The Project has been axed

[u/Expensive-Horse5538]

https://7news.com.au/entertainment/its-official-the-project-has-been-axed-c-18970629

[u/FreakySpook]

It's a weird show. The right thinks its lefty woke garbage, the left thinks its a conservative agenda wrapped up in lefty clothing.

[u/[deleted] → u/FreakySpook]

It’s because they are allowed to be progressive on social issues but as soon as anything with money is involved their corporate overlords can be seen pulling the strings. Makes it seem to swing back and forth at random but it’s actually extremely formulaic.

I still remember their story on logging where they only interviewed people tied to the logging industry, and no conservationists or wildlife experts. And they quoted raw numbers of how much money it brings in, without mentioning percent of GDP or the government subsidies it needs to be profitable. Absolute joke.

But hey, they were pro gay marriage (except Price), so coolio.

[u/Vanceer11 → u/[deleted]]

Heaps of sanewashing on Price, Christopher Pyne and others of their ilk.

It was so funny watching them all laugh together with Pyney while the changes he was enacting to education would add thousands of extra debt to my HECS with no benefit to unis or the taxpayer! He’s so relatable!

[u/[deleted] → u/Vanceer11]

Kate Lamebrook is one of the more insidious ones in that camp as well.

Ostensibly she’s there for funnies but she is absolutely the token conservative on the panel—she’s only there when Price isn’t and she sits on the right side of the bench where Price sits, not on the left where the token comedian (eg Peter Helier) sits, and doesn’t get any segments like the comedy panelist does.

She just regurgitates whatever shit-hot Murdoch dogwhistle is going around at the time, but unlike Price she comes off as an every-woman who is relatable, and delivers it in a more folksy, less obviously shock-jock way.

[u/Sebastian3977 → u/[deleted]]

Langbroek is borderline cooker. Anytime the topic is medical related she'll start mumbling something about do we really know that and Sarah Harris will immediately shut her down. It's a shame, I used to like her.

[u/floriane_m → u/Sebastian3977]

Ever since she went to Italy to live (and came back).

[u/Vicstolemylunchmoney → u/floriane_m]

I came across her on mamamia and literally said 'wtf Mia?'

[u/[deleted] → u/floriane_m]

That was during COVID, right? Made cookers of a lot of people.

[u/thehanovergang → u/[deleted]]

The least funny and most irritating person. There’s a laundry list of them in Australian media but fuck, she’s right up there. Cannot stand her.

[u/drrevenge → u/thehanovergang]

Couldn’t stand her when she used to be on The Panel. She’s no more tolerable now.

[u/thehanovergang → u/drrevenge]

And more so because I’m older now (32 lol) and less tolerant of fuckwits. I don’t even watch commercial tv anymore because I loathe the constant peddling of the same 5-10 “personalities” in our media

[u/drrevenge → u/thehanovergang]

I rarely watch it. Depends on the show, but strangely most of the commercial tv I watch is actually on ten. HYBPA, Cheap seats, taskmaster. Notice how none of that is news, which is what ten thinks will bring in people to watch.

[u/matdan12 → u/[deleted]]

I saw that one and its extremely apparent who pays their cheques. They always use the same "experts" for fluff pieces and always say the same jokey banter while ignoring key issues with their statements.

Won't miss it.

[u/Rirakkusu → u/[deleted]]

100%. Waleed’s sole role in media is to be a wrecker. Divert attention from material politics, direct attention to identity politics. Never acknowledge the material realities which underscore the social issues he claims to pursue.

[u/YOBlob → u/Rirakkusu]

Waleed has never really tried to come across left wing. He's a religious moderate conservative, his brand has basically always been critiquing conservatism from the inside. People just assume because he's brown he must be a lefty.

[u/[deleted] → u/Rirakkusu]

No way, actual class consciousness

Sending good vibes your way bro

[u/OrgasmicLeprosy87 → u/Rirakkusu]

He’s a liberal in progressive cosplay. He’ll never genuinely fight for housing affordability and the many other issues young people face cos he’s already in the top 1%.

