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Doing Circle Work
File this under guardedly good news: After months of rumours, Triple M has confirmed that longtime friends and comedy colleagues Mick Molloy and Jane Kennedy will host a national drive show in 2018. On the one hand, hurrah! Mick is funny, Jane is also funny, and they’ve both been working in radio long enough to remember... Read More »
Why Are Articles On The Death Of Australian Comedy Such An Easy Sell?
The end of SBS Comedy’s online branch has sent shockwaves through… well, mostly SBS Comedy. We’ve already mentioned Jazz Twemlow’s hard-hitting take on why satire sucks – short version, it keeps firing Jazz Twemlow – and now we’ve been pointed towards Alice Frazer’s fairly despairing overview of Australian comedy as a whole: Maybe Australia’s just... Read More »
Vale The Weekly season three
So last week’s episode of The Weekly opened with Charlie Pickering sitting behind his desk solemnly informing us that yes, while terrorism had cast a dark cloud over the week’s events the only correct way for us to move forward as a nation was to move forward as a nation or some such. “It’s been... Read More »
Up Top for The Letdown
Press release time! From Award Winning Comedy Showroom Pilot to Full Series THE LETDOWN starts production Friday, June 16, 2017 — Production has commenced on the six-part comedy series The Letdown, for ABC in Australia and Netflix internationally with funding support from Screen Australia in association with Create NSW. ABC will broadcast the series in... Read More »
Sunday Night is the Loneliest Night of the Week
So this explains at least something: It’s taken a while but TV Tonight can reveal ABC2 is proceeding with Aaron Chen Tonight as a replacement for John Conway Tonight. Chen, who was a sidekick to Conway, steps into the hosting role due to the show being pulled because of illness. Long time readers of this blog might... Read More »
Burning Down the House
If you’re a fan of Australian online humour then you know by now that SBS is shuttering their comedy site The Backburner next week: here's some news: the backburner will be finishing up a week from today. thank you for letting it clog your newsfeed for so long — Colley (@JamColley) June 6, 2017 In... Read More »
Still the One
“Did you miss me?” “Like an STD.” “I love those cars!” Oh, comedy on Channel Nine, how we’ve missed you. Okay, maybe we’ve really just missed the idea of comedy on Channel Nine – the thrilling possibility of humour that’s as broad as the side of a bus and yet also somehow maybe mildly funny.... Read More »
Waste Not Want Not
Press release time! ABC continues the War on Waste in new podcast Wendy Harmer joins Craig Reucassel to build the War on Waste community Tuesday, May 30, 2017 — Craig Reucassel lit up Australia’s televisions with the War on Waste series. Now he’s joined by Wendy Harmer (Mornings on ABC Radio Sydney) to continue the... Read More »
The Case of the Missing Press Release
Mysteries! We can’t get enough of them. Mostly because Australian comedy seems to be a whole lot better at them than they are at making, you know, actual comedy. Take for example, this: It's all coming together on our new sports comedy show @feverpitchtv. The chemistry between our hosts is magic! #FeverPitchTV #LivSyd pic.twitter.com/xApNhX920D —... Read More »