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Axed: Taken Out

We all knew this was coming. TEN finally turns out the light on its own dating show to be replaced by The Simpsons.

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Channel TEN has finally pulled the plug on its latest game show, Taken Out.

It is to be replaced by The Simpsons effective from tonight.

After tracking its performance in a week of single guys, TEN has been forced to turn out the light on its own show. This week it started with 610,000 but last night was at 533,000 viewers. TEN is mindful that last Friday it dropped to 465,000 viewers. Meanwhile Seven News had 1.44m viewers while Nine News had 1.1m viewers.

For a show whose biggest audience was younger females, the show also didn’t make the top ten 16-39 programmes in Australia last night. By contrast, Neighbours was #7th.

TEN had always sought to revisit the dating / game show genre with Taken Out but the show wasn’t even keeping the Neighbours audience before being moved from 7pm to 6pm.

FremantleMedia, which has also produced the hit dating show Farmer Wants a Wife, also had on-going casting issues with a low turn-out of single men.

A TEN spokesperson said no decision has been made on airing remaining episodes. The network was pleased with the performance of host James Kerley, who arguably managed to keep the show moving with not much to work with.

The show shoots its final episodes next week.

Tonight TEN returns The Simpsons to its trusty 6pm timeslot with the episode “Mr. Plow.” That name again, Mr Plow.

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  2. As a taken out CONTESTANT, i can tell you there were no issues with single guys…hell, we’re having a party tonight for all the contestants from the show.

    and looking at the rsvp list, there’s more than 50 coming tonight, with the same expected for girls.

    The show was good fun to film, and it has it’s moments…stop treating it so seriously and look at it as a bit of lighthearted fun. Yes i love the simpsons, i have every episode on dvd, but this…this was just for fun to laugh at a) the contestants, or b) some of the comments made during the show.

    why neighbours and home and away are still being produced kills me. i could go into a coma now and away in 4 years, and still catch up to the current plot in a day or less….actually…wasn’t that an episode recently?

    #contestant 11

  3. I hope they use James Kerley for something better in the future. He really did his best to try and liven up the show with not a lot to work with (including contestants who weren’t the best with words and having to run back and forth around the set).

  6. OH MY GOD
    I HATE YOU
    THIS SHOW WAS SO COOL
    AND KERLEY WAS FANTASTIC
    WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY PUT FRIENDS BACK ON
    HOW BLOODY BORING
    !!!!!!!!!!!
    🙁 🙁 🙁 🙁 lol put it back on tv damn it!!
    holidays are nearly over and taken out is way better

  8. WHATS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE??? Have you no heart?
    Taken Out is the one and only chance these people had at finding true love.. and you’re happy to take that away from them?
    How do you sleep at night?

    For me, Taken Out, I want to say thank you. You brought a little bit of light into my life at the end of every working day.

    You will be sorely missed. I will take a moment to reflect
    ……………………………………………………………………………………
    ………………………………………………………………………………….
    ………………………………………………………………………………..

    Thanks for the memories,

    Alison
    PS. Mr Plow? That is possibly the OLDEST, most RERUN Simpson’s episode in the banals of history.

  10. Glad to see this show is gone, but I feel sorry for James Kerley, he is actually very good, and I watched him on Channel [V]’s Cash Cab game show.

    I have a feeling that he might end up being an Australian Idol host next year if Andrew G and James Matheson dont come back for another season. I remember hearing that G may not be back next year.

  13. Gee whiz, Taken Out got long run.

    Makes me pine for Yasmin & Tench to return.

    Congrats to Ten on giving the show a chance BUT everyone on this site pointed out problems having just seen one ep.

    – format sucked
    – girls, girls,girls then too long before guys judge.
    – basic premise of show – first impressions count (then asking teens why they did not choose her/him…too short,too dorkey,too smart.

  18. Finally getting rid of taken out, I hate that show so much. As my children keep asking me when is simpson is coming back. They loved the show so much. Horray simpson is back. Thank you channel 10!!!

  20. “Tonight TEN returns The Simpsons to its trusty 6pm timeslot with the episode “Mr. Plow.” That name again, Mr Plow.”

    I quite enjoyed the little quote there David.

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