Playing For Keeps

Channel Ten has a hit and miss past with local drama, Sisters last year was a massive dud, Secrets and Lies whilst not very popular here, was remade in the USA and actually got a second season unlike it's original Australian series and Neighbours just goes on and on and well on.

So it is interesting to see Wrong Girl star Madeline West return to the network for Playing For Keeps. Whilst the Wrong Girl is yet to be announced for a third season and with Craig McLachlan's situation it's unlikely to return, West has a much more commanding role in Playing For Keeps.

Also starring Olympia Valance, Jeremy Lindsay Taylor and familiar ABC face Annie Maynard, Playing for Keeps launched last week with close to 600,000 live viewers.

Whilst not hitting the magic million mark, Playing for Keeps is off to a better start than Nine drama Bite Club, which is actually a well received (by critics) series and honestly not bad.

Australian dramas are on struggle street right now, they are not as cheap to make as reality rubbish and don't draw the crowds like The Block or The Bachelor.

So it's a tough place to be right now, Australian stories need to be told and the one of WAGS is honestly an untapped tale that us sport loving Aussies demand to hear/see. Madeline West is great as the lead WAG and we get a wee mystery to start the season which is may be less interesting than the bitchy behaviour by the existing WAGS to the new WAG from regional Victoria on the block.

AFL is the most popular code right now and less scandalous so it's probably a better bet than NRL. Will the show last more than one year? Will it get the viewers it deserves? Time will tell but there was buzz in my office about it, as the subject matter is something that does interest Aussies leading into Footy Finals times.