Hey Hey it's .... Returning?

[moXJO]

Maybe they should have named it "iSaturday 2.0" for the younger crowd

 

[Agentm]

Utta tripe Is dazza that hard up for cash? Just bury free to air please

i lasted 1 minute..

lame and sad..

we have way better comedy and can do so much better..

bring back sideshow

 

[Nyden]

Garbage. Watched it for about 15 minutes, and just couldn't stand it anymore. FYI, I was a fan of the original series. Some things are better left a memory, I suppose.

 

[AQR]

Loved it and I hope it returns full time

 

[Knobby22]

Thought it was OK.

I don't see how it can return in its present form but maybe a modified version with a bit of youth and it might.

 

[Timmy]

Didn't get to watch Hey Hey (or any TV last night)

Here is news on the ratings, Hey Hey thrashed that cooking show.

MasterChef fails to cook Daryl Somers's duck

 

[MrBurns]

Didn't get to watch Hey Hey (or any TV last night)

Here is news on the ratings, Hey Hey thrashed that cooking show.

MasterChef fails to cook Daryl Somers's duck

Nine's heavily publicised reunion of its iconic 1990s music variety show Hey! Hey! It's Saturday was a ratings atomic bomb, flattening the competition and drawing 2.1 million viewers nationally.

Ten's Celebrity MasterChef, which many had expected to cook Daryl Somers's duck, attracted only 1.3 million nationally.

They were hoping for 1.7m, so this is fantastic.

The only reason it wont be back full time is if it's too expensive to produce.

Let's face a room full of bores cooking badly doesnt cost a lot to put on air and satifies many of the dullard viewers who have been trained to expect nothing more.

 

[Prospector]

The thing is with shows like this, if you try to tell the jokes later, you realise they are really pathetic and wonder why you laughed at them when the show was on. Kind of 'you had to be there' thing.

People need shows like this - we have too many murders, bad news, dramas on now - we are not mentally built to live on these kinds of things. Whether or not Hey Hey is the way to do this, well, I am not a Darryl fan, but we do desperately need more feel good laugh style (good quality not US sitcom - except for Two and a half men which is funny) programs.

I didnt watch Hey Hey but Masterchef, and then onto Foxtel and cricket.

 

[Knobby22]

It is nostalgia. I can't see it keeping these sorts of ratings.

Good to see the old boys though.

 

[Smurf1976]

Let's face it, the "reality" nonsense that's so common these days is little more than a specialised one to two hour long version of Red Faces. At least Hey Hey had the sense to leave it as a 10 minute segment.

Didn't watch it for years before it was taken off air but watched it last night and I'd have to say that it's in a class of its' own - there's no direct competition. Those saying there's a "gap" in Australian TV are correct in that sense.

Gut feeling towards the end of the show was that it will be back permanently next year - all seemed to be going well...

 

[Happy]

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At least Hey Hey had the sense to leave it as a 10 minute segment.

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This is probably what irked me in all the other shows, not to mention that waiting after the break to see who was eliminated got on my nerves too.

Some segments don't agree with me, but this is well-balanced couple of hours of fairly light entertainment without crime investigation or seriously puffed up judges.

Would not mind if it got back to Saturday slot, as it belongs to weekend feeling.

 

[Whiskers]

Let's face it, the "reality" nonsense that's so common these days is little more than a specialised one to two hour long version of Red Faces. At least Hey Hey had the sense to leave it as a 10 minute segment.

Didn't watch it for years before it was taken off air but watched it last night and I'd have to say that it's in a class of its' own - there's no direct competition. Those saying there's a "gap" in Australian TV are correct in that sense.

Gut feeling towards the end of the show was that it will be back permanently next year - all seemed to be going well...

Me too. I wonder whether it was actually a screen test for a revival.

The thing is with shows like this, if you try to tell the jokes later, you realise they are really pathetic and wonder why you laughed at them when the show was on. Kind of 'you had to be there' thing.

Yeah, I think it's the unpredictable spontaininty of all the characters.

This is probably what irked me in all the other shows, not to mention that waiting after the break to see who was eliminated got on my nerves too.

Some segments don't agree with me, but this is well-balanced couple of hours of fairly light entertainment without crime investigation or seriously puffed up judges.

Would not mind if it got back to Saturday slot, as it belongs to weekend feeling.

Agree here and would love to see it back on Saturdays.

 

[greggy]

Didn't get to watch Hey Hey (or any TV last night)

Here is news on the ratings, Hey Hey thrashed that cooking show.

MasterChef fails to cook Daryl Somers's duck

Love every minute of Hey, Hey last night. The entertainment was great and the humour was very spontaneous. Its about time they bring it back for ever. I grew up with it and loved it. I still love it. However, wheres Ossie?

 

[Krusty the Klown]

without......seriously puffed up judges.

Yes, that is a charactaristic of all the judges, isn't it? They all seem to have a holier than thou attitude, especially the fashion shows. They all have to be nasty and there is always some sort of a feud between some contestants.

Me too. I wonder whether it was actually a screen test for a revival.

That's exactly what it is, that's why they are doing two shows, to see if the ratings will hold past the nostalgia of the first show.

 

[MrBurns]

However, wheres Ossie?

Next week.

 

[Smurf1976]

That's exactly what it is, that's why they are doing two shows, to see if the ratings will hold past the nostalgia of the first show.

Agreed there. They did the show "properly" and spent a few $ building a set etc whereas they could easily have run it cheaply as a "nostalgia" show primarily filled with clips from the past.

If it rates reasonably next week then I'd be pretty confident it will be back next year on a regular basis. Let's face it - it's about the only thing Channel 9 has that has even half a chance of drawing a large audience on an ongoing basis.

In a broader sense, and one that has some relevance to investing, the whole saga is a classic case of abandoning something fundamentally sound in order to cash in on the short term boom that was reality TV. The boom's turned to bust as was inevitable, hence the scramble to go back to anything that seems likely to work going forward.

Love it or hate it, Hey Hey clearly stands out as the most obvious choice to be revived. What other program that's been off the screens for years has had ongoing calls to bring it back ever since it was axed? Few if any.

It was always my understanding that the only reason it was axed in the first place was the cost of production relative to ratings. The same audience could be bought more cheaply using unpaid "actors" in a reality program. It wasn't that people stopped watching Hey Hey, it's just that the alternatives were cheaper and hence more profitable... until people stopped watching them.

It's a bit like selling the big banks, Woolworths, BHP and so on in order to put your money in the lastest speculative stock craze. It works for a while, but you'll only make money if you know when to get out and go back to something more fundamentally sound.

 

[scanspeak]

My thoughts ...

- leaves Rove for dead
- they should leave out the viewer emails and video segments, kills the flow
- great to see non scripted wit and old school humour
- choice of musicians could have been better
- we desperately need a show like this that appeals to the 35+ crowd
- brought back so many memories of my teens!

 

[MrBurns]

Hey Hey

What a brilliant piece of television may it set the pace for another 30 years.

 

[Garpal Gumnut]

Re: Hey Hey

What a brilliant piece of television may it set the pace for another 30 years.

lol Burnsie.

You are a stirrer mate.

gg

 

[MrBurns]

Wondered where this thread was, well done to the mods

Rove must be staring at the screen gobsmacked......... this is how it should be done.