ABC Comedy - Programs and Schedules

i cant see any where it says star gazing live?

It’s a Comedy channel but it’s showing programs that had previously been on ABC2 and are not Comedy. The channel name fails thrm again.

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Tonightly with Tom Ballard

Back from Monday 18 June at the new time of 9.30pm

After a short, definitely-not-government-mandated hiatus, Tonightly with Tom Ballard is back from Monday June 18 at the new time of 9.30pm on ABC COMEDY and ABC iview.

The show’s first 100 episodes received record-breaking ratings* and overwhelming critical acclaim (“…on occasions the program is witty.” – Gerard Henderson, The Australian). Armed with the power of comedy news-making, the Tonightly team have solved a range of issues (same-sex marriage, Australia Day, Barnaby Joyce, etc, you’re welcome) and now they’re hungry for more. So hungry in fact that they’ve added rising star Nina Oyama (Utopia, The Angus Project) as an official Tonightly reporter alongside Bridie Connell, Greta Lee Jackson and Greg Larsen.

“I can’t BELIEVE we get to be back on air making dumb funnies about the dumb news,” said host Tom Ballard. “Seriously. With those budget cuts, I genuinely can’t believe this. I think it’s an admin error.”

“I’m excited to drive the Tonightly team to be the highest rated/only nightly comedy program on Australian TV,” said new show runner Dan Ilic when asked for a quote for this press release. “The first order of business is to commission the prop department to make a swear jar. That should provide us with a healthy budget for a third season.”

So, rejoice, Australia: as long as politicians continue to stretch the truth; as long as the internet remains a hellish toxic swamp, as long as the nice ladies in wardrobe keep providing a variety of wigs, and as long as the ABC still (technically) exists, you’ll have a place to go every night to see the daily happenings of the human race devastatingly lampooned.

*Fact check TBC

Next stop, 10.30pm and then, don’t let the door hit you on the way out. :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

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Week commencing 10 June

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Sunday 10 June

8:00pm Penn and Teller: Fool Us
8:40pm Josh Widdicombe: What Do I Do Now?
9:30pm Gruen XL
10:20pm Alan Davies ‘As Yet Untitled’: Nigel Farage: Unseen
11:05pm Adam Hills: The Last Leg: Sue Perkins
11:50pm W1A

Monday 11 June

8:00pm The Librarians: Tsukiji
8:30pm The Librarians: Dark Before Dawn
9:00pm Never Mind the Buzzcocks: Dizzee Rascal
9:30pm Josh Widdicombe: What Do I Do Now?
10:20pm The Mighty Boosh: Fountain of Youth
10:50pm The Office (US): China
11:15pm 30 Rock: A Goon’s Deed In A Weary World
11:35pm Archer

Tuesday 12 June

8:00pm TBA
8:55pm Never Mind The Buzzcocks: Christmas Special
9:25pm Plebs Final
9:50pm Zapped: The Party
10:20pm The Mighty Boosh: The Legend of Old Gregg
10:50pm The Office (US): Classy Christmas Part 1
11:15pm 30 Rock: Hogc**k
11:35pm Archer

Wednesday 13 June

8:00pm Absolutely Fabulous: Poor
8:30pm Absolutely Fabulous: Birth
9:00pm Never Mind the Buzzcocks: Michael Bolton
9:30pm An Idiot Abroad: Desert Island
10:15pm The Mighty Boosh: Call of the Yeti
10:45pm The Office: Christening
11:05pm 30 Rock: My Whole Life Is Thunder
11:30pm Archer: The Rock
11:50pm Parks and Recreation: The Stakeout

Thursday 14 June

8:00pm Frontline: The Art Of The Interview
8:25pm Frontline: “I” Disease
8:50pm Sammy J
09:00pm Ronny Chieng: International Student
9:25pm Never Mind the Buzzcocks
9:55pm Comedy Up Late: Susie Youssef, Fern Brady, Nick Capper, The Stevenson Experience, Joel Kim Booster
10:25pm The Mighty Boosh: Eels
10:55pm The Office (US): Ultimatum
11:20pm Archer
11:40pm 30 Rock: Pilot Ep

Friday 15 June

8:00pm The Weekly With Charlie Pickering
8:30pm Gruen XL
9:15pm Never Mind the Buzzcocks
9:45pm W1A
10:15pm The Thick Of It
10:45pm The Mighty Boosh: Journey To The Centre Of The Punk
11:15pm The Office (US): The Seminar
11:40pm Archer

Saturday 16 June

8:00pm Would I Lie To You?: Rhod Gilbert, Sally Phillips, Tess Daly, Des Connor
8:30pm TBA
9:00pm Live At The Apollo: Romesh Ranganathan, Jason Byrne & Stewart Francis
9:50pm Comedy Next Gen: David Quirk
10:45pm Comedy Up Late: Susie Youssef, Fern Brady, Nick Capper, The Stevenson Experience, Joel Kim Booster
11:15pm Chewing Gum: Sex And Violence
11:45pm Penn and Teller: Fool Us

Chewing Gum

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From Thursday 21 June at 9:30pm

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Six-part U.K. comedy series from multi-talented actor, singer, poet, writer and award-winning playwright Michaela Coel (Top Boy, Monsters: Dark Continent, The Aliens), who also stars as lead.

Coel plays Tracey Gordon, a religious Beyoncé-obsessed 22-year-old who is fast finding out that the more she learns about the world, the less she understands.

