Most Deservedly Axed or Shunted-Around-The-Schedules Programme

EDDIE: Let's be honest here: sometimes the audience gets it wrong. Sometimes they simply fail to appreciate the genius behind, say, Hey Hey it's Saturday, and the show needs to be moved to a different timeslot so it can blossom and grow. Oh wait, once you start shifting a show's timeslot around the audience loses all track of when it's on, ratings plummet, and the show gets the chop. Sorry about that, carry on.

MOST DESERVEDLY AXED OR SHUNTED-AROUND-THE-SCHEDULES PROGRAMME
Hey Hey It's Saturday - 66.67%
"Having it on Wednesday in the first place was a stupid idea."
- ontos
"Axed in 2010 for the same reason it was axed in 1999."
- Daniel G
"All that stands in Livinia Nixon and her own TV show NOW is Ed Phillips!"
- The Noble Bhard
NOMINEES
The Bounce - 17.46%
The White Room - 15.87%

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It was hard to find a better dictionary definition of pathetic in the year 2010 than the glee expressed by Hey Hey it's Saturday fans at the news that their much-loved show - after shedding close to a million viewers in just a few weeks on a Wednesday night - was being shifted back to Saturday night. What they clearly didn't understand was that the move was the final nail in the show's coffin. Let's explain one more time: a show like Hey Hey is, by today's standards, extremely expensive to produce, what with the large cast, studio space and time, being a live broadcast, and so on. So expensive, in fact, that it really needs to be a massive ratings hit to pay its way. On a Wednesday night, there are enough people watching television to make it at least possible to bring in enough viewers to make that happen; on Saturday night there aren't. Commercial television is all about getting as many viewers for advertisers as cheaply as possible, so when a show isn't cheap, it needs to rate especially well. It does not matter how loudly you shout about the quality of the show: if it's rating less than a million viewers per episode - as Hey Hey did every single Saturday night it was on - it's over. Just don't tell Daryl, his constant "talks are continuing" Facebook updates are the funniest things he's done in decades.

How poor was The Bounce? So poor that after it was axed, writers for it came out and publicly complained about their treatment at the hands of the producers. That pretty much never happens on Australian television. It's practically unheard of. Seriously, we're not joking here, it was a real surprise.

How poor was The White Room? So poor that after it was axed, writers for it came out and publicly complained about their treatment at the hands of the producers. That pretty much never happens on Australian television. It's practically...wait, what? Twice in one year? Wow. Guess both shows were on the same network. And had the same bunch of writers.

 Most Irritating or Pointless CameoThe "What Happened To That?!" Award