Best Bits (Australian TV series)

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Best Bits
Presented by Sam Mac
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes8
Production
Producer Josh Thomson
Running time30 minutes (incl. advertisements)
Production company The Down Low Concept
Release
Original network Seven Network
Original release29 March (2016-03-29) 
31 May 2016 (2016-05-31)

Best Bits is an Australian comedy show, where a panel of comedians comment on video clips taken from television during the week prior. The show is produced by Seven in Australia and is based on the New Zealand show Best Bits . [1]

Contents

The first series premiered on the Seven Network on 29 March 2016.

Format

The show is recorded in front of a live audience. Each week the host, along with a recurring panel of four comedians, share brief video clips taken from television programmes, commercials, and infomercials from both Australian and international broadcasters that were broadcast during the past week. The panelists then make observations and jokes (usually of a satirical nature) about what they have seen. [2]

Episodes

Series overview

SeriesEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
1 829 March 201631 May 2016

Season 1 (2016)

Ep #AirdateTimeslotGuestsViewers
129 March 201610pm Tuesday Heath Franklin, Mel Buttle, Harley Breen, Lawrence Mooney 364,000 [3]
25 April 201610pm Tuesday Heath Franklin, Fiona O'Loughlin, Jesse Mulligan, Lawrence Mooney 368,000 [4]
319 April 201610pm Tuesday Heath Franklin, Tegan Higganbotham, Sammy J, Jesse Mulligan 311,000 [5]
43 May 201610pm Tuesday Heath Franklin, Felicity Ward, Stephen K. Amos, Lawrence Mooney 292,000 [6]
510 May 20169.45pm Tuesday Heath Franklin, Claire Hooper, Daniel Sloss, Joel Creasey 315,000 [7]
617 May 20169.45pm Tuesday Heath Franklin, Mel Buttle, Lloyd Langford, Matt Okine 332,000 [8]
724 May 201610pm Tuesday Heath Franklin, Mel Buttle, Matt Okine, Claire Hooper 256,000 [9]
831 May 201610pm Tuesday Joel Creasey, James Acaster, Nish Kumar, Harley Breen259,000 [10]

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