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Post by MaybeNext on Apr 20, 2004 21:56:37 GMT 10
The Australian
Logies rate Nine the winner, while it's drama for Seven
By Amanda Meade
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NINE'S combination of slick renovation reality, red-carpet glamour and star-studded awards swept it to a massive 44.7 per cent share of television viewers last night, almost doubling the audience of its nearest rival, the struggling Seven Network.
The Logie Awards from Melbourne's Crown Casino was the most watched program of the night, averaging 2.3 million viewers over its three-hour live broadcast. To put this in context, the highest-rating show last week, Nine's CSI, averaged 1.8 million viewers.
At its peak, about 9pm, nearly 3 million people were watching Eddie McGuire host the 46th annual Logies. Despite a somewhat lacklustre night of entertainment, by the 11.30pm finish 1.7 million people were still tuned in to see Rove McManus win the Gold Logie for the second year in a row.
Audiences couldn't get enough of Australia's television stars, tuning in an hour earlier than the awards broadcast to watch celebrities such as Delta Goodrem, Georgie Parker and Guy Sebastian arrive in an extended red-carpet coverage that attracted 2.1 million viewers.
Nine's smash-hit renovation show The Block made its 2004 debut at 6.30pm last night, drawing 1.6 million viewers – a slightly disappointing figure for the show that carries the hopes of reality television. If The Block can't reel 'em in, nothing can.
The Seven Network, which scored only a 22.7 per cent share last night despite having three shows in the top 10, is hoping to catch up to Nine with changes to its drama line-up.
Last week, Seven's share was 24.3 per cent to Nine's 30.7 and Ten's 22.7, the ABC's 12.6 and SBS's 4.7.
Tonight, All Saints moves from the familiar Ward 17 into an emergency room setting with popular actor John Howard its new star. As the hospital drama failed to win a Logie and has lost thousands of viewers this year, the future of the long-running show depends on the success of this overhaul.
Tomorrow night, Blue Heelers goes live for the first time, in a bid to raise some excitement about the police drama, which last week pulled in 1.2 million viewers.
While dramas across the networks struggle to survive, Nine's McLeod's Daughters looks unbeatable, taking out three Logies and scoring a 1.6 million audience last week.
The cast of The Secret Life of Us on Ten must be scratching their heads in wonder as their show has simultaneously been pulled off air and won two critical awards.
© The Australian
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Post by MaybeNext on Apr 20, 2004 21:57:45 GMT 10
Herald and Weekly Times
Stars dance the night away
20apr04
THE Logies are over for another year, and all the stars celebrated long into the night and made the most of it.
The TV Week after-party was on the banks of the Yarra, and at one stage was so packed even celebs were turned away and told to come back later.
With great food and drink, the party was happening, except no one seemed to want to dance.
Top Ten
CHANNEL 10 was a big winner at the Logies, with The Secret Life of Us, Rove McManus and Australian Idol all picking up awards.
Gold Logie winner McManus had a private party in his hotel room, with cast, crew and his publicists, while Ten held its after-party at the Tonic Bar, at Crown's Grand Promenade Hotel.
Guests included Shannon Noll, Ian "Dicko" Dickson, Stephanie McIntosh, Jay Bunyan, John Foreman and Guy Sebastian.
Dance mania
THERE wasn't much dancing at the Ten party, but the same couldn't be said at Channel 7's.
Held at Southbank's Pure South restaurant, the bash went to 4am, when Great Outdoors host Tom Williams and Laura Csortan, Today Tonight reporter Anna Coren, Home and Away actor Kip Gamblin and Ada Nicodemou were still all dancing up an absolute storm.
Williams kept stealing the tambourine from the DJ.
All Saints newcomer John Howard gave Great Outdoors star Di Smith a foot rub in a corner.
And Getaway's Jules Lund was seen running around the bar with a pink feather boa around his neck, but no one seemed to even blink an eye at him.
We're told Geoff Cox was perched at the edge of the dance floor like a stern father.
Nine gives in
CHANNEL 9 was not going to have an after-party, but that idea was changed at the last minute.
As with other years, it was held at the sophisticated JJ's bar.
Dawn patrol
WHILE the network parties finished about 4am, the real stayers ended up at Heat nightclub.
Full points to Shannon Noll and fiancee Rochelle, who stayed to the end which was 7am.
Other stars left at that time included My Restaurant Rules host Curtis Stone, and Idol-ers Kelly Cavuoto and Axle Whitehead.
