Poldark S2 Finale in Australia

One has to feel sorry for any drama that has its final episode pushed back by a week so some other event can be shown on TV and that's just what happened to Poldark Series 2 in Australia one Sunday where viewers, tuning in to ABC to learn of Ross and Demelza's fate, were faced with a Crowded House concert and one more week of waiting.

Rather splendidly, when the finale was eventually shown last Sunday, Australian's tuned in in their thousands and episode 10 returned the strongest audience numbers of the season: a cracking 536,000 in the five city metropolitan area according to TVTonight. This is not enough to match the figures for the first series which ranged between 649k (the premiere) and 567k but is a good improvement on the second season's opening of 479k and, interestingly, reflects the finale's performance in the UK too.

Well done Poldark!

Thanks to @vera67 for her help with this post.

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'Poldark' Nominated for Satellite Award 2016

Aidan Turner and Eleanor Tomlinson filming Poldark

Good news!  Poldark has been nominated for a Satellite Award for best television drama series 2016. The Satellite Awards honour outstanding achievements in the fields of cinema, TV and new media. They are awarded annually by the International Press Academy, a global association made up of journalists from all types of media. The IPA will announce the winners at a ceremony on 19 February, 2017 at Century City in Los Angeles.

The other contenders for best television drama are:

American Crime

The Fall

Better Call Saul

The Crown

Mr. Robot

The Americans

The Affair

Aidan Turner in And Then There Were None

Aidan Turner fans will also be delighted to see Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None receive a nomination in the  Miniseries/Motion Picture Made for Television category. And Then There Were None, like Poldark, is a Mammoth Screen production, filmed partly in Cornwall.

A full list of 2016 Nominations can be found here.

Here's wishing Poldark and And Then There Were None all the very best for the Satellite Awards!