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That is exactly the oppositre of what I would do. I would showTGUK and TGA back-to-back. Let TGUK draw people in and then go straight into TGA when its over.
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That is exactly the oppositre of what I would do. I would showTGUK and TGA back-to-back. Let TGUK draw people in and then go straight into TGA when its over.
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Problem then is that it will look really poor in comparison.
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I reckon that TGA would be good on a different night of the week to TGUK ... and TGUK needs to come back to being on SBS week in, week out.
S2 reruns are a great idea. Perhaps put them on twice a week, once on SBS ONE and again on SBS TWO? Would help raise awareness of SBS TWO as well. Maybe put some classic TGUK reruns on SBS TWO as well. And maybe subtitled versions of TGR? (after all, SBS is theoretically Australia's multicultural broadcaster).
I'd love for the TG franchise to become to SBS what The Simpsons is to Channel 10 i.e. on every day, non stop, relentless, almost to the point where everybody is sick to death of it but we still watch because we love it to bits
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S2 reruns are a great idea. Perhaps put them on twice a week, once on SBS ONE and again on SBS TWO? Would help raise awareness of SBS TWO as well. Maybe put some classic TGUK reruns on SBS TWO as well. And maybe subtitled versions of TGR? (after all, SBS is theoretically Australia's multicultural broadcaster).
I'd love for the TG franchise to become to SBS what The Simpsons is to Channel 10 i.e. on every day, non stop, relentless, almost to the point where everybody is sick to death of it but we still watch because we love it to bits
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I remember when TGUK started out, it wasn't that great, but by the third series everything just started to click. From then on, it's been good.
With this new presenter, TGA is improving. It all takes time to come together, the potential is there.
With this new presenter, TGA is improving. It all takes time to come together, the potential is there.
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I watched it that way a few episodes last year (when TGUK was being broadcast in the UK at the same time), it didn't work. Granted TGA was fairly poor then, but I still don't think it would work.
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[02x06] - 550,000
Up by 5,000. Its not much, but its something.
Up by 5,000. Its not much, but its something.
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Well ratings are a guess at best established from a small sample size.
Not only that, but being a show about cars, advertising can be very focused on that and be more effective.
So a focused television show about one specific subject will skew ratings by a lot, but provides advertisers with an opportunity of a focused audience more likely to buy their cars, tyres, accessories etc, even if it has lower ratings/viewers.
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Also, if you were an SBS marketing type, you'd say the ratings are skewed against ABC/SBS viewers. If you get a ratings box and watch too much of those channels, they take it away from you.
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Seriously?
They take the ratings boxes off SBS and ABC viewers?!?
They take the ratings boxes off SBS and ABC viewers?!?
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Well they consider people who watch a lot of those channels as not representative of 'regular' viewer patterns. As ratings are primarily to determine ad rates, ratings recording is heavily skewed in favour of the three commercial networks, and Foxtel channels.
http://www.roymorgan.com/news/polls/2006/4043/ is the only real research I can find, stating:
"The OzTAM sample underestimates SBS households. Programs now broadcast on SBS are underestimated due to an inadequate representation of SBS viewing households in the TV rating panel"
http://www.roymorgan.com/news/polls/2006/4043/ is the only real research I can find, stating:
"The OzTAM sample underestimates SBS households. Programs now broadcast on SBS are underestimated due to an inadequate representation of SBS viewing households in the TV rating panel"
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Down this week. I'm starting to worry about whether or not they'll get a third series.
[02x07] - 510,000
[02x07] - 510,000
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It's a slippery slope.
They need to get themselves on the front page of the news. Like maybe have a ute race between Rudd and Turnbill.
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It's a slippery slope.
They need to get themselves on the front page of the news. Like maybe have a ute race between Rudd and Turnbill.
oh yes! the only way to settle utegate.. send them both a rusty ute and tell them to belt it round bathurst with the paparazzi watching. Winner takes all
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But remember that SBS doesn't care about the ratings or so they shouldn't need to
[url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2009/06/ratings-ten-takes-second-nine-drops-third.html]TV Tonight[/url] said:
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I imagine that any channel with advertising time to sell cares about the ratings.
But you're right about TGA still being SBS' highest rating programme.
But you're right about TGA still being SBS' highest rating programme.
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It's not exactly a terrible rating. As long as they can keep filling the studio (and the audience has got bigger and bigger each week) and the word 'Top Gear' is on people's lips, it'll keep going.