I would watch it through a blizzard of snow as the reception in those days was pathetic.
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also SBS wasnât rolled out into all regional centres back then, it was a few years away. Add to that some Melbourne suburbs still could not get a clear picture on UHF-28, the 2013 digital restack fixed that.
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Yes, it looks like it didnât quite get to 1m. Very hard to find metro/5-city figures but it appears the highest rated episode(or averaged?) in 1998 rated 830k
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Itâs wild that they even with South Park rating as well as it did that SBS could only manage a 3% share, shows you just how low rating it was for the rest of the week.
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I think some MTV shows were also on SBS, as I clearly remember Daria being on SBS and I also think Beavis and Butthead were as well. Nickelodeon shows however were on Nine, 10 and ABC with Nine getting Nick Jr, 10 getting Nickelodeon and ABC getting a cherry-pick deal.
Not sure about the films, but I assume all MTV/Nick/Comedy Central films were grouped together due to them being distributed by Paramount (except for South Parkâs film due to it being distributed by Warner Bros. in international territories as the film was made when Time Warner/Viacom owned Comedy Central).
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Yet I remember Daria as being on ABC for years in the 5-6 pm older kids block.
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Yes i didnât think it was on SBS
ABC had Rugrats (though the last season aired on 10)
Hey Arnold
The Wild Thornberries
The Angry Beavers
CatDog
The Fairly Odd Parents
ChalkZone
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Didnât the ABC also have plans to create a childrenâs channel with Nickelodeon at some point as well along with The News Channel JV with Fairfax?
Beavis and Butthead aired on Ten in 1995, they were put on as part of the short-lived late night music video show âPepsi Rockitâ. A year later Ten showed a handful of episodes in the 11.30pm timeslot, as a promo tie-in for the movie âBeavis and Butthead Do Americaâ. It was only for four weeks. Southern Cross Ten in Victoria screened alternate programming because they deemed it inappropriate for country viewers (regional Victoria is generally fairly conservative).
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The above reminded me of the time back in 2011 when WIN & NBN didnât air the 1st episode of Come Fly With Me for the same reason that Ten Victoria (as it was known then) didnât air Bevis & Butthead, as well as Ren & Stimpy, back in the 90s. However, it was still airing on Go! in regional areas on a later timeslot.
For the record, a repeat episode of The Big Bang Theory aired in its place.
After the 1st episode attracted big ratings in the metro markets, WIN & NBN reversed their decision.
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When Ten started airing it in 1993, it was on in the breakfast slot on weekdays and later on weekends. I donât remember Ten airing it in prime time. They might have.
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Yes - in the early days of Subscription TV
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I recorded the Rage special which screened after Mardi Gras and have been watching some of it this morning.
They had a 1977 interview with Peter Allen from a show called Flashez which I donât think I remember. He mentioned how popular Peter Allenâs song âI Go To Rioâ became after they played the âfilm clipâ on Countdown and it was then played on other shows like Flashez. Peter Allen talked about how record companies were only making film clips to show in countries like Australia which had these types of shows and that they werenât even seen anywhere in America because there werenât any shows like that.
I looked on IMDB there is very little info there about Flashez. The host Mike Meade looks familiar to me and singer Ray Burgess is also listed as a host. Does anyone know what day/time it screened?
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Went on to host Now You See It, from what I can gather Flashez was late afternoons on ABC, but before my time. They occasionally pop up on Rage .
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I donât know much about it but IIRC it screened weekday afternoons on ABC about 4.30 or 5.00 around 1976-77
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Thanks. Thatâs probably where I remember him from.
Thanks. Did a search in Media Spy. There seems to be a mention in one of the Classic TV Listings posted at 5.30pm.
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Flashez only ran for a few years but was the inspiration for an iconic show which debuted in 1979, Simon Townsendâs Wonder World.
I donât think Simon Townsendâs Wonder World had anything to do with Flashez, given that it had been in development for about six years before it got picked up by Ten in 1979. The initial pilot was funded by the Seven Network, but it wasnât picked up for a series. Townsend then funded a second pilot himself and the show really only got picked up because of the new âCâ classification requirements for commercial stations, and he had been successful in getting his show approved for that classification. Apparently, TEN10 came knocking as they needed something to fulfil its new obligations.
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