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No brainer as The Einstein Factor ends

Peter Berner's The Einstein Factor will end after a six year run on the ABC.

3News today indicates the ABC has chosen not to renew The Einstein Factor, Peter Berner’s six year quiz show.

“That’s the business part of show business,” he sighs. “I’ve never bought into the idea that there’s some dark forces at work.”

The humble show has survived against some tough competition on commercial networks including Domestic Blitz and Dancing with the Stars.

“I’ve proudly seen off gardening shows, renovating shows and dancing,” Berner told The Australian.

The show has seen many Mastermind-style contestants dazzle us with their unique, if often bizarre, specialty subjects all for glory and not much else.

“We offered no brass ring, no prizes, a sense of humour and now they’re all doing it,” he adds of Talkin’ ‘Bout Your Generation, Spicks and Specks and RocKwiz.

Resources will reportedly be redirected into the drama department.

Peter Berner now hopes to pursue a humourous political show and return to stand-up comedy.

Source: The Australian

22 Responses

  1. Why, oh why did you pick this one for the axe? It was a very entertaining and informative quiz show and had a lot of variety in its format. It was also Australian content. I never missed it, but felt it deserved a better timeslot. As a regular ABC viewer and a member of the outraged public for whom you are broadcasting, I order you to put the show back on straight away.

    Thanks
    Janet

  2. I’m devastated. I loved the Einstein Factor and think Peter Berner is a great host, and very funny. I enjoyed the whole format, including the Brains Trust. The show was heaps better than anything else in that time slot.

  3. With Berner’s name attached to Eddie’s “not the 7pm project” mentioned last week, this really gives some weight to what seemed at the time to be a silly rumour. Although, I may be the only person in Australia who says this…. I really miss BackBerner.

  4. This is the most pointless ‘gameshow’ ever – it’s so unfair and uneven… (I know I’m missing the point)…. I have watched it over the years and sure, it’s entertaining, but it’s time for something new.

  5. Why dump it ?? We watch most Sundays and Peter Burner is a great host, not only that the show rates quite reasonably in it’s timeslot.

    Why can’t the ABC just re-vamp it and only have the contestants and dump the dumb panel.

  6. I wonder how long Spicks and Specks will last. Honestly, both shows are getting stale. It might be time to pull a Glasshouse and get some fresh ideas.

  7. No. Don’t get rid of this show. I am a fan of this show, and will miss this show heaps when it goes off air.

    Peter Berner is a good host, the brains trusts are good, and the topics of the contestants are usually good (but some of them are quite bizarre).

    RIP Einstein Factor

  8. That’s sad news.

    My parents love watching it and I think Berner is a great talent – almost Graham Kennedy like in his ad-lib skills.

    Good luck to whatever he does next.

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