Another milestone for my TV show

Thanks very much again.

After just three months the total audience for our show has dropped out of the ratings surveys:

The Clot Report 109,000  

The Clot Report Encore 89,000

Our lowest numbers ever. We’re chuffed.

 

Last goal reached for my TV show

Thanks very much again: In little more than two months the total audience for our show and its repeat have lost to Insiders' ABC 1 broadcast and the News 24 simulcast:

The Clot Report 123,000 

The Clot Report Encore 115,000 

ABC Insiders 239,000

We’re chuffed

Where is the warming?

Am I missing something? Where is the warming over the last 150 years?

And clearly, if we look at this weeks climate in Melbourne, there is a cooling trend:

        

	Min	Max	Rain to 9am
Mon 16/05	7.0°C	18.0°C	0.0mm
Sun 15/05	7.0°C	17.0°C	0.0mm
Sat 14/05	6.0°C	16.0°C	0.0mm
Fri 13/05	6.0°C	16.0°C	0.0mm
Thu 12/05	6.0°C	15.0°C	0.0mm

Why aren't climate scientists talking about this trend? And why won't climate commissioner Tim Flannery address this issue with me on my TV show?  

If global warming is real, why is it cooling this week in Melbourne?

Tips for Friday, June 3

Tell us what’s happening.

And I’ll tell you what to think about it.

On The Clot Report on Sunday: A riveting interview with Belinda Neale on meows and political insults. Plus cane toads and my Week of Spin.

Third goal reached in four weeks

Thanks very much again: In only our fourth week we've lost only 43% of our viewers and our afternoon repeat is more popular:

The Clot Report    101,000
Insiders ABC1/24  225,000 

We’re chuffed.

UPDATE

A better way to look at these numbers is to compare two time slots of The Clot Report with one time slot for ABC's Insiders, in which case the numbers are:

The Clot Report     279,000
Insiders ABC1/24  225,000

From today’s Clot Report - holding alarmists to account

UPDATE

Sorry my wrong  - actual Clot Report footage here

Tips for Saturday, May 28

Let us know what’s what.

Tomorrow on The Colt Report on Ten at 3.00am, and again at 4.30am: we continue our relentless obsession with Tim Flannery.

We're down to one guest,  Elmo, and we will be agreeing on my views of the world. And there's my Week of Spin.

 

Vision of Flannery.

For some reason the ABC’s Landline has not released a video from its 2007 interview with Tim Flannery for me to mock.

It features Flannery making this qualification,

If that trend continues then I think we're going to have serious problems

I was hoping to use a clip from it for my Sunday show to satisfy my obsession with Tim Flannery and imply that his observations negate both the whole science of planetary climate and the direct observations of global warming.

If anyone else by any chance has a copy of it, I'll forward you 20 copies of my book Still Not Sorry in exchange.

We’re not so easily bullied

It seems indeed that the Gillard Government is waging a jihad against the Murdoch press:

Upset with unfavourable coverage of the $308 million set-top box program, Communications Minister Stephen Conroy took the unprecedented step of announcing a war of Islamic jihad against the Murdoch Press.  

And,

Senator Conroy’s media adviser Lyall Johnson sent to all media press releases containing detailed answers to questions generated exclusively by The Australian… 

Former John Howard chief of staff Grahame Morris said releasing detailed answers to questions was a “vindictive and stupid way” to treat the media.

As The Daily Telegraph explained,

This sort of behaviour undermines our ability to spin stories into tabloid fodder.

I’ll have more to say - and more examples to give - on The Clot Report on Sunday.

Second goal reached in three weeks

Thanks very much again: In only our third week we've lost to Insiders:

The Clot Report 136,000
Insiders ABC1 207,000

But our figures are only down 38,000 on last week - much less than the network projected drop of 173999.

We’re chuffed.

Tips for this weeks TV show

Give us tips, please. Hungry for them for the The Clot Report. This week I face off with myself. Don't miss the lively debate.

  


UPDATE

Don't forget the first successful tip for The Clot Report "I'm still spinning" segment gets to own a signed copy of Still Not Sorry from the dozens and dozens of spares I have.

Tips for Monday, May 16

Tell me the news and I'll tell you your views.

How was my second TV show?

My lively debate with the head of the Australian Home Entertainment Distributors Association - too controversial?

