Published: May 26, 2021, 3:05 a.m.
In an exclusive interview Seven's Director of programming Angus Ross reveals his plans for 2022 and beyond.
Angus has been the Director of Programming at the Seven Network since 2012. He carries the weight of the commissioning and acquisitions of all entertainment content across the channels of Seven and 7plus.
Topics include:
- His high school days and what he wanted to do prior to being in the media
- Roles before Channel 7
- Lessons learned from the team at Seven
- James Warburton's new strategy
- Current performance of the network
- The Chase with Larry Emdur
- Holey Moley
- Ultimate Tag
- Dancing with the Stars
- Big Brother
- The sledging between the commercial channels
- Australian Gangster
- SAS Australia
- More on MKR and those comeback rumours
- SAS Australia
- Australian drama
- Nine's strategy of promoting 9Now by showing premiere episodes on linear
- Process of an idea to then being broadcast
- Ratings (and the idea of moving from overnights to 7 day ratings)
- what shows seven have missed out on
- Viewer annoyance - not playing out shows
- His view on fast-tracking
- Can Seven win the ratings year in 2021?
- The year of reboots
- Factors involved in scheduling a show
- Is being a network programmer a double-edged sword?
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