TV Burp (Australian TV series)

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TV Burp
Created by Harry Hill
Presented by Ed Kavalee
Country of originAustralia
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes8
Production
Production location HSV7 Melbourne
Running time30 minutes per episode
Including commercials
Original release
Network Seven Network
Release23 July (2009-07-23) 
10 September 2009 (2009-09-10)
Related
The Soup
Harry Hill's TV Burp

TV Burp is an Australian television comedy program which premiered on the Seven Network on 23 July 2009 hosted by Ed Kavalee.

Contents

The show presents a satirical look at the previous week's television, including extracts from TV shows with added sketches, observational voice-overs, and guest appearances.

The show is based on the original British award-winning TV series Harry Hill's TV Burp . [1] The first season finished on Thursday 10 September 2009, with Seven hoping to bring it back some time in the near future, though the second series did not air in 2010. [2]

Format

TV Burp lampoons TV shows from all Australian television networks. Ed Kavalee would introduce the show and attempt to make fun of the lines that are said on the TV show, usually by taking them out of context, or he will try to mock the acting on the said TV show. Generally, the TV shows which are mocked are either reality, drama or game shows, such as Home and Away and MasterChef Australia .

Reception

The first episode of TV Burp was widely watched, attracting an audience of 1.007 million people. The second episode did not rate as well, below 900,000 viewers. The third ranked even lower, rating under 775,000 viewers. [3]

Episode No.AirdateRatings (in millions)Nightly RankWeekly Rank
123 July 20091.00712th46th
230 July 20090.84616th64th
36 August 20090.77419th-
413 August 2009---
520 August 2009---
627 August 2009---
73 September 2009---
810 September 2009---

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References

  1. Airdate: Double Take, TV Burp
  2. Knox, David (11 September 2009). "TV Burp may yet regurgitate". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 21 September 2009.
  3. Not much of an audience for TV Burp – mUmBRELLA.com.au, 31 July 2009