X Factor continues ratings success, wins third night in a row
The X Factor has continued its ratings success this week, ranked as the number one show for the third night in a row.
The Seven talent show pulled in an audience of 1.526 million on Wednesday night ahead of Seven News on 1.353 million, according to preliminary metro ratings from OzTam.
The Gruen Transfer on ABC1 did well as fourth most-watched with 1.165 million, up on 1.017 million last week. It helped ABC1 to a 15.6% share, second behind Seven’s 23.4% share.
Nine’s new show Same Name, where celebrities switch lives with everyday people of the same name, featured David Hasselhoff and received just 525,000 in its 7:30 slot.
This continues the long run a crap tv long may it reign
Not exactly a lot of competition on FTA at the moment, so not something to be that proud of.
Well Sean and Bored, you do better. What ideas have you come up with and pitched to the networks or independent producers that are streets better – given that you rate your own judgement of what constitutes good/quality/popular TV so highly.
To be fair John, it’s only a point of view. Not sure you should have to develop and pitch your own production ideas before you’re allowed to have an opinion on whether a show is crap or not.
I’d like to see a show called ‘who said that?!’ where people are asked their opinion on current topics and John then jumps down their throat with schoolboy anger. If Nine picks it up I want a cut.
Agreed TED. Everyone is entitled to their opinion and I wasn’t saying they weren’t. I was urging them to have a crack. Think of something better and pitch it. It’s easy to sit on the couch and bewail the quality of what is on air. if it is genuinely that poor – pitch! There’ll never be a better time to give it a go.
(Full disclosure: That is what my wife did around a decade ago and is now the CEO of a small independent TV production company with 10 kids TV shows on her slate. The message is it CAN be done. People, test your judgement and give it a go!)
Fair enough Zeffd. I apologise for wanting people to stop berating what IS on, and wanting them to IMPROVE the status quo. I won’t do it again. Let’s all just languish and complain and do nothing about it – sounds like a plan to me.
How about a show that showcases people who share their names with serious criminals / dictators and the like…
The juxtaposition of Martin Bryant of Hornsby and his namesake in Tasmania would make for comeplling viewing.
agree with Grono – those who can, do, and those who can’t are armchair critics on marketing industry websites and blogs. I am tired of reading whiny under-achieving muppets on Mumbrella snidely but vaccuously slamming nearly every show, ad or idea. And sorry Ted, the ‘just another opinion’ defence has been trotted out as a transparent, flimsy excuse for this destructive idiocy too many times to retain even a shred of believability.