donât have a clue what happened before 2000 anyway