Rostered On

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Rostered On
Created byRyan Chamley
Directed byRyan Chamley
StarringNick Boshier
Doug Lyons
Tara Vagg
Diana Brumen
Susie Kazda
Jack Garnett
Stephen Francis
Lliam Murphy
Paul Moore
Ronn Kurtz

Adam Balales
Steph Evison Williams
Sreed Sathiamoorthy
Luke Saliba
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes20
Production
Executive producersMark Ruse, Nick Boshier, Stu Ross, Paul Moore
ProducersStephen Luby, Mark Ruse, Ryan Chamley, Stu Ross
Production locations Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Camera setup Single-camera
Running time12-22 minutes
Original release
Network YouTube (2017, 2022– )
Netflix (2018 – 2022 )
7mate (2019– )
Release4 April 2016 (2016-04-04) 
18 December 2022 (2022-12-18)

Rostered On is a single-camera Australian workplace comedy web series focused on the retail staff of "Electroworld". It is directed and written by Ryan Chamley and produced by Robot Army.

Contents

The series was launched with a pilot episode on 4 April 2016 and a full series began exactly a year later on 4 April 2017 airing on Facebook and YouTube. In early 2017 the show was heavily promoted including the release of an extended trailer. [1]

Netflix picked up the series and season 1 was available from 4 April 2018. [2] Episodes previously available on YouTube and Facebook were removed. However, the show was removed from Netflix on 12 June 2022 and all episodes were subsequently made available again on YouTube. [3]

A second season was commissioned by the Seven Network and screened on 7mate, the first narrative comedy commissioned for the channel. Season 1 also screened on 7mate in 2019. [4]

Cast

Reception

The Guardian gave it 2 stars, writing "You'd be hard-pressed to find anyone who'd consider the sleazy posturing of this Netflix relaunch good comedy" and criticized its "amateurish writing and bush-league production values". [5]

Episodes

SeriesEpisodesOriginally released
First releasedLast released
1 74 April 2016 (2016-04-04)9 May 2017 (2017-05-09)
2 619 June 2019 (2019-06-19)31 July 2019 (2019-07-31)
3 830 October 2022 (2022-10-30)18 December 2022 (2022-12-18)

Season 1 (2016-2017)

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release date
00"Pilot Episode"Ryan ChamleyRyan Chamley4 April 2016 (2016-04-04)
11"Just Turn the Dial Down"Ryan ChamleyRyan Chamley4 April 2017 (2017-04-04)
22"The Teamwork Train"Ryan ChamleyRyan Chamley11 April 2017 (2017-04-11)
33"Darren's Revenge"Ryan ChamleyRyan Chamley17 April 2017 (2017-04-17)
44"The Shoplifter"Ryan ChamleyRyan Chamley24 April 2017 (2017-04-24)
55"Stocktake"Ryan ChamleyRyan Chamley2 May 2017 (2017-05-02)
66"The Promotion"Ryan ChamleyRyan Chamley9 May 2017 (2017-05-09)

Season 2 (2019)

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release date
71"One For Living, One For Driving"Ryan ChamleyRyan Chamley19 June 2019 (2019-06-19)
82"I Use The Lady's, Man"Ryan ChamleyRyan Chamley26 June 2019 (2019-06-26)
93"Diversity World"Ryan ChamleyRyan Chamley3 July 2019 (2019-07-03)
104"Get the Tamparty Started"Ryan ChamleyRyan Chamley10 July 2019 (2019-07-10)
115"My Whole House Smells Like Poo" [6] Ryan ChamleyRyan Chamley24 July 2019 (2019-07-24)
126"Hands On Heads" [7] Ryan ChamleyRyan Chamley31 July 2019 (2019-07-31)

Season 3 (2022)

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release date
131"Internet Vs. Reality"Ryan ChamleyRyan Chamley & Diana Brumen30 October 2022 (2022-10-30)
142"Shift Swap"Ryan ChamleyRyan Chamley6 November 2022 (2022-11-06)
153"Diversity World"Ryan ChamleyLewis Mulholland13 November 2022 (2022-11-13)
164"Official Compliment"Ryan ChamleyLewis Mulholland20 November 2022 (2022-11-20)
175"The Secret Guild of Counter Girls"Ryan ChamleyLewis Mulholland27 November 2022 (2022-11-27)
186"The Badge of Power"Michala BanasRyan Chamley & Diana Brumen4 December 2022 (2022-12-04)
197"The Case of the Phantom Pooper""Ryan ChamleyRyan Chamley18 December 2022 (2022-12-18)
208"Xmas Eve vs. Boxing Day"Michala BanasRyan Chamley18 December 2022 (2022-12-18)

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