Hello, I am looking for someone to write an article on Australian TV: A Current Affair and Today Tonight. It needs to be at least 2000 words.

Hello, I am looking for someone to write an article on Australian TV: A Current Affair and Today Tonight. It needs to be at least 2000 words. Television programs have gained prominence over the years as the most preferred form of getting information and entertainment. As a result, many media houses have focused on bettering their television programs’ content, reporting style, and visuals in order to meet or exceed the expectations of the target audience (Stuart Cunningham and Graeme 34). In basic terms, a television program refers to a segment of content that is intended for broadcast at a particular time or day(s) on television (Herd 9). This essay will discuss the programs ‘A Current Affair’ and ‘Today Tonight’, which are popular current affairs programs on Australian commercial television. The essay will seek to explain the elements that come together to make these programs successful.

The program ‘A Current Affair’ is a public and current affairs program that covers the most current public affairs that are of great interest for Australians and Australia. Presently, the show is hosted by Tracy Grimshaw (A Current Affair). The program is broadcasted on the Nine Networks TV on the weeknights. Since its first broadcast in 1971, ‘A Current Affair’ has recorded remarkable success. However, it should be noted that it was canceled in 1978 after it was faced with strong competition from other programs that aired at the same time-7.00 pm (Blundell). The program was revived in 1988 and has gradually grown to be one of the most popular television programs in Australia. According to the Australian TV ratings in 2008, the program had achieved about 1,130,000 viewers, coming second after ‘Today Tonight’ which had achieved about 1,380,000 viewers (ODonnell 266). So, what elements have come together to make the program successful?

One of the elements that have made the program successful is its content. The program is primarily informational and tends to offer information regarding the current affairs in Australia (Blundell). Like other societies, Australia is faced with a myriad of issues that affect its population in one way or another. It is against this background that A Current Affairs’ content is packaged. it is packaged to focus on various public affairs issues (Stuart Cunningham and Graeme 49).