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Briefly In Axings Nobody Noticed

9:45AM Clem Bastow | As was noted in the arse end of Ros Reines’ Next Top Model-related piece, Channel Seven’s big Jennifer Hawkins (and Tyrese) hosted “After The Olympics”™ hope, Make Me A Supermodel was quietly axed last week – and now, Channel Ten’s oddly-timed dating show (”Why, Scooter, you’re a genius! Of course people will switch across from the Channel Nine news to watch derros trying to date each other!”) Taken Out has been, well, taken off: The Channel 10 dating show was launched at the start of the month but never really took off. Speculation it was soon to get the chop mounted after it was bumped from the 7pm timeslot to 6pm. And that, ladies and gentlemen, is that. Back to the party cab, Kerley? More »

Viewers Oddly Unreceptive To The Cavalcade Of Cringe That Is ‘Taken Out’

9:11AM Clem Bastow | Who would’ve thunk that a gobsmackingly awful parade of hilarious awfulness such as Ten’s James Kerley-hosted Taken Out (sample dialogue: Bloke: “I’m a carpenter” Chick: “A what?” Bloke: “A carpenter” Chick: “Like… making carpets?” Bloke: “…”), a curious melding of Perfect Match, Elimi-Date and, er, the Roman Coliseum, wouldn’t actually hook in the viewers and keep them pressed to the television? Well, it appears that we are all tiring of Ten’s daily dating show, as the ratings slide from “okay” into “average” into “better start looking for other work, Kerley” territory. Hosted by James Kerley, Ten had high hopes for the program, which last night only managed to draw in a little over 500,000 viewers to come in 30th position. More »