FACT. Australia is among the highest consumers of reality tv per capita than anywhere else in the world. Between things like Masterchef, MKR, the voice and the block, reality tv rates extremely well in Australia, moreso than even america
I may have missed your point, but I'm not sure why you needed to quote me for that, it doesn't change anything I said.
Australia is at least 10 years behind in regards to creating television and their thinking about who they're marketing too and where TV is heading in the future. Just take a look at channel 9's new drama that they're pumping off the back of Rebecca Gibney, yup that's right, Rebecca Gibney. Who under 35 would give the slightest f**k about Rebecca Gibney being back to star in a show, let alone having a 51 year old in a sex scene?
Entertainment (and the access to it) is now global. It's not just about the TV stations creating products for their local audience, but creating original programming that can then be on sold to other markets to increase revenue.
TV ratings in its traditional form (show airs, gets ratings for that slot only) has become obsolete. The Blacklist episode for example has had it's rating adjusted as high as 5 million after the initial ratings results came in from the "live" airing.
Whoever made the Torchwood/Crime Series comment is 100% spot on. Australia has 3 default genres - Drama/Reality TV/Crime Shows, and as a result everything gets nudged into that genre or poorly represented by trying to wedge it into those genres.
That used to work, and we're still seeing the leftover thought process of that today where people have been conditioned to receive this sort of crap. The problem is that the entertainment world is now global and people have options.
The thing that's going to kill the Australia TV channels is the generation change. Again, Nobody over 35 is going to give a f**k about a crime series where the main focal point of advertising is Rebecca Gibney. The same pool of actors/crew get used for everything, so it all looks and feels the same. I think it will still rate reasonable, but less so with those under 35. There's going to come a point where those who have been conditioned to accept what Australian TV feeds us is going to fade away/die out, and all that they're going to be left with is an audience who have been conditioned to go elsewhere.
