Press Releases

Sitcoms Are Back Baby!

Press release time! Aunty Donna serves up their first narrative comedy series for ABC The ABC and Screen Australia are thrilled to announce that Australia’s rock stars of comedy, Aunty Donna, are making their first foray into narrative comedy with the brand-new half hour series Aunty Donna’s Untitled Project. Filming from next week in Melbourne... Read More »

Dead On Arrival

Press release time! New SBS Digital Originals series A Beginner’s Guide to Grief is a baptism by fire that proves laughter is the best medicine The dark comedy premieres Sunday 4 September on SBS VICELAND and SBS On Demand Once a hot mess – now just a mess – Harriet ‘Harry’ Wylde (played by writer... Read More »

Life’s a Beach

Press release time! One holiday house. Eight love stories. ABC heats up Wednesdays in August withSummer Love The ABC is thrilled to announce that the new eight-part comedy series Summer Love premieres Wednesday 31 August at 9pm on ABC TV and ABC iview. Created and produced by Upper Middle Bogan’s Robyn Butler and Wayne Hope,... Read More »

Yet Again it’s Whoever Wins, We Lose

Press release time! Win The Week returns to ABC in August Win the Week, the news quiz where you can betray your way to the top, returns to ABC for a brand new series premiering Wednesday 3 August at 8pm on ABC TV and ABC iview. Hosted by Alex Lee (The Checkout, The Feed) along... Read More »

10’s Pilot Showcase: More maiden flights

10 has announced its Pilot Showcase for 2022, which includes two comedies: The Bush Blonde vs The World and Time To... Read More »

Brown is the New Black

Press release time! The lady in brown returns as cameras roll again on award-winning, smash hit ABC comedy Fisk The ABC is thrilled to announce filming has commenced on the second 6-part season of Fisk – ABC TV’s number one series of 2021.  The award-winning and publicly adored comedy series is created, written and directed... Read More »

Trip to the Brain

(slightly late) Press release time! Lune Media has announced a series commission from Network Ten for a brand-new quiz show – Shaun Micallef’s Brain Eisteddfod. The one-hour, weekly quiz program is hosted by actor, writer, television presenter and one of Australia’s favourite comedians Shaun Micallef. Leonie Lowe, Managing Director at Lune Media said: “I’m thrilled... Read More »

If We Knew You Were Coming (back), We’d Have Baked a Cake

Press release time! ABC is pleased to announce that filming is underway in Adelaide on the second season of ABC’s food-filled comedy Aftertaste.  Embraced by audiences and critics alike, the series features the much-loved Erik Thomson as celebrity chef Easton West, and rising star Natalie Abbott as his niece and pastry chef extraordinaire Diana.  They’ll... Read More »

Summer Lovin’, Happens So… well, not that fast actually

Press release time! One holiday house. Eight love stories.New comedy Summer Love checks in to the ABC in 2022. ABC, Screen Australia and Film Victoria are pleased to announce the enchanting new eight-part anthology series, Summer Love will air in 2022. Produced by Gristmill and created by award-winning duo Robyn Butler and Wayne Hope, Summer... Read More »

Up Front and Out the Door

Yesterday saw the ABC’s upfronts for 2022, their big opportunity to wow us with all the exciting new series and much-loved old favourites we can look forward to in the coming year. There were at least five deliberate mistakes in that previous sentence – can you guess them all? The big caveat here is that... Read More »