The Catch-Up
| The Catch-Up | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Talk show |
| Created by | Mia Freedman |
| Directed by |
David Summons Marco Sniekers (technical) |
| Starring |
Libbi Gorr Zoe Sheridan Mary Moody Lisa Oldfield |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 79 |
| Production | |
| Location(s) | Willoughby, Sydney, Australia |
| Running time | 60 minutes (including commercials) |
| Release | |
| Original network | Nine Network |
| Original release | 26 February – 15 June 2007 |
The Catch-Up was an Australian daytime live television talk show on the Nine Network created by Mia Freedman.
The show featured a panel of women as co-hosts, with Libbi Gorr, Zoe Sheridan, Mary Moody and Lisa Oldfield. The show premiered on 26 February 2007. It was produced at Channel Nine's studio in Willoughby. The concept of The Catch-Up was to showcase women discussing views, news and gossip with each other as well as with their guests. The program followed a similar format to The View.
The show was under pressure even before it began. The Nine Network decision to cancel its broadcast of the US talk show Dr. Phil and soap opera The Young and the Restless[1][2] to make way for the program caused outrage amongst fans of shows which had been aired on the Nine Network since 1974 (The Young and the Restless) and 2002 (Dr. Phil).[3]
Cancellation
Due to low ratings, the show was cancelled on 13 June 2007 and the last episode aired on 15 June. [4][5]
References
- ↑ "Soap sunk by chat show". The Daily Telegraph. 2007-01-24. Retrieved 2007-08-07.
- ↑ Butler, Dianne (2007-02-13). "Life's not so restless". The Courier-Mail. Retrieved 2007-08-07.
- ↑ Idato, Michael (2004-09-14). "Lip service". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2007-08-07.
- ↑ Casey, Marcus (2007-06-13). "The Catch-Up cut loose by Nine". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2007-06-14.
- ↑ "Nine's new show faces axe". The Daily Telegraph. 2007-03-07. Retrieved 2007-08-07.