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The Cheap Seats | |
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Genre | Comedy |
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Country of origin | Australia |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 3 |
No. of episodes | 79 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producers | Santo Cilauro Tom Gleisner Michael Hirsh Rob Sitch |
Camera setup | Multi-camera |
Running time | 40 minutes |
Production company | Working Dog Productions |
Original release | |
Network | Network 10 |
Release | 20 July 2021 – present |
Related | |
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The Cheap Seats is an Australian comedy panel television show on Network 10, which first premiered on 20 July 2021. [1] The Cheap Seats features selected clips of the previous week's news and television shows accompanied with humorous commentary delivered by the hosts. [2] [3] [4] The show returned for a second season on 26 April 2022, [5] [6] and a third season on 9 May 2023. [7] [8] [9] . In October 2023 channel 10 confirmed that the show would be returning in 2024.
The Cheap Seats is hosted by Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald. [2] [3] Segments are co-hosted by presenters including Mel Tracina on entertainment and Titus O'Reily on sport, however since May 2023, O'Reily has taken an extended break from the show for an undisclosed period of time. [10] [11]
Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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First aired | Last aired | |||
1 | 19 | 20 July 2021 | 23 November 2021 | |
2 | 30 | 26 April 2022 | 15 November 2022 | |
3 | 30 | 9 May 2023 | 28 November 2023 |
No. overall | No. in season | Guests | Original air date | Australian viewers |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | None | 20 July 2021 | 460,000 [12] |
2 | 2 | Angella Dravid | 27 July 2021 | 286,000 [13] |
3 | 3 | Josh Earl & Ruby Tui | 3 August 2021 | 255,000 [14] |
4 | 4 | Harry Garside | 10 August 2021 | 313,000 [15] |
5 | 5 | Rachel Fairburn & Kez McGee | 17 August 2021 | 325,000 [16] |
6 | 6 | Urzila Carlson | 24 August 2021 | 321,000 [17] |
7 | 7 | Dilruk Jayasinha | 31 August 2021 | 348,000 [18] |
8 | 8 | Marie Chandler & Lloyd Langford | 7 September 2021 | 305,000 [19] |
9 | 9 | Osher Günsberg | 14 September 2021 | 324,000 [20] |
10 | 10 | Chas Licciardello | 21 September 2021 | 358,000 [21] |
11 | 11 | Dave Hughes | 28 September 2021 | 326,000 [22] |
12 | 12 | Lana Murphy & Tony Martin | 5 October 2021 | 370,000 [23] |
13 | 13 | Nina Oyama & Nath Valvo | 12 October 2021 | 330,000 [24] |
14 | 14 | Chloë McCardel & Nate Byrne | 19 October 2021 | 368,000 [25] |
15 | 15 | Archie Thompson | 26 October 2021 | 358,000 [26] |
16 | 16 | Naomi Higgins | 2 November 2021 | 402,000 [27] |
17 | 17 | Laura McGoldrick | 9 November 2021 | 391,000 [28] |
18 | 18 | Myf Warhurst | 16 November 2021 | 358,000 [29] |
19 | 19 | Natasha Exelby | 23 November 2021 | 361,000 [30] |
No. overall | No. in season | Guests | Original air date | Australian viewers | |
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20 | 1 | Nath Valvo | 26 April 2022 | 342,000 [31] | |
21 | 2 | Denise Scott & Jarrod James Bingham | 3 May 2022 | 340,000 [32] | |
22 | 3 | Dilruk Jayasinha | 10 May 2022 | 360,000 [33] | |
23 | 4 | Ash London | 17 May 2022 | 378,000 [34] | |
24 | 5 | Alex Dyson | 24 May 2022 | 325,000 [35] | |
25 | 6 | Archie Thompson | 31 May 2022 | 360,000 [36] | |
26 | 7 | Adam Bandt | 7 June 2022 | 394,000 [37] | |
27 | 8 | Ryan Moloney | 14 June 2022 | 383,000 [38] | |
28 | 9 | Tony Martin | 21 June 2022 | 429,000 [39] | |
29 | 10 | Gen Fricker | 28 June 2022 | 414,000 [40] | |
30 | 11 | Costa Georgiadis | 5 July 2022 | 387,000 [41] | |
Note: Emma Holland replaced Tim McDonald as host. | |||||
31 | 12 | Felicity Ward | 12 July 2022 | 396,000 [42] | |
32 | 13 | Matt Agnew | 19 July 2022 | 396,000 [43] | |
33 | 14 | Karla Lopez | 26 July 2022 | 395,000 [44] | |
34 | 15 | Nicole Livingstone | 2 August 2022 | 357,000 [45] | |
35 | 16 | Maeve Plouffe & Sam Garlepp | 9 August 2022 | 387,000 [46] | |
36 | 17 | Abbie Chatfield & Sam Garlepp | 16 August 2022 | 386,000 [47] | |
37 | 18 | Ray O'Leary & Shane "Stone Cold" Van Styn | 23 August 2022 | 357,000 [48] | |
38 | 19 | Osher Günsberg | 30 August 2022 | 268,000 [49] | |
39 | 20 | Myf Warhurst & Beth Lee-Crowther | 6 September 2022 | 290,000 [50] | |
40 | 21 | Nazeem Hussain | 13 September 2022 | 332,000 [51] | |
41 | 22 | – | 20 September 2022 | 291,000 [52] | |
42 | 23 | Jonathan Van Ness | 27 September 2022 | 301,000 [53] | |
