They’re cheap to produce and, in some cases, pulling in more viewers than the nightly news, but are game shows enough to save free-to-air TV?
In their mid-year ratings reports last week, amid their respective triumphant declarations of free TV domination, both Seven and Nine* boasted about the performance of their standout shows.remains a viewer magnet. The AFL and cricket are reliable drawcards. But what might surprise you is the attention paid to several key game shows., hosted by Rodger Corser, as “a ratings smash and the highest new format launch in VOZ history”, adding that it attracted a national total TV audience of 1.
So, in addition to the genre being a staple since the dawn of television, it seems game shows remain a key weapon in the struggle free-to-air networks face in stemming the exodus of viewers to subscription services and other online offerings. Whether that’s progress or not, it does suggest that the more things change, the more they stay the same and that game shows are basically here to stay, even though they might shape-shift a bit., for example, uses scale and visual spectacle to enhance its appeal: 100 contestants, plus a massive floor that lights up and can be enlivened by snazzy graphics. In singing its praises, Nine added that the show’s success reaffirms “the importance of our local content”.
Tom Gleeson and Tom Cashman in Taskmaster Australia, based on the original UK format featuring Greg Davies and creator Alex Horne.. Game shows aren’t as much of a gamble, and they don’t cost as much to make, especially ones that have been developed and road-tested elsewhere. Most require only a single set, so there’s no need for expensive location shooting or months of writers’ rooms brainstorming. And multiple episodes can be shot in a day.
Given the value-for-money attributes of game shows, it’s no surprise that SBS is poised to get back into the action with, an original format created by Screenwest and NITV which it tested with a special last year and has now green-lit for a series . Hosted by Narelda Jacobs and Steven Oliver, the playful production is tailored to meet the broadcaster’s brief, focusing on Australian history and aspects of it you might not have learned at school.
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