Here Come the Habibs | |
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Genre | Comedy |
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Directed by | Darren Ashton |
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Composer | Kyls Burtland |
Country of origin | Australia |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 14 (list of episodes) |
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Executive producers |
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Producer | Chloe Rickard |
Cinematography | Dan Maxwell |
Running time | 25 minutes |
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Network | Nine Network |
Release | 9 February 2016 – 24 July 2017 |
Here Come the Habibs is an Australian television comedy series produced by Jungle Entertainment. A sitcom featuring a Lebanese Australian family who win the lottery and move to the posh eastern suburbs of Sydney, [1] the show premiered on the Nine Network in Australia on 9 February 2016. [2] Despite arousing some controversy as to whether it portrayed racist or stereotyped characters, it was successful, and the series was renewed for a second season, airing from 5 June 2017. [3]
Nine program director Hamish Turner confirmed early in 2018 that the show would not be returning for a third season. [4]
The six-part series was created by Rob Shehadie, Tahir Bilgic, Matt Ryan-Garnsey, [5] Phil Lloyd and Ben Davies. It was written by Phil Lloyd, Gary Eck, Sam Meikle, Trent Roberts, Steve Walsh. It is directed by Darren Ashton and produced by Chloe Rickard. [5]
The score and theme were written by composer Kyls Burtland. The theme features Matuse, an Australian Muslim rapper, and was nominated for Best Television Theme at the 2016 APRA Screen Music Awards. [6]
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Aus. viewers (millions) |
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1 | 1 | "Here Come The Habibs!" | Darren Ashton | Phil Lloyd | 9 February 2016 | 1.25 [7] |
2 | 2 | "Members Only" | Darren Ashton | Phil Lloyd | 16 February 2016 | 0.94 [8] |
3 | 3 | "Civil War" | Darren Ashton | Gary Eck | 23 February 2016 | 0.90 [9] |
4 | 4 | "The Anzaclava" | Darren Ashton | Phil Lloyd | 1 March 2016 | 0.80 [10] |
5 | 5 | "Party Habibs Style" | Darren Ashton | Sam Meikle | 8 March 2016 | 0.66 [11] |
6 | 6 | "The Brangelina of Bayview Road" | Darren Ashton | Trent Roberts | 15 March 2016 | 0.68 [12] |
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Aus. viewers (millions) |
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7 | 1 | "Lockdown" | Darren Ashton | Charlie Garber | 5 June 2017 | 0.83 [13] |
8 | 2 | "Go Back to Where You Came From" | Darren Ashton | Phil Lloyd | 12 June 2017 | 0.66 [14] |
9 | 3 | "The Fundertakers" | Darren Ashton | Gary Eck | 19 June 2017 | 0.64 [15] |
10 | 4 | "Middle East Side Story" | Darren Ashton | Phil Lloyd | 26 June 2017 | 0.61 [16] |
11 | 5 | "The Kidney" | Peter Templeman | Sam Meikle | 3 July 2017 | 0.64 [17] |
12 | 6 | "The Beach" | Darren Ashton | Steve Walsh | 10 July 2017 | 0.75 [18] |
13 | 7 | "The Girl from Lebanon" | Peter Templeman | Romina Accurso | 17 July 2017 | 0.72 [19] |
14 | 8 | "Leb Wedding" | Darren Ashton & Fadia Abboud | David Witt | 24 July 2017 | 0.68 [20] |
The series premiered in Australia on 9 February 2016 on the Nine Network. [2]
Season one [21] is available on iTunes in Australia. Series one and two were previously available on the 9now streaming platform by Channel Nine.
Title | Set details | DVD release dates | Features |
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Region 4 [22] | |||
Here Come the Habibs |
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Season | Episode number | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||
1 | 1258 | 944 | 893 | 796 | 669 | 692 | – | ||
2 | 826 | 655 | 638 | 609 | 640 | 749 | 719 | 682 |
No. | Title | Air date | Overnight ratings | Consolidated ratings | Total viewers | Ref(s) | ||
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Viewers | Rank | Viewers | Rank | |||||
1 | Episode 1 | 9 February 2016 | 1,258,000 | 2 | 223,000 | 2 | 1,481,000 | [24] |
2 | Episode 2 | 16 February 2016 | 944,000 | 8 | 178,000 | 3 | 1,122,000 | [25] |
3 | Episode 3 | 23 February 2016 | 893,000 | 8 | 165,000 | 5 | 1,058,000 | [26] |
4 | Episode 4 | 1 March 2016 | 796,000 | 10 | 137,000 | 7 | 934,000 | [27] |
5 | Episode 5 | 8 March 2016 | 669,000 | 16 | 163,000 | 11 | 833,000 | [28] |
6 | Episode 6 | 15 March 2016 | 692,000 | 12 | 147,000 | 10 | 840,000 | [29] |
No. | Title | Air date | Overnight ratings | Consolidated ratings | Total viewers | Ref(s) | ||
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Viewers | Rank | Viewers | Rank | |||||
1 | "Lockdown" | 5 June 2017 | 826,000 | 10 | 86,000 | 8 | 912,000 | [13] [30] |
2 | "Go Back to Where You Came From" | 12 June 2017 | 655,000 | 15 | 81,000 | 15 | 748,000 | [14] [31] |
3 | "The Fundertakers" | 19 June 2017 | 638,000 | 15 | 30,000 | 15 | 668,000 | [15] [32] |
4 | "Middle East Side Story" | 26 June 2017 | 609,000 | 19 | 49,000 | 19 | 658,000 | [16] [33] |
5 | "The Kidney" | 3 July 2017 | 640,000 | 13 | 37,000 | 14 | 677,000 | [17] [34] |
6 | "The Beach" | 10 July 2017 | 749,000 | 9 | 40,000 | 9 | 789,000 | [18] [35] |
7 | "The Girl from Lebanon" | 17 July 2017 | 719,000 | 11 | 11,000 | 11 | 730,000 | [19] [36] |
8 | "Leb Wedding" | 24 July 2017 | 682,000 | 11 | 19,000 | 12 | 701,000 | [20] [37] |
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