© Herald and Weekly Times
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Post by Inside Australian Idol on Apr 21, 2004 2:59:55 GMT 10
Paris is back in Australia From Sydney Confidential April 20, 2004 WELCOME back to Paris Hilton. She's just returned to the country following her highly publicised promotional tour in November last year, where she hooked up with you know who, to start filming her first lead role in a film – OK, maybe her second lead role. Arriving at Brisbane airport yesterday morning clad in blue velour tracksuit and sporting a tan and new peroxide hair extensions, it looks like she may have possibly smuggled her latest boyfriend Nick Carter somewhere in the pile of luggage she brought in with her. The party-loving blonde paused to pat a drug sniffer dog at the airport before a limousine whisked her and her entourage away. Last year, when Ms Hilton was on the Gold Coast during a visit to Australia for the Melbourne Cup, she stayed at the luxurious Palazzo Versace, the world's only Versace-branded hotel. This time, with her accommodation budget constrained by studio executives, her digs are a far more humble Surfers Paradise apartment building, built in the 1980s. Here, the only room room service is provided by Pizza Hut. But Ms Hilton is apparently prepared to rough it to try to launch her fledgling film career, which has so far featured only a cameo role as herself in the Ben Stiller comedy Zoolander . It is not known whether she has any plans to have a reunion with Australian Idol's Robert Mills while she's here. Unlikely given she's dating Carter from the Backstreet Boys – but with Paris, who knows? The film, House of Wax, which also stars Elisha Cuthbert, is being shot at Movie World on the Gold Coast and is a remake of the Vincent Price horror classic from 1953. The Daily Telegraph entertainment.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4459,9333582%255E7485%255E%255Enbv,00.html |
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Post by Ava on Apr 23, 2004 2:25:38 GMT 10
The Block: adored one year, a turn-off the next
By David Dale
April 20, 2004
Something strange happened to Channel Nine on Sunday night. Two million Australians in the mainland capitals watched it for the news, and 2 million watched it for the Logie arrivals.
But between those two successes, half a million people turned off The Block, apparently preferring thirsty lions and American singers.
The Block was Nine's biggest hit of 2003, launching last year with 1.9 million viewers, and ending with 3.1 million. The launch of the second series on Sunday night averaged 1.57 million.
Against it, Seven put a documentary about drought-afflicted lions in Zimbabwe, and attracted 1.2 million viewers - doubling the audience of Popstars Live the previous Sunday.
Ten showed American Idol and got 1 million viewers - 100,000 more than the previous Sunday.
The Block suffered with all segments of the viewing audience, but particularly with viewers under 24 (who worshipped Idol) and over 55s (who walked with the lions). In Sydney it was down 38 per cent on last year's average.
The networks were asking themselves these questions yesterday: Does this represent a rejection of reality programming or just a rejection of renovation? Did the decline in the property market damage a show predicated on prices? Were viewers put off by news reports on one contestant who had been jailed as an accessory of drug dealers?
Nine's program director, Michael Healy, said he was very happy with The Block's figures, and expected the numbers to build as winter sets in.
"The glut of reality programs this year has probably softened the performance across the board," he said. "I wonder if there was also a slight reaction among older viewers to the negative press about one of the couples.
"But it won its timeslot, and it was the highest rated episode of any lifestyle or reality show so far this year. There is still an enormous appetite for this type of show."
Seven pointed out yesterday that its own reality show, My Restaurant Rules, did surprisingly well against the Logie arrivals, rising 30 per cent on its previous Sunday.
During this week's episode, a food critic rated the Sydney restaurant and the Perth restaurant as the worst of the five contenders, and viewers were asked to vote on which of the two should be thrown out of the game.
Nevertheless, My Restaurant Rules was beaten by an ABC documentary about honey badgers in the Kalahari, which attracted 1.2 million viewers.
If 2003 was the year of reality, 2004 could be the year of the angry animal.
Ten does not think The Block's results have any implications for its next reality series, Big Brother Four - but there are reliable rumours that it plans to include a pet monkey among this year's housemates.
MOVING OFF THE BLOCK - SUNDAY NIGHT'S VIEWING
Audience mainland capitals (millions)
1 The Logie Awards (9) 2.29
2 Logies Arrivals (9) 2.12
3 Nine News (9) 1.93
4 The Block (9) 1.57
5 Seven News (7) 1.36
6 Honey Badgers of Kalahari (ABC) 1.23
7 ABC News (ABC) 1.19
8 My Restaurant Rules (7) 1.19
9 Waking With Lions (7) 1.16
10 American Idol (10) 1.04
Source: OZTAM
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