Ten announces new Working Dog show The Cheap Seats
Ten has announced that Have You Been Paying Attention? (HYBPA) creators Working Dog will produce a brand new television program called The Cheap Seats.
The program will act as a companion piece to HYBPA, and will air each Tuesday with comedians and Working Dog regulars Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald as hosts.
šThe cat is out of the bag! The reason Iāve moved to Australia is that Tim and I are hosting a brand new TV show on @Channel10AU! Itās called The Cheap Seats and itās a look back on the week in news (except we donāt have to adhere to journalistic guidelines). pic.twitter.com/UQ7WMITIpr
ā Melanie Bracewell (@meladoodle) July 13, 2021
Bracewell has moved to Australia for the show, revealing on Twitter: āThe cat is out of the bag! The reason Iāve moved to Australia is that Tim and I are hosting a brand new TV show on @Channel10AU!
āItās called The Cheap Seats and itās a look back on the week in news (except we donāt have to adhere to journalistic guidelines).ā
The Cheap Seats promises to be a comic look back on the week at was, covering major and not-so-major news stories, as āa Readerās Digest of world events for a generation who simply donāt want to read.ā
āIf it was broadcast, released, published, viewed, shared, clicked on, or simply trending for 30-seconds, then itās likely to be a part of The Cheap Seats,ā Network Ten said.
Ten has also dropped a trailer for the program, which will air on Tuesday 20 July for the first time.
The show has been commissioned off the back of the long-running success of Monday night comedy quiz show Have You Been Paying Attention? which is now in its ninth season.
HYBPA has frequently topped OzTamās overnight ratings among entertainment programs so far in 2021 despite not airing in a primetime slot. It is also Working Dogās second format to be commissioned in international markets, with the rights having been sold in New Zealand and Cyprus.
Working Dog previously sold its Thank God Youāre Here format in the US, UK, the Netherlands, Germany, Russia, Sweden, Portugal, Belgium, Norway, Israel, and Denmark.
Working Dog Productions was formed by Santo Cilauro, Rob Sitch, Jane Kennedy, Tom Gleisner and Michael Hirsh in 1993.