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More of the Same Only More So
Press release time! 2025 Is Kicking Off With A Pang! Sam Pang, Big Brother, Talkin’ ‘Bout Your Gen And More Are Coming Home To Network 10 In 2025. If home is where the heart is, then expect a whole lotta love for Network 10’s programming in 2025. Next year 10 brings home some of its... Read More »
Taskmaster of None
Press release time! Step Into Tom Gleeson’s House Of Fun. Taskmaster Australia Season Three Premieres Tuesday, 24 September. Starring Aaron Chen, Concetta Caristo, Mel Buttle, Pete Helliar And Rhys Nicholson. Tuesday night laughs are about to get even wittier as we welcome a new season of Taskmaster Australia to your Tuesday night comedy line-up. You... Read More »
Always With the Questions
Press release time! You won’t believe the outrageous things new comedians say when they stun in Question Everything this October. Or, less sensationally: Question Everything returns this October to tackle the news cycle with fresh comedy talent. Wil Anderson, Jan Fran and an assortment of Australia’s brightest comedic talent are back to share the bad... Read More »
God Has Nothing to do With It
Of the four new Australian comedy series that launched (on the same day!) a few weeks back, Thank God You’re Here is the biggest, the oldest, and the least interesting. Spanning six seasons and two decades, we all get the idea by now. The twist is, there is no twist. Can you still be funny... Read More »
Unemployed, All Null ‘n Void
The Inspired Unemployed are back! Hang on, who exactly are The Inspired Unemployed? We’re up to the second season of their prank show (Impractical) Jokers, and pretty much all we know about them is that they’re ex-tradies who like to pissfart around. So basically regular tradies then. Sure, if you dig up the online coverage... Read More »
Some Mothers Do ‘Ave Sons
Press release time! Maggie and Arthur return to the ABC for a second season of Mother and Son Fans of the reimagined Australian comedy Mother and Son are in for a treat as the ABC, Screen Australia and Screen NSW confirm a second six-part season will commence filming in Sydney later this year. The incomparable... Read More »
Appetite For Destruction
Shaun Micallef’s Eve of Destruction is an extremely basic talk show. Kind of like Enough Rope, if Enough Rope hadn’t tried to make its guests cry each week. That said, this is only week one of Micallef’s return to the ABC: there’s still plenty of time to turn on the waterworks. On a massive night... Read More »
Vale Austin
Here’s an exciting fact: Austin was the biggest commitment to scripted comedy we’ll see from the ABC in 2024. Sitcoms usually get six episode runs: Austin had eight. Was there anything at all at any point during those eight episodes that left anyone thinking “wow, this story really needed that extra space”? Or was it... Read More »
Unemployment Has Its Benefits
Press release time! The Boys Are Back In Town. The Inspired Unemployed (Impractical) Jokers Returns For A Second Season. The New Season Premieres Wednesday, 14 August At 8.30pm On 10 And 10 Play, Or Stream The Entire Series On Paramount+. The Jokers are back for a new season, and this time the pranks and... Read More »
Television’s Night of Nights of Nights
Press release(s) time! Let’s get spelling! Guy Montgomery’s Guy Mont Spelling Bee premieres this August on ABC Get ready to laugh-out-loud as Guy Montgomery and his loyal assistant Aaron Chen test the spelling prowess of some of Australia’s favourite faces on Guy Montgomery’s Guy Mont Spelling Bee. The fast-paced eight-episode series will premiere Wednesday 14... Read More »