TVBB S05E16 Spin, COVID and Sizzle

It was a week where the industry faced more impacts from COVID-19, the ABC and Christian Porter went to war on the PR front and Channel 10 delivered some sizzle for their upcoming shows There’ sone thing certain when it comes to the Australian television industry – it’s always evolving and always changing. Currently, each network is finding new ways to showcase their ratings performance and that makes it very difficult to find common ground on reporting methods – even the TVBB team disagree at times! But COVID-19 is the big issue as Melbourne-based productions deal with the latest restrictions. We take a look at how some shows have been impacted. Plus we dissect Aaron Ryan’s compelling interview with Seven’s programming boss Angus Ross In this episode:·     1.09 – Christian Porter drop his defamation case against the ABC, but the PR war has just begun·     9.33 – WIN TV given a ‘please explain’ by the Government as Sky News finds a new regional home·     16.41 – Mad As Hell just one of many productions dealing with the impact of new COVID-19 restrictions·     19.25 – 10 launches a big sizzle reel, but will viewers be tempted?·     26.20 – WEEK 22 ratings wrap·     35.48 – Hatches & Dispatches·     37.11 – Angus Ross and his programming plans for Channel 7·     52.38 – TV Bingebox Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/tv-blackbox. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/tv-blackbox. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.