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Until the 1990s, Channel Ten has been the least-watched commercial network in Australia. Of course, it still is, but it has just changed tactics. Before the 1990s, it tried to play the commercial networks at their own game by producing general entertainment shows...although in many cases they were a bit raunchy, such as the soap opera ''Number 96'' when "Australian TV lost its innocence". After a few rebrands during the 1980s, it finally settled on the ideal they still hold -- appealing to the 16-29 demographic.
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Since then, the network has been pulling a vast amount of its programming from [[FOX]] and [[The CW]] (and its predecessor, [[The WB]]) and producing a wide range of shows, especially reality TV, to appeal to young viewers. They have been successful, becoming the most popular network for the 16-29 demographic, but they are still only the third most popular network (out of five) in Australia. The network shares news content with [[CBS]] in the [[United States]] and vice-versa, along with airing plenty of CBS entertainment programming.
Australian shows on the network have been largely successful, with comedies such as ''Skithouse'' and the occasional drama such as ''The Secret Life of Us'', but most of its output is reality TV ranging from the controversial Australian ''[[Big Brother]]'' (involving "[[Unusual Euphemism|turkey slapping]]") to the surprisingly-popular ''Master Chef Australia''. It has also been the home of the successful soap ''[[Neighbours]]'', as well as a European fave, ''[[
It is also, arguably, [[Design Student's Orgasm|the prettiest commercial network]] thanks to its nice branding.
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