If you look at how they do Studio 10 on Saturday and Sunday and show footage from the weeks show. Perhaps they could do that on Saturday night, it would be cheap to do and they could air it at either 6:30pm or even at 10:30pm just before 48 Hours. It wouldnt cost too much to produce and they could have someone like Hamish McDonald introduce each segment.
The thing we have to accept is, Free To Air TV will not spend too much on Saturday nights (or even Friday nights) these days because they know that unless you have a strong sport such as NRL or AFL (although I think the A-League has potential), there is minimal they are willing to invest due to concepts such as catch-up TV and streaming services such as Netflix and Stan, then factor in pay-TV. This is why on most Saturday nights you will see Seven and Nine dishing up movies you more often than not see in the 4 for $50 bin in Sanity
The TV networks will spend as little as possible on nights they see as a loss for them. Everyone is saying Gogglebox is doing well, perhaps a re-jig of Friday Saturday could see shows like The Bachelor and Masterchef, I’m A Celebrity airing later on Saturday night and Friday night (say starting at 9:30pm) and airing encores of say HYBPA and Hughesy We Have A Problem between 6:30pm and 8:30pm and follow up with Gogglebox
Other than that Ten might as well be left alone because Ten seems to be criticised by those on this site for each and every decision they make. Yes, some seem to be questionable such as no news broadcasts if a sporting event is still going at 5pm on the weekend. But lets face it, Ten probably knows that a lot of people won’t want to watch a news broadcast on the eastern states at 7:30pm on a Channel that regularly comes third and sometimes fourth.
Utilising the MasterChef lead-in I think. Combined with Have You Been Paying Attention, All Aussie Adventures, Body Hack and possibly Shark Tank, Ten should have a solid mid-year line-up.