"I know a lot of you haven't seen the show because we're all watching Netflix or Stan or whatever," Gleeson said of his ABC vehicle"We don't watch each other's shows anymore," he continued. "When you see each other at a party you don't say, 'I love your work', because you don't, because you haven't seen it.
Netflix has been here officially since March 2015, though it had been available via VPN for several years prior. The Nine-owned Stan launched in January 2015. Network 10's All Access launched last December. The Seven-Foxtel joint venture Presto has been and gone. All of these factors have contributed massively to the fracturing of the television audience. But is Gleeson right to suggest that "we don't watch each other's shows anymore"? Is he right to say the industry is "dying"?Tom Gleeson on the red carpet at the Logie Awards at The Star Casino on the Gold Coast.
karlkwin Good piece. Like radio, broadcast TV will likely survive - but smaller audiences will dictate different approaches. Mass broadcast events will be rare, but 'long tail' audiences (small but loyal) will emerge. Video and education will increasingly merge - YouTube.
karlkwin Yes.
karlkwin TV?
karlkwin We live in hope & Hugh Marks can make an honest living re-soling shoes.
karlkwin yeah it's horrible
karlkwin I watched a program on 7 last night. haven't watched in a long while. the ad breaks seemed longer then the program segments. incessant house promotions. Fuck Free to Air commercial TV. I wont be going back. And there rarely seems to be anything watchable anyway.
karlkwin Yes and soon. When our ABC has fallen into the pits with its low level and sex ridden programs this is the first sign.
karlkwin No. Streaming is good to watch what you want to and when you are ready to, but TV should be for sport, news and entertainment that you can have in the background or organise your week around. TV needs to change their purpose and objective; be consistent
karlkwin He is, just look at the crap that is on free to air tv these days.
karlkwin he is right - the days of the TV star are fading quickly
karlkwin No, but the quality of the shows is falling by the wayside, all these cooking shows (too many), all those reality show (cheap and nasty), all the repeats of shows that are years old. TV needs a boost.
karlkwin Yup, all reality bullshit, no dramas or comedy to speak of, the ABC runs both although there’s some nights I just don’t watch at all it’s that bad
karlkwin Australian tv yeah, it’s truly abhorrent.
karlkwin No, in fact it's booming. The only thing in danger of dying here is the appeal of his humour. Which I fear will taken a turn for the worse after the plethora of Freudian slips he made hosting the event. Narcissistic comment and misdirected.
karlkwin To many clowns no professionals
karlkwin 100% writing is on the wall
karlkwin Certainly day time & late night tv. Seems it would struggle without funeral insurance advertising revenue. smh
karlkwin Or was he neither and just stirring shit in a setup for a punchline?
karlkwin Yes. Or at least it's mutating, like newspapers did (or the ones that survived).
karlkwin Spot on
karlkwin Yee it's garbage
karlkwin Reality TV is killing quality tv. ABC does decent comedies but not many watch it or smart enough to under stand the humour if it’s not American or doesn’t have a laugh track
karlkwin No
karlkwin Love Tom congrats on the gold Logie 🍾🍾🍾👍👍👍
karlkwin Who's Tom Gleeson?
karlkwin Of course he's right. Legacy media and television is dead. People go to YouTube and watch whatever they want on Netflix for $10 a month or just download anything. I haven't even watched television in years.
karlkwin yes, thanks to repetitive crappy reality tv taking over you have to go to Netflix to see decent scripted shows
karlkwin If he was referring to Australian TV, let’s hope so.
karlkwin Thanks boss for sharing our great work app. Hi Aus