Today Tonight to be turfed?
Reports speculate that Today Tonight might be ditched as a cost-saving measure and Seven News could be expanded to one hour.
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It’s almost unthinkable. So far-fetched it couldn’t possible come to pass.
Reports today speculate that Today Tonight might be ditched by Seven as a cost-saving measure and Seven News could be expanded to one hour.
The Daily Telegraph reports Seven West Media boss Don Voelte is keen on the plans but Seven’s head of news and current affairs Peter Meakin was quick to shoot down the speculation yesterday, saying it is a decision that “makes absolutely no sense” denies the talk.
“We are not contemplating any such thing,” he said. “It would be the biggest free kick we could give our opposition.
“Bear in mind that this is a national program that invariably wins its timeslot. Why would we want to change that?”
It’s already on the record that Seven is reviewing its costs for its News and Current Affairs department and CEO Tim Worner has confirmed, “I would suggest that our newsrooms will be operating differently in 2013.”
Seven is also facing dwindling numbers on its news services in Sydney and Melbourne (down to 259,000 for the latter this week).
There are also state-based editions of TT with separate hosts in Adelaide and Perth, that could be under consideration.
The show’s other concern is that TT skews old, often reflected by the show’s content on electricity bills, pensioner fights, and supermarket wars.
Yet Meakin is correct. TT is a regular timeslot winner and when it is working in tandem with Seven News, the pair set up the network for the evening.
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54 Responses
It’s hard to believe people unaware of the alternatives elsewhere(Project/Assorted Sitcoms,Cartoons,Neighbours,Cooking Shows amongst other things)still watch ACA and TT.
I often during the day during my daylight hour exercise sessions see the promotions talking about the stories and all the other nonsense that goes on there and it’s not a patch on what we got in the Eighties.It’s a Pathetic Excuse for 30 minutes.
A better use at 6:30pm on 9 would be to recycle an entire Different Strokes,Fresh Prince of Belair,Cheers or Married With Children all of which have since been paid for at a fraction of the cost.7 can put on Saved by the Bell,Clueless,Family Matters and whatever else from the last two decades they have shown and saved a lot a money.
No it wouldn’t. You have always said Nine should repeat old sitcoms. I have always said we have digital channels for these. Can we move on?
I still can’t believe people watch TT and ACA. Terrible shows, terrible stories and heavily advertised during the show.
The Project is the only show I’ll watch in that timeslot.