Amount of Australian drama on commercial TV falls by 68% in two decades

Across all broadcasters, including the ABC, Foxtel and Netflix, total hours of adult drama drops by 20%, QUT study finds

The amount of Australian TV drama broadcast has dropped significantly in the past two decades despite the proliferation of extra channels and the arrival of the streaming services in 2015.

A new study by QUT, Australian Television Drama Index, has found that the number of hours broadcast on commercial television – Seven, Nine and Ten – fell by 68% between 1999 and 2019, declining at a compound average rate of 7% a year.

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