Australia’s highest rating drama for 2009 has been the second series of Nine Network’s Underbelly, based on real life crime sprees and drug trafficking in Sydney and Melbourne. The Screentime-produced drama shot out of the gate with a launch audience peak of 2.8 million before settling into regular viewers around the two million mark. Knife-wielding excitement of a different kind came with Network Ten’s retooling of a very successful BBC format. MasterChef Australia turned out … [Read more...] about Australia’s appetite for crime
Paul Chai
Wizards of Oz
It’s fair to say that the past twelve months has not been as successful for Australian producers when it comes to exporting local shows, be it in format or finished product. In previous years high-profile hits such as comedy show Thank God You’re Here and sitcom Kath and Kim were both remade by major US networks. There was also a host of factual product such as Border Security that easily made the leap overseas and perennial sellers like sunny soap Home and Away that kept adding … [Read more...] about Wizards of Oz