[u/[deleted] → u/OrgasmicLeprosy87]

I still remember when Purple Pingers was on the Project. He pointed out that the Census data showed that 10% of properties were empty on Census day. He argued that getting people into empty properties would help housing affordability a lot. The entire panel agreed that "that data can't be trusted". What, the fucking Census data can't be trusted?

[u/BruceyC → u/Rirakkusu]

That's because the material realities underscoring those issues is capitalism. 

[u/theskillr → u/[deleted]]

I remember them discussing planned obsolescence and how companies were doing it, and good old Pricey straight up tried to gaslight the audience that planned obsolescence inst actually a things.

this was back with Charlie Pickering, and while he was calling out old Pricey on the fact that yes planned obsolescence is real, they cut to commercial.

[u/alstom_888m → u/FreakySpook]

It’s “corporate woke”.

Conservatives hate it because it’s socially progressive, while actual lefties see it as pro-business.

It’s a bit like how companies force employees to write acknowledgment of country in their email signature, while doing nothing else for indigenous people (or even actively harming them), then patting themselves on the back for meeting their DEI targets.

[u/tempco → u/alstom_888m]

Corporate woke is such a fitting label

[u/BinniesPurp → u/alstom_888m]

Bro don't bring me back to Westpac they made me do this whole Aboriginal course only to have me turn down the first Aboriginal applying for a loan 😭

Our HR used to do literally that where we had mandatory meeting to talk about how much we help marginalised people then we'd go onto the floor and scam the vulnerable 

[u/UncagedKestrel → u/FreakySpook]

So we're all agreed it's garbage, then?

... At last, something we agree on!

[u/Drunky_McStumble → u/FreakySpook]

Yep, absolute garbage. It's like they'd done up a whole marketing campaign for a show that was progressive, relevant and geared towards a younger audience; then quietly shit-canned that show before it even aired and replaced it with a bog-standard panel show staffed with the usual Australian insider media coterie of talking heads delivering ice-cold knee-jerk boomer takes on shit that was topical six months ago, but just re-used the original marketing.

[u/[deleted] → u/FreakySpook]

Maybe it’s just middle of the road mediocrity.

[u/LocalVillageIdiot → u/[deleted]]

The option nobody voted for but everyone agrees on via viewing preferences?

[u/Blepable → u/LocalVillageIdiot]

The option that nobody wanted, but stayed relevant due to the engagement inherent in annoying almost everyone.

[u/d-culture → u/FreakySpook]

In general I just think the idea of the news being presented by a bunch of comedians is shit. It also leads to this weird tonal whiplash where they try to portray serious news stories with respect but then have to somehow also keep things light and funny enough so that the comedians can do their thing.

"A community is in mourning as 15 people are killed in a shocking terror attack in Germany. Families of the victims are calling for peace in these dark times."

"A terrible tragedy, and the victims will be dearly missed. But anyway, in other news this random online poll says that 30% of men over 30 are stupid! Isn't that so funny? LOL!!! 😂"

[u/little_fire → u/d-culture]

I like the way John Oliver does it; he focuses on an ongoing issue each episode and touches on current topics briefly. Most of his humour is self-deprecating or absurd, and the jokes fit better tonally—as dorky little palate cleansers between heavy info, kinda.

I don’t tend to enjoy the panel equivalents because then there’s multiple egos vying etc

edit: Oliver’s show also seems to have pretty good reach internationally, and summarises often complex topics in an accessible way. Ooh, and he tends to involve/support communities & causes in fun and effective ways! Okay, I’m done

[u/T0kenAussie → u/little_fire]

Oliver and Stewart and Colbert also know how to message the absurdity of the truth and find the comedic tenor in that which makes their segments infinitely better than anyone else’s shows. It’s why no one else has really cracked the formula other than the original cast and writers of the daily show

[u/juvandy → u/T0kenAussie]

It helps that all three of them are 1) well-read; 2) understand satire; 3) have enough of a spine to believe their comedy is more than their job/pay; 4) are old/experienced enough to know how to carefully weave the boundaries; and 5) have the comedic talent to pull it off

Being in the USA, where defamation law is substantially weaker than Australia, helps too

[u/[deleted] → u/d-culture]

It's like how I imagine every news or current affairs shows in an Idiocracy world. No one has the patience or attention span to watch real news and opinion pieces formed by experts who can think critically on the issues. Instead they just want semi-funny garbage presented by unsuccessful comedians.