She’s left behind the innocence of teenage dreams and is entering a world of love, sex and adult confusion.

Get someone to pull their pants down, bend over…boom! Full moon! :wink: :rofl:

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I swear I saw this on Netflix.

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The Detectorists

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From Friday 29 June at 9.45pm

A comedy series about two friends Andy (Mackenzie Crook) and Lance (Toby Jones) who go searching for their hearts’ desire with a couple of metal detectors.

Determined to dig up their very own Saxon ship-burial, a chance encounter with a young history student puts Lance and Andy on the road towards the discovery of a lifetime.

Their friendship is forged in muddy fields, over cold packed lunches and tiny, worthless pieces of metal. They’re an odd couple, each with their own dysfunctional love lives and little secrets. But together Lance and Andy both dream of finding that priceless Saxon hoard that will make them rich and cement their place in detecting history.

As we follow their adventure, real life keeps getting in the way. Over the series greed, betrayal, rejection and finally redemption are all played out as Lance, Andy and friends hurtle towards Danbury Metal Detecting Club’s greatest ever find.

fuck sakes, looks like we’re getting more of Dad’S GoOglE hIStOrY

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Why not start a new series - Your Google History. Each week someone hacks into a Google account and sees what they’ve been looking up. :rofl:

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is it gonna be as bad as that shitshow they called a segment with Demi Lardner, if so then nahhhhhhh

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Week commencing 17 June

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Sunday 17 June

8:00pm Penn and Teller: Fool Us
8:40pm Romesh Ranganathan: Irrational Live
9:35pm Gruen XL
10:20pm Alan Davies ‘As Yet Untitled’: Noel Fielding, Jon Ronson, Kerry Godliman
11:05pm Adam Hills: The Last Leg: Victoria Coren Mitchell & Stormzy
11:50pm W1A

Monday 18 June

8:00pm The Librarians: Kerching Kerching
8:30pm The Librarians: Milk, Not Cheese, Moon
9:00pm #CelesteChallengeAccepted: Kylie Jenner Make Up Tutorial
9:05pm Threesome Series Premiere
When Alice accidentally becomes pregnant after a spur-of-the moment threesome with Mitch and Ritchie, they are faced with the stark reality that this huge, new responsibility could be the very thing which splits them up.
9:30pm Tonightly With Tom Ballard Series Return
10:00pm Romesh Ranganathan: Irrational Live
10:55pm The Mighty Boosh: The Power of the Crimp
11:25pm The Office: The Search
11:45pm Archer

Tuesday 19 June

8:00pm TBA
8:30pm The IT Crowd: Calamity Jen
8:55pm Mychonny: The Chinaboy Show
9:05pm This Country: Scarecrow Series Premiere
9:30pm Tonightly With Tom Ballard
10:00pm Zapped: Pear Fair
10:30pm The Mighty Boosh: The Strange Tale of the Crack Fox
11:00pm The Office: PDA
11:20pm Archer
11:45pm 30 Rock: Jack The Writer

Wednesday 20 June

8:00pm Absolutely Fabulous: Sex
8:30pm Absolutely Fabulous: Jealous
9:00pm Josh: Swimming And Kissing Series Premiere
A flat-share sitcom about the minutiae of modern life. Josh is an incurable worrier who shares a flat with two friends: Owen, a romantic Welshman and Kate, a perfectionist who spends her life pursuing trends from A to Zumba.
9:30pm Tonightly With Tom Ballard
10:00pm An Idiot Abroad: Swimming With Dolphins
10:45pm The Mighty Boosh: Party
11:15pm The Office: Threat Level Midnight
11:40pm Archer

Thursday 21 June

8:00pm Frontline: Addicted To Fame
8:30pm Frontline: The Code
9:00pm Ronny Chieng: International Student
9:25pm Sammy J
9:30pm Tonightly With Tom Ballard
10:00pm Chewing Gum: Sex And Violence Series Premiere
10:25pm The Mighty Boosh: The Chokes
10:55pm The Office: Todd Packer
11:20pm Archer
11:40pm 30 Rock: Jack Meets Dennis

Friday 22 June

8:00pm The Weekly With Charlie Pickering
8:30pm Gruen XL
9:15pm Never Mind the Buzzcocks
9:45pm W1A
10:15pm The Thick Of It
10:45pm The League Of Gentlemen: Welcome To Royston Vasey
11:15pm The Office: Garage Sale
11:40pm Archer

Saturday 23 June

8:00pm Would I Lie To You?: Andy Hamilton, Gabby Logan, Dr Christian Jessen, Diane Parish
8:30pm TBA
9:00pm Russell Howard’s Stand Up Central: With Jimmy Carr, Darren Harriot
9:25pm Live At The Apollo: Katherine Ryan
10:10pm Comedy Next Gen: Aaron Chen
11:10pm Chewing Gum: Sex And Violence
11:35pm Penn and Teller: Fool Us

Good news - it’s bloody dad’s Google history!

No worries here. google is fine… just dont check Bing.

Holy shit you actually watch porn you dirty bastard.

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…no… i use it to search for er… medical things and to check if Tom Ballard is funny yet…

2 posts were merged into an existing topic: Sexual Harassment Allegations in Australian Media

When did Mock the Week slide on into the ABC Comedy schedule?

So the media are going after Tom now, bringing up how his show is full of white people.

Why does Dan Ilic’s secret actions always get publicly exposed? Either he does it himself for publicity or someone doesn’t like him.