Channel 10 announces major change for The Project in 2025: ‘Wonder how long it will last?’

Channel 10 has announced that they will begin uploading full episodes of The Project to YouTube in 2025.

Producers revealed the big change with a post on The Project’s social media, including a link to the show’s dedicated YouTube channel.

“New for 2025, you can watch The Project in full on You Tube,” the network announcement said.

Monday’s episode, which featured segments on the Golden Globes and comedian Akmal Saleh, was available in full on the platform.

The long-running current affairs program is known to enjoy great fame on social media by sharing snippets and segments on platforms such as X and Instagram.

“Looks like 10 episodes have been uploaded to You Tube now… wonder how long it will last!” said one viewer on the industry blog Media spy.

Producers revealed the big change with a post on The Project’s social media, including a link to the show’s dedicated YouTube channel. The unusual move to share an entire episode comes after The Project was criticized for being too ‘woke’ amid declining ratings in recent years. Pictured: Former The Project host Lisa Wilkinson, who left the show in 2022

Meanwhile, another critic from the same thread wondered whether putting entire episodes online could cause problems with a platform that has strict rules about copyright and content sharing.

“An interesting move to have it now fully available on YouTube, you would think they would often run into a challenge with the footage used and music etc,” they wrote.

The unusual move to share an entire episode comes after The Project was criticized for being too ‘woke’ amid falling ratings.

Last July, a spokesperson for Network 10 confirmed that the once top ratings program was not going anywhere.

“The project remains an integral part of our content offering and rest assured it’s not going anywhere,” they told Ny Breaking Australia.

The panel show has also suffered a decline in viewership since the format change.

The ratings coincide with growing criticism of The Project’s left-wing bias and the departure of several high-profile presenters, including Carrie Bickmore, Peter Helliar and Lisa Wilkinson.

The show relaunched in 2023 with a new panel consisting of Sarah Harris, Sam Taunton, Michael Hing and long-serving presenter Waleed Aly.

Producers revealed the big change with a post on The Project’s social media, including a link to the show’s dedicated YouTube channel. (Pictured)

Monday’s episode featuring segments from the Golden Globes and comedian Akmal Saleh (pictured) was available in full on the platform

But recent reports suggest Harris is ‘struggling’ with the grueling weekly commute from Sydney to Melbourne as the revamped talk show line-up fails to get going.

Channel 10 insiders told Ny Breaking Australia that the “novelty” of traveling to Melbourne – where The Project is filmed from Sunday to Thursday – is “wearing off a bit” for Harris, a single mother with two young children.

The former Studio 10 presenter joined The Project following the shock departures of Bickmore, Helliar and Wilkinson at the end of 2022.

It comes after comedian Akmal Saleh shared an anecdote about a recent meeting with showbiz veteran Richard Wilkins during Monday night’s episode of The Project.

The 60-year-old appeared on The Project on Monday when he explained how Wilkins linked him to Anh Do, who hosts ABC’s Anh’s Brush with Fame.

“The other day I was on one of those morning shows, the Today show maybe,” he began his story.

“I think it was the Today show with one of the regulars, it might have been Richard Wilkins, the entertainment reporter,” he added with a laugh.

“He comes up to me: ‘Mate, I’m a big fan of yours. I love that show you do on TV. I said what show?

“Where you paint a celebrity,” Saleh added, before sharing his shock at being compared to the Vietnam-born comedian turned acclaimed artist.

“We’re not the same race,” he said to loud laughter.