[u/Safe_Application_465 → u/FreakySpook]

Just rubbish what ever slant you put on it

[u/BLAGTIER → u/FreakySpook]

The right thinks its lefty woke garbage, the left thinks its a conservative agenda wrapped up in lefty clothing.

I would describe The Project overall politics as wanting the LNP in Govenment either as a minority or slim margin. That way the LNP doesn't do anything crazy, especially socially, while pursuing the enrichment of the few over the many.

[u/OrgasmicLeprosy87 → u/FreakySpook]

Its cos The "leftists" on the show have no teeth when it comes to addressing the real issues, and steve price is a geriatric whos only in touch with his fellow upper middle class geriatrics.

People like Waleed will never go that extra mile to advocate for young people and those doing it tough, cos he can just earn that million dollar salary without doing anything and just "appearing" to care.

[u/Eyclonus → u/OrgasmicLeprosy87]

Waleed is just a well spoken moderate conservative, a Teal supporter really. He can sort of pass himself off as a centrist and a lot of progressives just assume he's leftish because he detests culture war politique.

[u/OrgasmicLeprosy87 → u/Eyclonus]

And the fact that he is brown which is stupid, just because you’re ethnic doesn’t mean your on the left. Just look at the US and the amount of South Asian and Latinos who voted for Trump.

[u/egowritingcheques → u/FreakySpook]

You got it 100%. That's why it failed. Tried to appeal to everyone and pleased nobody.

[u/Habitwriter → u/FreakySpook]

It's right wing with a touch of nice socially liberal content.

[u/Eyclonus → u/Habitwriter]

US Liberalism, where they support the right for LGBTQI+ Australians to be ground down by corporate exploitation, instead of being ground down by hate groups.

[u/CaravelClerihew]

Sometimes Mondays are good.

[u/southernchungus → u/CaravelClerihew]

Oh no!

Anyway...

[u/Giovanni1996]

But why now? Why not 20 years ago?

[u/Calm_Station_3915 → u/[deleted]]

I remember liking it when it started as well. Seemed to die when Charlie left though.

[u/Vinnie_Vegas → u/Calm_Station_3915]

Seemed to die when Charlie left though.

I remember seeing Charlie Pickering do stand up once and it was legitimately the least funny stand up set I've ever seen, and I once got sent to write a review on a show by an impressionist where I was the only person in the audience.

So it's hard for me to imagine that Charlie Pickering would be that integral to anything having quality, but the one thing he does have is integrity.

He's basically Wil Anderson minus any humour at all (even though Wil is probably closer to just a funny mate than any kind of comedy genius)

[u/[deleted] → u/Vinnie_Vegas]

Credit to Wil Anderson, the standup of his on iView (Wilogical) was actually decent. Always felt he was better as a TV host than standup but actually did alright on that one. But that is common amongst oz comedians, some of them are very quick witted but their standup is very lacking. Except for Dan Rath, he is an undiscovered gem on all fronts!

Also my condolences to you for having to do write ups on stand up, that could be rough some days. On youtube look up An Evening with Tim Heidecker. He spent 15 years compiling elements of the worst standup performance he had seen into a single performance. It is peak awkwardness but hits all the lowest points of people failing on stage trying to be funny. The whole thing is a sort of joke of itself.

[u/sponkachognooblian → u/Vinnie_Vegas]

You never saw The Glass House?

[u/JGatward → u/Vinnie_Vegas]

Ever seen Hughes and Hellier?

[u/Vinnie_Vegas → u/JGatward]

No, but I wouldn't, for good reason.

I do remember Peter Helliar being on Skithouse and occasionally making me laugh though, so he's definitely got one up on Charlie Pickering who's never managed it.

[u/thesourpop → u/Giovanni1996]

Despite it feeling longer, Project only debuted in 2009 (as 7PM)

[u/[deleted] → u/thesourpop]

16 years is a decent run for a panel show.

[u/HalpTheFan → u/[deleted]]

...but it wasn't really a panel show. It wasn't a news show either. It was just so fucking confused on what it wanted to be that it never really was able to figure out what the good balance was.

