http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/20/masterchef-plates-up-the-biggest-ratings-ever/ now with extra source Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:58:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/20/masterchef-plates-up-the-biggest-ratings-ever/#comment-31743 David Ingram Mon, 20 Jul 2009 07:38:09 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/20/masterchef-plates-up-the-biggest-ratings-ever/#comment-31743 Poor Glenn. There's probably more salivating in his article than on the show itself. I say "probably" because - along with 16-milliion other Australians or 77% of the population - I didn't watch it! Poor Glenn. There’s probably more salivating in his article than on the show itself. I say “probably” because - along with 16-milliion other Australians or 77% of the population - I didn’t watch it!

]]> http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/20/masterchef-plates-up-the-biggest-ratings-ever/#comment-31736 Rob McLennan Mon, 20 Jul 2009 07:03:44 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/20/masterchef-plates-up-the-biggest-ratings-ever/#comment-31736 Glen Dyer makes the point I've been pushing for some time: how is a TV show (The 7pm Project) 'groundbreaking' and 'brave' when it takes a bunch of FM breakfast hosts and gets them to do the very same thing they've been doing every weekday morning for yonks? K-Rock, for example, has been using its breakfast news service as a springboard for comedy and entertainment for a very long time. Hughsey is already regurgitating the same jokes over and over on Nova, and now he gets the chance to polish them up for a third go 'round in the evenings. TV needs new and innovative programming but from what we've seen so far, The 7pm Project is not the answer. Glen Dyer makes the point I’ve been pushing for some time: how is a TV show (The 7pm Project) ‘groundbreaking’ and ‘brave’ when it takes a bunch of FM breakfast hosts and gets them to do the very same thing they’ve been doing every weekday morning for yonks? K-Rock, for example, has been using its breakfast news service as a springboard for comedy and entertainment for a very long time. Hughsey is already regurgitating the same jokes over and over on Nova, and now he gets the chance to polish them up for a third go ‘round in the evenings. TV needs new and innovative programming but from what we’ve seen so far, The 7pm Project is not the answer.

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