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Nine wanted Murdoch doco
If ABC had not nabbed prized Murdoch doco, Nine was ready to swoop.
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A prized BBC documentary on the Murdoch empire was on Nine’s wish-list before ABC secured the rights.
The Rise of the Murdoch Dynasty, a three part doco which screened in the UK in July, examines Rupert Murdoch’s influence on world events and the dramatic personal battle for power. It has been described as “Succession with phone hacking and foam pies.”
ABC has secured the rights in Australia. But Nine sources confirmed to TV Tonight, if ABC had not exercised their option on the series, it would have swooped.
No airdate has yet been announced by ABC.
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10 Responses
I have no doubt those mouth pieces on Sky News, will use Slander and defamatry comments against the ABC.
No doubt there will be another round of ABC bashing by the News Corp. rags (although…does it ever really stop?) in the lead-up to this airing.
… not to mention another round of Murdoch bashing by the ABC and rags like the Guardian (although…does it ever really stop?) in the lead-up to this airing 🤣🤣🤣 … although I’m personally waiting for the Redstone dynasty doco … they make the Murdoch family look like babes-in-the-wood by comparison …
I watched this on the BBC and it’s brilliant.
>> But Nine sources …describing the series as “Dynasty meets Nazi propaganda.” <<
Proof positive that the natural home of this doco is the ABC.
Based on this thought natural home of this doco would be SBS not ABC.
Couldn’t think of any subject less appealing for more than a handful of reasons. A happy personal challenge in life – with quite some success – has been to avoid contributing to the bottom line of businesses owned by this subject.
Not impacting anything significant – but it sure feels good!
“Dynasty meets Nazi propaganda” is Nine’s aesthetic!
The talk was that no network here was interested in it. It looked like none of them had the guts to show it so happy that ABC have it.
Not correct. ABC had an option and has exercised it.