I suggested this previously.
You could do a block of beat the chasers between start of ratings and easter next year. Easter is quite early so it is only really Feb and March. You could also do beat the chasers 3 days a week and the chase 2 days a week.
The goal is to just bring people back to the 5pm slot for a long enough period of time to break their tipping point/9 News habit.
Beat the chasers could do that.
I was going for the Chaser tonight after that offer for steps was turned down. Would had to have been one of the highest individual wins.
Things kind of got heated there for a minute, the contestant obviously didn’t like the Chaser telling her she was “crazy” for not taking the 4 fire-power steps (which she retorted back with “well that’s your opinion”).
But it would have gotten her the win since Sharky only got there with 7 secs remaining.
I like this new ‘gimmick’ more than the spin to get more money.
It seems to making the contestants less likely to go for the lower offer. There was probably too much of that going on, but it did generally make for a more competitive and interesting Final Chase with more contestants involved.
Since when are these publications of a realible source of truth?
Anne and Issa will be the Chasers in the 4-part NZ version.
Will we get to see this run of 4 episodes on Seven? Maybe as a prime-time filler over summer?
Looks like the recent filming for the upcoming new season (and the late half of the currently airing season?) has seen the “Money Spinner” quietly getting the axe per Issa’s Twiiter,
The four Chasers (Issa, Matt, Mara and Brydon) are on the panel at Telethon today, and I notice Matt is wearing a black t-shirt with the 10 years on air logo.
OK, this was actually hilarious.
In one of the questions that popped up, is an answer that totally caught me off guard![1]
Oh no, I’ve been rickrolled! 
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Beat the Chasers in the UK introduced a mystery masked Chaser dubbed The Maverick to this weeks show, revealing their identity at the end of the show.
It was Brad’s mate Joe Pasquale
A lesson for Seven perhaps that ITV didn’t milk it with weeks of promos - indeed the press only reported on it on the day of broadcast, and most viewers only found out when watching it.
With the Ashes on 7 from Nov until Early Jan, 7 needs to find a way of having a good promo but also not bombarding people with it to the point it becomes annoying and obnoxious
If it fails to get any ground in 2026, I can see it being axed for 2027. Sticking with it for 2026 was the correct call
Or perhaps it’s not the full year.. maybe they’re working on something else to be premiered at a strategic point, say after the Commonwealth Games?
Probably because ratings make the difference.
Then again, we have TPA promoting $100k episode a full week before airing.
We said that this year. But Seven have opted to keep it.
