Fix Network Ten #FixNetworkTen

Aussie Twitter Is Brainstorming How To ‘Fix Network Ten’ With Hilariously Dumb Results

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It’s a shitty day for Australian television. Today Network Ten made the grim announcement that it’s been forced into voluntary administration, meaning they’ll be picked apart for scraps.

The process will likely include flogging off assets, cutting costs and doing whatever possible to wriggle out of debts and get the best result for creditors. This is of course pretty crap for us viewers.

The news comes on the back of the broadcaster failing to secure a casual loan into the millions and now required to find some spare cash lying around to the sweet-almighty value of $200 million before the end of the year.  If they can’t find that kinda poo-change before then, the whole beast might go belly up. Hope they’ve tried looking under the couch.

While the news won’t affect what’s on your telly right now, it could mark a change in what kind of shows Channel Ten buys and locally produces, along with addressing more technical media reforms like reassessing licensing and fees.

Sadly, it’s no secret that this news has been a long time coming. The network has had growing losses while suffering poor ratings for most of the year. It’s getting dire, and I mean DIRE.

Okay, take a seat Cory. Let’s not get too extreme. But Aussies did come together today in a nation-wide brainstorm sesh on Twitter for how Channel Ten can improve its financial situation under the hashtag #FixNetworkTen.

The results are predictably funny and dumb – so we’re all for it:

Many reckon, they need to let the network’s stars shine brighter.

Others recommended the channel to bring back the classics.

Then it all got a bit weird.

It’s important to note that what was initially a light-hearted inclusive hashtag has taken a nasty turn. Most evidently, in the targeting of The Project host and Gold Logie award-winner Waleed Aly with Islamophobic and just blatantly abusive tweets that are completely shitty. This is why we don’t deserve good things 🙁