10 returns to Pilot Week in 2021
EXCLUSIVE: 10 is returning to Pilot Week in 2021 -and is now on the lookout for original unscripted shows with ‘a distinctive Aussie flair.’
2021 will mark the third Pilot Week for 10 which was held over in 2020 amid the pandemic.
2018 and 2019 Pilot Weeks marked rare showcases in television to test new ideas, with viewers invited to send feedback.
Previous events led to seasons for
Drunk History Australia, Kinne Tonight, Trial by Kyle, and briefly for
Taboo and
Saturday Night Rove.
Daniel Monaghan, Head of Programming, 10 ViacomCBS, said: “We are thrilled to see the return of Pilot Week this year. It is such a great opportunity to showcase creative projects from our talented production community, and then determine what resonates the most with our audience.
May 10th, 2021 By David Knox 2 commentsFiled under: News,
Seven has won their second ratings week of the survey year, thanks to
AFL in its arsenal.
It was Nine that led primary channels, but a lift from 7mate helped Seven to claim a network win.
Lego Masters led the week in entertainment, with
Have You Been Paying Attention? next to follow.
See What You Made Me Do topped the week for SBS -but ABC is tanking on Saturdays, a night where it has traditionally been strong, while
The Set and
Nine News 6pm also broke a 13yr run by Seven, winning the week in Adelaide.
Pilot Week returns to Ten in 2021 after a year off
May 10, 2021 11:25
Network Ten has announced it will bring back its Pilot Week concept for a third time later in 2021, but is yet to reveal an air date.
After the initiative was shelved for 2020, Pilot Week will return later this year, and Ten’s parent ViacomCBS said it is looking to give local storytellers the opportunity to present “bold and diverse” programs for a prime-time audience.
Trial By Kyle was commissioned after a successful run in Pilot Week
Pilot Week was held in 2018 and 2019, with Ten showcasing a whole slate of new shows to test viewer responses and ratings.
Playing out in a kind of fly-on-the-wall mockumentary style, interspersed with snippets and segments from the show, its fast production turn-around meant it could rip-from and parody real-life current affairs, their scandals and attract celebrities like Pat Cash, Pauline Hanson, Merv Hughes and Ian “Molly Meldrum”. Moore even made appearances, within the show, on then-iconic programmes like
Burke’s Backyard and
The AFL Footy Show. Aside from the brilliant writing, from the founding quartet of Sitch, Jane Kennedy, Santo Cilauro and Tom Gleisner, which manages to consistently offer a combination of brilliant one-liners, fabulous conceits, some hilarious physical comedy and pitch-perfect timing,
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Have you got the “Kavorka”, the “je ne sais quoi”, the “WOW” factor? If not, why not?
8 May 2021
Do
you remember Professor Steve Keen who became famous (or infamous, depending on
your view of economics and the world) in the GFC when he was quoted telling
Aussies that our internationally high level of debt would result in a 30% fall
in house prices?
This
was a scary time for investors, super members, those who thought they might
lose their jobs and business fearing a recession after the stock market fell
50% after the collapse of Lehman Brothers in September 2008.
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