The Project has gone. Does its ‘serious news’ replacement deliver?
- Channel 10 replaced the long-running show The Project with 10 News+, which aired for the first time on Monday evening.
- The Project was axed last week after poor ratings, prompting Network 10 to launch 10 News+ as part of a major brand consolidation.
- 10 News+ features co-anchors Denham Hitchcock and Amelia Brace, with a tightly curated mix including a 20-minute investigation into Melbourne mother Debbie Voulgaris’s drug smuggling case.
- The new show drew just 25,000 viewers in Perth and 291,000 nationally, losing to ABC reruns and facing criticism as boring and disappointing.
- This launch marks Network 10’s strategic shift to a unified 10 brand, aiming to deliver future-focused entertainment and deepen streaming content offerings.
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Ten's 6pm news debut draws over 750,000 viewers
Ten’s new hybrid news and current affair show 10 News+ has launched to a national audience of 769,000 viewers.The hour-long show, hosted by Amelia Brace and Denham Hitchcock, debuted with a mixed bag, as promised. It featured the day’s news headlines and short packages, alongside interviews with PM Anthony Albanese, astronaut Chris Hatfield, and convicted […]
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