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Shaun Micallef's Mad As Hell
''Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell'' is an Australian comedy news television program hosted by Shaun Micallef. The show first aired on ABC at 8:00pm on Friday 25 May 2012. The show was named as Most Outstanding Comedy Program at the Logie Awards of 2016. Its title is a reference to the 1976 American satirical black comedy-drama film '' Network''. Cast Micallef hosts the program, with at least five other cast members appearing, each as multiple characters, including Micallef. ;Notes Broadcast The program was commissioned without a pilot and the first series of 10 episodes originally screened from May to July 2012. The show was renewed for a second series of 12 episodes which aired in 2013. A third was announced in January 2014 and consisted of 10 episodes, shown weekly from 12 February 2014.A fourth series was announced to also screen in 2014 A fourth series premiered later in the same year on 24 September 2014 and the fifth series premiered on 11 February 2015. A sixth seri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaun Micallef
Shaun Patrick Micallef (; born 18 July 1962) is an Australian comedian, actor, writer, television presenter, and formerly a lawyer. He was the host of the satirical news comedy series '' Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell'' on the ABC. He also hosted the game show '' Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation'' on Channel 10. Micallef first gained recognition as a cast member of the sketch comedy show '' Full Frontal'', which led to his own sketch show, '' The Micallef P(r)ogram(me)'', the sitcom '' Welcher & Welcher'' and the variety show '' Micallef Tonight''. He then hosted the satirical news comedy series '' Newstopia'' on SBS, the game show ''Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation'' on Network Ten, and ''Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell'' on ABC TV. He also co-created and starred in '' Mr & Mrs Murder'' on Network Ten. In addition to his television work Micallef has appeared on stage, most notably in a revival of ''The Odd Couple'' (2016) for the Melbourne Theatre Company and on radio as the co-host ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria (state)
Victoria, commonly abbreviated as Vic, is a States and territories of Australia, state in southeastern Australia. It is the second-smallest state (after Tasmania), with a land area of ; the second-most-populated state (after New South Wales), with a population of over 7 million; and the most densely populated state in Australia (30.6 per km2). Victoria's economy is the List of Australian states and territories by gross state product, second-largest among Australian states and is highly diversified, with service sectors predominating. Victoria is bordered by New South Wales to the north and South Australia to the west and is bounded by the Bass Strait to the south (with the exception of a small land border with Tasmania located along Boundary Islet), the Southern Ocean to the southwest, and the Tasman Sea (a marginal sea of the South Pacific Ocean) to the southeast. The state encompasses a range of climates and geographical features from its temperate climate, temperate coa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dad Joke
A dad joke is a joke, typically a pun, often presented as a one-liner or a question and answer. Generally inoffensive, dad jokes are told with sincere humorous intent or to intentionally provoke a negative "groaning" reaction to their overly simplistic humor. Dad jokes are called ''dad jokes'' because they are stereotypically thought to be jokes a father or someone like a father would tell to a child. An example of a dad joke would be for a child to say, "I'm hungry," to which the dad might reply, "Hi, Hungry, I'm Dad." According to a 2023 survey of 1,500 American fathers and their partners, this particular gag was the most heard of the genre in nine U.S. states and the most common nationwide. Of the states, Pennsylvania and Delaware report the highest frequency of dad jokes heard. Some dad jokes may be considered anti-jokes, deriving humor from a punchline that is intentionally not funny, such as non sequiturs like: "Q: Why did the plane crash into the mountain? A: Because the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Shorten
William Richard Shorten (born 12 May 1967) is an Australian former politician and trade unionist. He was the leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and Leader of the Opposition (Australia), Leader of the Opposition from 2013 to 2019. He also served as a Cabinet (Australia), cabinet minister in the Gillard government, Gillard (2011–2013), Rudd government (2013), Rudd (2013) and Albanese governments (2022–2025). Born in Melbourne, Shorten studied law at Monash University. He worked in politics and in law before becoming an organiser with the Australian Workers' Union (AWU) in 1994. He was elected state secretary of the Victorian Branch of the Australian Workers' Union, AWU in 1998 before becoming AWU national secretary in 2001. In this role, Shorten played a prominent role as a negotiator following the Beaconsfield Mine collapse in 2006, which first brought him to national prominence. Shorten was elected to the Australian House of Representatives, House of Representatives ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. Soon after, it spread to other areas of Asia, and COVID-19 pandemic by country and territory, then worldwide in early 2020. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) on 30 January 2020, and assessed the outbreak as having become a pandemic on 11 March. COVID-19 symptoms range from asymptomatic to deadly, but most commonly include fever, sore throat, nocturnal cough, and fatigue. Transmission of COVID-19, Transmission of the virus is often airborne transmission, through airborne particles. Mutations have variants of SARS-CoV-2, produced many strains (variants) with varying degrees of infectivity and virulence. COVID-19 vaccines were developed rapidly and deplo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Social Distancing
In public health, social distancing, also called physical distancing, (NB. Regula Venske is president of the PEN Centre Germany.) is a set of non-pharmaceutical interventions or measures intended to prevent the spread of a contagious disease by maintaining a physical distance between people and reducing the number of times people come into close contact with each other. It usually involves keeping a certain distance from others (the distance specified differs from country to country and can change with time) and avoiding gathering together in larger groups. By minimising the probability that a given uninfected person will come into physical contact with an infected person, the disease transmission can be suppressed, resulting in fewer deaths. The measures may be used in combination with other public health recommendations, such as good respiratory hygiene, use of face masks when necessary, and hand washing. To slow down the spread of infectious diseases and avoid overb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Television Pilot
