Media diversity
I love it how the government’s new media laws are promoting such great diversity.
Chaser’s winning the war
ABC TV’s decision to ditch the long-running comedy program The Glasshouse and replace it with The Chaser’s War on Everything on Wednesday nights has been vindicated in the ratings.
The Chaser team returned in fearless form for its second season to an audience of almost 1.2 million, a figure which went close to doubling last season’s average of 618,000 viewers in the Wednesday night timeslot.
Whether it was the Chaser’s promotional efforts, which included a billboard in Iraq, or simply the move to a prime time spot, that contributed to the impressive ratings, the team was pleasantly surprised.
In the first show of the year Andrew Hansen paid a backhanded musical tribute to former Today Tonight host Naomi Robson, while Julian Morrow attempted to borrow speeding judge Marcus Einfeld’s car.
Chris Taylor said today the ratings result was “bittersweet”.
“On the upside, over a million people watched the show. On the downside, Naomi Robson wasn’t one of them,” he said.
The Chaser’s challenge now will be keeping the audience after what the ABC said was its highest rating program this year in the category of viewers aged 16 to 39.
“One million viewers tuned in, but I’m guessing 900,000 of them made a decision never to do so again,” said Taylor.
In a slow night for television overall, it was Seven News which finished on top with 1.45 million viewers ahead of Network Ten’s House and Today Tonight.
The Chaser finished ninth for the night, narrowly behind big budget American drama Heroes.
The FINA World Swimming Championships crept into the top 10 with 1.17 million viewers.
- Fairfax publications
The Chaser’s war on ratings
THE ABC’s decision to ditch the long-running comedy program The Glasshouse and replace it with The Chaser’s War on Everything on Wednesday nights has been vindicated in the ratings.
The Chaser team returned in fearless form for its second season to an audience of almost 1.2 million, a figure which went close to doubling last season’s average of 618,000 viewers in the Wednesday night timeslot.
Whether it was The Chaser’s promotional efforts, which included a billboard in Iraq, or simply the move to a prime time spot, that contributed to the impressive ratings, the team was pleasantly surprised.
In the first show of the year Andrew Hansen paid a backhanded musical tribute to former Today Tonight host Naomi Robson, while Julian Morrow attempted to borrow speeding judge Marcus Einfeld’s car.
Chris Taylor said today the ratings result was “bittersweet”.
“On the upside, over a million people watched the show. On the downside, Naomi Robson wasn’t one of them,” he said.
The Chaser’s challenge now will be keeping the audience after what the ABC said was its highest rating program this year in the category of viewers aged 16 to 39.
“One million viewers tuned in, but I’m guessing 900,000 of them made a decision never to do so again,” said Taylor.
In a slow night for television overall, it was Seven News which finished on top with 1.45 million viewers ahead of Network Ten’s House and Today Tonight.
The Chaser finished ninth for the night, narrowly behind big budget American drama Heroes.
The FINA World Swimming Championships crept into the top 10 with 1.17 million viewers.
-Murdoch publications
Glorious!
Cash For Comment | stu | 
April 2, 2007 11:34 am | 
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