The ''4 Man Show'' was a Pakistani

television series A television show – or simply TV show – is any content produced for viewing on a television set which can be broadcast via over-the-air, satellite television, satellite, or cable television, cable, excluding breaking news, television adverti ...

that aired on

Aaj TV ''Aaj News'' () is a 24-hour Pakistani news television channel. It is a privately owned Urdu language TV station which covers national and international news. The channel started out as hybrid channel (news, current affairs and entertainment), ...

on Sundays at 8:00 PM.Aaj TV Schedule
/ref> It made its debut on TV in 2005 and is currently on a hiatus since November 2013.

Content

The ''4 Man Show'' revolves around a fictitious, parody TV channel by the name of, Channel 4. The show is heavy on news channel satire, especially so on the way interviews are conducted on these channels. The show has mock segments pertaining to

news bulletins News broadcasting is the medium of broadcasting various news events and other information via television, radio, or the internet in the field of broadcast journalism. The content is usually either produced locally in a radio studio or televis ...

, on-field reporting and celebrity interviews which are based on the 4-member cast's ability to conduct parodies of a large number of diverse people including news-casters, politicians, television celebrities and sportspeople. The show also raises issues of

media freedom Freedom of the press or freedom of the media is the fundamental principle that communication and expression through various media, including printed and electronic media, especially published materials, should be considered a right to be exerci ...

sexism Sexism is prejudice or discrimination based on one's sex or gender. Sexism can affect anyone, but it primarily affects women and girls.There is a clear and broad consensus among academic scholars in multiple fields that sexism refers primari ...

terrorism Terrorism, in its broadest sense, is the use of criminal violence to provoke a state of terror or fear, mostly with the intention to achieve political or religious aims. The term is used in this regard primarily to refer to intentional violen ...

, corruption and

sectarianism Sectarianism is a political or cultural conflict between two groups which are often related to the form of government which they live under. Prejudice, discrimination, or hatred can arise in these conflicts, depending on the political status quo ...

in an off-hand manner.

Parting and New inductions

In April 2011, some members of the team of ''4 Man Show'' started a new program on

GEO TV Geo Television Network is a television channel based in Pakistan. It was established in May 2002 and is owned by the Jang Media Group. The channel began its test transmission on 14 August 2002, with regular transmission beginning on 1 October 2 ...

and

Banana News Network ''Banana News Network'' or ''BNN'' was a Pakistani TV show that was broadcast on GEO TV on Tuesdays at 11:05pm. It originally starred Murtaza Chaudhry and his team who were formerly part of ''4 Man Show'' on Aaj TV. Concept ''BNN'' puts a comica ...

(BNN). The show continued with the remaining cast till March 2012 after which it went on a hiatus.
The show was revived in November 2012 with Ali Gul Pir added to the cast of the show. A year later, in November 2013, 4 Man Show went on another hiatus, probably due to a lack of ratings.

References

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Raza Hashmi Pakistani comedy television series Television shows set in Pakistan Urdu-language television shows 2009 Pakistani television series debuts Urdu comedy shows {{Pakistan-tv-stub