''Laku noć, Hrvatska'' (''Good night, Croatia'') is a
Croatia
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n adult animated series produced by
Croatia Film
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Yugoslavia (; sh-La ...
of
Zagreb
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. It debuted in February 2005 on Nova TV and was shown on the station daily until the end of the year. In 2006, it showed up on
Jabuka TV
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History
It began broadcasting in 1989 as OTV (Omladinska TV), becoming the first commercial television station ...
. The entire series is also available on 4
DVD
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s.
''Laku noć, Hrvatska'' is a
parody
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of Croatian
TV news
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and other
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s. Every episode has three basic parts: news, sport and weather. It satirically makes fun of Croatian and other world politicians. It also features animated commercials during the course of an episode.
There were 252 episodes of the show. On weekdays episodes were 10 minutes long, while those shown on weekends were 25 minutes long.
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''Laku noć, Hrvatska'' was also popular in Croatian media for numerous parodies criticising politics and pop culture through various songs. This list is composed of the most acclaimed parodies, alongside the people who were included in the renditions.
Controversy
During an 2005 interview for the weekly paper
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, one of the show's creators, Števo Šinik (more prominently known as Stiv Cinik) accused the director of Croatia Film, Željko Zima, of censorship and hindering the original vision of the project. He alleged Zima took control over development removing portions of the script and attempting to discourage certain practices to prevent or downplay criticism towards members of the government.