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Changing Rooms struggles upon return

Ratings: At just 204,000 the ratings reveal for 10's new show is brutal. MAFS dinner party dominates primetime.

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Changing Rooms has suffered an early blow drawing an alarming 204,000 viewers upon its return, fourth in its slot.

The revived renovation series fronted by Natalie Bassingthwaighte is part of a broader multi-night offering post-I’m a Celebrity but is up against reality juggernauts.

It was thrashed by Married at First Sight on a whopping 1.29m viewers, topping total people and the demos.

Seven followed (from 7pm) at 766,000 for My Kitchen Rules then ABC’s Hard Quiz on 607,000 and 7:30 on 545,000.

Nine network won at 33.6%, then Seven 30.8%, ABC 15.7%, 10 13.5% and SBS 6.5%.

Elsewhere for Nine, Nine News was 838,000 / 825,000, then A Current Affair (717,000), New Amsterdam (461,000), Hot Seat (446,000 / 273,000) and Chicago Med (192,000).

Seven News won its slot with 916,000 / 908,000 then The Chase (493,000 / 425,000), Undercurrent (452,000) and Criminal Minds (195,000).

ABC News was 602,000 for ABC. Rosehaven drew 429,000 then Get Krack!n (234,000), Would I Lie to You? (225,000), Adam Hills: The Last Leg (179,000) and The Drum (167,000).

10 News First was 10’s highest ranking show at just 365,000 viewers. Elsewhere it was The Project (323,000 / 189,000), Law & Order: SVU (206,000 / 139,000) and Pointless (182,000).

On SBS it was McMafia (188,000 / 158,000), Great British Railway Journeys (176,000), Gourmet Farmer (115,000) and SBS World News (106,000).

10 Bold’s NCIS: LA topped multichannels at 158,000.

Sunrise: 282,000
Today: 200,000
News Breakfast: 115,000 / 42,000

OzTAM Overnights: Wednesday 13 February 2019

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47 Responses

  1. It’s time for CBS to step in and take the reigns. The current management team has had enough time to make an impact but they continue to make stupid decisions.

  2. Yes we are not executives being paid 100k’s or have the insight knowledge and logistics behind everything but come on 10.. How do you expect to launch all these new shows without a solid program to promote them?
    6PM – Game show(
    6:30 – The project (needs to be trimmed
    7PM – Big Brother
    7:30 – Nightly tentpole show(preferably a 60 min show)
    8:30 – One of their many panel shows or pilot week shows
    CBS do BB and it does well for them, do a 30 min daily show and Friday night games, with the hour long shows sun/mon Then to really get traction on 10 All access going air a weekly uplate and live feed i’d pay $10pm for that when on air, then do a Celebrity version during summer in stead of I’m a Celeb

    1. This plan is exactly what I want to see from 10. 30 min stripped BB, hour long elimination Sun/Mon, Fri Night Games and the rest of the content available to stream. This is literally the only way I’d pay $10 a month for 10 All Access, otherwise it’ll always be Netflix’s redhaired stepchild.

  4. I caught a bus today with MAFS advertising all over it.
    Listening to the radio on the way to work, the first ad was for MKR.
    Scrolling news websites on my phone, MKR banner popped up.

    Hell, I even saw a guy in the city spinning a sign for fitness First.

    Point is…if you want more people to know what you have to offer, tell them outside your bubble!

    If I hadn’t caught a promo on 10 for Changing Rooms, I wouldn’t have known it was a thing!

  5. What a mess. I know we all bang on about 10’s evening programming like experts but it’s only because they get it so frustratingly wrong.

    The Project needs to revert to half an hour at either 6pm or 6.30. They’ve had years now to build on the one-hour format and here we still are. Neighbours back on the main channel can follow.

    I’ve said it before but it bears repeating. Big Brother is the only vehicle that will really shake the table and light the fire under 10 it so desperately needs. Short, sharp, half-hour eps at 7pm providing an actual lead-in audience to something other than Jamie Oliver repeats with a one-hour nomination show on a Monday and big eviction on Sundays.

