In recent years the networks have poured money into reality shows and that's what younger viewers are used to. Dramas are more demanding and require more attention by the viewer, but the rewards are greater if you stick with them. It's important for the networks not to have a kneejerk reaction and to keep topping up people's ability to digest drama.
It's about character, and that might make it harder to get into initially.
Nine seems to be prepared to hang in there.
He is a man who is ready for redemption. He has lived a selfish, hedonistic life for the last 20 years and is now faced with looking at himself in the mirror.
When we meet Jack he is finally trying to sort himself out. He did a runner when his girlfriend told him she was pregnant, choosing the life of a B-grade pub-rock star over fatherhood. He knew Heaven had a daughter, but has no idea what has happened to them over the last 20 years.
But it also identified what we wanted the show to be, and particularly what Posie wanted the show to be.
He can see something and in a quick and unemotional way he can cut the fat off. You trust him implicitly because of his track record.
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