Australian tv must take extra dangers, add a late night time or Selection present, re-energise Daytime TV and decrease Streaming subscription costs.

These are amongst feedback made by Readers within the current TV Tonight Awards.

There proceed to be complaints about “An excessive amount of Actuality, not sufficient Drama” -this is an annual gripe for TV Tonight readers.

However there’s nonetheless some room to reward the standard of Australian productions.

Here’s a snapshot of the most typical factors raised by readers.

Threat Averse

• It’s missing in skilled management. This makes it threat averse and mediocre outdoors of some standouts.
• No dangers taken for brand spanking new product. Many again catalogs ignored and left to die. High quality of service is under par each in high quality of content material and high quality of expertise (decision, bandwidth and so forth)
• Not an Aussie-specific statement however I feel TV is at it’s greatest when new codecs are being tried out. Spelling Bee, Origin Odyssey have been native hits for me this 12 months.
• I consider that we’re at some extent the place we’re purging the hypocisy and toxin from the trade however now everyone seems to be strolling on eggshells and skinny ice, not will to push new concepts or develop unique content material plans. We might now begin adapting extra worldwide comedy panel codecs and scripted content material that has a combined media supply, just like the Sports activities method, as audiences turn out to be extra discerning about content material. Funding in folks and concepts have to be on the forefront, not making an attempt to steal viewers share and product-centric programming.

Programming

• Take away the overrun
• I want, stations would carry again the idents. The music of channel 9 is so unbelievable… It was just like the stations have been so happy with the station…
• Overruns of Actuality Reveals continues to be a battle, and the schedule publish 8.30pm is a large number. There must be extra Australian Drama on Business tv. The rankings modifications are good (with no extra break up coding for The 6pm Information / The Venture / The Chase and so forth), however am nonetheless not a fan of the Attain figures.
• Too many repeats, significantly of flagship exhibits
• Daytime TV must be stronger. Repeats within the age of on-line catch up simply appears half assed.
• I’m usually proud of Australian TV, besides when exhibits run extra time and time slots get modified
• As a UK nationwide the distinction in high quality of programming is surprising. The channels within the UK, BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and 5 are higher programmed than the channels in Australia which both air repeats or actuality TV
• There must be extra contemporary Aussie productions and music packages. Throughout daytime too many discuss, cooking and recreation exhibits.

Selection

• I do suppose there must be much less of nasty actuality TV and a few extra selection in programming together with a late night time selection/chat present of some type.
• Extra unique Australian programing,and a light-weight entrainment every day present to retire too. One thing to unwind and calm down with, life is so disturbing atm for everybody.
• Nonetheless want sensible comedy, an evening time discuss present and extra conventional drama, not police or detective drama.
• Tons to select from this 12 months. Some wonderful exhibits and flicks. Must have extra selection exhibits to showcase expertise. Missing a number one host . Eddie can’t do the whole lot!!!
• FFS. Extra selection. Can’t be replicated. Discover a solution to get it to work. Speak present. Selection present. The massive present.
• Would like to see extra stay leisure packages the place abroad actors, celebs, singers and so forth may be interviewed about their new tasks
• An excessive amount of actuality. Little or no tradition. I temember when used to get performs, ballet and even opera. Good high quality selection exhibits.

Streaming

• It’s getting very costly with exhibits unfold throughout all of the streaming platforms.
• There continues to be a dearth of cheaply made actuality TV on FTA. It’s now on the level the place I actually solely watch ABC and SBS as a result of the standard of 9 and 7 (particularly) is so poor I can barely discover something to observe.
• Streaming providers are my saviour, however these have gotten extra fragmented. I believe an enormous shake up is coming to streaming as a result of the price of holding a number of streamers without delay can also be fragmenting manufacturing assets.
• This was additionally the 12 months I bought sick of worth rises by the streamers – I’ll now solely subscribe for a month or two at a time, then cancel for no less than just a few months and are available again when there are contemporary choices able to binge.

Much less Actuality / Extra Scripted

• Getting boring nothing new contemporary and thrilling. Sick of actuality content material. Want extra comedy and drama
• An excessive amount of actuality TV
• As soon as once more the foremost networks don’t study and don’t pay attention. Cease with all of the stripped actuality, there’s an increasing number of and most of it fails. Extra Drama, documentary and comedy. I perceive it’s low cost to supply however do we actually want a lot information on so many alternative bulletins throughout the day sufficient.
• We want extra native dramas.
• There are solution to many actuality exhibits on Australian TV. A Lot of those actuality exhibits are poor in high quality and might be improved.
• Some extra Australian drama is likely to be good!
• We want extra good Australian, scripted drama and comedy exhibits and fewer trashy actuality TV exhibits. The Block must cease casting unlikeable personalities for drama and return to the groups that individuals like and need to see.
• An excessive amount of actuality. Improve Australian drama on FTA
• Would like to see extra Australian drama.
• A disappointing 12 months for native scripted content material. And by no means noticed that Tipping Level juggernaut coming.
• Too many repeats and an excessive amount of American crap to fill timeslots. Major channels and multi-channels do provide selection, however not a substantial amount of new Australian drama. Too many low cost, sensationalist actuality exhibits and an excessive amount of commercialism/product placement on packages. Australian TV is struggling, and they should get again to fundamentals.
• There’ll have to be a merger between two of the industrial channels within the close to future to allow them to compete with the streaming platforms – unhappy, however the actuality of how clients are accessing TV lately.
• Extra good high quality drama, please!
• There are nonetheless too actuality exhibits occupying the 7.30pm timeslot on industrial TV. I’d like to see some new Australian dramas and comedies proven within the timeslot.
• I really like supporting Aussie TV. I simply want we had extra drama and Youngsters’s Tv. We have to inform extra Australian tales.
• I do want there was extra funding in youngsters’s tv, particularly stay motion drama.

Positivity

• Free to air is coming again.
• TV has improved on final 12 months usually however too reliant on actuality staples
• The Meeting was most likely the very best present throughout a slightly dismal 12 months of Australian TV on this viewer’s opinion, hopefully that present can develop a higher pool of neurodiverse expertise which in the meanwhile is principally restricted to Michael Theo (who’s changing into overexposed, no less than by ABC requirements) and Chloe Hayden.
• I’m having fun with quite a bit, I watch a lot free to air, and I consider there are too many critics on the market simply being adverse nancy on a regular basis.
• On a plateau for a very long time – however good
• The 2024 has been like a one other huge 12 months. My favorite moments is watching House and Away at 7:00pm each night time 4 instances every week, Paris Olympics Video games and Canberra Raiders recreation on TV.
• Total good selection. Carry again masked singer Au.
• There are some nice Australian exhibits that want extra seasons: Deadloch, Bay of Fires, Wolf Like Me, Boy Swallows Universe, Fisk.
• Some actual highlights
• I’m throughout the trade and its been an especially robust 12 months however content material continues to be being created properly and to a excessive normal
• With issues how they’re they’re doing the very best they’ll and I really feel like Australian audiences aren’t being beneath serviced.
• A lot good TV accessible I discover I’ve forgotten all my favorite packages of the 12 months but once more as I attempt to fill out the survey…