Andy Posted September 15, 2005 Report Share Posted September 15, 2005 Home is far away a winner Daily Telegraph 16 September 2005 AMID all the froth and trouble between Australia's TV networks this year, one unexpected soap has thrived. Home and Away continues to dominate the ratings, often being the most-watched show on television. This week was typical, with the Channel 7 program topping the day's ratings on Monday with 1.5 million viewers, coming third on Tuesday with 1.53 million and second on Wednesday with 1.46 million. "If people knew the simple answers to why things work or come back, we'd all be geniuses and really rich," Seven's drama head John Holmes said. Some factors have fallen in Summer Bay's favour this year, with the coupling of Bec Cartwright and Lleyton Hewitt aligning perfectly for both Home and Away and Seven's coverage of the Australian Open tennis. Seven's intense promotion of the pair and Cartwright's turn on Dancing With The Stars were the "big break" Holmes admits raised the show's profile to a wider audience. But its racy storylines – such as a crystal meth-smoking stalker, the introduction of a new "superbitch" played by Holly Brisley and the mystery behind the father of the new Hayley's (Ella Scott-Lynch) child – have given the show a boost. New cast, including Chris Hemsworth, Sharni Vinson and the "new Bec" Scott-Lynch, have also joined without a hiccup. One scriptwriter said Home and Away played with its young cast while Neighbours seemed bound by older actors. "Neighbours solves problems over a cup of tea, Home and Away solves them by sinking a ferry," he said. Holmes gives much of the credit to young script executive Daniel Bennett and his "slightly more melodramatic" stories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loz Posted September 15, 2005 Report Share Posted September 15, 2005 'New cast' like Chris Hemsworth? Nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted September 15, 2005 Report Share Posted September 15, 2005 I always find it amusing that they never seem to find a writer who watches the show when they do a story on it. I like the scriptwriters analogy though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loz Posted September 15, 2005 Report Share Posted September 15, 2005 Yeah, exactly. Intriguing choice of words. I'm having to say that a lot today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted September 16, 2005 Report Share Posted September 16, 2005 Here's a scan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zx50 Posted September 16, 2005 Report Share Posted September 16, 2005 Can't understand why they would say Chris Hemsworth is a new character for, he's been in that soap for ages now. He's nowhere near as new as the lass who plays Cassie. Hmmn, baffled by that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caitlin87 Posted September 16, 2005 Report Share Posted September 16, 2005 The "new bec". Poor Ella Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starrychris Posted September 16, 2005 Report Share Posted September 16, 2005 Wow! Home and Away is rating really well at the moment. To have an average of approximately 1.5 million viewers over those 3 night's is FANTASTIC! Also, to see that it was the 8th most watched show nationally last week is just great. Woohoo it's great to see that it's doing so well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TickTock Posted September 16, 2005 Report Share Posted September 16, 2005 "Slightly more melodramatic stories?" I think that's a bit of an understatement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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