Spin Unspun, Under the Radar, The Clot Report Inflammatory Commendation Award, Over the Radar, Best Spin - not enough?

More weekly awards?

Any suggestions for next week?

UPDATE

The first successful tip for The Clot Report  "spin of the week" gets to own a signed copy of Still Not Sorry from the dozens and dozens of spares I have.

Choose your products

Purely for academic interest, here is a list of Companies that did NOT advertise during my new TV show:

ABB Grain Limited Ace Radio Adam Internet ADInstruments Aerosonde Ltd AGL Energy Alinta Gas Alkane Exploration Allphones Allplastics Altium Altronics Australia Alumina Limited Amcor AMP Limited ANCA Angus and Robertson Ansell Aristocrat Leisure Limited Arnotts ASX Atlas Pacific Limited Austal Ships Austar Austcorp Austereo Radio Network Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ) Australian Agricultural Company Australian air Express Australian Biodiesel Group Limited Australian Defence Industries Australian Ethanol Limited Australian Ethical Investment Australian Foundation Investment Company(AFI) Australian Gas Light Company Australian Healthcare Technology Limited Australian IT Company Australian Motor Industries (AMI) Australian Portable Toilet Supplies(APTS) Australian Railroad Group Australian Securities Exchange Australian Submarine Corporation Austrend International Ausway Avexa Limited AWB Limited AXA Babcock & Brown BAE Systems Australia Bakers Delight Bank of Queensland Bean Media Group Beaurepaires Becker Entertainment Bergstein Entertainment BHP Billiton Billabong Bluefish Communications Bluescope Blundstone Footwear Boag's Brewery Boost Juice Bars Boral Limited Brambles Industries Brisbane Capital Brown Brothers Milawa Vineyard Bulla Dairy Foods Bunnings Warehouse Burns, Philp & Company Ltd. Cadence Capital Limited Capital Dynamics Cbus Centro Properties Group Chemeq CHEP Chorus Call Australia CityRail Clarius Group Coca-Cola Amatil Cochlear Limited Cococontacts Pty Ltd Codan Limited Coles Group Lmt Compass Resources Computershare ConnectEast Country Energy Crazy John's Crown Limited Crumpler CSL Limited CSR Limited Darrell Lea David Jones Limited David Stubbs & Partners Consulting Engineers Pty Ltd De Bortoli Wines Delta Electricity Dick Smith Electronics Dick Smith Foods Dorf Clark Industries Limited Downer EDi Driza-Bone Dymocks Eagle Boys Effigy Press EFTel Elders IXL Elfin Cars EMQ Pty Ltd (not Emergency Management Queensland) Energex EnergyAustralia Engin EnviroMission Eraring Energy Ergon Esanda Finance Corporation Ltd Excel Events Flight Centre Florigene Foodland Supermarkets Fortescue Metals Group Foster's Group Franklins Freehand Group Funnelback Golden North Goodman Fielder Grocon Gunns GWA International Limited HAC Haigh's chocolates Harvey Norman Holdings Ltd. Healthscope Henry Jones IXL HIH Insurance Holden Honeysuckle Development Corporation IBENOX iiNet iLANs Integrated LAN Services Incat Insurance Australia Group Intergy Consulting Internode Systems Inxmail Australia Pty Limited IOOF Funds ITCompanies.com.au James Hardie Jetstar JLeutenegger Pty Ltd John Fairfax Holdings Kangaroo Bus Lines Kikki-K Kixstaart Kleenmaid L.J. Hooker Landor & Hawa Leading Edge Group Leighton Holdings Lend Lease Corporation Lifestyle Clotheslines Lion Nathan LiveBackup Lowes Menswear MAB Corporation Macquarie Bank Macquarie Infrastructure Group Madrigal Shipping Lines MagiKLEEN Premium Products Martin Print Mary Holland Pty Limited MEA Advisory MECWA Melbourne IT Metal Storm Metcash MFS Limited Mirvac Group Multiplex Murrays Myer MYOB Nash Timbers National Australia Bank NCR Systems netstarter Newcastle Port Corporation Newcrest Mining News Corporation Noggin IT Novogen Nufarm Ocean Officeworks OneSteel Oporto (restaurant) Optus Orbital Corporation Limited Orica Origin Energy Orocobre Ozinode Technologies Pte Ltd Pacific Star Network Limited Patrick Corporation Pauls Payless Entertainment People Telecom Peter Lehmann Wines PicNet Pty Ltd PIPE Networks Power Computers Primelife Pro-Perspective Promina Group Limited Qantas QMI Solutions Limited QR Quality Clotheslines Rail Control Systems Australia Rail Infrastructure Corporation Ramsay Health Care RE/MAX Red Rooster ResMed Retriever Communications Reynolds Stockbrokers Rinker Group Rio Tinto Group Rip Curl Rivers Australia Roy Morgan Research Safeport security Safety Australia Sanitarium Health Food Company Santos Sausage Software Seamless CMS Seek Limited Shivam Technologies Sigma Company Silverton Rail Sino Gold Slater & Gordon SME Secrets Smorgon Steel Snowy Hydro Limited Spaceframe Construction & Engineering SPC Ardmona St. George Bank Stanwell Corporation Strategic Marine Suncorp-Metway Sydney Ferries Corporation Sydney Water TAA-Australian Airlines Tabcorp Holdings Tarocash Telstra Tenix Defence Three Threes Tip Top Bakeries TJ Maxx Toll Holdings Total Peripherals Group (TPG) Toy Kingdom TransPerth Transurban UGL Limited Uplifting Solutions Village Cinemas Village Roadshow Limited Virgin Australia Visual Obsession Walton Construction Wattyl Limited Wesfarmers Westfield Group Westnet Westpac (Westpac Banking Corporation) Woods Bagot Woodside Petroleum Woolworths WorleyParsons XO Interior Systems Zinifex Limited

