Channel 10 has announced that it will begin uploading full episodes of The Project to YouTube in 2025.
Producers revealed the major change with a post on The Project’s social media, including a link to the YouTube channel dedicated to the show.
“New for 2025: you can watch The Project in its entirety on You Tube,” the network’s announcement said.
Monday’s episode featuring segments on the Golden Globes and comedian Akmal Saleh was viewed in full on the platform.
The long-running current affairs show is known to have a high profile on social media by sharing excerpts and segments on platforms such as X and Instagram.
“Looks like they’re uploading 10 episodes to You Tube now… I wonder how long it will last!” said one viewer on the industry blog. media spy.
The Project has announced it will begin sharing full episodes of the troubled panel show online in 2025. Pictured: Sarah Harris
Producers revealed the major change with a post on The Project’s social media, including a link to the YouTube channel dedicated to the show. The unusual move to share an entire episode comes after The Project faced criticism for being too “woke” amid falling ratings in recent years. Pictured: Former The Project host Lisa Wilkinson, who left the show in 2022.
Meanwhile, another armchair critic in the same thread questioned whether putting full episodes online could create problems with a platform that has strict rules on copyright and content sharing.
“It’s interesting to have it available in full on YouTube now, you’d think they’d often run into some challenge with the footage used, the music, etc.,” they wrote.
The unusual move to share an entire episode comes after The Project faced criticism for being too “woke” amid falling ratings.
Last July, a Network 10 spokesperson confirmed that the once highest-rated show was going nowhere.
“The Project remains an integral part of our content and rest assured it’s not going anywhere,” they told Daily Mail Australia.
The panel has also seen a decline in viewership since changing its format.
The ratings woes coincide with growing criticism of The Project’s left-wing bias and the departures of several high-profile hosts, including Carrie Bickmore, Peter Helliar and Lisa Wilkinson.
The show relaunched in 2023 with a new panel consisting of Sarah Harris, Sam Taunton, Michael Hing and host Waleed Aly.
Producers revealed the major change with a post on The Project’s social media, including a link to the YouTube channel dedicated to the show. (Pictured)
Monday’s episode featuring segments about the Golden Globes and comedian Akmal Saleh (pictured) was viewed in full on the platform.
But recent reports suggest Harris is “struggling” with the grueling weekly commute from Sydney to Melbourne as the talk show’s revamped lineup fails to catch fire.
Channel 10 sources told Daily Mail Australia that the “novelty” of traveling to Melbourne, where The Project is filmed from Sunday to Thursday, is “wearing off a little bit” for Harris, a single mother with two young children.
The former Studio 10 presenter joined The Project after the shock departures of Bickmore, Helliar and Wilkinson at the end of 2022.
It comes after comedian Akmal Saleh shared an anecdote about a recent meeting with showbiz veteran Richard Wilkins during Monday night’s episode of The Project.
The 60-year-old appeared on The Project on Monday when he explained how Wilkins mixed him up with Anh Do, who hosts ABC’s Anh’s Brush with Fame.
“I was recently on one of those morning shows, maybe the Today Show,” he began his story.
“I think it was the Today show with one of the regular guests, it could have been Richard Wilkins, the entertainment reporter,” he added with a laugh.
“He comes up to me and says, ‘Dude, I’m a big fan of yours. I love that show you do on TV.” I said what show?
“Where you paint a celebrity,” Saleh added, before sharing his surprise at being compared to the Vietnam-born comedian turned acclaimed artist.
“We are not the same race,” he said, laughing boisterously.