Comments on: Nine cannbalises itself http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/31/last-nights-tv-ratings-87/ now with extra source Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:20:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Heathdon McGregor http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/31/last-nights-tv-ratings-87/#comment-36071 Heathdon McGregor Mon, 31 Aug 2009 06:47:57 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/31/last-nights-tv-ratings-87/#comment-36071 Sadly tomorrow night the abc bring the wire to digital(hopefully a summer run on abc1 will follow). Looking forward to the beast episode 2 to see if it will keep twisting without strangling the story. I agree with Jos that the nanny fans wouldn't have watched the rugby and vice versa, I think go is like nine was ten years ago. Programmed for fans of tv with themes attached to each night and that is why you will get some nights larger than others. Glad to see the big bang going ok as I love a show that doesn't pander to stupid..... Sadly tomorrow night the abc bring the wire to digital(hopefully a summer run on abc1 will follow). Looking forward to the beast episode 2 to see if it will keep twisting without strangling the story.

I agree with Jos that the nanny fans wouldn’t have watched the rugby and vice versa, I think go is like nine was ten years ago. Programmed for fans of tv with themes attached to each night and that is why you will get some nights larger than others. Glad to see the big bang going ok as I love a show that doesn’t pander to stupid…..

]]> By: Jos Cull http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/31/last-nights-tv-ratings-87/#comment-36046 Jos Cull Mon, 31 Aug 2009 05:19:57 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/31/last-nights-tv-ratings-87/#comment-36046 I don't completely agree with your cannibalisation argument. My family watched the Seinfeld episode on GO on Sunday night, but if we hadn't we still wouldn't have watched 60 minutes. A program we haven't watched in years since it became little more than a vehicle for star interviews. The same goes for the NRL match. Whilst I didn't wathc either I can't really imagine many people who were more interested in watching the Nanny really would have bothered watching a footy match if they hadn't had that option. I don’t completely agree with your cannibalisation argument. My family watched the Seinfeld episode on GO on Sunday night, but if we hadn’t we still wouldn’t have watched 60 minutes. A program we haven’t watched in years since it became little more than a vehicle for star interviews.
The same goes for the NRL match. Whilst I didn’t wathc either I can’t really imagine many people who were more interested in watching the Nanny really would have bothered watching a footy match if they hadn’t had that option.

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