Good News Week (1996)
Good News Week is a 1996 news series. It stars Mikey Robins, Paul McDermott and Julie McCrossin.
Good News Week was an Australian satirical panel game show hosted by Paul McDermott that aired from 19 April 1996 to 27 May 2000, and 11 February 2008 to 28 April 2012. The show's initial run aired on ABC until being bought by Network Ten in 1999. The show was revived for its second run when the 2007, 2008 Writers Guild of America strike caused many of Network Ten's imported US programmes to cease production. Good News Week drew its comedy and satire from recent news stories, political figures, media organisations, and often, aspects of the show itself. The show opened with a monologue by McDermott relating to recent headlines, after which two teams of three panellists competed in recurring segments to gain points. The show has spawned three short-lived spin-off series, the ABC's Good News Weekend, Ten's GNW Night Lite and Ten's skit-based Good News World.
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What is Good News Week about?
Good News Week was an Australian satirical panel game show hosted by Paul McDermott that aired from 19 April 1996 to 27 May 2000, and 11 February 2008 to 28 April 2012. The show's initial run aired on ABC until being bought by Network Ten in 1999. The show was revived for its second run when the 2007, 2008 Writers Guild of America strike caused many of Network Ten's imported US programmes to cease production. Good News Week drew its comedy and satire from recent news stories, political figures, media organisations, and often, aspects of the show itself. The show opened with a monologue by McDermott relating to recent headlines, after which two teams of three panellists competed in recurring segments to gain points. The show has spawned three short-lived spin-off series, the ABC's Good News Weekend, Ten's GNW Night Lite and Ten's skit-based Good News World.
When was Good News Week released?
Good News Week was released on 12 April 1996.
How many episodes does Good News Week have?
Good News Week has 284 episodes across 9 seasons.
Cast
- Mikey Robins as Self - Team Captain
- Paul McDermott as Self - Host
- Julie McCrossin as Self - Team Captain
- Claire Hooper as Self - Team Captain
- Peter Berner as Self
- Anthony Ackroyd as Self - Team Captain
- Adam Spencer as Self
- Kate Fischer as Self
- James O'Loghlin as Self
- Johanna Griggs as Self
- Amanda Keller as Self
- Su Cruickshank as Self
