and MKR and Masterchef doesnt?
Is there a starting date yet?
They were designed for 90minutes,
Big brother was never 90minute daily shows until Nine got it. TBYG wasnât either. Itâs lazy programming to just blow out a show to 90minutes and also expect audiences to stick around for that long. It doesnât always work with every format. MKR and Masterchef it does work well, same with MAFS and The Block.
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When Good News Week went to Ten was it an hour or 90 minutes? I canât remember, I do remember that my family turned off it because it went form a short, sharp, half hour comedy on the ABC to long and dragged out and with so much extra that it just lost the shine on Ten.
I think you misunderstood me. The show could air anytime between 7.30-9pm. I donât know how long it goes for. If Married At First Sight airs Sunday-Wednesday from 7.30-9 where would Nine air Generation? After it at 9? Or are you suggesting they delay their biggest hit so Generation can air?
MBB is referring to the fact that TV Cynic stated that the TBYG episodes are 56 minutes with no ads, so they will run for at least an hour and 15 minutes.
Cool I didnât see that. I donât see what the issue is with having it start at 7:30 and finish at 8:45. An extra 15 minutes isnât that big of a deal.
I canât speak for Masterchef (paging board doyen @Sully to thread) but MKR pads its run time out with recaps and previews of whatâs ahead. On your standard episode, you can tune in at 8pm and be just in time to see the first course being served. Iâm sure Sully would agree, based on that one episode of MKR we all know he watched that time.
Provided Nine are filling the extra TBYG run time with additional games/rounds it should work just fine. If they pad it out, thatâs another story.
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When these shows screen overseas, they get a 60 minute version. So we get a lot of padded out rubbish in every episode.
They are simply padding it out. The format of the show is exactly the same as it was on Ten. The editing should be tighter but also the production itself should be more focused so the show can run as a tight 60 minutes.
Segment 1
Intro, Game 1
Segment 2
Game 2, Game 3
Segment 3
Generations pick from the board (2 teams)
Segment 4
Generations pick from the board (1 team)
Segment 5
Quiz each generation on a chosen topic
Segment 6
End Game
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The point of the show is that itâs about dated things. The comedy canât really age, as theyâre not going to really be referring to the present.
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Networks need to pad the 7.30 shows so they run longer because the switch off is so severe after they air. Programs following the 7.30 broadcasts are shedding half the audience or more as people are either going to bed earlier or watching other content on other devices. While we may dislike it, the padding is a genuine attempt to keep as many eyeballs as possible on free to air television. And it works.
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The problem is complex. People switch off because theyâve already been watching a padded out reality show for 2 hours, and the content post-9pm is generally terrible. Reducing 7.30pm content to a neat little hour might give audiences a better chance of sticking with TV for an hour at 8.30pm. At 9pm, after two hours of TV, most people would be thinking about getting stuff ready for tomorrow morning or going to bed.
Plus most people transition to streaming services more and more throughout the evening.
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In Nineâs defence, and not that I agree with it, but they need to get their money worth commissioning shows. I guess they think if we can get a 56 minute episode rather than 42 minutes it becomes a lot more cost efficient.
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Up against HYBPA?, will be interesting to see how it goes in that timeslot.
Two comedy themed shows going head to head? Not ideal.
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Would it not air at 7:30pm?
Did he say Gen Zee?
Gosh that ad makes it look absolutely terrible. I have a bad feeling about this.
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