ABC bumps current affairs show from prime time,the Australian loses a voice of reason and Daily Mail still estranged from Ten after spoiling The BacheloretteABC programmers enjoy moved the approved international current affairs show Foreign Correspondent from its prime-time spot of 8pm on a Tuesday night to the less populated 9.30pm slot for the 2016 schedule. The decision has angered the ABC’s news division because the hobble will likely cause audience numbers to crash from 800000 to about 500000 – but the top brass at SBS are fuming too. Why SBS? Well, the other public broadcaster also has an international current affairs show – Dateline – which is already occupying the 9.30pm slot on Tuesdays. Both shows attract a similar audience but are now going to cannibalise each other. tall-level talks between news bosses at ABC and SBS enjoy failed to reach a compromise because the decision was made by the ABC’s TV division, and which controls the schedule,and they wanted to put Catalyst at 8pm. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com