43 | 24 | Concetta Caristo & Adam Rozenbachs | 4 October 2022 | 330,000 [54] | |
44 | 25 | Adam Rozenbachs & Daniel Doody | 11 October 2022 | 332,000 [55] | |
45 | 26 | Bill Bailey & Jo Weston | 18 October 2022 | 319,000 [56] | |
46 | 27 | Rob Mills | 25 October 2022 | 318,000 [57] | |
47 | 28 | Michael Hing | 1 November 2022 | 338,000 [58] | |
48 | 29 | Dane Simpson | 8 November 2022 | 324,000 [59] | |
49 | 30 | Sam Pang | 15 November 2022 | 343,000 [60] |
No. overall | No. in season | Guests | Original air date | Australian viewers | |
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50 | 1 | Sheldon Riley | 9 May 2023 | 365,000 [61] | |
51 | 2 | Mel Buttle | 16 May 2023 | 399,000 [62] | |
52 | 3 | Miguel Maestre | 23 May 2023 | 384,000 [63] | |
53 | 4 | Gina Chick | 30 May 2023 | 388,000 [64] | |
Note: Archie Thompson replaced Titus O'Reilly as sports correspondent. | |||||
54 | 5 | Susie Youssef | 6 June 2023 | 379,000 [65] | |
Note: James Colley replaced Titus O'Reilly as sports correspondent. | |||||
55 | 6 | Celia Pacquola | 13 June 2023 | 395,000 [66] | |
Note: Ed Kavalee replaced Titus O'Reilly as sports correspondent. | |||||
56 | 7 | Santo Cilauro & Natalie Tran | 20 June 2023 | 351,000 [67] | |
Note: Georgie Tunny replaced Titus O'Reilly as sports correspondent. | |||||
57 | 8 | Bridget Hustwaite | 27 June 2023 | 357,000 [68] | |
Note: Adam Rozenbachs replaced Titus O'Reilly as sports correspondent. | |||||
58 | 9 | Tom Cashman | 4 July 2023 | 375,000 [69] | |
Note: Anthony "Lehmo" Lehmann replaced Titus O'Reilly as sports correspondent. | |||||
59 | 10 | Robert Irwin & Zachary Ruane | 11 July 2023 | 340,000 [70] | |
60 | 11 | David Craig & Barbie cast (Margot Robbie, Greta Gerwig, Issa Rae & America Ferrera) | 18 July 2023 | 352,000 [71] | |
Note: Adam Rozenbachs replaced Titus O'Reilly as sports correspondent. | |||||
61 | 12 | Aesha Scott | 25 July 2023 | 328,000 [72] | |
Note: Emma Holland replaced Melanie Bracewell as host; Ben Lomas replaced Titus O'Reilly as sports correspondent. | |||||
62 | 13 | Damien Fleming & Matt Agnew | 1 August 2023 | 386,000 [73] | |
Note: Emma Holland replaced Melanie Bracewell as host | |||||
63 | 14 | Tara Rushton & Jo Weston | 8 August 2023 | 265,000 [74] | |
Note: Adam Rozenbachs replaced Titus O'Reilly as sports correspondent. | |||||
64 | 15 | Amy Chapman & Annie Louie | 15 August 2023 | 317,000 [75] | |
65 | 16 | Adam Liaw & Miguel Maestre | 22 August 2023 | 282,000 [76] | |
Note: Adam Rozenbachs replaced Titus O'Reilly as sports correspondent. | |||||
66 | 17 | Chas Licciardello | 29 August 2023 | 293,000 [77] | |
Note: Adam Rozenbachs replaced Titus O'Reilly as sports correspondent. | |||||
67 | 18 | Leigh Sales | 5 September 2023 | 340,000 [78] | |
Note: Anthony "Lehmo" Lehmann replaced Titus O'Reilly as sports correspondent. | |||||
68 | 19 | Ray O'Leary | 12 September 2023 | 330,000 [79] | |
Note: Georgie Tunny replaced Titus O'Reilly as sports correspondent. | |||||
69 | 20 | Anthony Albanese & Concetta Caristo | 19 September 2023 | 306,000 [80] | |
70 | 21 | Nath Valvo | 26 September 2023 | 325,000 [81] | |
Note: Emma Holland replaced Tim McDonald as host; Ed Kavalee replaced Titus O'Reilly as sports correspondent. | |||||
71 | 22 | Dylan Alcott | 3 October 2023 | 310,000 [82] | |
Note: Emma Holland replaced Tim McDonald as host; Adam Rozenbachs replaced Titus O'Reilly as sports correspondent. | |||||
72 | 23 | Costa Georgiadis | 10 October 2023 | 291,000 [83] | |
Note: Lizzy Hoo replaced Titus O'Reilly as sports correspondent. | |||||
73 | 24 | Rhys Nicholson | 17 October 2023 | 335,000 [84] | |
Note: Max Rushden replaced Titus O'Reilly as sports correspondent. | |||||
74 | 25 | Murray Cook | 24 October 2023 | 371,000 [85] | |
Note: Lydia Lassila replaced Titus O'Reilly as sports correspondent. | |||||
75 | 26 | Cameron James | 31 October 2023 | 350,000 [86] | |
Note: Merrick Watts replaced Titus O'Reilly as sports correspondent. | |||||
76 | 27 | Phil Wang & Catherine Cohen | 7 November 2023 | 368,000 [87] | |
77 | 28 | Richard Osman | 14 November 2023 | 348,000 [88] | |
78 | 29 | Anna Polyviou | 21 November 2023 | 339,000 [89] | |
Note: Adam Rozenbachs replaced Titus O'Reilly as sports correspondent. | |||||
79 | 30 | Andy Lee | 28 November 2023 | 350,000 [90] |
Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
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2022 | Logie Awards of 2022 | Most Popular New Talent | Melanie Bracewell | Nominated | |
Most Popular Comedy Program | The Cheap Seats | Nominated | |||
2023 | Logie Awards of 2023 | Most Outstanding Entertainment Program | The Cheap Seats | Won |
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