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After two episodes, the show was axed due to extreamly low ratings. The unaired episodes were never shown. | After two episodes, the show was axed due to extreamly low ratings. The unaired episodes were never shown. | ||
In the lead up to the second season beginning, australian entertainment website 'tv tonight' interviewed one of the shows panelists: 'Mike Goldman' and he had this to say about the the possible failure of the show: | In the lead up to the second season beginning, australian entertainment website: 'tv tonight' interviewed one of the shows panelists: 'Mike Goldman' and he had this to say about the the possible failure of the show: | ||
TV Tonight: “Channel TEN are in a climate of taking things off air quickly if they’re not working. What if I was to say to you they played the show for three weeks and then took it off?” | TV Tonight: “Channel TEN are in a climate of taking things off air quickly if they’re not working. What if I was to say to you they played the show for three weeks and then took it off?” | ||
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Download (also titled Friday Night Download) was an Australian TV show hosted by Friday Night Games hosts Mike Goldman, Ryan Fitzgerald and Bree Amer. The show first aired on 26 October 2007. A second series began on 17 October 2008, but the show was pulled from schedules only two episodes into its run.
About
Download showcased video clips collected from the Internet, such as those hosted on YouTube and Google Video. The show also prompted viewers to submit their own videos to the show.
Download also labels the hosts' top 5 favourite video downloads, each one shown just before a commercial break.
Reception At The Time
The Sydney Morning Herald TV critic noted that the videos shown on the show could be viewed as easily on the internet without advertisement breaks, and as such claimed it should be "hosed off the pavement forthwith".
The show only averaged 748,000 viewers on its premiere night and was beaten by the Seven Network's Better Homes and Gardens. Although rating good enough for Ten to retain the show for their 2008 lineup, the show was axed when it slumped to 526,000 viewers in its last aired episode.
Possible Explanation for the show's Cancellation
The show was titled: 'Friday Night Download' for it's first season potentially to assist the show in ratings due to the massive success of: 'Big Brother: Friday Night Live' (which featured the same three presenters). This ended up working to the shows advantage although it's estimated that it only marginally helped ratings during that first season.
The ratings for season 1 were however enough to go ahead with a second season the following year. This time the follow up season would include 4 more episodes giving the show a ten week run instead of six in the previous year.
However, the tv channel which aired the show (Network Ten Australia) couldn't promise the friday night timeslot in 2008, so the show was renamed to be simply titled: 'Download'. The program discontinuing the 'Friday Night' portion of it's name proved part of the reason to the shows failure as without this in the title, not all viewers knew to tune in to see the same three panel hosts from the successful: Big Brother: Friday Night Live.
After two episodes, the show was axed due to extreamly low ratings. The unaired episodes were never shown.
In the lead up to the second season beginning, australian entertainment website: 'tv tonight' interviewed one of the shows panelists: 'Mike Goldman' and he had this to say about the the possible failure of the show:
TV Tonight: “Channel TEN are in a climate of taking things off air quickly if they’re not working. What if I was to say to you they played the show for three weeks and then took it off?”
Mike Goldman: “That’s not gonna happen, because it’s an awesome show! It’s not boring, it’s fun. I’ve got a copy of the first episode I played to a stack of kids the other day they p*****d themselves. Absolutely loved it. So I’d be very surprised.
Lost/Found Episodes
The first episode of season 1 as it's original broadcast with the commercials has been found as has the unaired episodes in the second season in 2008 which were sent to lost media youtuber Sam Davis in early 2021 courtesy of the show's main host Mike Goldman. However, two of the eight unaired episodes that davis owns are yet to be converted to a playable format as the discs are heavily scratched.
Episodes 2 to 6 in the first season and the first two episodes (that were aired) remain lost except for clips that are still on YouTube.
Episode List
| # | Teams | Air Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sn 1 Episode 1 | 26 October 2007 | Found |
| 2 | Sn 1 Episode 2 | 2 November 2007 | Lost |
| 3 | Sn 1 Episode 3 | 9 November 2007 | Lost |
| 4 | Sn 1 Episode 4 | 16 November 2007 | Lost |
| 5 | Sn 1 Episode 5 | 23 November 2007 | Lost |
| 6 | Sn 1 Episode 6 | 30 November 2007 | Lost |
| 1 | Sn 2 Episode 1 | 17 October 2008 | Lost |
| 2 | Sn 2 Episode 2 | 24 October 2008 | Lost |
| 3 | Sn 2 Episode 3 | Never Aired | Found |
| 4 | Sn 2 Episode 4 | Never Aired | Found |
| 5 | Sn 2 Episode 5 | Never Aired | Found |
| 6 | Sn 2 Episode 6 | Never Aired | Partially Found |
| 7 | Sn 2 Episode 7 | Never Aired | Lost |
| 8 | Sn 2 Episode 8 | Never Aired | Partially Found |
| 9 | Sn 2 Episode 9 | Never Aired | Found |
| 10 | Sn 2 Episode 10 | Never Aired | Found |