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TAR Australia 6 Ratings
kyleisalive:
--- Quote from: Maanca on September 02, 2022, 05:02:46 PM ---People are always complaining how the recruit-heavy US TAR needs to cast more "real" and "normal" people, which is one thing Australian casting still excels at. Apparently from the looks of this, that isn't always a winning strategy.
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And at the same time, people complain when the casts aren't that because of other factors (look at the last couple of seasons). It's at the point where people will always find something that bothers them about the show, ride it into the ground, and kind of hold out until the show gets cancelled (which it never does) with the intent to end up on the other side saying "I was right-- it failed because this reason".
Funnily, viewers on other social sites are giving nothing but praise for the cast and the challenges so far. And yet we have people creating their own problems with it.
gamerfan09:
Episode Four:
--- Quote ---The Block - Nine (922,000)
Farmer Wants A Wife - LAUNCH - 7 (576,000)
The Amazing Race Australia (315,000)
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Oh well. :( Tomorrow we'll find out how well the show's been doing on catch-up.
strawberryblonde:
--- Quote from: kyleisalive on September 02, 2022, 05:24:04 PM ---
--- Quote from: Maanca on September 02, 2022, 05:02:46 PM ---People are always complaining how the recruit-heavy US TAR needs to cast more "real" and "normal" people, which is one thing Australian casting still excels at. Apparently from the looks of this, that isn't always a winning strategy.
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And at the same time, people complain when the casts aren't that because of other factors (look at the last couple of seasons). It's at the point where people will always find something that bothers them about the show, ride it into the ground, and kind of hold out until the show gets cancelled (which it never does) with the intent to end up on the other side saying "I was right-- it failed because this reason".
Funnily, viewers on other social sites are giving nothing but praise for the cast and the challenges so far. And yet we have people creating their own problems with it.
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It's not about creating problems... it's analysing why this is the most poorly rated Amazing Race Australia out of all six seasons. They're going to better locations than the last two seasons and the show is still tanking in the ratings? I don't believe my analysis has a level of bias coming out of it when an episode of Townsville in TARAU5 (second time they visited the location on that season) has bigger ratings than an episode in Morocco or Greece.
Do you have an opinion on why it's rating badly?
Further, I saw a few tweets which also agreed with me regarding the cast. I also think the cast picked up in leg two (like other tweets agreed) and have picked up then.
Maanca:
It'll be interesting to see if there's any effect on the ratings when Show contentScott Tweedie takes over for Beau in another week. He has more TV experience/fame for hosting Prank Patrol Australia, etc. and so will probably draw some new audience in his fanbase.
kyleisalive:
--- Quote from: strawberryblonde on September 04, 2022, 08:19:47 PM ---
Do you have an opinion on why it's rating badly?
Further, I saw a few tweets which also agreed with me regarding the cast. I also think the cast picked up in leg two (like other tweets agreed) and have picked up then.
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TV ratings, especially live TV ratings, have been on a consistent decline since the start of the US 'Amazing Race' and to get into the minutiae of the reasons why (demographic shift, cord-cutting, live-to-extended viewing, etc. etc.) isn't going to solve much of anything. If the network feels they get enough out of it for short and long-term viewership, justifies the advertising revenue, has the sponsors to back prizing, and keeps the cost of the show low ('The Amazing Race' costs a bit more than a couple bucks to make, but it's a drop in the bucket compared to both scripted shows and other reality shows), then they'll keep it going. Or they won't and it'll shop elsewhere-- as they've done-- and it'll happen somewhere else. 'The Amazing Race' is a known reality brand and, for all intents, a staple in the canon.
Comparing it to TAR AUS 5, which took place during the pandemic when, for when it was aired, everyone should have hypothetically been home watching it, isn't going to be a strong reflection. The difference between then and now is the difference between quarantine/lockdown and, for all intents, an open world.
General viewers aren't looking at the destination list and thinking 'oh I'll watch this because I like Morocco and Greece'. If that was ever why people were picking up TAR in the first place, they would have been watching by now, and the network would've waited to do TAR AUS 5 internationally.
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