Good News Week (1996)
Good News Week (1996)
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Plot.
Good News Week was an Australian satirical panel game show hosted by Paul McDermott that aired from 19 April 1996 to 27 May 2000, and 11 February 2008 to 28 April 2012. The show's initial run aired on ABC until being bought by Network Ten in 1999. The show was revived for its second run when the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike caused many of Network Ten's imported US programmes to cease production.
Good News Week drew its comedy and satire from recent news stories, political figures, media organisations, and often, aspects of the show itself. The show opened with a monologue by McDermott relating to recent headlines, after which two teams of three panellists competed in recurring segments to gain points.
The show has spawned three short-lived spin-off series, the ABC's Good News Weekend, Ten's GNW Night Lite and Ten's skit-based Good News World.
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Cast & Crew.
Paul McDermott
Self - Host
Claire Hooper
Self - Team Captain
Tom Gleeson
Self
Mikey Robins
Self - Team Captain / Self - Team Captain / Self
Julie McCrossin
Self - Team Captain / Self
Arj Barker
Self
Eddie Ifft
Self
Brooke Satchwell
Self
Julia Morris
Self
Pia Miranda
Self
Pat Cash
Self
Ian Dickson
Self
Marc Maron
Self
Charli Robinson
Self
Chris Taylor
Self
Jensen Ackles
Self
Meshel Laurie
Self
Cal Wilson
Self
Corinne Grant
Self
Wil Anderson
Self
Frank Woodley
Self
Tom Gleeson
Self
Seann Walsh
Self
Matt Moran
Self
Kate Fischer
Self
James O'Loghlin
Self
Alison Whyte
Self
Kitty Flanagan
Self
Rachael Maza Long
Self
Fiona Horne
Self
Matt Parkinson
Self
Sandy Kelly
Self
Noel Ferrier
Self
Julia Zemiro
Self
Melissa George
Self
Tony Squires
Self
Anthony Ackroyd
Self - Team Captain / Self
Johanna Griggs
Self
Amanda Keller
Self / Self - Team Captain
Tommy Dean
Self
Lynda Gibson
Self / Self - Team Captain
Colleen McCullough
Self
Su Cruickshank
Self / Self - Team Captain
Scott Capurro
Self
Bob Ellis
Self
Pru Goward
Self
Max Sharam
Self
Tanya Bulmer
Self
Alan Saunders
Self
Greg Fleet
Self
Rebecca Le Tourneau
Self
Jaslyn Hall
Self
Joy Hopwood
Self
Peter Berner
Self / Self - Team Captain
Indira Naidoo
Self
Fiona O’Loughlin
Self
Matthew Hardy
Self
Craig Reucassel
Self
Josh Thomas
Self
Ross Noble
Self
Akmal Saleh
Self
Reginald D. Hunter
Self
John Moloney
Self
Jimeoin
Self
Mark Watson
Self
Don Letts
Self
Steve Patterson
Self
Annabel Crabb
Self
Faustina Agolley
Self
Colin Lane
Self
Shane Dundas
Self
Catherine Deveny
Self
Patrick Condon
Self
Phillip Scott
Self
Lex Marinos
Self
Sarah Macdonald
Self
Jay Laga'aia
Self
Helen Razer
Self
Jane Turner
Self
Anthony Morgan
Self
Adam Spencer
Self
Jonathan Biggins
Self
Joan Sauers
Self
Amy Saunders
Self
Russell Fletcher
Self
Ian Rodgerson
Self
Meredith Burgmann
Self
Annette Shun Wah
Self
Bill O'Chee
Self
Yin Yen Ho
Self
Magda Szubanski
Self
Glenn Butcher
Self
Georgie Parker
Self
Sue Ann Post
Self
Anne Summers
Self
Mark Trevorrow
Self
Jean Kittson
Self
Gary Sweet
Self
Lea DeLaria
Self
Rod Quantock
Self
Natasha Stott Despoja
Self
Catharine Lumby
Self
Richard Fidler
Self - Moderator / Self
Rachel Desmarest
Self
Karl Kruszelnicki
Self
Greg Proops
Self
Boothby Graffoe
Self
Jeff Green
Self
Shaun Micallef
Self
Gabby Millgate
Self
Bill Bailey
Self
Penny Cook
Self
Matt Day
Self
Tracey Holmes
Self
Barry Diamond
Self
Margaret Scott
Self
Rove McManus
Self
Rhys Muldoon
Self
Doug Mulray
Self
Details.
Release DateApril 12, 1996
StatusEnded
Seasons9
Episodes284
Running Time42m
Genres
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Good News Week is an Australian satirical panel game show hosted by Paul McDermott that aired from 19 April 1996 to 27 May 2000, and 11 February 2008 to 28 April 2012. The show's initial run aired on ABC until being bought by Network Ten in 1999. The show was revived for its second run when the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike caused many of Network Ten's imported US programs to cease production.
Good News Week drew its comedy and satire from recent news stories, political figures, media organisations, and often, aspects of the show itself. The show opened with a monologue by McDermott relating to recent headlines, after which two teams of three panellists competed in recurring segments to gain points.
The show has spawned three short-lived spin-off series, the ABC's Good News Weekend (1998), Ten's GNW Night Lite (1999) and Ten's skit-based Good News World (2011).
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