“After The Tennis”

“After The Tennis”

What a country we live in. So many other ball sports dominate the year – cricket, AFL, NRL, A League – and yet for the last two weeks in January while Channel 7 broadcast the first international tennis grand slam for the year in the Australian Open, the...
The Charlie Sheen disaffect

The Charlie Sheen disaffect

It’s been a heady start to the 2011 ratings year. We’re in Week 11, and of the last 30 nights Channel 7 have won 27 and the 7 Network has won all 4 weeks to date. If you’re at Ch7 – yay; any of the other networks – oh no. The 7pm timeslot...
2011 match-ups (first quarter): Wednesday

2011 match-ups (first quarter): Wednesday

Wednesdays have always been the home to the hotly contested ownership of the remote. Traditionally for the free to air networks – it’s mid-week, people are looking for something to distract them from everything, and TV usually wins. No one network owns the...
2011 match-ups (first quarter): Tuesday

2011 match-ups (first quarter): Tuesday

Absolutely a battleground, with 8:30pm being the home of Packed to the Rafters for Ch7 & Ch9 trying to establish 7:30/8pm as the home for Top Gear (UK or AU). Throw in Ch10 at 7:30pm with Talkin’ ‘Bout Your Generation and My Kitchen Rules for Ch7...