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Today, tonight, always - Current Affairs Australia

'They've identified subject areas that interest the vast majority of the population. They are unashamedly populist and they don't overestimate the audience and their attention span." That's how Peter Meakin, the straight-shooting head of news and current affairs at Channel Seven, explains the success of Today Tonight and the show he was responsible for until early 2003, Channel Nine's A Current Affair.

These two shows shouldn't be enjoying a golden period. Everything would appear to be against them. Since the popular current affairs genre was mercilessly parodied in the hit show Frontline (now 11 years ago), Today Tonight and A Current Affair have been routinely clouted by Media Watch and others. They have been faced with new competition from all sides, including pay TV, the internet and more niche current affairs shows on free-to-air."
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Submitted by Marco on Thu, 01/12/2005 - 6:36pm.
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