Burke Ramsey speaks to Dr. Phil
Should TEN screen a Dr. Phil interview with the surviving brother of JonBenét Ramsey in primetime?
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Burke Ramsey, the 9 year old brother of JonBenét Ramsey, was pinpointed as her alleged killer in The Case Of: JonBenét Ramsey.
Investigators in the CBS documentary, which has also just screened in the US, could not agree if her murder was intentional or an accident.
Burke, now 29 years old, recently spoke to TV psychologist Dr. Phil, reportedly to try to ‘take control’ of the narrative.
Dr. Phil attributed Burke’s peculiar smiling throughout the interview as part of his “socially awkward” personality.
The three-part interview aired in the US last week.
TEN could do well by screening this in primetime following the success of the NBC documentary. It rated over a million viewers on Monday night and was trending at #1 on Twitter during Part 2 on Nine last night.
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Dear Gaz, you’re assessment of Burke is correct but it is also exactly why the viewers would love to see him in Prime Time! You’ve almost written the promo for Ten, congrats!!!
Id watch it if this was on Channel10
I think that it would be about time for 10 to air The Case of Jonbenet Ramsey.
I think a lot of people would tune in if they don’t wait too long to air it.
It won’t be the first time that Channel Ten has aired U.S. daytime content on primetime (the ratings are usually mediocre at best). The occasional episode of Oprah and The Late Show With David Letterman have been given primetime treatment in the past. The Bold and the Beautiful was also given a primetime stint at 6pm weeknights during the summer non-ratings period circa 2007.
Incidentally, I’m surprised that Ten haven’t scheduled the new season of Pokémon in Eleven’s Wednesday night animation block off the success of Pokémon Go.
No reason why day time shows like Dr Phil and The Talk aren’t aired within a day of the US in any case – like what Nine usually do with Ellen. Pointless having them air weeks after they do in the US (eg two month old The Talk sometimes on Ten).
I think it may have been a CBS documentary not NBC
I sit corrected!
Yes throw it in, 9 have built a ready made audience for them.
6;30pm Sunday, can’t do any worse than Modern Family! It may also even rate… God forbid ??
Yeah I was thinking there or 9:30 Monday instead of Odd Couple, which is closer to where the audience is.
If it’s only good enough for daytime in the US – it should only be good for daytime in Australia. At the most! Our networks should have better stuff than daytime Us talk.
I wouldn’t want to watch it. I find Burke very creepy and disturbing to watch, and would have trouble believing anything he said anyway.