Beleaguered Channel 10 pushes failed reality TV series The Challenge to a later timeslot after shocking ratings and a year of flops
Channel 10 has pushed reality TV series The Challenge to a later time slot of 8.30pm.
It comes as the beleaguered network faced a pitiful year of failed TV shows that failed to win over audiences.
The Challenge drew just 257,000 viewers on the subway when it premiered on November 14 at 7:30 p.m. prime time, and it has continued to lose fans ever since.
Channel 10 has pushed reality TV series The Challenge to a later time slot of 8.30pm. Pictured: Challenge host Brihony Dawson
The show will now air on Mondays at 8:30 p.m.
Based on an American format, The Challenge sees celebrities go head-to-head with athletes in a series of elimination matches.
Hosted by non-binary presenter Brihony Dawson, the program dropped to just 136,000 fans in major centers on Tuesday.
The new timeslot begins next week with a double episode – the first week of the unranked period.
A repeat double episode of 10 Bondi Rescue reality TV is now scheduled for 7:30 p.m.
The Challenge drew just 257,000 viewers on the subway when it premiered on Nov. 14 at 7:30 p.m. prime time, and it has continued to lose fans ever since.
It’s the third major flop for the beleaguered network after reality shows The Real Love Boat and The Traitors tanked earlier this year.
This comes after the network was brutally poked fun at his casting selection for the grueling game show.
But viewers took to social media ahead of the premiere to bully the cast, after Channel 10 blasted them as “Australia’s most talked about celebrities”.
‘The most talked about celebrities in Australia? Who are 95% of these people?’ one tweeted.
It’s the third major flop for the beleaguered network after reality shows The Real Love Boat (pictured) and The Traitors tanked earlier this year
The cast of the series includes Bachelor rejects like Konrad Bień-Stephen, Megan Marx, and Kiki Morris.
It’s been a disastrous year of non-starters as Channel 10, including 10 News First: Breakfast, which recently set a new record for the worst-rated program in Australian television history.
The Project, MasterChef and The Amazing Race Australia also underperformed for the network.
The Real Love Boat sank after its premiere in front of a pitiful subway audience of 215,000
Channel 10’s inability to attract viewers for its highest-profile shows will inevitably lead to a decline in market value, particularly their advertising revenue, insiders say.
The Real Love Boat premiered to just 215,000 Subway viewers last month.
Based on the 70s sitcom The Love Boat, the dating show finally went under in a matter of weeks, with one episode attracting just 141,000 fans.
The Traitors continued the network’s woes. Premiering just two weeks after The Real Boat sank, the real-life mystery adventure only managed to attract a mere 257,000 Underground viewers for its debut
The Traitors continued the network’s woes.
Premiering just two weeks after The Real Boat sank, the real-life mystery adventure only managed to attract a mere 257,000 Subway viewers for its debut.
Viewers found ‘the traitors’ dressed in nasty hooded robes and masks for dinner: ‘What the hell is this cult shit? I’m scared,’ one person tweeted.
Viewers have mocked Australia’s version of The Traitors online by calling the reality show: ‘cult sh*t’
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