''TV Burp'' was an

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program which premiered on the

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on 23 July 2009 hosted by

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. The show presents a satirical look at the previous week's television, including extracts from TV shows with added sketches, observational voice-overs, and guest appearances. The show was based on the original British award-winning TV series ''

Harry Hill's TV Burp ''Harry Hill's TV Burp'' (also known as just ''TV Burp'') is a British television comedy programme broadcast between 2001 and 2012 on ITV. The show was produced by Avalon Television and was written and hosted by comedian Harry Hill. Each epis ...

''. The first season finished on Thursday 10 September 2009, with

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hoping to bring it back some time in the near future, though the second series did not air in 2010.

Format

The show makes fun of TV shows from all Australian television networks, Ed Kavalee would introduce the show and attempt to make fun of the lines that are said on the TV show, or they'll even try to mock the acting on the said TV show. Generally, the TV shows which are mocked are either reality, drama or game shows, such as ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Reception

The first episode of TV Burp was widely watched, attracting an audience of 1.007 million people. The second episode did not rate as well, below 900,000 viewers. The third ranked even lower, rating under 775,000 viewers.Not much of an audience for TV Burp
– mUmBRELLA.com.au, ''31 July 2009'' ('-' detonates unknown)

References

External links

* Seven Network original programming 2009 Australian television series debuts 2009 Australian television series endings Australian television sketch shows {{Australia-tv-prog-stub