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Born Again Piss Tank
Press release time! To b(ooz)e or not to b(ooz)e? That is the question Shaun Micallef asks in July ABC and Screen Australia are pleased to announce the eagerly awaited Shaun Micallef’s On The Sauce, a 3-part documentary series about Australia’s drinking culture, premieres Tuesday 21 July at 8:30pm on ABC and iview. There are many... Read More »
R.I.P.S.Mouse
Who knew Chris Lilley still had the power to make us laugh? In the heat of the Black Lives Matter movement, Deadline can reveal that Netflix has removed four shows from controversial Australian comedian Chris Lilley from its services in Australia and New Zealand. Angry Boys, Summer Heights High, We Can Be Heroes, and Jonah... Read More »
Isolated Laughter
Press release time! Comedy fires up under lockdown! New ABC series Retrograde launches July. Set in a virtual bar – Australia’s first narrative comedy filmed entirely in isolation ABC and Screen Australia are thrilled to announce that the new six-part narrative comedy series, Retrograde, premieres Wednesday 8 July at 9.30pm on ABC and iview. Developed, produced, and post-produced... Read More »
Briggswatch 2020: The Search for Segments
The Weekly‘s been a bit erratic format-wise this year, but just because the days when it was utterly predictable seem over doesn’t mean the show is actually, you know, interesting or funny. So we were going to take a break this week and focus on other things until we actually watched this week’s installment and…... Read More »
Wednesday Night Fever and Dry Cough
Even in the golden age of the ABC’s Wednesday Night comedy stronghold, the whole night was rarely all comedy. Shows like Spicks and Specks and The Gruen Transfer may have provided laughs but honestly? They were more entertainment than straight-up comedy. So having two comedy series on back-to-back should be a pretty sweet deal at... Read More »
Oh My God They Killed Kinne
Who exactly is Kinne Tonight for? Obviously it’s a sketch show with a young cast – Troy Kinne himself is what, early 30s? – so there’s a bunch of sketches set in bars and dinner parties (well, Christmas dinner in the first episode of this latest season) and a load of observations about drunk texts... Read More »
Shows What We Know
Press release time! JOSH THOMAS’ CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED SERIES EVERYTHING’S GONNA BE OKAY IS GONNA BE BACK FOR A SECOND SEASON ON STAN The series, from the Emmy-nominated and critically acclaimed Aussie writer and comedian, will return to Stan in 2021. Need we go on? Eh, may as well. 20 May, 2020 – Stan today announced that Josh... Read More »
We Haven’t Thought About The Lemonheads Since 2007
Probably the most impressive thing about At Home Alone Together is that it exists at all. A rapidly thrown-together reaction to Australia’s comedy crisis – uh, coronavirus crisis – it was largely filmed in the presenters own homes using minimal camera equipment… so yeah, if you’ve ever wanted to check out the inside of Ray... Read More »
Well That Didn’t Last Long
Television made on a weekly basis has a tendency to revert to the mean; there just isn’t enough time to make big changes every single week. But that doesn’t explain The Weekly‘s refusal to stick with any changes at all even when the basic version of the show is crap. Was it only last week... Read More »