Thank god!!! Just received the latest news that the Australia Queer Eye for the Straight Guys has been axed! It only lasted 3 episodes and obviously after mowing the back hair of a jewish man last night can't increase any ratings and there goes the gays. Like Emily Howard will say, "Au voir!"
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Ten axes Aussie Queer Eye
SYDNEY: Network Ten has axed Aussie Queer Eye for the Straight Guy after only three episodes following the show's inability to attract audiences.
The show, which was heavily promoted in Ten's 2005 programming line up, failed to perform in the ratings, attracting a national audience of 903,254 for the first episode, which was well below the network's expectations. The show's ratings dropped 20% in the second week to 725,263 with the third episode also attracting similar audience numbers.
The decision to pull the series follows speculation it would be moved from its prime time timeslot of Wednesdays at 7.30pm to Mondays at 9.30pm, which was believed to be a more suitable slot for the show.
Instead it will be replaced by American Idol from next week, with Ten planning to air the three remaining episodes of Queer Eye as specials, "probably once US Queer Eye returns" said Network Ten spokeswoman Margaret Fearn.
Fearn said the show¹s sponsors, Volvo, Hutchison 3 and David Jones had been notified and had not asked for compensation but the network is "making sure that their expectations are met".
"We will keep the advertisers' spots in the 7.30 timeslot or if they prefer find another appropriate timeslot," said Fearn.
Fearn said the network had only ever commissioned six episodes and denied reports that Ten had invested significantly in the show "It's a prime time show and no show is cheap but we¹re not talking millions".
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