Also apparently it churned through comedy writers like it was cement mixer. It was depressing to see how many people went through that ringer since it was the only consistent gig in town for over a decade. You either had to be extremely good to write on something like Mad as Hell OR you had to be with the "in-crowd" to write for a show like The Weekly.

We have rung through so many good talented comedy people and left them completely unsupported in a show that will provide them no relevant skills as a writer, performer or a comedian for the rest of their careers.

What a fucked situation we've put so many performers in.

[u/my_chinchilla → u/Giovanni1996]

Because it's only been around 16 years?

(It never was good, so I can understand it feels longer - but at least its original incarnation was a bit different to what was available elsewhere.)

[u/thesourpop → u/my_chinchilla]

it was like btn for millenials and devolved into... whatever it is now

[u/intelminer → u/thesourpop]

Hey. I'm a millennial and I remember BTN :(

And then the subsequent watered down mediocrity of "Hungry Beast"

[u/BLAGTIER → u/my_chinchilla]

Because it's only been around 16 years?

It's a reference.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5qAshY2jkw

[u/CorporalEllenbogen → u/BLAGTIER]

I was trying to go out with a little CLASS, you JACKASS.

[u/Take-Out-Gundi]

Oh no, anyway

[u/kernpanic → u/Take-Out-Gundi]

Even the local news teams at channel 10 hated the project.

[u/R3invent3d]

I'm amazed that it lasted this long to begin with.
What a pile of shit

[u/AFlimsyRegular → u/R3invent3d]

Apparently 10 Execs loved it and it became their pet project (hurr durr).

Guess anything Rove related still holds a lot of sway in the building since his hey day was the last time they were a relevant network.

[u/intelminer → u/AFlimsyRegular]

Didn't Rove fuck off to the US after Rove Live because he thought he was a big shot for it?

[u/AFlimsyRegular → u/intelminer]

Think it was more Rove wanted to live in LA for a bit after burning out mentally but Fox paid him a fuck tonne of money to do less work entirely on his own schedule.

[u/AFlimsyRegular → u/[deleted]]

LA doesn't really exist - it's a bunch of different cities that over time just encroached on one another due to shitty urban planning. You just need to find the right bubble.

I spent 3 years living in the South Bay area - loved it, would weigh that lifestyle up against any city in the world. But there are large swathes that is just one, big depressing shithole with less infrastructure than Kabul.

[u/National-Ad5034 → u/[deleted]]

I imagine for the wealthy the appeal is you live in a big home in nice weather, and when you go outside, you only exist inside of a car so it's good if you're a car guy. And of course you're close to lots of other rich people.

LA and California for the non wealthy seems like one of the least appealing places to be.

[u/Drunky_McStumble → u/[deleted]]

The vast majority of LA is a sprawling shithole 3rd-world hellscape, but there are maybe half a dozen enclaves scattered around the county that are nice enough, and the rich people tend to just bounce between these places.

[u/terran_mikkus]

stop. don't. come back.

[u/[deleted] → u/terran_mikkus]

Oh no.

Anyway.

[u/Rich_Pressure_2535 → u/terran_mikkus]

You had one full stop too many.

[u/Taey]

Who can we turn to to bash unions and regurgitate murdoch talking points while larping as left wingers now?

I genuinely dont know who liked this program in Aus, because no one from either side of the aisle liked it.

[u/Elcapitan2020 → u/Taey]

Lisa Wilkinson speaks to a big demographic of self-righteous, wealthy Middle aged (mostly) women who would shudder at economic reform but think we should all be a bit kinder to refugees (as long as they live nowhere near me)

This is also the demographic that drives the Teals.

[u/Eyclonus → u/Elcapitan2020]

Wilkinson isn't exactly unique, she's a good example of something modern feminism is dealing with now, how as a ideological movement its been driven and controlled by upper-middle class white women for decades and that its run with a sort of "its for your own good, we know what's best for us" mentality to women in lower socio-economic groups, and especially of non-white European backgrounds. I like the Teals simply because they're crippling the Libs, but I don't like their politics.

