The Project’s stars leave Ten as program is axed, replacement announced
- Network Ten announced the cancellation of the long-running panel show The Project, with its final episode airing on Friday, June 27, 2025.
- The Project, which debuted in 2009 and ran nearly 16 years with over 4,500 episodes, faced steadily declining ratings and industry concerns about its sustainability.
- The show won 11 Logie Awards and a Walkley Award while addressing social issues like marriage equality and violence against women, but recent audience numbers dropped to between 238,000 and 357,000 nationally.
- A senior industry figure described The Project's ratings as 'unsustainable,' and Network Ten plans to replace it with Behind the Lines, a four-nights-per-week current affairs program hosted by Denham Hitchcock launching in July or August.
- The end of The Project marks a significant shift for Network Ten, potentially signaling challenges for engaging young viewers with news programming amid changing media consumption patterns.
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The Project really did do news differently. Its demise is our loss
The most unsettling thing about the closure of Network Ten’s The Project is that it might come to be seen as the moment commercial network television gave up on young audiences for news programming. If that’s what’s happening, it’s a worrying thought. Bringing news and current affairs to young audiences is exactly what The Project has done so well over its 16-year lifespan, and it’s hard to imagine how the channel will replace it in ways that wo…
Network 10’s The Project to End After 16-Year Run
Network 10’s The Project will officially go off air on June 27 after a 16 year run. The announcement was made at the start of the June 9 episode by hosts Waleed Aly, Sarah Harris, Steve Price and Sam Taunton. It was later confirmed in a post on X. “For nearly 16 years, The Project has been Australia’s destination for the news when you want a little bit of a giggle … all good things come to an end and so are we.” The message thanked viewers, dono…
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