Australian Ninja Warrior: Channel Seven 'eyes up' rights to Nine show

Channel Seven wasted no time snapping up broadcast rights to The Voice Australia, after the Nine Network chose not to renew its licence. Ninja Warrior has aired on Nine since 2017, but its ratings quickly plateaued after a blockbuster first season. Pictured: Ninja Warrior hosts Rebecca Maddern and Ben Fordham Seven unsuccessfully tried to rival Ninja Warrior in 2018 with its own sports entertainment format, Australian Spartan. Rumours: The Australian Financial Review, which is owned by Nine, quoted unnamed sources as saying that Seven was 'looking at bidding for' the Endemol Shine-produced Ninja Warrior Middling performance: Ninja Warrior has aired on Nine since 2017, but its ratings quickly plateaued after a blockbuster first season Seven trumpeted its acquisition of The Voice over the weekend as a significant coup, but it didn't take long for Nine to respond with a brutal statement dismissing it as a loss-making franchise. Pictured: The Voice coaches Guy Sebastian and Delta Goodrem This isn't the first Nine show Seven has revived this year, as last month it premiered its rebooted version of dating show Farmer Wants a Wife.