Saturday -
Jayne co-hosting with Peter and Mark Burrows reading news this morning.
Aislin Kriukelis is presenting the weather from the Nine Telethon in Brisbane.
Today had its lowest rating in 12 years yesterday, according to Peter Ford. As you are not supposed to post ratings on Mediaspy, I won’t, so the figure is here:
I dont know whose idea it was but for me personally, I couldn’t give two hoots about seeing strangers reunite and if anything I found it hard to watch cause I cringe pretty easy.
How did they let it come to this? Something should have been done four months into Georgie’s debut. They don’t even promote their hosts anymore in their endtags; it is just generic (perhaps to deceive viewers??)
Get a new EP first and maybe start local news every hour for P.O.D.
I wish we could as well (so we can see how badly some of the other shows out of the top 20 are), but I think there’s an agreement with OzTAM not to show the exact ratings of shows below top 20.
Precisely. We are bound to protect that agreement with them. Other websites may have different deals but that’s our deal. It’s frustrating, especially when Twitter accounts like MrTVAus seem to openly post data without any restriction.
I don’t think shifting productions is going to solve the problem. Focus on the main problems: Content, chemistry between Karl and Georgie, other presenters, set, graphics.
Sylvia needs to go; ever since she started (no offense) there has been this vibe… Alicia Loxley or Wendy Kingston would be great, but wouldn’t move for family. Deb Knight is obviously the best option.
To be fair, one thing Today does well is its news coverage . They usually have their reporters covering major news items, and these reporters are often first on the scene. Sunrise’s news bulletins are very tabloid- they feature a lot of consumer (petrol, retail, shopping news) stories in the absence of big events. I am always more informed after watching what Today serves up.