60 Minutes: Oct 9
A few weeks ago Media Watch accused 60 Minutes of running stories on subjects that were loosely related to other Nine programming.
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A few weeks ago Media Watch accused 60 Minutes of running stories on subjects that were loosely related to other Nine programming.
For instance it ran a story on people who can remember everything, directly before a promo for Unforgettable and a story on Mike Tyson just before The Hangover ran.
Tomorrow night Liam Bartlett has a story that should heavily feature the London Olympics.
Doctor Death
It’s hard to comprehend how anyone could be so greedy or so cruel. Dr Hellfried Sartori claims he can cure terminal cancer. It isn’t true, of course. But what makes Dr Sartori’s scam truly despicable is that he doesn’t just empty out his victims’ bank accounts. The last days of life are painful hell for his patients, as they’re dosed up on powerful chemicals that poison their systems. His treatment has already failed to save twenty four Australians. And yet it seems nothing can be done to stop him.
Reporter: Liz Hayes
Producers: Phil Goyen, Kirsty Thomson
The Sea Gypsies
In this job, we’ve learned that the world still holds some remarkable surprises. Like the people you’re about to meet – the ocean nomads of the South Pacific called the Bajau Laut. With no land-based home to call their own, these sea gypsies have roamed the treacherous waters north of Australia for centuries, living their entire lives on tiny wooden boats. The ocean provides their every need, they’ve even physically adapted to hunt underwater as efficiently as ocean mammals. But, as exotic as it sounds, Allison Langdon soon discovered life on the ocean waves has its hardship and danger, from tropical storms to deadly pirates.
Reporter: Allison Langdon
Producer: Stephen Rice
Let the Games Begin
No matter what sport you’re talking, there’s nothing quite so satisfying as beating the Poms. But, less than a year out, it doesn’t look like we’ll have much to gloat about at the London Olympics. Not only have the Brits been spending millions to prepare their top athletes, they’ve even been stealing OUR top coaches to beat us. But just when our medal hopes were looking dim, a new golden girl of the track has leapt into Olympic contention, world champion hurdler Sally Pearson.
Reporter: Liam Bartlett
Producer: Howard Sacre
7:30pm Sunday on Nine.
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12 Responses
I’m with tmorgan on this one. I don’t see a problem with 60 minutes doing a story on the Olympics. I’m 99.9% positive all the other networks do the same thing.
60 minutes is nothing like it used to be, I keep waiting but just keep getting dissapointed.
@ deedeedragons, good point. My guess would be it was around the time that extremist Liam Bartlett joined the show.
The extended Sunday version of ACA continues to chug along.
Promo placement that match stories.
That’s what all good promo schedulers do…it’s part of their job.
How do we know it’s not the programme directors that are plonking these promos into the ad breaks at the right time, not the other way around?
It wont be long before 60 minutes ratings reflect those of its trashy counterpart that it is now modelled on these days ACA.
@Craig – that argument doesn’t hold water as the ABC’s 7:30 lead story on Thursday was about Jobs. It didn’t look slapped together either. Professional news organisations would have had something on Jobs about 75% finished, ready to have the lead and trail recorded and tacked on for broadcast that night.
I think the actual reason is (as people have said) that 60 Minutes hasn’t been about serious news for a long time. As ACA has become more and more trashy and irrelevant, 60 Minutes has slid down the scale of respectability to occupy the position where ACA used to be.
@tmorgan – if it was just the 2012 Olympics this wouldn’t be a story as it is an important event. What you have obviously either missed or chosen to ignore when making your point is the number of bullsh!t pieces that 60 Minutes have had, simply to given them an “excuse” to cross-promote another show on Nine. That’s not journalism however you look at it.
When exactly did 60 Minutes become as bad as Sunday Night?
I don’t see whats wrong with a story on the Olympics- it is the biggest event of 2012 and its being hosted by the British- most Australians have heritage there, it maintains the largest percentage of immigrants into Australia and we have a sporting rivalry with them e.g. Ashes.
As for Nine playing a story, just because they are the Official Broadcasters, doesn’t mean they should be barred from playing a story surrounding it.
I’m surprised they didn’t put something together about Apple and Steve Jobs, but I guess production times on most 60 min stories is longer than a few days.
Wonder if Sunday Night over on Seven will have anything?
60 Minutes has become little more than a big-budget, international version of ACA. Almost always one fluff promotion piece, one piece about weird people/freaks/scary people and one sensationalised semi-timely piece where it’s all about the reporter rather than the story. Allison Langdon seems to be getting right into the swing of this early – check out how much her mug features in her next story. Sure she’s pretty, but it should be about the things she’s meant to be reporting on, not her.