TV Tonight turns 7!

January 5 marks another birthday for TV Tonight, now 7 years online and counting…

In this time the site has grown enormously in both content and traffic from its humble beginnings as a radio drive segment all about “TV tonight.”

There are now more than 29,000 posts (including over 300 during the current Hiatus period), over 300,000 comments, 45,000 registered ID accounts and nearly 13,000 Twitter followers.

Last year the site hit highs of 500,000 Unique Visitors and 2 million page views per month.

It’s due to your loyalty and passion that TV Tonight is a recognised brand. The site continues to be viewed as a “go-to” site by both industry and public, regularly quoted by wider media and watched by network executives. As one network said many years ago, “You blogged. We listened.”

Last year the site added Timeshifted ratings in response to concerns about the media’s focus on Overnight ratings. These help you monitor the shows that are attracting extra viewers up to 7 days after their original broadcast. The Calendar replaced the Coming Soon section and includes the ability to import to your own Calendar -creating SMS alerts on some smartphones.

More developments are planned for 2014.

Voting recently concluded in the TV Tonight Awards for 2013.  Who won, who lost? Your results are about to be published.

2013 was also a big year for interviews around here. Here’s a list of those who spoke to TV Tonight:

Adam Zwar
Alan Fletcher
Alex Mavroidakis
Andrew Backwell
Andy Lee
Angus Ross
Anna Gare
Asher Keddie
Bec Haagsma
Bernadette OMahony
Beverley McGarvey
Brendan Dahill
Brian Nankervis
Brian Walsh
Celia Ireland
Charlie Pickering
Chris Brown
Colin Lane
Craig McLachlan
Daryl Talbot
Dave O’Neil
David Mott
David Wenham
Deb Cox
Dougie Baldwin
Dr Chris Brown
Eddie McGuire
Elise Jansen
Erik Thomson
Essie Davis
Fiona Eagger
Fred Mafrica
Gary Mehigan
Genevieve Morris
Glen McMillan
Hugh Sheridan
Imogen Banks
Jamaica Dela Cruz
James Tobin
Jared Daperis
Jessica Rowe
John Edwards
Jonathan Holmes
Jonathan M. Shiff
Josh Thomas
Julia Morris
Julia Zemiro
Julian Morrow
Kat Stewart
Kate Jenkinson
Kevin Whyte
Kingston Anderson
Kyle Sandilands
Lawrence Mooney
Leigh Sales
Livinia Nixon
Lorna Watson & Ingrid Oliver
Maeve O’Mara
Mal Walden
Manu Fieldel & Pete Evans
Marc Fennell
Marco Pierre White
Marie Davies & Olivia Phyland
Matt Moran
Matt Testro
Matthew Le Nevez
Melissa Doyle
Michelle Bridges
Natarsha Belling
Nathan Little
Neil Breen
Nelson Aspen
Osher Gunsberg
Patrick Brammall
Paul Bongiorno
Peter Helliar
Prisoner cast
Rebecca Gibney
Remy Hii
Richard Finlayson
Richard Keddie
Rick Kalowski
Rob Carlton
Robyn Malcolm
Sabour Bradley
Sandra Sully
Shane Crawford
Sharon Smith
Shaun Micallef
Sonia Kruger
Stephen McDonnell
Steve Gilbert
Sue Seeary
Tim Brooke Hunt
Tim Ross
Toby Truslove
Tom Oliver
Tommy Little
Tony Iffland
Tracy Grimshaw
Virginia Trioli

The site will continue the passion for Australian creativity, talk to those who matter, engage in discussion, call networks to account and remains fiercely independent. But I couldn’t do any of it without you.

Here’s to another big year ahead!

Cheers, David.