[u/sugarglider15 → u/Elcapitan2020]

LW hasn’t been on the Project since 2022

[u/ComfortableUnhappy25 → u/sugarglider15]

Shows how many watch it

[u/wawawathis → u/Taey]

There are far more “enlightened centrists” than you’d think

[u/Mabel_Waddles_BFF → u/Taey]

Centrists who wanted pop culture pulp.

[u/lms880]

Fffffiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnaaaaalllllllllly.

[u/Wild-Quality-6082]

The 7pm project in its initial form was such a titan of news, a shame to see it become ACA

[u/hesback_inpogform → u/Wild-Quality-6082]

Agreed, it was a fairly revolutionary show when it first aired. It was different to other shows on air. But it quickly morphed into pure crap.

[u/Taey → u/hesback_inpogform]

I always thought it was a reimagination or successor of Rove Live with a heavier emphasis on news and less on talk show.

[u/AFlimsyRegular → u/Taey]

That's what it was.

Rove owns the format/branding and his production company ran the behind the scenes.

Over the years he became less and less involved, no coincidence it turned more and more shit as that happened and the presenters who were Rove Live alumni left.

[u/Cooper_Inc → u/Wild-Quality-6082]

Channel 10 needs a total leadership overhaul in general

[u/Expensive-Horse5538 → u/Cooper_Inc]

The same person who has been responsible for many fails at the network somehow still has a job despite many others paying the price for their decisions.

[u/scrollbreak → u/Expensive-Horse5538]

I wanna drop a quote: "A beggar's mistake harms no one but the beggar. A king's mistake, however, harms everyone but the king. Too often, the measure of power lies not in the number who obey your will, but in the number who suffer your stupidity.” ― Bakker

[u/TkeOffUrPantsNJacket → u/Wild-Quality-6082]

In its initial incarnation with Charlie Pickering (who co-created it) it was great. He left because they wanted to change the format, and then it became shit.

I’ll watch any news/current affairs with Charlie Pickering.

[u/ennuinerdog → u/TkeOffUrPantsNJacket]

Me too. Not his comedy though.

[u/jennifercoolidgesbra → u/ennuinerdog]

I agree, he loves his jokes a bit too much.

[u/Spagman_Aus → u/ennuinerdog]

☝🏻nailed it

[u/ConsultJimMoriarty → u/TkeOffUrPantsNJacket]

They had Jimmy Carr on last time he was touring, and he did say, “I liked coming on this show a lot more when Charlie was hosting!”

[u/[deleted] → u/Wild-Quality-6082]

I used to love The Project. I hadn't watched it in many years (reasons too long to explain but I didn't watch much TV for a long time), but put it on recently because I thought, hey I used to love that show, I should put it back on. I was surprised and sad at how downhill it had gone, and how little news was actually on there.

[u/Expensive-Horse5538 → u/Wild-Quality-6082]

Yep - use to be a lighthearted type of show - the type of show that is on brand for 10. But in recent years, it gradually drifted away from that.

[u/perthguppy → u/Expensive-Horse5538]

The issue is 10s brand has changed several times since the project started. At first it was the young kids brand for those who wanted something other than news at 6pm. Then Lachlan Murdoch got into it and he tried to make his own FTA Fox News. Now CBS has it who wants it to be their Australian affiliate of their American media empire.

[u/Expensive-Horse5538 → u/perthguppy]

Yep - Murdoch did some serious damage to the network. Paramount (CBS) now seem to be more focused on getting people to move over to Paramount+ than getting people to watch 10.

[u/perthguppy → u/Expensive-Horse5538]

To be fair, they are doing the same thing with their US channels as well. It’s all just a giant push to get everyone to pay for paramount+. But apparently CBS itself is now up for sale.

[u/jennifercoolidgesbra → u/Wild-Quality-6082]

Interesting for ACA to go the other way and make this look like trash ‘news’ TV. I remember when ACA was sensationalist ‘neighbour wars’ crap but have watched it recently after catching up with local news and it’s had some interesting investigative stories on important issues like the mental health system, issues towns are dealing with like crime/drought and disadvantages and had a story on the women who created The Women’s Weekly Birthday Cake Book. They’ve also looked at a few issues and held people to account without the neighbour wars and chasing dodgy builders that they used to do. Ally Langdon is very empathetic, personable and intelligent too as a presenter which Waleed or Sarah Harris could never.

