The future of free-to-air television in Australia is at stake.
In recent years, 34 different programs from channels seven, nine and ten have been eliminated or quietly disappeared from the television schedule. Yahoo Lifestyle reports.
Ten’s The Bachelor and The Masked Singer, both presented by Osher Günsberg, have no plans to return to screens anytime soon.
The Bachelors and its various spinoffs have not been given 2024 dates despite being announced at the annual Upfronts.
Meanwhile, The Masked Singer is understood to be expensive to produce due to the elaborate costumes, high production quality and international talent required to put on the show.
“True extent of Australian TV bloodbath revealed as 34 axed shows named”. In the photo, The Bachelor host Osher Günsberg.
Nine game shows Millionaire Hot Seat and Australian Ninja Warrior have also been scrapped due to declining audiences.
The network also launched new shows, including Shaynna Blaze’s Country Home Rescue and Kate Langbroek’s My Mum, Your Dad, but they were also axed.
Celebrity Apprentice and Beauty and the Geek are also among the shows not returning to Nine screening this year.
The Masked Singer is understood to be expensive to produce due to the elaborate costumes, high production quality and international talent required to put on the show.
Seven’s military training TV show SAS Australia has also not been commissioned for a fifth series and the show’s future remains uncertain.
Meanwhile, Seven’s Big Brother reboot failed to attract enough viewers and took the hit.
Network military training television show SAS Australia has also not been commissioned for a fifth season and the show’s future remains uncertain.
The previous season, filmed in the rugged landscapes of Jordan, continued the show’s tradition of challenging locations, including the Snowy Mountains, the Capertee Valley and the Blue Mountains in New South Wales.
A source told Yahoo that breaks between TV jobs are “getting longer.”
“Every year, the breaks between jobs are getting longer to the point that many of us (the team) are leaving the industry,” they said.
‘Ten years ago, we were constantly booking jobs 12 months in advance for all the networks, now everyone is scrambling to try to get on a three-day pilot shoot. It’s all so uncertain.’
Seven’s Big Brother reboot failed to attract enough viewers and was axed. In the photo, presenter Sonia Kruger.