As I opined a while back, they didn’t need to get Eddie McGuire to host every game show on Nine. Apart from Millionaire and its Hot Seat spinoff, he also hosted 1 vs 100 and Million Dollar Drop, neither of which lasted long (though IIRC the former show did last some seven or eight months before the original Millionaire returned towards the end of 2007), as well as Between the Lines which only lasted four episodes before copping the axe in 2011.
I didn’t mention Eddie?! 
I don’t think anyone would’ve ever seriously considered Eddie to host this. Completely different style from a different era.
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That’s true. They were always going to go for a younger host (or someone whose personality they felt would fit the show’s format) with this show.
There are prize counters in the UK version too, but as mentioned the Australian version only has two compared to the UKs three.
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Audience ticket information should be able to confirm this but they’ll be filming at least 3-4 episodes a day (I suspect two sessions of two episodes in each), so we’re talking 25-34 days for a block of 100 episodes. Plenty of time between the Australian Open and French Open and US Open and Christmas to film two blocks of episodes a year. The 100 in the can already should see them through to the Olympics with repeats starting to be introduced around Easter I suspect. Add in Friday repeats and they’d get away with probably 60 additional episodes to get through to the end of November.
I suspect moving forward too they’ll probably be at most 40 weeks of 3-4 new episodes a week from the second year so you’re looking at 30-40 filming days a year. It’s a good gig if you can get it.
The Chase UK doesn’t even film annually anymore - they just record a stack of episodes every couple of years with production often on a long hiatus when Bradley is away filming things.
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Thanks for that. Assuming though $20k is the jackpot if you win it in the final round (although it could be potentially $40k, even $80k with the doubles) it seems a bit of a flaw that you possibly have a chance of a better prize if you don’t win the jackpot and then gamble.
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Just caught up on the episode. Loved it. Todd was great. I can see this being really successful at 5PM.
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Were the questions as easy as the UK version?
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I asked Colin Vickery on Twitter (and yes I still call it that) how Tipping Point rated last night.
https://x.com/colvick/status/1739105221874430388
Not a bad result, though the jury will be out when it “officially” launches after the tennis.
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You could’ve found your answer First on MediaSpy ™
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How very odd.
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The show picked up a sizeable regional audience plus 35k BVOD.
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Maybe Avatar was just testing Colin out!
Good to see both numbers align.
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I really like the first ep of Tipping Point AU! I prefer the Aussie more than the UK one. The crowd gives it more of excitement!
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Latest promo running opens with “This is the new 5 o’clock game changer”. However the promo shown in Perth is missing this v/o. Instead it starts with Todd saying “It’s a game of strategy…”. The rest of the promo is the same. So it suggests that Perth will keep WA News First and slot the new Tipping Point Australia into the 4pm spot that currently has the Tipping Point UK - an easy switch. Highly speculative of course.
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Yes, not so game changing at 4pm now, is it?
So do we know what will happen to airing at 3pm? Nine News Now will be back or still Tipping Point UK?
I reckon PER/ADL might see
2pm Tipping Point UK
3pm Pointless
4pm Tipping Point AU
5pm Nine News 5pm
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Adelaide is returning afternoon news to 4:00 pm
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