    And I’m talking original Big Brother, nothing like that lukewarm trash Nine served up. Bring back Gretel, bring back Up Late, Friday Night Games – all of it. Anything less is a waste of time.

  6. All the attention on Changing Rooms …. Rosehaven was great last night but then Get Krackin only holds half the audience so probable goodbye to the girls after this season.

  7. The people at 10 need to read this website more often. Many people including me have said multiple times that this show needed to be short, sharp, shiny at no more than 60 mins at length and only one episode per week – and this was before it even went into production. They had time to address the situation and thought they knew better. It’s a shame, because I had wanted to enjoy the show in the format I desired.

  9. I have such a short attention span that I just can’t commit to the lengthy shows Australian networks are asking me to. 2 hours for MKR, 90 mins MAFS, 150 mins of 2 eps Changing Rooms. It’s too much to ask of a viewer. Bring back 60 minute shows programmed exactly on the half hour I say!

  11. Look i dont watch it, but apparently an hour worked for this show (Changing rooms) . 10 have it scheduled as a 90 min and 60 min show. But upon airing goes even longer. Tonight is now an extra 15 mins. So thats now 3 hours for a show that could be in a sharp 60 min slot. I reckon move Hughesy to Mondays and put this on Tuesdays after Ambulance for an hour.

  12. I agree with most of the other posters that this feels like something that should be a short and snappy show with lots of pace. It can sustain 30 minute episodes but inconceivable for it to run anything beyond that. Ten seem to be trying to use the show as a reality tentpole when it really is not that kind of program. Ideally it is a quick filler before the main course of the evening and this current format is mis-directed.

    I suspect a ‘Bumped’ headline will be appearing on your site very soon David.

    1. channel ten are rehashing shows that were cancelled on other channels and expects them to be popular. Although I am looking forward to Dancing with the stars. I just hope ten doesn’t do a cheap copy.

  15. I loved the original UK version and was looking forward to this but it was just missing something, can’t really put my finger on it, could have been the interior decorators , might have been the host but it was definitely too long , I fast forwarded through a lot of it, will record and then watch tonight’s episode just to see how each house was finished off but doubt I will be back for any more episodes…so disappointed.

  16. It is a shame, no matter what ten tries, they don’t seem to get the breaks. Are people that fixed on 7 & 9 offerings?
    I was turned off by the 90 then 60 minute episodes, as others have said 150 minutes seems like a big commitment over two nights. It could have been stripped for 30 minutes a night and might have had better traction prior to the Project?

  17. I didn’t want to commit to episodes that long re: Changing Rooms. I liked the concept when it was short and sweet, but I wasn’t looking for another Block. Got my fingers crossed for DWTS, because otherwise Ten are going to be falling further and further behind – and I prefer to have the channels in healthy competition.

  18. The reboot was way too long and it wasn’t very sleek. I gave it a chance but it was pretty terrible to be honest with you. 30 or 60 minute episodes would be much better. Sorry Channel 10 but this reboot was a fail. If DWTS fails on Monday i think 10 are in some serious trouble.

  19. A shame, I actually watched and enjoyed it. I do think 90 mins across 2 nights a week is a bit too much however. Once a week at 60 minutes would be the sweet spot.

  20. I’ve always been a big Channel 10 supporter for as long as I can remember but now that I’m a Celebrity is finished I honestly can’t see myself watching after 6pm again until Masterchef.(Wait -I will check out Sunday Night Takeaway) I’m not sure where the theory of rebooting some “old classics “ has come from but I’m really disappointed. Ten needs to really work on some new ideas. In saying that I can’t handle MKR or MAFS so maybe I’m out of touch as well?!?!

  25. There is no way Changing Rooms can last !! 150 mins is way too long for 2 eps. Is it trying to be more of a Block show, with more major renos/changes. You can not connect to the couples in just 2 episodes, so it simply needs to be a quick 60min (1 night show) with a bit of fun. Not going to last unfortunately. For someone who didn’t miss Suzie Wilks and loved the UK Changing Rooms, this didn’t have the same appeal.

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