jpcam160581 Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 Hey guys, I was just flipping through todays greend guide and noticed that there is no listing for the shield on sunday night. It has been airing at about 10.30/11.00 pm the last few weeks. Does anyone know of its future on 10? Is it scheduled to change nights, miss a week or been dropped completely. I am sure there are a few other fans that frequent this site. BTW i was unable to find another listing for it for the remainder of the week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minchjp Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 It was removed from the schedule, the ratings were terrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpcam160581 Posted March 1, 2007 Author Share Posted March 1, 2007 Oh man thats dissappointing, may I ask how you found out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Santa1503559644 Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 FFS! If only you coulda mentioned that yesterday! (When I was actively looking for some way to, shall we say, use up my monthly download quota). Bloody channel ten! And people wonder why there's so much crap on TV. Looks like Dishonest John Howard may still have a good shot at another term. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhromow Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 According to the Australian TV Guide website the Shield is still being shown on Sunday night at 10.30 this week, with this week's episode called "Tapa Boca". Not 100% sure if this is just for Capital 10 in Canberra though! Hope it is right for you guys in other states though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpcam160581 Posted March 1, 2007 Author Share Posted March 1, 2007 Pathetic effort from those **** humans at ch 10 once again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neon Kitten Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 It was removed from the schedule, the ratings were terrible. At that time slot, I doubt they give a monkey's about ratings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minchjp Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 I read something from a TEN employee: The Shield was given a go, and it rated terribly. TEN cannot afford to keep shows on that are not rating...even late night shows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milorad Posted March 1, 2007 Share Posted March 1, 2007 seriously, who actually HAS these bloody ratings boxes? do they give them to monkeys on purpose or is a random sample of aussie audiences actually that stupid? All the great shows "don't rate" - well maybe its time to shuffle the damned ratings boxes around a little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpcam160581 Posted March 2, 2007 Author Share Posted March 2, 2007 seriously, who actually HAS these bloody ratings boxes? do they give them to monkeys on purpose or is a random sample of aussie audiences actually that stupid?All the great shows "don't rate" - well maybe its time to shuffle the damned ratings boxes around a little. couldn't agree more Milorad. Maybe the reason it rated poorly was because it was thrust in a crap timeslot and with absolutely zero advertising. The only reason i realised it was returning a few weeks ago was because the Sunday HUN in Melbourne listed it as the number 1 not to be missed show for the week. Low and behold 3 weeks later it gets the big A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minchjp Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 To be fair, advertisers spend a **** load of money based on the results of the ratings, i'm sure they are as accurate as possible. Also, apparently the shield will return on Sunday the 18th Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LBM Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 As much as fans would hate it, it didn't rate well as people don't like it. Saying that, I see no reason why Ten would need to keep taking it off the air at the already late timeslot. Let the viewers watch a series all the way through for once... This is what I was saying to someone the other day, networks should be forced to show all content they purchase in a certain timeframe. Otherwise, if they don't want to show it, why did the buy it in the first place? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neon Kitten Posted March 2, 2007 Share Posted March 2, 2007 To be fair, advertisers spend a **** load of money based on the results of the ratings, i'm sure they are as accurate as possible. Bollocks they are. If they were going to be even vaguely accurate, they'd be administered by an independent body rather than by the networks themselves; they would not exclude a massive slice of the population from them (single parents, single people, people who watch the ABC a lot, etc etc); and most importantly, they would use a STATISTICALLY DECENT sample size. If the excuse from "a Ten employee" above is actually real, then they're completely deluding themselves. That time slot means NADA to them or the advertisers. And having bought The Shield, they HAVE to show it eventually. Also, apparently the shield will return on Sunday the 18th Wouldn't it have been nice if they actually told their audience that after the previous episode? Remember when TV stations used to do that? I'm so, so glad I "illegally" (ha!) downloaded this season and watched it OVER A YEAR AGO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpcam160581 Posted March 5, 2007 Author Share Posted March 5, 2007 Hey Neon kitten, i couldnt agree any more with everything you have said. I haven a question thats slightly off topic however, do you know how many episodes were made for season 5? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Santa1503559644 Posted March 5, 2007 Share Posted March 5, 2007 Bollocks they are. If they were going to be even vaguely accurate, they'd be administered by an independent body rather than by the networks themselves; they would not exclude a massive slice of the population from them (single parents, single people, people who watch the ABC a lot, etc etc); and most importantly, they would use a STATISTICALLY DECENT sample size. If the excuse from "a Ten employee" above is actually real, then they're completely deluding themselves. That time slot means NADA to them or the advertisers. And having bought The Shield, they HAVE to show it eventually. Wouldn't it have been nice if they actually told their audience that after the previous episode? Remember when TV stations used to do that? I'm so, so glad I "illegally" (ha!) downloaded this season and watched it OVER A YEAR AGO. Hear, hear! And as far as advertising goes ... well maybe, just maybe, the viewers of the best shows on TV (like the Wire, the Shield) couldn't give a flying #$^& about phone sex (or as its called these days "friend finding"). The audience probably isn't made up entirely of 10 y/o boys either ... so the consant bombardment of "Dial 'n' pay 1900 555 DWEEB for Paris Hilton" or "Dial 'n' pay 1900 555 SAD for BOOBS" is hardly well targetted advertising! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squared_eyes Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 Hear, hear!And as far as advertising goes ... well maybe, just maybe, the viewers of the best shows on TV (like the Wire, the Shield) couldn't give a flying #$^& about phone sex (or as its called these days "friend finding"). The audience probably isn't made up entirely of 10 y/o boys either ... so the consant bombardment of "Dial 'n' pay 1900 555 DWEEB for Paris Hilton" or "Dial 'n' pay 1900 555 SAD for BOOBS" is hardly well targetted advertising! I have just downloaded and watched 5 of the first episodes in the latest 5th series. I pulled down the whole season as one torrent...I hope you've got broad band? This series is the BEST so far, won't spoil it for you but forget ch10 wankers, the series i downloaded has NO AD's!!!!!!... This link is for every episode made so far 23Gb !! seasons 1 to 5 This link will down load all of season 5 the one ch10 cut off!! season 5 only Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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