Summary
Good News Week was an Australian satirical panel game show hosted by Paul McDermott that aired from 19 April 1996 to 27 May 2000, and 11 February 2008 to 28 April 2012. The show's initial run aired on ABC until being bought by Network Ten in 1999. The show was revived for its second run when the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike caused many of Network Ten's imported US programmes to cease production. Good News Week drew its comedy and satire from recent news stories, political figures, media organisations, and often, aspects of the show itself. The show opened with a monologue by McDermott relating to recent headlines, after which two teams of three panellists competed in recurring segments to gain points. The show has spawned three short-lived spin-off series, the ABC's Good News Weekend, Ten's GNW Night Lite and Ten's skit-based Good News World.
Cast
Mikey Robins
Paul McDermott
Julie McCrossin
Claire Hooper
Peter Berner
Anthony Ackroyd
Adam Spencer
Kate Fischer
James O'Loghlin
Johanna Griggs
Amanda Keller
Su Cruickshank
Alan Saunders
Anthony Morgan
Julia Zemiro
Pru Goward
Noel Ferrier
Lynda Gibson
Tanya Bulmer
Jay Laga'aia
Rod Quantock
Wil Anderson
Matt Parkinson
Tony Squires
Greg Fleet
Richard Fidler
Corinne Grant
Fiona O’Loughlin
Catherine Deveny
Helen Razer
Amy Saunders
Natasha Stott Despoja
Margaret Scott
Julia Morris
Frank Woodley
Alison Whyte
Sandy Kelly
Tommy Dean
Indira Naidoo
Craig Reucassel
Josh Thomas
Ross Noble
Reginald D. Hunter
Phillip Scott
Lex Marinos
Jonathan Biggins
Ian Rodgerson
Magda Szubanski
Mark Trevorrow
Boothby Graffoe
Shaun Micallef
Gabby Millgate
Arj Barker
Eddie Ifft
Brooke Satchwell
Pia Miranda
Pat Cash
Ian Dickson
Marc Maron
Charli Robinson
Chris Taylor
Jensen Ackles
Meshel Laurie
Cal Wilson
Tom Gleeson
Seann Walsh
Matt Moran
Kitty Flanagan
Rachael Maza Long
Fiona Horne
Melissa George
Colleen McCullough
Scott Capurro
Bob Ellis
Max Sharam
Rebecca Le Tourneau
Jaslyn Hall
Joy Hopwood
Matthew Hardy
Akmal Saleh
John Moloney
Jimeoin
Mark Watson
Don Letts
Steve Patterson
Annabel Crabb
Faustina Agolley
Colin Lane
Shane Dundas
Patrick Condon
Sarah Macdonald
Jane Turner
Joan Sauers
Russell Fletcher
Meredith Burgmann
Annette Shun Wah
Bill O'Chee
Yin Yen Ho
Glenn Butcher
Georgie Parker
Sue Ann Post
Anne Summers
Jean Kittson
Gary Sweet
Lea DeLaria
Catharine Lumby
Rachel Desmarest
Karl Kruszelnicki
Greg Proops
Jeff Green
Bill Bailey
Penny Cook
Matt Day
Tracey Holmes
Barry Diamond
Rove McManus
Rhys Muldoon
Doug Mulray
Status:
Ended
Original Language:
English
Type:
Scripted
Networks:
Keywords
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