ABC vs Commercial TV

[Squawk]

Last week, Foreign Correspondent had a feature on the Congo and the juxtaposition between it being resource rich, yet these resources being controlled by militia. Last night, 60 minutes did the same story.

A few weeks ago, there was a documentary series on ABC about teenagers growing up. One of the episodes was about patterns of sleep for teens. Tonight Channel 7 is doing the same story.

Are times so tough that commercial TV are now getting all their story leads from the ABC? Or does commercial media simply suffer from a lack of intellectual grunt to source their own story ideas?

[LBT]

Or does commercial media simply suffer from a lack of intellectual grunt to source their own story ideas?

Hit the nail on the head there.

[dedja]

Remember Frontline?

[CK]

Remember Frontline?

(referring to an Angry Anderson special they are watching on "A Current Affair")

Sam: "I reckon we do what Nine is doing"

Emma: "Sam!"

Sam: "It was brilliant telly last night. You two are both bawling"

Emma: "We can't just pinch the idea"

Sam: "Why not?"

Emma: "It's got 'A Current Affair' stamped all over it"

Sam: "Well, let's just stamp the name 'Frontline' over the top of that"

One of the all-time great Australian comedies, that doesn't seem to be mentioned in the same breath as some doubtful contenders like "Kingswood Country"