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Dirty Laundry Live is an Australian comedy panel television quiz show hosted by Lawrence Mooney. The first of 22 episodes in Season 1 screened live on Thursday 16 May 2013 at 9.30pm AEST on ABC2. It returned for 16 episodes in Season 2 the following year in the same timeslot on 15 May 2014, with longer episodes. The show was moved to ABC for Season 3 with 12 episodes from 28 May 2015 and repeats on ABC2.
Ronny Xin Yi Chieng is a Malaysian comedian and actor based in the United States. He is a senior correspondent on Comedy Central's The Daily Show, and he created and starred in the ABC sitcom Ronny Chieng: International Student. He has also portrayed roles in films such as Crazy Rich Asians and the English version of Inspector Sun and the Curse of the Black Widow.
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Fresh Blood is an Australian television comedy anthology series that began airing in May 2016 on ABC. The comedies screened in the series are seen as possible pilots for a full TV series.
Fisk is an Australian television comedy series on ABC Television, first airing on 17 March 2021. The series revolves around the life of lawyer Helen Tudor-Fisk, who leaves Sydney for Melbourne after her career and marriage fall apart. She finds work there at a small solicitors that does probate law.
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Greg Larsen is an actor, television writer, and comedian from Melbourne, Australia. He is best known for his work portraying Ethan Krum in the BBC One drama thriller series The Tourist; cast member and correspondent in the ABC news comedy show Tonightly with Tom Ballard ; and as writer and cast member of the sketch comedy series At Home Alone Together and We Interrupt This Broadcast on Seven Network.
