# Fam Time **URL:** \ **Category:** Seven Network\ **Tags:** sevennetwork\ **Created:** [June 5, 2019, 11:21pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/fam-time/9516 "2019-06-05T23:21:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TV.Cynic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/tv.cynic/32/316932_2.png) [@TV.Cynic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TV.Cynic)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2019, 11:21pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/fam-time/9516/1 "2019-06-05T23:21:09Z")
**Seven Studios’ new comedy** **FAM TIME** **Juggling screen and family time in the online age** **Michala Banas, Benson Jack Anthony and Duncan Fellows headline** ![image](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/7/7/77615984805d9e6080e67e7892d31fcca8f779e1.jpeg) ![image](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/0/4/0479ec6749181adaf333d8b0a832138cb07a634f.jpeg) ![image](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/5/1/5158255fe540d7175be7d59890af63d19cdf355e.jpeg) > Seven Studios (the content division of Seven West Media) today announced _ **Fam Time,** _ a new narrative comedy wrapped in fibre optic cables starring **Michala Banas** ( _Winners & Losers, Always Greener, Upper Middle Bogan)_ , **Benson Jack Anthony** ( _800 Words, Emo the Musical, High Life_ ) and **Duncan Fellows** ( _The Letdown, Laid,_ _Life Support_ ). > > Swiping for love, streaming for acceptance, posting for purpose. Meet Australia’s most postmodern modern family. > > The queen of content is Belinda Box played by Banas, mum to a highly dysfunctional blended family that, like most families today, is struggling to combine their online and everyday lives in the suburbs. She’s the mumpreneur striving to have it all for her family – if having it all involves blogs, selfies and a good dose of Beyonce. > > Belinda loves her family, but also craves the love of the growing fan base (97 subscribers!) who follow her blog adventures as a modern mum to a busy blended family in the digital age. > > Fellows plays Belinda’s husband John, a.k.a. ‘Handy Andy’, an ordinary dad who prefers tinkering to Tweeting, while Anthony is her bedroom-bound son Rylan, who is so busy looking for love online that he’s oblivious when it walks through the door in real life. > > Seven’s Director of Network Programming, Angus Ross, said: “ _Fam Time_ is a fresh comedy format celebrating and skewering the family idiosyncrasies we all love to hate. Its contemporary delivery, pace and irreverent humour will be a hit with our audience.” > > Completing the Box family are: Belinda’s stepdaughter Tahnee ( **Karina Banno:** _Circle of Lies, Friday on My Mind, Home and Away_ ), who freaks out when she unwittingly discovers internet fame; adopted daughter Cherry ( **Chloe De Los Santos** : _Tidelands, Jade of Death_ ), > > a sassy online gaming whiz; and Grandma Viv ( **Rhonda Burchmore** : _Kath & Kim, Love Child_ ), a cougar and ravenous online dater better known as ‘Foxy Box’. > > To add to the cast of misfits, Bill Whata (pronounced Fa-ta) – ( **Tainui Tukiwaho** : _Step Dave_ , _Tatau_ , _The Almighty Johnsons_ ) stumbles into the Boxes’ lives as Australia’s friendliest and third most affordable handyman. > > As this family next door post, swipe and hashtag their way through relatable dilemmas, Belinda tries to curate the best stuff for her blog. But amongst all the spin and filters, the family occasionally catch a glimmer of the truth. The best type of love is the offline type they share with each other…until the next notification pops up, that is. > > _ **Fam Time** _ is directed by Hayden Guppy. Executive producer and series creator is Michael Horrocks. Supervising producer is Linda Ujuk, series producer is Muffy Potter and line producer is Tiare Tomaszewski. Writers are Erica Harrison and Jack Yabsley. The comedy is a Seven Studios production for the Seven Network. ---
**Author:** ![JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9dc877/32.png) [@JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/JohnsonTV)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2019, 11:24pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/fam-time/9516/2 "2019-06-05T23:24:57Z")
Good concept and great cast too. ---
**Author:** ![JasonF](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/jasonf/32/349220_2.png) [@JasonF](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/JasonF)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2019, 11:54pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/fam-time/9516/3 "2019-06-05T23:54:22Z")
when does it go to air? ---
**Author:** ![turdall](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/turdall/32/217_2.png) [@turdall](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/turdall)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 12:18am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/fam-time/9516/4 "2019-06-06T00:18:06Z")
Really good cast. Always find it strange how Michala Banas is never known for Mcleods Daughters. She was in that longer than any other show. ---
**Author:** ![AustralianAerial](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/australianaerial/32/427176_2.png) [@AustralianAerial](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/AustralianAerial)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 1:30am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/fam-time/9516/5 "2019-06-06T01:30:15Z")
> [@TV.Cynic](#): > > As this family next door post, swipe and hashtag their way through relatable dilemmas ![image](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/9/8/9838a7963c6e66c2ed64c75d0e628d518c2b4917.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9dc877/32.png) [@JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/JohnsonTV)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 2:05am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/fam-time/9516/6 "2019-06-06T02:05:27Z")
> [@JasonF](#): > > when does it go to air? Q1 2020 I reckon. ---
