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The audience decline coincides with growing criticism of The Project's left-wing bias and the recent departures of several high-profile hosts, including Carrie Bickmore, and Lisa Wilkinson
The Project's star new hiring is already understood to be 'struggling' with the gruelling weekly commute from Sydney to Melbourne.
Charlie Pickering has confessed that he's never been invited back on The Project after quitting almost a decade ago.
The left-leaning current affairs show was beaten by Channel 10's 5pm news bulletin four nights in a row last week, reports The Australian's Media Diary
Sam Taunton has admitted he was 'scared' about replacing Peter Helliar on Channel Ten's The Project.