A television pilot (also known as a pilot or a pilot episode and sometimes marketed as a tele-movie) in United Kingdom and United States television, is a standalone episode of a television series that is used to sell a show to a television network or other distributor. A pilot is created to be a testing ground to gauge whether a series will be successful. It is, therefore, a test episode for the intended television series, an early step in the series development, much like pilot studies serve as precursors to the start of larger activity. A successful pilot may be used as the series premiere, the first aired episode of a new show, but sometimes a series' pilot may be aired as a later episode or never aired at all. Some series are commissioned straight-to-series without a pilot (although an increasing number of such series have their first episodes titled "Pilot"). On some occasions, pilots that were not ordered to series may also be broadcast as a standalone television film or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate Jenkinson
Kate Ellen Jenkinson (born 24 August 1981) is an Australian actress, known for her various roles on '' The Wedge'', as well as her role of Kendall Quinn on '' Super Fun Night''. She is known for her role as Allie Novak in the Australian TV series '' Wentworth''. Education Jenkinson graduated from Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts in 2004, winning the Nigel Rideout Award and has since been working constantly in drama and comedy on both stage and screen. Career In 2005, Jenkinson was nominated for the Best Newcomer Award for her role as Julia in the Black Swan State Theatre Company production of ''Zastrozzi'' and was a regular on the TV comedy series ''The Wedge'' from 2005 to 2007. She appeared as herself on '' Thank God You're Here'' in 2006–07, as well as ''Forgotten Cities'', a new pilot for Working Dog Productions. In 2007, she was in an episode of Shaun Micallef's '' Newstopia'' and had a lead guest role on the Channel 9 drama series, ''Canal Road''. She b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Network (1976 Film)
''Network'' is a 1976 American Satire (film and television), satirical black comedy, black comedy drama film directed by Sidney Lumet and written by Paddy Chayefsky. It is about a fictional television network and its struggle with poor Audience measurement, ratings. The film stars Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Peter Finch (in his final film role), Robert Duvall, Wesley Addy, Ned Beatty, and Beatrice Straight. Produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and released by United Artists on November 27, 1976, ''Network'' was a commercial success, earning $23.7 million on a $3.8 million production budget. Widely considered to be one of the List of films considered the best, greatest films ever made, ''Network'' received widespread critical acclaim, with particular praise for its screenplay and performances. At the 49th Academy Awards, it received ten nominations, including Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Picture, and won four: Academy Award for Best Actor, Best Actor for Finch (posthumousl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Logie Awards Of 2016
The 58th Annual TV Week Logie Awards were held on Sunday 8 May 2016 at the Crown Melbourne#The Palladium Ballroom, Crown Palladium in Melbourne, and broadcast live on the Nine Network. Public voting for the Best Award categories began on 16 November 2015, and ended on 17 January 2016. Nominations were announced on 3 April 2016, along with the winners of the Outstanding Newcomer Awards. It was announced on 4 November 2015, that the 2016 Logie Awards would reinstate the Logie Award for Best Factual Program, as well as a new publicly voted category for Logie Award for Best News Panel or a Current Affairs Program, Best News Panel or a Current Affairs Program. Two new industry-voted awards were also given, Logie Award for Logie Award for Most Outstanding Supporting Actor, Most Outstanding Supporting Actor and Logie Award for Most Outstanding Supporting Actress, Actress. Additionally, all publicly voted category awards changed their title from "Most Popular" to "Best" awards. Digital C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TV Tonight
TV Tonight is an Australian-based website which features reviews, news and programming information related to television in Australia as well as OzTAM ratings information. The site was started by television critic David Knox in 2007 after listeners of his radio programs asked him for information they had missed. Knox runs the site, publishing his interviews with Australian media actors, producers, directors and programmers. Knox regularly visits the sets of Australian television series and reviews television programs. Knox also served as television critic for ABC Radio National's breakfast program from 2009 to 2015. Dan Barrett is now in this role. Knox has an advanced diploma in screenwriting and was the founding Artistic Director of Screenplay. TV Tonight is also referenced in Australian media, including ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' and news.com.au, while Knox gives commentary for other media outlets including News Corp Australia, MediaWeek and ABC. The website beg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ABC TV (Australian TV Channel)
ABC TV, formerly known as ABC1, is an Australian national public television network. It is owned and operated by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, and is the flagship (broadcasting), flagship ABC Television (Australian TV network), ABC Television network. The headquarters of the ABC TV channel and the ABC are in Ultimo, New South Wales, Ultimo, an inner-city suburb of Sydney. The very first public broadcasting, national public television station in Australia officially and formally formal full grand opening night ceremony took place by Prime Minister of Australia Robert Menzies in ABN (TV station), Sydney at stroke of night 7:00:00pm Time in Australia, Sydney Time on 5 November 1956 as ABC National Television Service under the call sign ABN (TV station), ABN-2 with the very first main flagship television presented by Michael Charlton (journalist), Michael Charlton and James Dibble reading the very first television news, main flagship television news bulletin, followed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
