Boo hoo, a tabloid spoiled a reality show. But the case illustrates a broader problem with the law around confidential information.
A weak night of TV. Australians had ended their viewing by 7.30pm, as the top six programs were all news or current affairs programs. It tailed away from 7.30pm onwards. Sunrise again won the breakfast battle — 362,000 in the metros against Today’s 323,000. Last night’s ratings confirmed the rightness of Nine’s decision to return […]
Once again the ratings performance of one program — the repeat of Seven’s Highway Patrol at 8 pm — told it all for the way viewers looked at TV last night. After Seven News and the 6.30pm part of Nine News, that repeat of Highway Patrol was the most watched non-news program on metro TV […]
A close night in the Metros as Seven won overall, Nine edged in front in the main channels and did well in the demos. But in the regions, a very clear win overall and the main channels, for Seven. The boost to 800 Words, Seven’s new Trans-Tasman drama hit was significant — it saw a […]
Except for Australian Story and a few moments on Q&A, it was a disappointing night of TV for a Monday, which is usually a quality night for viewing. Viewers didn’t quite see it my way — they thought it was more even, with 8 programs having a million or more metro viewers for the night, which […]
Nine won in metros and the regionals — the latter telling us just how dominant the network was last night across the country as its ratings were driven by The Block. 60 Minutes did well, as did the news. The Block had 1.720 million viewers nationally and with 60 Minutes averaging 1.637 million nationally ( […]
Publishing pictures of a photo shoot is not a breach of privacy. And "spoiling" the end of a reality show is a refusal to kowtow to PR flacks, not an ethical quandry.
Sam Frost Rules, OK! She’ll be a hard act to follow in 2016. After being treated disgracefully by Rat of the year Blake Garvey last year, Sam Frost brought sense and dignity to The Bachelorette that has not been seen so far in The Bachelor. Her selection of Sasha Mielczare last night lit up rating bells […]
While Seven was the headline winner, Nine and Ten did better in the demos, again. Nine and Seven shared the main channels in the metros, but in the regions, Seven was a small winner (and a bigger winner overall). Sam Frost seems to have made an odd choice on The Bachelorette and we will see […]
Money, power and football all got people talking over the past week.
