Jolie RobersonNew Comedy from GNW Productions
January 16th 2007 05:13
For those still mourning the loss of The Glass House, fear not - a saviour has come forth to fill the emptiness in your hearts, and, of course, make you laugh. A new topical comedy programme created by GNW productions will appear on the ABC in 2007. The man behind the new weekly one-hour series is Ted Robinson, who is best known for his work on the iconic comedies The Big Gig and Good News Week.
The word over at Australian Comedy Forum MOSH! is that the show will be in the vein of the Big Gig. The ABC's press release seems backs up this assertion, stating that it will feature sketch comedy, stand up and musical performances. No word on a title or air date yet, but nevertheless the show is a ray of hope for Australian Comedy.
Another interesting tidbit from the press release comes from Big Gig alumni Wendy Harmer. She's set to host a 4 part series entitled Stuff. It remains to be seen exactly what stuff will be included, but I'm hopeful that the show will be entertaining.
It's also been announced that the ABC will be vodcasting 20 to 25 programmes each week. This decision follows the trial vodcast of The Chaser's War On Everything last year. It's a trend that hopefully the major networks will follow, but one can't expect too much when speaking of free to air TV...
A new comedy will fill the void left by The Glass House
Another interesting tidbit from the press release comes from Big Gig alumni Wendy Harmer. She's set to host a 4 part series entitled Stuff. It remains to be seen exactly what stuff will be included, but I'm hopeful that the show will be entertaining.
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I await the replacement Big Gig, at least the Glasshouse void is still being replaced by comedy.
I've seen some adds for "Stuff" it looks quite interesting - it's about all the stuff we have in our houses and collect - why we buy them and why we don't throw them away etc.
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I'm hoping this new show is good; I've liked all the GNW productions so far so I have high hopes.
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Roll on the new shows!