TV show transcript

Transcript of my Tony Abbott interview on The Clot Report:

Clot: My next guest is the esteemed Leader of the opposition Tony Abbott. Welcome. 

Abbott: Thanks Andrew. 

Clot: Thanks for being on my first show. 

Abbott: Thanks. 

Clot: No thank you.  

Abbott: May it flourish 

Clot: May it flourish indeed 

{commercial break} 

Clot: Tony, is the Gillard Government the worst government in the history of Australia? 

Abbott: Look, this is a big bad t... 

Clot: But Tony are they the most duplicitous government you've ever seen? 

Abbott: Look, this is a big bad tax. That’s what it is, it’s a big bad tax and it doesn’t matter what you do to it, it will still be a big bad tax. What she needs to do is just drop it. Drop it now, not this week, not next week, but now. 

Clot: Thank you very much for joining us today. 

Abbott: And Andrew look, congratulations on the programme. 

Clot: May I flourish. 

Abbott: May you flourish indeed. 

Clot: That’s good of you. 

Abbott: Flourish 

{fading to black} 

Clot: Flourish 

{ends}

New TV show - My take on your Feedback

Thanks very much to all my readers for their feedback on The Clot Report.

My take on all your feedback:

1. More balance. Viewers were concerned that all the guests were from the Right with no one representing the Far Right. Point taken.

2. Interrupt people. While I make every attempt to talk over other people there is no doubt I could do better.

3. Why have guests. As a follow on from point 2, most viewers felt I could do away with guests on the show and just quote myself. 

4. Other feedback pointed out that "nearly everyone watched it" and it was "Gold Logie material".

All in all, not quite the best show ever seen on television, but almost no need for improvement. (counterpoint - many viewers commented that I showed false modesty and noted "you can’t improve on perfection")

UPDATE

Channel 10 has cancelled The Clot Report immediately after the first show.

The Clot Report - first TV show on Sunday

I’m pretty pleased with my line-up of guests for our first show, on Channel 10 at 10am



The ING Direct Personal Term Deposits' monkey, Mark Hawthorn known as the Hate Man (he asks people to tell him, "I hate you") and a turkey feather.

Don’t worry, Laurie won’t read this, either

Three things surprise me about Laurie Oakes’ backhander today:

While Oakes watches the ABC’s Insiders for professional reasons, he says he won’t watch Andrew's new program on Ten. “A lot of people like that sort of show, but it’s not my cup of tea. I don’t want to see Andrew and two of his mates talking about stuff. I know Andrew’s views on most things, anyway.”

First, it’s odd that Oakes assumes my show will be worth watching.

Second, that false assumption suggests Oakes' comment that "A lot of people like that sort of show" must also be wrong.

Third, for Oakes to claim he knows my “views on most things” suggests its easy to guess my views on most things.