Can of Worms edges closer to 1m
Questions such as whether religious headscarves have a place in Australia, and if Australians swear more than Americans or the British, helped Can of Worms improve its ratings on last week – and only just miss out on winning its timeslot.
The Network Ten show, produced by Zapruder’s Other Films and presented by Ian Dickson, rated 980,000, according to preliminary overnight ratings from Oztam. In the 8.45pm to 9.45pm slot, the show had a 25.8% commercial share – only just behind Seven’s 26.9% made up of the final 45 minutes of The Amazing Race and the first few minutes of Bones.
Overall, The Amazing Race rated 1.039m and Bones rated 485,000.
Ten stablemate Masterchef won the night with a healthy 1.758m, pipping The Block’s 1.544m on Nine. Nine’s Rescue Special Ops rated 865,000 as the show’s ratings continued their recent recovery.
It definitely was a lot better this time! More controversy and the guests sticking to their strong convictions!
However does it annoy anyone else that even Ten says that Masterchef runs until 8:30 and Can of Worms starts then, but anytime Masterchef is on it runs 15 mins overtime… Everytime!
Scott it’s the oldest programming trick in the book. By the time a show’s gone 15-minutes past its advertised end, you’ve missed the first 15 minutes of the other show on the other channel. Might as well just stay on the same channel then, eh! Or that’s how the theory goes, supposedly.
Has a career in advertising permanently damaged my attention span, or would Can of Worms be better as a half an hour show?
+Keef That’s the beauty of DVR’s! But I still think it’s deception and in a way false advertising. I’m actually surprised that no one has made a massive complaint about it.
Fair enough running over every now and again, but Masterchef is programmed to run 15 mins late, they should just say that in the TV guide… Most people will still watch that 15 mins.
Scott & Keef, the TV guide did actually have Can of Worms starting at 8.45, so for once they were being honest. However, Masterchef did still run a little over schedule. No surprise there!
In Ten’s defence, some of their on-air promos did say Can Of Worms started at 8:45. Obviously not all of them but i definetly saw some.
PS Ian Dickson hosts it, not Ian Dickinson 😛
Ta DH – sorted…
Cheers,
Tim
Notice there was no stupid “Wrong-O-Meter” this time? It went straight into discussion. Much better form…. except for some guy randomly dropping the c-bomb because he liked the sound of the word o.O
Did ACA improve it’s numbers last night, or was the whole GAGA on ACA a big waste of time?
+Ashley Really? All the online ones including the one on ten.com.au and my EPG had 8:30. That’s weird.
Hi Scott,
My printed copy of Fairfax’s trusty The Guide says 8.45…
Cheers,
Tim