The Cheap Seats (Australian TV series)

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The Cheap Seats
GenreComedy
Presented by
Starring
  • Mel Tracina
  • Titus O'Reilly
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes27 (list of episodes)
Production
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time40 minutes
Production company Working Dog Productions
Release
Original network Network 10
Picture format 576i (SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
Audio formatStereo
Original release20 July 2021 (2021-07-20) 
present
Chronology
Related shows Have You Been Paying Attention?

The Cheap Seats is an Australian comedy panel television show on Network 10 which 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]

Contents

Hosts

The Cheap Seats is hosted by Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald. [2] [3] Segments are co-hosted by presenters such as Mel Tracina on entertainment, Titus O'Reilly on sport and Natasha Exelby on special events such as the Olympics. [5]

Comedians Josh Earl reported from Tasmania, Nina Oyama from Sydney, Angella Dravid from New Zealand and Rachel Fairburn from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

Episodes

Season 1 (2021)

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleOriginal air dateAUS viewers
11"Episode 1"20 July 2021 (2021-07-20)460,000 [6]
22"Episode 2"27 July 2021 (2021-07-27)286,000 [7]
Guests: Angella Dravid
33"Episode 3"3 August 2021 (2021-08-03)255,000 [8]
Guests: Josh Earl and Ruby Tui
44"Episode 4"10 August 2021 (2021-08-10)313,000 [9]
Guest: Harry Garside
55"Episode 5"17 August 2021 (2021-08-17)325,000 [10]
Guests: Rachel Fairburn and Kez McGee
66"Episode 6"24 August 2021 (2021-08-24)321,000 [11]
Guest: Urzila Carlson
77"Episode 7"31 August 2021 (2021-08-31)348,000 [12]
Guest: Dilruk Jayasinha
88"Episode 8"7 September 2021 (2021-09-07)305,000 [13]
Guests: Marie Chandler and Lloyd Langford
99"Episode 9"14 September 2021 (2021-09-14)324,000 [14]
Guest: Osher Günsberg
1010"Episode 10"21 September 2021 (2021-09-21)358,000 [15]
Guest: Chas Licciardello
1111"Episode 11"28 September 2021 (2021-09-28)326,000 [16]
Guest: Dave Hughes
1212"Episode 12"5 October 2021 (2021-10-05)370,000 [17]
Guests: Lana Murphy and Tony Martin
1313"Episode 13"12 October 2021 (2021-10-12)330,000 [18]
Guests: Nina Oyama and Nath Valvo
1414"Episode 14"19 October 2021 (2021-10-19)368,000 [19]
Guests: Chloë McCardel and Nate Byrne
1515"Episode 15"26 October 2021 (2021-10-26)358,000 [20]
Guest: Archie Thompson
1616"Episode 16"2 November 2021 (2021-11-02)402,000 [21]
Guest: Naomi Higgins
1717"Episode 17"9 November 2021 (2021-11-09)391,000 [22]
Guest: Laura McGoldrick
1818"Episode 18"16 November 2021 (2021-11-16)358,000 [23]
Guest: Myf Warhurst
1919"Episode 19"23 November 2021 (2021-11-23)361,000 [24]
Guest: Natasha Exelby

Season 2 (2022)

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleOriginal air dateAUS viewers
201"Episode 1"26 April 2022 (2022-04-26)342,000 [25]
Guest: Nath Valvo
212"Episode 2"3 May 2022 (2022-05-03)340,000 [26]
Guests: Denise Scott & Jarrod James Bingham
223"Episode 3"10 May 2022 (2022-05-10)360,000 [27]
Guest: Dilruk Jayasinha
234"Episode 4"17 May 2022 (2022-05-17)378,000 [28]
Guest: Ash London
245"Episode 5"24 May 2022 (2022-05-24)325,000 [29]
Guest: Alex Dyson
256"Episode 6"31 May 2022 (2022-05-31)360,000 [30]
Guest: Archie Thompson
267"Episode 7"7 June 2022 (2022-06-07)394,000 [31]
Guest: Adam Bandt
278"Episode 8"14 June 2022 (2022-06-14)383,000 [32]
Guest: Ryan Moloney

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryNominee(s)ResultRef.
2022 Logie Awards of 2022 Most Popular New Talent Melanie BracewellNominated
Most Popular Comedy ProgramThe Cheap SeatsNominated

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