Week 45 saw Seven launch its new digital channel, and the Melbourne Cup delivering it their biggest audience all year. And there were celebrations in Community Television.
TV Tonight talks to SBS Director of Content Matt Campbell about losing Top Gear, plus his thoughts on East West 101, Big Love, foreign-language, SBS TWO and much more.
Nine Programmer Michael Healy is a big fan of Survivor. He talks to TV Tonight about scheduling, Top Gear, Hey Hey, Underbelly, The Apprentice, 2.5 Men, 20 to 1 and much more...
With the passing of Don Lane, Nine's audience again sent a message that it loves variety television, while Seven's announcement of 7TWO saw it lose another week to Nine/GO!
Nine and SBS were on a knife edge all week over the Top Gear deal. After winning the title fight, Nine confirms to TV Tonight it includes the show's reruns too.
Without any events or boosts from digital channels, Channel Seven won the ratings week -thanks largely to its factual slate underpinning consistent programming.