Workchoices Tops Ratings Again

In another coup for the high flying Howard government, the latest ACNielsen poll reveals that this week's episode of its new comedy series Workplace Relations has continued its successful debut season by outrating its nearest rivals, Seven's Border Security and Ten's Thank God You're Here by over 200,000 viewers.

Industry insiders credit the success of the show to its wacky characters, zany plotlines, and the hilarious antics of the show's main character 'Kerry', a call-centre operator harbouring a secret dream of Broadway stardom. The unnamed characters known only to fans as 'those two dumb drunk blokes' have also become a cult favourite amongst devotees of the series, with their catchphrases 'aahyeeah', and 'riiiight' now entrenched in pop-culture lexicon.

Fans can't seem to get enough of the surprise hit of the spring. One fan of the show identifying himself as 'Steve82' wrote on a television discussion website that 'Workplaces Relations is way better than The Simpsons. But only because I've seen every episode of The Simpsons over 430 times, but I've only seen most episodes of Workplace Relations about 350 times.'

Industry experts have credited much of the success of Workplace Relations to the advertising blitz employed by the show's producers, with radio, newspaper, internet, billboard, cinema, direct mail and rest room advertising bombarding the public with images and previews of the show.

Earlier in the year the show was embroiled in controversy when one of its stars was shown to be playing a different character to his actual character in real life.