Taboo (Australian TV series)

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Taboo
Genre
Based onTaboo (Belgium TV series)
by Philippe Geubels
Presented byHarley Breen
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes4
Production
Camera setupMulti-camera
Production companyLune Media
Original release
Network Network Ten
Release21 August 2018 (2018-08-21) 
3 July 2019 (2019-07-03)

Taboo is an Australian comedy factual television series which premiered on Network 10 on 30 January 2018. The program is hosted by comedian Harley Breen, who tackles sensitive subjects and concludes with a comedy routine. The host spends time with people who are disabled, terminally ill, victims of racism and those living with mental illness, turning their misfortunate, unique situations into a comedy routine experience which he performs before them and a crowd of family, friends and the public. [1]

Contents

Taboo is produced by Lune Media and is based on a Belgian format. The pilot episode screened on 21 August 2018 and a season with three further episodes premiered on Thursday, 13 June 2019. [2] [3]

Episodes and Ratings

No.TitleAir dateTimeslotOvernight ratingsConsolidated ratingsTotal
viewers
Ref(s)
ViewersRankViewersRank
1"Terminal Illness"June 13, 2019 (2019-06-13)Thursday 8:45 pm309,0001968,00016376,000 [4] [5]
2"Extreme Bigotry & Racism"June 20, 2019 (2019-06-20)Thursday 8:40 pm330,0002045,00019375,000 [6] [7] [8]
3"Mental Health"June 27, 2019 (2019-06-27)Thursday 8:40 pm326,00018326,000 [9]
4"Physical Disability"August 21, 2018 (2018-08-21)
July 3, 2019 (2019-07-03)
Thursday 8:40 pm280,00021280,000 [10] [11]

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