How Sydney nearly stole Christmas: The untold tale of Adelaide's beloved Pageant. Since March 2001, it has won its timeslot in Adelaide every week.“I think that’s been proven that the audiences are now looking for something else …”… TT may have been winning its slot, but Seven does worse at 6.30 in Adelaide and Perth than it does in markets where it runs a one-hour news.“The analysis that we’ve done in these cold, hard economic times show that we would still get that audience for less money,” ...Readers rage over Channel 7’s decision to axe lifestyle programs for ‘franchise reality trash’Twenty-five staff in Adelaide and Perth will lose their jobs, which will doubtless save a few million dollars for the network.FRANK PANGELLO: Blind man's bluff. To find out more or opt-out of personalised advertising, please see our Cookies Guide. Includes Today Tonight with Rosanna Mangiarelli. Today Tonight. If it can, I guess they’ll make it permanent.GRAHAM ARCHER: Can you afford to lose that money?And we’ll also miss moments like this from TT in Perth earlier this year:- The Courier-Mail, 28 November, 2019As Seven news director Craig McPherson told TV Tonight:Where I’m sad to say we’re bidding farewell to one of our oldest friends.- Email, Peter Meakin, former Seven executive, 29 November, 2019As Craig McPherson told TV Tonight:DR TIM NIELSEN: You're actually wearing science. “I don’t think the way traditionally it’s been done is resonating anymore …”JOAN REYNOLDS: No, definitely not, no way in the world.- Email, Mark Gibson, former Today Tonight (Perth) reporter, 29 November, 2019LUCIMAR ALMEIDA: The bio crystals which melts down the cellulite are inserted in the yarn so it will work during the time that they are wearing it.And as Brisbane’s Courier-Mail reported, locals were not happy:Today Tonight’s state-based stories have also been a hit with local audiences. It's really hard to believe the time has come, folks. It’s the end of local current affairs and that’s a sad day, not just for those of us who have lost our jobs but for the people of WA who came to us when no one else would listen. ... Adelaide man returns from holiday to monstrous water tank just centimetres from his home. Camera stay still, I’ll move. We are storytellers and many, many stories will now go untold.So why did Seven axe the program, despite its local ratings dominance? What’s driving these cuts is the brutal arithmetic of cost per viewer, as TV audiences shrink and revenues fall.LAWRENCE BURROWS: If I could get my money out, I'd get the whole lot out tomorrow.MAN: Because I refuse to say anything to you because you haven't done your homework.MONIKA KOS: Hello, it is very good to have you with us on this Monday evening. Today Tonight Adelaide, Hindmarsh, South Australia, Australia. Published on Nov 1, 2019 With John Riddell and Jane Doyle (news), Bruce Abernethy (sport) and Gertie Spurling (weather). Joey, you’re supposed to be blind, mate!- Today Tonight (Adelaide), Channel Seven, 30 June, 2015And its demise, says the program’s founding EP Graham Archer, is a disaster:“As much as anything, there will be no local current affairs in this state, and this to me is a tragedy,” ...FRANK PANGELLO: You owe this man $40,000.- Today Tonight (Adelaide), Channel Seven, 28 November, 2019ROCKY: Get out, get out of here, will you?- TV Tonight, 27 November, 2019PAUL JACKSON: I am 100 per cent sure that Peter Falconio's body is down the bottom of the well and I'm sure we will find the silver revolver that shot him in the back of the head …The net result? 107K likes. Video. We’re going to bring ... OK. We’re going to begin tonight with the squatters … But his predecessor Peter Meakin is sceptical about that explanation, especially in relation to Sunday Night, telling Media Watch:- Today Tonight (Adelaide), Channel Seven, 29 January, 2014FRANK PANGELLO: Up to your tricks again?- Today Tonight (Adelaide), Channel Seven, 28 November 2019- Today Tonight (Perth), Channel Seven, 19 August, 2019We held a mirror up to the Perth community for 25 years and we leave with our heads held high.
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