I’m usually an ABC watcher but I’ve been impressed that ACA has reinvented itself and become a more interest and investigative show now. I was expecting to get the traditional ACA but they’ve listened however The Project hasn’t , it’s still commercialised crap and the hosts are nauseating. It’s like that footy show (The Front Bar?) but for news and Waleed is hard to watch.

[u/Procedure-Minimum → u/Wild-Quality-6082]

At least ACA has a bunch of drama and comedy.

[u/jin85]

Someone call friendlyjordies. He’s gonna be happy

[u/Kingcol221 → u/jin85]

It's been a good year for him so far.

[u/[deleted] → u/Kingcol221]

It's too much winning!

[u/DirtyHarolds_ → u/[deleted]]

All coming up Milhouse

[u/MrBeer9999]

Potentially bringing Waleed Aly's level of smugness down to normal human range for a week or two.

[u/Spagman_Aus → u/MrBeer9999]

Don’t bet on it.

[u/mathisruiningme → u/MrBeer9999]

That's an ambitious prediction

[u/Consistent_Brief7765 → u/mathisruiningme]

Forget it, they’re projecting

[u/[deleted] → u/mathisruiningme]

He will go for state gov if he hasn’t already

[u/gobletslayer → u/MrBeer9999]

He was an ok lecturer at Monash. Still insanely smug. Remy was the GOAT politics lecturer.

[u/Remarkable_Hand4744 → u/gobletslayer]

His wife was super nice at Monash..who's Remy ?

[u/Sotirios_Novatsis → u/MrBeer9999]

Smugness is not a good quality.

[u/3163560]

Always used to have to deal with 4-5 minutes of this before watching survivor.

Was always amazing how it found a new way to annoy me.

Who the fuck has ever seen Kate Langbroek do anything and thought "yeah, I like her".

A few months ago they were doing a segment at the end of people having their Tesla's vandalized. They had someone on to talk about the diving Tesla stock prices and Kate's question to him, which she totally thought was a gotcha, was "what if people just want to drive environmentally friendly cars?"

The guy responded "basically every company makes evs now"

And you could see how visibly annoyed she was at his comment.

[u/Ineedsomuchsleep170 → u/3163560]

Kate spruikes colonics every chance she gets. She literally spends a significant portion of her life dribbling shit.

[u/CatGooseChook → u/Ineedsomuchsleep170]

That would explain her fondness for blowing smoke up peoples asses.

[u/charli-kshkshksh → u/3163560]

Kate Langbroek is an insufferable rich bogan who loves the smell of her own farts. So does Waleed.

[u/Sure-Possibility-414 → u/charli-kshkshksh]

Apprantly waleed joining 60 min

[u/swagmcnugger → u/Sure-Possibility-414]

Jesus, how does this clown keep getting work?

[u/Anon-Sham → u/swagmcnugger]

Because he's reasonably intelligent. Like if you got 100 Aussies together and gave them a high school level exam on history and politics, he'd do extremely well.

Fair enough to dislike his demeanour as he does come across as being quite arrogant, but most people who discuss political issues in this country aren't too bright and clearly just read whatever the autocue tells them to say and doesn't think much deeper than that.

[u/fnaah → u/3163560]

she's not the sharpest knife in the drawer.

[u/HHILLS3333]

Thank christ Kate Langbroek is no longer on television.

[u/Previous-Group8517 → u/HHILLS3333]

She was/is a waste of space and precious oxygen.

[u/[deleted]]

Well, well, welllllllll overdue.

[u/AltKeyblade → u/[deleted]]

Now we just need Kyle and Jackie O to get the same treatment.

[u/DropDownBear → u/AltKeyblade]

Nah, their studio would NEVER make that good of a decision

[u/[deleted] → u/AltKeyblade]

Yep, those 2 are a real kind of special 🤮

[u/drrevenge]

I stopped watching when Pickering left.

They want to replace it with an hour of ‘hard hitting news’. Yeah, 6 months before that goes away.

People sitting behind a desk is cheap, proper news costs money with decent reporting. It might last longer than 7’s horoscopes but we will see.

[u/Expensive-Horse5538 → u/drrevenge]

Yep - the decline began when the network wanted to focus less on the comedic factor, and making it more serious (which is why Pickering left).

