Here Come the Habibs

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Here Come the Habibs
Here Come The Habibs Title Card.png
Genre Comedy
Created by
Written by
  • Phil Lloyd
Directed byDarren Ashton
Starring
Composer Kyls Burtland
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes14 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
ProducerChloe Rickard
CinematographyDan Maxwell
Running time25 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network Nine Network
Release9 February 2016 (2016-02-09) 
24 July 2017 (2017-07-24)

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]

Contents

Nine program director Hamish Turner confirmed early in 2018 that the show would not be returning for a third season. [4]

Production

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]

Cast

Main

Recurring

Guest

Series overview

SeriesEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
1 69 February 2016 (2016-02-09)15 March 2016 (2016-03-15)
2 85 June 2017 (2017-06-05)24 July 2017 (2017-07-24)

Episodes

Season 1 (2016)

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateAus. viewers
(millions)
11"Here Come The Habibs!"Darren AshtonPhil Lloyd9 February 2016 (2016-02-09)1.25 [7]
22"Members Only"Darren AshtonPhil Lloyd16 February 2016 (2016-02-16)0.94 [8]
33"Civil War"Darren AshtonGary Eck23 February 2016 (2016-02-23)0.90 [9]
44"The Anzaclava"Darren AshtonPhil Lloyd1 March 2016 (2016-03-01)0.80 [10]
55"Party Habibs Style"Darren Ashton Sam Meikle 8 March 2016 (2016-03-08)0.66 [11]
66"The Brangelina of Bayview Road"Darren AshtonTrent Roberts15 March 2016 (2016-03-15)0.68 [12]

Season 2 (2017)

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateAus. viewers
(millions)
71"Lockdown"Darren AshtonCharlie Garber5 June 2017 (2017-06-05)0.83 [13]
82"Go Back to Where You Came From"Darren AshtonPhil Lloyd12 June 2017 (2017-06-12)0.66 [14]
93"The Fundertakers"Darren AshtonGary Eck19 June 2017 (2017-06-19)0.64 [15]
104"Middle East Side Story"Darren AshtonPhil Lloyd26 June 2017 (2017-06-26)0.61 [16]
115"The Kidney"Peter TemplemanSam Meikle3 July 2017 (2017-07-03)0.64 [17]
126"The Beach"Darren AshtonSteve Walsh10 July 2017 (2017-07-10)0.75 [18]
137"The Girl from Lebanon"Peter TemplemanRomina Accurso17 July 2017 (2017-07-17)0.72 [19]
148"Leb Wedding"Darren Ashton & Fadia AbboudDavid Witt24 July 2017 (2017-07-24)0.68 [20]

Release

Broadcast

The series premiered in Australia on 9 February 2016 on the Nine Network. [2]

Home media

Season one [21] is available on iTunes in Australia. Series one and two were previously available on the 9now streaming platform by Channel Nine.

TitleSet details DVD release datesFeatures
Region 4 [22]
Here Come the Habibs
  • Discs: 2
  • Episodes: 6
6 April 2016
  • Toufic's Pick-up Lines
  • Layla's Guide to Doing a Selfie
  • Secrets to the Best Kabab
  • Mustafa on Why West Is Best

Ratings

Here Come the Habibs: AUS viewers per episode (thousands)
SeasonEpisode number
12345678
11258944893796669692
2826655638609640749719682
Source: Audience measurement performed by OzTam [23]

Season 1

No.TitleAir dateOvernight ratingsConsolidated ratingsTotal
viewers
Ref(s)
ViewersRankViewersRank
1 Episode 1 9 February 20161,258,0002223,00021,481,000 [24]
2 Episode 2 16 February 2016944,0008178,00031,122,000 [25]
3 Episode 3 23 February 2016893,0008165,00051,058,000 [26]
4 Episode 4 1 March 2016796,00010137,0007934,000 [27]
5 Episode 5 8 March 2016669,00016163,00011833,000 [28]
6 Episode 6 15 March 2016692,00012147,00010840,000 [29]

Season 2

No.TitleAir dateOvernight ratingsConsolidated ratingsTotal
viewers
Ref(s)
ViewersRankViewersRank
1"Lockdown"5 June 2017826,0001086,0008912,000 [13] [30]
2"Go Back to Where You Came From"12 June 2017655,0001581,00015748,000 [14] [31]
3"The Fundertakers"19 June 2017638,0001530,00015668,000 [15] [32]
4"Middle East Side Story"26 June 2017609,0001949,00019658,000 [16] [33]
5"The Kidney"3 July 2017640,0001337,00014677,000 [17] [34]
6"The Beach"10 July 2017749,000940,0009789,000 [18] [35]
7"The Girl from Lebanon"17 July 2017719,0001111,00011730,000 [19] [36]
8"Leb Wedding"24 July 2017682,0001119,00012701,000 [20] [37]

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