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  • Ten drops The Simpsons for more news

    April 27 2009 7:28am (UTC+8)  -  Article by Kevin

    Ten drops The Simpsons for more news
     UPDATED | Network Ten says it will drop The Simpsons and replace it with an extended Ten News bulletin in an effort to save money.

    The network apparently can no longer afford to pay the high fee for each episode of The Simpsons and says dropping the show will save $6 million a year.

    Ten hopes to steal viewers from rivals Seven and Nine by extending Ten News in to the 6:00pm timeslot.

    Going head-to-head with Seven News and Nine News is a bold attempt to draw more viewers to Ten's prime-time programming, however it is already being labelled a dangerous move and, if unsuccessful, could further damage the already financially troubled network.

    UPDATE 27/04 | Network Ten has since denied it has dropped The Simpsons and says it will not be extending Ten News to 90 minutes. Whilst the network says it has considered extending Ten News, it has no plans to implement any changes at this time.

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  • Kevin
    April 27 2009
    7:35pm
    #5 of 7

    We'll see about that. It could be that Ten is annoyed about a leak and is trying to cover it up. Wouldn't want to give Seven or Nine a heads up :P

    It probably won't happen as soon as most reports suggested, but it sounds like a reasonable proposal.

    Still, I'm surprised they would favour news over The Simpsons. Most FTA-only viewers at 6pm either watch the news on Seven or Nine, or The Simpsons on Ten (and hardly anyone watches the ABC or SBS so I'm not including them). If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

    I know you all like more news, but as I said, I don't believe the average Australian viewer wants that.

    That said, maybe Australia will start to go the way of the Americans and have lots of news. Local news here is usually 5:00am to 7:00am, 12:00pm - 12:30pm, 4:00pm to 6:30pm and 11:00pm to 11:30pm - and that is just local news, not national news.

    There is such a thing as overkill :)

  • 7perth
    July 2 2009
    7:51pm
    #6 of 7

    Hopefully this wont be a similar situation which put channel 10 in receivership in 1989-90

  • Tim
    July 3 2009
    9:30am
    #7 of 7

    It's not happening at all.


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