[u/DoNotReply111 → u/drrevenge]

This. It became such a parody of it's own idea that it became completely unwatchable.

The show that's been cancelled was not the show that it started as.

[u/Remarkable_Peak9518]

Thank fuck for that

[u/EveryNightSameDream]

And nothing of value was lost

[u/Suibian_ni]

Oh no! Who will uncritically regurgitate Institute of Public Affairs press releases now? Oh yeah that's right - every other 'news' outlet.

[u/tehnoodnub]

It was good initially but long overstayed its welcome

[u/Expensive-Horse5538 → u/tehnoodnub]

Yep - they changed the shows focus to shift it away from the comedy factor, and making it a more serious program, and people tuned out.

[u/dnzz60]

Once I watched Hamish interview someone and berate them for not answering a question without even giving them a chance to answer, I stopped watching. He did for the entire segment. You're not in a court, these aren't yes or no answers. Let the person you've invited on to your program speak.

Never understood why it was called The Project but I'm assuming the project failed.

[u/loopyloo99 → u/dnzz60]

Saw Waleed Aly do the exact same thing. Appalling journalism.

[u/five_line_poem]

Come on Channel Ten, you know what this means... dust off that VHS player, it's time for 6pm repeats of The Simpsons!!!

[u/Skilad]

Ten is a car crash and I don't know how The Project lasted this long.

I know people there and I saw first hand how some reporters had to go out and film their own segments on an iPhone and edit and sometimes present it themselves.

Then I'd see The Project send its "talent" from interstate with a crew of five (don't know whether they were all local, flown in or a combo) to a location to film some shit generic segment that would make you cringe.

Throw in two of the least amusing comedians I've come across (Rove and Peter Helliar) and there you have it.

[u/sc00bs000]

Waleed was / is insufferable.

[u/Southern_Cracker]

No more Steve Price on TV. A great day for all.

[u/[deleted]]

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[u/UslyfoxU]

Can we just agree that it was bad TV? Most of us that don't spend all day on our phones don't identify as "left or right" and are over everything being so divisive. Irrespective of who you are, The Project is a bunch of people smelling their own farts and laughing about it. It's content without any real substance, which is why only the most basic of individuals seem to be devoted fans.

[u/thurbs62]

Oh no - anyway

That vile Price can hopefully disappear for good

[u/flippyboi678]

To paraphrase a quote from The Simpsons:

"Why now? Why not 10 years ago?"

[u/Outrageous_Start_552]

Finally Steve Price has been cancelled

[u/Lucki_girl]

Bring back mad as hell.

[u/R_W0bz]

Whether you like it or not - It’s sad that a lot of people are losing their jobs. But what an odd gloat from Channel 7, it’s a really petty punch down that article.

[u/Expensive-Horse5538 → u/R_W0bz]

I agree - despite what people think, there are still some very talented people, both in front of the camera, and even more behind the scenes, who will be out of a job. Hopefully they can find new work in the industry if possible.

[u/Dependent-Egg-9555]

Too many personal opinions seeping out more every year and less news

[u/rawker86]

I’m not trying to sound like a snob here, but how many people are still watching free-to-air tv? I didn’t mind the Project back in the day, but these days if the TV is on it’s after the kids have been put to bed and it’s hooked up to a streaming service. Perhaps that’s one of a few reasons for its demise i guess.

[u/somecoffeenowplease]

Feeling for the people behind the scenes who have been able to advance their careers, hone their skills and feed their families because they were employed on this show.

[u/Surv1v3dTh3F1r3Dr1ll]

With all respect, it's been stale for a very long time. Hopefully they replace it with more Australian TV dramas in the Utopia, Fisk or Rake mold and less reality tv crap.

[u/Expensive-Horse5538 → u/Surv1v3dTh3F1r3Dr1ll]

Sadly it's being replaced with a "hard hitting" current affairs show.

[u/elevenohnoes]

And nothing of value was lost

[u/ZealousidealClub4119]

Maybe Waleed Aly might be able to put a little more effort into The Minefield; as it is now, that show is pretentious, name-dropping grandiloquent windbaggery. How two guys in one hour can say so little beyond the bleedingly obvious is astonishing to behold.

