''The Spearman Experiment'' was an Australian television series, hosted by Magda Szubanski that counts down Australian

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's most defining people and topics based on a public poll commented on by various Australian celebrities. The show is named for Charles Spearman, who developed Spearman's rank correlation coefficient, the statistical technique used to survey the public to produce the show's rankings. It premiered on 8 September 2009. The series began development in May 2009, and was officially announced in early August 2009. The show was ultimately cancelled due to low ratings.

Format

The host and guest celebrities analyse, critique and celebrate Australia's most popular topics interspersed with film clips. The show has been compared to clip show ''

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'' which aired on Channel 9. However, ''The Spearman Experiment'' only counts down the top 15, rather than the top 20. Channel Ten also advertises the fact that ''The Spearman Experiments results are chosen by the public rather than television executives, as is the case with ''20 to 1''.

Episodes

*Episode 1: ''Aussie Comedy Characters - 8 September 2009'' *Episode 2: ''Awesome Underdogs - 15 September 2009'' *Episode 3: ''Cashed-up Bogans - 22 September 2009'' *Episode 4: ''Songs You Should Never Have on Your iPod - 29 September 2009 *Episode 5: ''Catchphrases - 6 October 2009 *Episode 6: ''Weird True Freaky - 16 October 2009'' *Episode 7: ''Animated Characters - 23 October 2009'' *Episode 8: ''Shocking Reality TV Moments - 30 October 2009''

Contributors

* Angela Bishop *

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* Brad McEwan * Carson Kressley *

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* Ciel Stowe *

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* Chrissie Swan *

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* Dave O'Neil * Erin McNaught * Fuzzy Agolley *

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as "Chopper" *

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* Ian 'Dicko' Dickson *

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* Jason Coleman * Jonathan Pease *

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* Kim Watkins * Marcia Hines * Matt Lee * Maz Compton * Merrick Watts *

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* Mike Goldman * Mikey Robins *

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* Natalie Hunter * Natarsha Belling * Nikki Osborne * Paul Mercurio * Peter Helliar *

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* Sara-Marie * Sarah Wilson *

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* Tim Ross *

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Ratings

''The Spearman Experiment'' drew 1.039 million viewers nationally for its premiere episode making it the 11th most viewed program of the day. The show's second week showed a massive decline in audience, with national ratings dropping to 699,000 viewers, coming fourth in its timeslot. In its third week ratings grew to 808,000, coming third in its timeslot. The fourth week, it dropped to 668,000 which made it the 17th most watched program that evening. On 16 October 2009, the show was moved to a Friday night timeslot of 7:30pm, to make way for new episodes of '' The Simpsons'' on Tuesday night.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Spearman Experiment Network 10 original programming 2009 Australian television series debuts 2009 Australian television series endings

Format

Episodes

Contributors

Ratings

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