Channel 10 on the future of The Traitors and The Amazing Race Australia
Channel 10 remains optimistic about the future of The Amazing Race Australia and The Traitors despite disappointing ratings.
speaking to tv tonightParamount ANZ’s Daniel Monaghan said they were keen to endorse the two shows due to their high quality and critical acclaim.
“Traitors didn’t set our world on fire last year, but it was such a well-done show… I think it deserves more attention,” he admitted.
Channel 10 remains optimistic about the future of The Amazing Race Australia and The Traitors (pictured) despite disappointing ratings.
Monaghan said that The Traitors “deserved more of an audience” and praised the production company for how they put together the series.
“I think when you put something like The Traitors on and it doesn’t have as strong numbers as you think it deserves, you would look at the quality of the show and think, ‘Can you grow it?’
‘That’s what we’ll be looking at…particularly with the acting (of the UK series), he deserves better.’
Monaghan said the same about The Amazing Race Australia, which has delivered 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 revisiting. We are certainly looking at it the same way we are looking at traitors,” 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,” said Paramount ANZ’s Daniel Monaghan.
Channel 10’s third season of The Amazing Race Australia premiered to 451,000 metropolitan viewers last year.
Casting is currently underway for a second season of The Traitors despite the show’s debut earning middling ratings last October.
Last week, 10play posted a call for contestants to “play the ultimate game of strategy and deception.”
While the series has struggled in Australia, it is already a box office success across Europe and has become a real sensation in the UK and US.
‘The Amazing Race Australia is one of the biggest formats in the world. I think it’s worth revisiting,” Monaghan said. Beau Ryan pictured
The Australian series also won critical acclaim, despite few people watching 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 are watching anything other than #TraitorsAU, it’s literally the best thing on TV right now,” said one.
‘#traitorsau is the best program Channel 10 has offered’, another tweeted.
‘#TraitorsAU One of the best reality TV shows. Very smart. It must return for a second season,” added one.
The Traitors has been named the best reality show in years by critics and received acclaim on social media despite low ratings in Australia.
The British version of the series, which aired on the BBC, has become the biggest television hit since Love Island, with more than 3.2 million viewers tuning in for the finale.
British critics were wowed by the addictive series, with the Daily Mail’s own Christopher Stevens calling it “the best thing on TV for 20 years.”
American audiences were equally impressed after a semi-celebrity version debuted on the Peacock streaming service earlier this month.
Starring a mix of civilians and stars, including royal housewife Brandi Glanville and former Olympic swimmer and bachelor Ryan Lochte, the Alan Cumming-hosted series wowed viewers and television critics alike.
The British version of the series, which aired on the BBC, has become the biggest television hit since Love Island, with more than 3.2 million viewers tuning in for the finale.
After the show blew up on social media, Peacock credited him for helping them reach a subscriber milestone.
’20 million people have subscribed to Peacock. That’s a lot of people watching The Traitors,’ the service’s official Twitter account tweeted this week.
The nail-biting show, 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.
Most of the contestants, the ‘Faithful’, must find out who among them are the ‘Traitors’.
The psychological elements of the show have hooked viewers, who tune in each week to watch paranoid contestants go head-to-head in a frantic attempt to find the traitors before it’s too late.
The American version of The Traitors has been a huge hit on the Peacock streaming service and is credited with helping the streamer reach 20 million subscribers.
Starring a mix of civilians and stars, including Real Housewife Brandi Glanville (pictured), the Alan Cumming-hosted series wowed viewers and television critics alike.
It has been called “the best show on TV” by critics around the world, including The Guardian, Vox, Financial Times and Buzzfeed.
A Channel 10 casting call for the second season reads: ‘Apply now for season 2 of The Traitors, where deceit, lies and betrayal are the name of the game, and who you trust can send you packing. Do you have what it takes to play the ultimate game of strategy and deception?
‘Could your charm and powers of persuasion carry you over the finish line? What would you risk and how far would you go to win a prize that would change your life?’
South Australian model Alex Duggan won the series’ first season as Traitor, taking home $250,000.
Model Alex Duggan took home $250,000 as a Traitor in the show’s first season