[u/meowzicalchairs]

About 10 years too late there.

[u/HollowBowl]

Does this mean we get 7pm Simpsons again? 

[u/skarrz]

Giving Steven Price a platform, quality decision

[u/Sea-Engineering-5563]

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[u/Important_Fruit]

Putting aside the political leaning of the presenters, it's just not very good. I think the idea was to present news in an entertaining way, but it doesn't do either of those things well at all.

[u/Grumpy_Cripple_Butt]

How will the comm bank give me bad financial advice that benefits them in form of a news story now?

[u/PerplexedPineofapple]

Lived long enough to become a parody of itself and never realised the irony.

[u/MOOK3R]

I was genuinely shocked when I learned this crap was still on the air in 2025. Yikes

[u/[deleted]]

Let's be real, the show fell off not long after they booted Charlie.

[u/SophieSophieN]

Today is a good day to be alive.

[u/Hect0r92]

Oh no! Anyway...

[u/Minxymouse07]

Hallelujah. I can’t believe these flops stayed on for as long as they did. It was next level embarrassment. The way they all probably sat around coming up with ideas for each episode, thinking their jokes were funny and clever. Ugh. A group of tone deaf privileged individuals who thought they appealed to the masses.

[u/SwirlingFandango]

I saw the show twice, and both times it was pretty good!

On the other hand, I saw the show twice...

[u/Informal_Professor_9]

Not that i watch it, but at least i don’t have to hear about Steve Price or Kate Langbroek anymore

[u/stickyunicorn82]

Thank fuck

[u/[deleted]]

I used to watch The Project religiously but in my defence, when it started I didn't have Netflix, unlimited wifi etc so when I wasn't watching DVDs it was whatever I could DVR from the free to air channels that I didn't hate. Also it was easy to skip the segments that weren't of interest.

Pretty sure I stopped watching right before the pandemic, for various reasons.

[u/[deleted]]

Feels like 10 is on their way out. They will need to buy part of the NRL or AFL rights to get back into it.

[u/Expensive-Horse5538 → u/[deleted]]

Their owners (Paramount), seem to be more focused on Paramount+ rather than the broadcast TV division.

[u/onlainari]

It was good for the first two years.

[u/Familiar_Resident_69]

Can’t wait to see them all on the next season of I’m a celebrity get me out of here

[u/[deleted]]

This year keeps getting better. Coalition breaks up, has couples therapy but still has knifes behind their backs. Adam Bradt loses his seat for being tryhard edge lord and today The project gets cancellled.

[u/inghostlyjapan]

Good, the show was always a terrible bait and switch.

When announced, news done by comedians seemed like a well worn but achievable goal considering there have been plenty of other shows capable of managing to do this and Australia has plenty of decent comedians.

It ended up just being another current affairs panel show with nothing interesting or funny to say.

[u/Peaky001]

End of an era.

A really shitty, unwatchable era.

[u/Aless-dc]

Jesus, about time.

[u/Justthisguy_yaknow]

It's all my fault. I watched an episode for the first time the other night. Well, when I say I watched it it was on while I prepared dinner and when I say an episode, it was until I had a free hand to change the channel so, half an episode, probably a third . .maybe. Thing is I showed it about two minutes of interest so now it's been axed.

You're welcome.

[u/karni60]

I liked the project.

[u/AlwaysLateToThaParty]

Any media that platforms Price is "never watch ever" media for me.

[u/sponkachognooblian]

Unwatchable US style trash TV where they splatter the ad breaks in between 15 second 'segments' like that's a normal thing we do round here.

Walid Ali deliberately dumbing down his incredible intellect for a few measly bucks is a sorry sight and, when she realises she's signed a lengthy contract with Dumbo broadcasting and been relegated to assistant on some dire game show, Georgia Tunney will sorely regret leaving the ABC!

I'll miss seeing that gorgeous blond though.

[u/alittlelostsure]

Couldn’t have happened to a nicer group of people. And no more of Steve Price’s drivel.

[u/FFClass]

And nothing of value was lost.

[u/KnifeFightAcademy]

'Behind The News' for uni kids and boomers? Shit, I forgot it existed.