SBS tipped to axe Ellen Fanning’s The Observer Effect as network unveils plans for World Cup year
SBS is expected to axe its high profile long-form interview series The Observer Effect after the show’s poor ratings performance this year.
The speculation comes as supermarket chain Coles has conceded it “may” have complained to the show’s production company Shine Australia about an interview between journalist Ellen Fanning and Coles CEO Ian McLeod.
Sources at SBS and Shine have told Encore that the program, hosted by journalist Ellen Fanning, will not return in 2014 after failing to draw viewers or gain sufficient traction with its interviews.
“It would be a miracle if we brought it back,” said an SBS source. “The show has not performed in terms of wider traction and was rushed out.”
The SBS stand-up show was shot in a bar recently.
Interestingly they sold tickets to it which is unusual for a tv show.
Strange that they got Chas who is not a stand-up to front it.
When did Australian consumers ask for the cheapest possible milk at the expense of our farming industry? It’s another example of the global trend for large corporations to put “the interests of shareholders” over actual people – whether it’s farmers or even their own staff.
Sbs had a really good show in Front Up hosted by Andrew Urban and they dropped it. Why cant they put it back on? it was great hearing peoples lives..just a thought.