Bad Mothers - Finale

Pre Easter Channel Nine is clearly the stables, huge performer and maybe the years biggest reality hit, MAFS finished the other night as did drama sleeper Bad Mothers.

Kicking off with a killer song by The Presets and a jog along the beach scene, one thing must be said, the music used on the show has been first rate and a good bit of exposure for some Aussie groups.

The murder of Charlotte (Melissa George) was the underlying mystery throughout the series, though this often took a back seat with the "Bad Mothers" having some rocky relationships.

Unfortunately the show never held it's lead audience from MAFS and at times the show dipped below 500K viewers.

I am not sure this will be as lucky as Playing for Keeps scoring a second season. Despite having one of the strongest and most popular casts seen on a local drama, the show failed to capture a lot of eyeballs.

I am not 100% sure if it was the script or lack of compelling drama that failed for the local drama.

It's been a tough year thus far for Aussie drama's, the revamped Channel 7 version of Ms Fisher's Modern Murder mysteries wasn't much of a hit over it's brief four week run and Secret City : Under the Eagle despite being brilliant appeared to have fallen under the radar.

Bring on Wentworth Foxtel and bring on the next chapter of The Heights on iView. The ABC have really kicked goals (even though the ratings weren't there) with The Heights. Finally a 30 minute soap/drama for all Australians.

Related post - My early review of Bad Mothers, March, 2019