**Author:** ![Bort](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/bort/32/340984_2.png) [@Bort](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Bort)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 11:01am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/fam-time/9516/7 "2019-06-06T11:01:35Z")
> [@TV.Cynic](#): > > **Duncan Fellows** ( _Life Support_ ). His Todd wasn’t as good as the original. Don’t @ me. ---
**Author:** ![Sully](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/48db29/32.png) [@Sully](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Sully)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 11:46am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/fam-time/9516/8 "2019-06-06T11:46:03Z")
> [@TV.Cynic](#): > > **Duncan Fellows** ( _voice of 7mate_, The Letdown, Laid, _Life Support_ ). \*fixed that statement 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Bort](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/bort/32/340984_2.png) [@Bort](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Bort)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 11:57am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/fam-time/9516/9 "2019-06-06T11:57:13Z")
I thought he looked like maaaaaaate.,. 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![JBar](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/jbar/32/151177_2.png) [@JBar](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/JBar)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 1:22pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/fam-time/9516/10 "2019-06-06T13:22:57Z")
Is he the same guy seen on 7mate in a lobster suit recently? ---
**Author:** ![pelican](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/pelican/32/452815_2.png) [@pelican](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/pelican)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 1:30pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/fam-time/9516/11 "2019-06-06T13:30:38Z")
That is just such an unbelievably bad title. It sounds like something a US Presidential candidate would say if they wanted to appeal to Minecraft players. “The only Fam Time I believe in is after church!” ---
**Author:** ![Squee](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/squee/32/267645_2.png) [@Squee](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Squee)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2019, 5:23pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/fam-time/9516/12 "2019-06-07T17:23:53Z")
Yes, it reads very _Pokemon Go to the Polls_. ---
**Author:** ![pelican](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/pelican/32/452815_2.png) [@pelican](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/pelican)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2019, 10:24pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/fam-time/9516/13 "2019-06-07T22:24:44Z")
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**Author:** ![AustralianAerial](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/australianaerial/32/427176_2.png) [@AustralianAerial](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/AustralianAerial)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2019, 1:35am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/fam-time/9516/14 "2019-06-08T01:35:03Z")
Threw up a bit in my mouth during the copyright free Gangnam Style that was supposedly the Harlem Shake. ---
**Author:** ![JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9dc877/32.png) [@JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/JohnsonTV)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2019, 4:46am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/fam-time/9516/15 "2019-10-24T04:46:52Z")
Fam Time was listed on Seven’s 2020 line-up at yesterday’s upfronts. No preview though. ---
**Author:** ![turdall](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/turdall/32/217_2.png) [@turdall](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/turdall)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2019, 5:49am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/fam-time/9516/16 "2019-10-24T05:49:39Z")
Hope they change the name. It sounds good though. ---
**Author:** ![Danny\_Wu](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/danny_wu/32/123566_2.png) [@Danny\_Wu](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Danny_Wu)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2019, 1:09pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/fam-time/9516/17 "2019-10-27T13:09:44Z")
Yeah, Fam Time sounds so unremarkable , until you realise it’s short for family time ! ---
**Author:** ![turdall](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/turdall/32/217_2.png) [@turdall](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/turdall)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2019, 7:13pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/fam-time/9516/18 "2019-10-27T19:13:00Z")
Yeah I agree it’s such a bad name. I don’t think anyone is that silly to realise it isn’t short for family time. ---
**Author:** ![JBar](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/jbar/32/151177_2.png) [@JBar](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/JBar)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2019, 8:05pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/fam-time/9516/19 "2019-10-27T20:05:56Z")
They said it was a common abbreviation on social media when they came up with the title. 😆 ---
**Author:** ![TVHead](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/tvhead/32/160_2.png) [@TVHead](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TVHead)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2019, 5:59am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/fam-time/9516/20 "2019-10-28T05:59:01Z")
It’s great when middle aged TV execs try and get in on lingo no one uses [Next page](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/fam-time/9516.md?page=2)