ABC confirms axing of Hungry Beast
The ABC confirmed yesterday current affairs show Hungry Beast has been axed.
Produced by Andrew Denton’s Zapruder’s Other Films, the show began in 2009 and ran for three seasons.
Of the show finishing Denton said: “The Hungry Beast team has achieved well beyond our expectations. In the 16 hours of television created over three series, they received two Walkley, one AFI and one Human Rights Award nominations. This from a group of young men and women with little, or no media experience. They did exactly what was asked of them: Took risks and tried something new. The proof is in the pudding. They have been recognised by their peers and they are starting to make their own mark in the Australian media”.
“We are very grateful to the ABC for having the vision to back the project and we are incredibly proud of the ‘Beasts’ as they embark on their solo careers.”
The news comes after Sunday’s win at the Walkleys for reporter Monique Schafter for Television Current Affairs Reporting (less than 20 minutes) for her story Trapped in Your Own Body, on locked in syndrome sufferer Maree Bourke-Calliss.
In June Hungry Beast producer Andy Nehl and presenter/reporter Dan Ilic told Encore the show helped to bring a younger demographic to the ABC, so a fourth season is something the ABC would be considering seriously.
