Network Ten‘s shock decision to enter voluntary administration earlier this morning not only leaves Australia’s third commercial TV broadcaster in serious limbo, but a lot of people’s favourite entertainment and childhood memories as well.
While Administrators are now charged with the task of either selling or restructuring the struggling channel in the hopes of saving it from the scrapheap, folks on social media have, naturally, got their own ideas on what needs to be done.
‘Course the obvious choice is to chuck ‘The Simpsons‘ back on at its rightful weeknights at 6pm timeslot; frankly, the bulk of Ten’s financial downfall can be directly traced back to the decision to bump it from that slot (business analysts do not @ me).
But maybe – just maybe – there’s another way…
Enter: Twitter. The holy trashpile of the internet.
Ten announces Masterchef’s George Colombaris to head Payroll: “Clearly, we need to cut costs. George is the perfect choice” #FixNetworkTen
— Eileen Toomey-Wright (@ToomeyWright) June 14, 2017
My very own cooking show, 24/7, in which I star as myself, and each week we locate the cheese. #FixNetworkTen #wheresthecheese
— Peter Russell-Clark (@P_RussellClarke) June 14, 2017
It’s a Knockout/Hunger Games mash-up
Real People.
Real Weapons.
Real Ratings. #FixNetworkTen— Matt/Frost (@Phroosh77) June 14, 2017
Replace the CEO with a guy named Lenny. #fixnetworkten pic.twitter.com/dhLpx6QZto
— Adrian Cutts (@LYBASkw) June 14, 2017
Cut back on Matt’s Cravats and have George lick all the plates clean instead of using a dishwasher #FixNetworkTen
— Ally Gardiner (@unfrufru) June 14, 2017
Bring back Shane Bourne for Thank God You’re Here. Ten employees walk through the blue door and straight into the boardroom. #FixNetworkTen
— Scotty.T® (@scott_thompson1) June 14, 2017
Replace Grant Denyer with Lee Lin Chin. #FixNetworkTen
— David (@TheGrimRecapper) June 14, 2017
Cut price shows:
– Studio 9.5
– The Unfinished Project
– Family Court Feud
– Neighbour#FixNetworkTen— Andrew Rollason (@rollo75) June 14, 2017
Re-run Graham Kennedy’s Blankety Blanks 24×7 #fixnetworkten
— David Hatton (@boomfunk) June 14, 2017
Three words: Cheez TV reboot. #FixNetworkTen
— The Guidefather (@SteveMolk) June 14, 2017
Just hire all the ex-Nine people who fixed Seven #fixnetworkten
— Dom Knight (@domknight) June 14, 2017
We surveyed 100 ppl on how to #FixNetworkTen Survey Says: “Give this guy more airtime” pic.twitter.com/oCHv8QglwV
— Travis (@teakingw) June 14, 2017
The most practical suggestion of all, however, comes from your boy Michael Beveridge, who has re-programmed Ten’s entire evening lineup that just bloody spells RATINGS.
Hello @channelten you can thank me later. pic.twitter.com/tUjXNEk6bD
— Michael Beveridge (@mickyb273) June 14, 2017
We can forgive the ‘Simpsons‘ instability/time slot jumping if it means the glorious return of ‘Up Late with Hotdogs‘ (and in prime time, no less!).
But on a slightly more serious note, you absolutely know this swarm of reaction is coming:
Buckle up for the RWNJs to blame a multi-billion dollar TV network collapse on Waleed Aly, the Magic Muslim.
— Richard Cooke (@rgcooke) June 14, 2017
Ugh. *braces self*
Source: Twitter.
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