Late List results: July
Public broadcasters & Pay TV get the tick from readers for starting shows on time.
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There were 34 entries filed by readers on the TV Tonight Late List in July, up from 22 in June.
Nine: 21
Seven: 7
TEN: 4
Other: 2
ABC: 0
SBS: 0
Foxtel: 0
Amongst the filed entries were:
House Husbands Advertised time: 9:30pm / Actual: 10:00pm
Hamish and Andys Gap Year Advertised time: 8:39pm / Actual:Â 8:50pm
The Voice Kids Advertised time: 6:30pm / Actual:Â 6:35pm
A Place to Call Home Advertised time: 9:00pm / Actual: 9:30pm
Sunday Night Advertised time: 8:30pm / Actual:Â 8:48pm
The Good Wife Advertised time: 9:30pm / Actual:Â 9:49pm
You can file an entry here.
TV Tonight is also conducting the annual Audience Inventory where you can let networks know how you watch their shows.
NB: The Late List is a crowd-sourcing trial and is not scientifically conducted. It relies on the trust of readers to resource information.
2 Responses
Situation certainly isn’t improving. Can these over runs be put into context though – I’m sure they’re all down to the usual scheduling tricks rather than any genuine over run but would be useful to know the shows that preceeded them.
As I say every month it would be quite easy to regulate simply by banning any advertising within a show not airing in it’s advertised time slot – so if The Voice finishes at 9.30pm instead of 9pm, it can’t air any ads after 9pm, and similarly the show after cannot air any ads until the schedule is back on track.
I give up Arrow after TBBT overran 16 minutes late. That’s why I stopped watching Channel 9.
The thing is, most of the time the EPG is accurate, but often these times are 5, 10, 15 minutes later than the times given by guides online and in print and used in TV ads.
A half hour difference in advertised start time and actual start time is disgusting. No wonder FTA networks are driving viewers away and to other sources, they really only have themselves to blame.