Channel 10 remains optimistic about the future of The Amazing Race Australia and The Treaters despite their disappointing ratings.
Paramount ANZ’s Daniel Monaghan told TV Tonight that they were keen to support both shows because of their high quality and critical acclaim.
“Traitors didn’t set our world on fire last year, but it was such a well-done series…I think it deserves more attention,” he said.
Channel 10 remains optimistic about the future of The Amazing Race Australia and The Traitors (pictured) despite their disappointing ratings
Monaghan said The Traitors “deserved more viewership” and praised the production company for the way they put the series together.
“I think when you put on something like The Traitors and it doesn’t make as many numbers as you think it deserves, you would look at the quality of the show and think, ‘Can you expand it?
‘That’s what we’re going to assess…. especially with performance [of the UK series]. He deserves better.’
Monaghan said the same about The Amazing Race Australia, which provided decent but not overly impressive numbers for the network.
‘The Amazing Race Australia is one of the biggest formats in the world. I think it’s worth coming back to. We certainly review it the same way we review The Treaters,’ he said.
“Traitors didn’t set our world on fire last year, but it was such a well done show…I think it deserves more attention,” Paramount ANZ’s Daniel Monaghan told TV Tonight .
Channel 10’s third season of The Amazing Race Australia premiered to 451,000 Tube viewers last year.
Casting is currently underway for a second season of The Traitors despite the series debuting to middling ratings last October.
Last week, 10Play published a call for contestants to “play the ultimate game of strategy and deception”.
While the series struggled in Australia, it was a blockbuster hit across Europe and became a sensation in the UK and America.
‘The Amazing Race Australia is one of the biggest formats in the world. I think it’s worth revisiting,” Monaghan said. (Photo: Beau Ryan, host of The Amazing Race)
The Australian series also received critical acclaim, despite the fact that few people watched it.
It was voted one of the best new shows of 2022 by industry blog TV Tonight and wowed viewers on social media.
“I don’t understand why people watch anything other than #TraitorsAU, it’s literally the best thing on TV right now,” one said.
“#TraitorsAU is the best show Channel 10 has offered,” tweeted another.
‘#TraitorsAU One of the best reality TV shows. Very clever. He has to come back for a second season,’ one added.
The Traitors was named the best reality show in years by critics and received praise on social media despite low ratings in Australia.
The UK version of the series, which aired on the BBC, became the biggest reality TV hit since Love Island, with over 3.2 million viewers tuning in to the finale.
UK critics were impressed with the addictive series, with Christopher Stevens of the Daily Mail calling it “the best thing on television for 20 years”.
American audiences were also impressed after a semi-celebrity version launched on the Peacock streaming service earlier this month.
Featuring a mix of civilians and stars, including Real Housewife Brandi Glanville and former bachelor and Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte, the series hosted by Alan Cumming stunned viewers and TV critics alike.
The UK version of the series, which aired on the BBC, became the biggest reality TV hit since Love Island, with over 3.2 million viewers tuning in to the finale.
After the show exploded on social media, Peacock credited him with helping the service reach a subscriber milestone.
“Twenty million people subscribe to Peacock. That’s a lot of people watching The Treaters,’ the platform’s official Twitter account tweeted this week.
The biting spectacle, hosted by actor Rodger Corser in Australia, pits contestants against each other in a Cluedo-inspired castle or mansion in a murder-filled game of betrayal.
The majority of candidates, the “faithful”, must determine who among them are the “traitors”.
The show’s psychological elements have hooked viewers, who tune in weekly to see paranoid contestants frantically turning around in a frantic attempt to find the traitors before it’s too late.
The US version of The Traitors was a huge hit on the Peacock streaming service and credited with helping the streamer reach 20 million subscribers.
Featuring a mix of civilians and stars, including Real Housewife Brandi Glanville (pictured), the Alan Cumming-hosted series stunned viewers and TV critics alike.
It has been called “best TV show” by critics around the world, including The Guardian, Vox, the Financial Times and Buzzfeed.
A Channel 10 casting call for season 2 says: ‘Apply now for The Treaters, where deception, lies and betrayal are the name of the game, and whoever you trust might send you packing your bags.
‘Do you have what it takes to play the ultimate game of strategy and deception?
‘Could your charm and persuasiveness carry you to the finish line? What would you risk and how far would you go to win a life-changing prize? »
South Australian model Alex Duggan won the show’s first season as the traitor, taking home $250,000.
South Australian model Alex Duggan won $250,000 as a traitor in season one
