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Anne Edmonds WINS ARIA for Best Comedy Release 2020

Anne Edmonds is the rock star of Australian comedy and everybody knows it… and now she’s won an ARIA! Anne’s Amazon Prime special WHAT’S WRONG WITH YOU has been named the year’s Best Comedy Release. The show, produced…

Merrick Watts Proves Himself a Winner on SAS: Australia

Australia’s laugh-slinging, wine-swilling funny man Merrick Watts became a national symbol of strength and resilience this week as he passed the selection process of SAS: Australia along with Rugby player Nick Cummins and AFLW footballer Sabrina Frederick. Sleep…

Sarah Kendall’s “Frayed” nominated for Best Comedy Drama in C21 Drama Awards

The finalists have been announced in C21’s International Drama Awards, which are voted for by the world’s leading scripted commissioners and buyers… and Sarah Kendall’s Frayed has been nominated alongside a stellar international line-up including Never Have I…

AACTA 2020 Nominees Announced

In the year when we all really needed a laugh, many of Australia’s best loved and most acclaimed comedians have been recognised in the nominations for the 2020 AACTA Awards for television. The Best Comedy Performer category sees…

Hard Quiz hits 100 episodes

The show of critical success, with a critical host, is hitting a critical milestone tonight. With your favourite hard-hitting, straight-talking, Logie-award winning host Tom Gleeson, Hard Quiz is airing its 100th episode at 8pm on the ABC. Boasting 400 contestants…

Hannah Gadsby nominated for E! People’s Choice Award

In some welcome news, we are pleased to share that Hannah Gadsby’s acclaimed solo show Douglas has been nominated in the 2020 E! People’s Choice Awards. Hannah has been nominated in the category for The Comedy Act of…

VOTE 1 COMEDY at the 2020 AACTA Awards

This year the newly established AACTA Audience Choice Awards have been created to celebrate AACTA’s 10th anniversary alongside the achievements on screen both locally and globally over the past decade. The AACTA Audience Choice Awards span over seven…

Lockdown list recommendations with Nikki Britton & Sam Taunton

While in varying lockdowns around the country we’ve been turning to our screens for comfort, burning through the pages of books and blasting our favourite tunes to get us through these “unprecedented” times. Comedians are in the same…

Hannah Gadsby’s second Netflix special ‘Douglas’ receives two Emmy nominations

Having taken home an Emmy last year for her first Netflix special Nanette, Hannah has today received not one, but two Emmy noms for her second hit special Douglas. Any concerns surrounding the difficult “Second Album Syndrome” have…

Hannah Gadsby and Josh Thomas nominated for Dorian TV Awards

We are proud to report that not one, but two Token Artists have been nominated for the inaugural Dorian TV Awards (USA). The Society of LGBTO Entertainment Critics (GALECA) announced the nomination list on Tuesday, which includes Everything’s…