Santo, Sam and Ed's Sports Fever!

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Santo, Sam and Ed's Sports Fever!
GenreSport
Comedy
Presented by Santo Cilauro
Sam Pang
Ed Kavalee
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes10
Production
Production locationsMelbourne, Australia
Running time60 minutes
Production company Working Dog Productions
Original release
Network Seven Network
7mate
Release30 January (2012-01-30) 
2 April 2012 (2012-04-02)
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Santo, Sam and Ed's Sports Fever! was an Australian sports themed comedy television show hosted by Santo Cilauro, Sam Pang and Ed Kavalee. It screened from 30 January [1] to 2 April 2012. It screened live-to-air on 7mate on Monday nights at 8:30 pm and was later replayed the same night on Seven at 11:30 pm.

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Santo, Sam and Ed's Sports Fever! was produced by Working Dog Productions, [2] and was filmed in Melbourne. It was a spin-off from Santo, Sam and Ed's Cup Fever! , an association football themed comedy television show which screened on SBS during the duration of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. It was succeeded by Santo, Sam and Ed's Total Football on Fox Sports in 2013, another association football based show.

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References

  1. "Pitching for an amusing result". 25 January 2012.
  2. "Q&A: Santo Cilauro". 28 January 2012.