''The Mansion'' is an Australian television comedy based upon news and current affairs. It is hosted by Michael Chamberlin and

Charlie Pickering Charlie Pickering (born 29 August 1977) is an Australian comedian, television and radio presenter, author and producer. Pickering currently hosts ''The Weekly with Charlie Pickering'', a weekly news satire television show on the ABC, as wel ...

and features

Kate McLennan Kate McLennan is an Australian comedian, writer and actor. McLennan has performed in Australia and internationally, including at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. She is known in Australia for her work on television and web series such as '' The ...

and Justin Kennedy, It premiered on

The Comedy Channel The Comedy Channel (promoted on air as comedy) is a defunct Australian subscription television channel available on Foxtel, and Optus Television. The channel ceased broadcasting on 1 September 2020. History A joint venture between Artist Serv ...

on Thursday 3 April 2008 at 8:30 pm. The fictional

backstory A backstory, background story, back-story, or background is a set of events invented for a plot, presented as preceding and leading up to that plot. It is a literary device of a narrative history all chronologically earlier than the narrative of p ...

of ''The Mansion'' is that its previous host of ''The Mansion'' was one of the word's richest and most sexually potent news magnates, Jebediah McNews. The series finale of the Mansion aired on 19 June 2008 with a 'best of' episode airing on 26 June.

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* 2008 Australian television series debuts 2008 Australian television series endings Australian comedy television series Australian television news shows The Comedy Channel original programming {{Australia-tv-prog-stub