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Class over for 5th Grader?

TEN reckons it hasn't decided whether teacher McManus and his kids will return next year.

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fifthgIn its 2010 programme launch, TEN neglected to include Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader?

The Roving Enterprises show has had a tough year, underperforming for the network on a Monday night.

Not every show on the network schedule was included in this week’s 2010 showreel (for instance 9AM with David and Kim, Before the Game, or Meet the Press etc), but given this has been a primetime show its absence does leave it open for speculation.

One of the reasons may have been the network is undecided about its fate.

A statement from TEN today notes: “We are still working through all our programming for 2010 and have yet to make firm plans regarding 5th Grader.”

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  1. @bette streep it has Never been at 6:30 sundays. It started at wednesday at 7:30 then went to thursday 7:30 and now to monday 7:30.

    Also Glenn every year they have changed the kids and thats why they have the graduation at the end of the season. I actually thought the kids were great this year they were very funny and knew how to talk to the camera.

  2. Agree with Neon kitten, who cares about celebs/pollies/tv network types winning easy money for charity.
    I wanted to see “normal Aussies on show” and gave up last season.

  3. If AYSTAFG continues in 2010, the producers have to find new Grade 5 students. The current ones would be making their way up a grade. Otherwise, the show would have to be renamed “Are You Smarter than a Sixth Grader?”

  4. 5th Grader was always going to struggle up against Seven’s crap factual programs and Nine’s crap 2.5 men!

    It would be better at Sunday 6:30pm – which I think is where it was originally???

    Am surprised that Australian Idol is returning next year – the ratings this year have been Dreadful!

  5. Fun show, mostly thanks to Rove, who is totally in his element hosting it.

    But the constant stream of non-celebrity contestants is what’s killed it. Nobody cares if Julia Gillard wins money for “charity”.

    Look at why Deal Or No Deal is successful. People like to see fellow normal people trying to win big. They don’t want to see people who they perceive as well-off playing the game for no personal gain (even though there actually is personal gain under the table).

    “Celebrities” and game shows combine to equal ratings death.

  8. 30 minutes tops should be the limit for these quiz shows. A lot can be perfectly done in an alotted 30mins , as is the case with spicks and specks. An hour is just too much time to dedicate for this type of show. TBYG & good news week could equally do with getting trimmed down to 30 mins – Keep them sharper…

  10. A stripped version of this at 7pm would probably do better than 7pm project.

    I also think the show should only be 30 mins and a Sunday early evening timeslot may suit it well.

  12. I say keep it next year and make it a half an hour game show. But I don’t think it should be on their main channel I’d like ten to have it as an exclusive on their new channel – I know it wouldn’t justify its cost putting it on their new channel but it would help to broaden the show and show viewers that they are really keen on giving them new australian content they want to see – and should hold them in good stead for 2013 when we all go digital and there is a possibility for a bigger share.

  13. Micalef may well be too smart for this show in fact he is but still he’d put a smarter spin on the show. Sure Rove’s low brow humour suits a show with kids but he’s far too annoying for most intelligent adults to endure.

  16. Koverstreet, we all know how much you don’t like Rove, but this format actually suits him well. Micallef on the other hand would just be bemused by the whole thing and would probably alienate the primary-school audience.

    It’s a good show but it’s had its run – underperforming with or without any whiff of competition, and bad demos and terrible total people numbers.

  17. If it had a new host, real kids with real knowledge (emphasis on real), a new host, was less Americanised, and had a new host, I might start to watch it. But I’m just one person and I doubt that’s the reason why most others don’t watch it.
    @George, Putting game shows at 6pm is suicide (Jeopardy!, Taken Out).

  18. Can’t stand this. There’s not a hint of sincerity in any of the children, and the producers’ hackneyed attempts to make everyone act all “funny” (*barf*) is not fooling anybody.

  20. I’d like to see it come back with a different host..say Micalef? He’s done wonders with TBYG and reckon he’d do well with this format as well. It’s a fun light entertainment progam for the whole family but Rove as a host is annoying as per usual.

  23. I think it won’t be back until the second half of the year. Basically, TEN have told Roving Enterprise to get 7PM Project working and that is their one and only focus.

  25. Dear David Mott

    Please get rid of this stinker. Thank you

    PS I am getting a little concerned about children / teenagers creeping into my prime time viewing. Sorry, but they just are not that interesting!

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