7 Days (New Zealand)
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| Genre | Comedy |
| Directed by | Nigel Carpenter |
| Presented by | Jeremy Corbett |
| No. of seasons | 8 |
| No. of episodes | 216 (as of 3 June 2016) |
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| Executive producer(s) | John McDonald |
| Producer(s) | Jon Bridges, The Down Low Concept |
| Editor(s) | Aaran Dolbel |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 23 minutes (excl. adverts) |
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| Original network | TV3 |
| Picture format | 576i widescreen 16:9 |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | 21 August 2009 - present |
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7 Days is a New Zealand comedy gameshow similar in some ways to the British program Mock the Week, hosted by Jeremy Corbett and created by The Down Low Concept. Paul Ego and Dai Henwood usually appear on each episode, along with other comedians, who form teams and answer questions about news stories from the last week.
At the start of each show, Jeremy Corbett announces a content warning, saying "the following show is for adults only and contains bad language that may offend some people". This is often followed by an opening joke based on an event in the past seven days. On some occasions, the content warning became the joke - including being said in a parody of Downfall (following several Auckland schoolboys saluting the Nazi flag), being missed out completely (while the Prime Minister was out of the country), and being texted while driving (two days before the use of mobile phones while driving came into force). While the show is normally screened at 9:30pm and originally 10pm, the episode on 21 October 2011 was screened at the earlier time of 7:30pm and as a result was a PGR rated show. The opening segment mentioned the show was PGR and then replaced a few swear words with cleaner equivalents such as fudge. The show was moved to the earlier time to coincide with the screening of the Rugby World Cup 2011 Bronze Final.
After the title card, Corbett introduces the leaders of each team, normally Paul Ego for Team 1 and Dai Henwood for Team 2, although one episode featured an all-Australian team replacing Dai Henwood's team. After the leader of each team is introduced, the leader introduces the rest of their team. Regular team members include Ben Hurley, Steve Wrigley, Jeremy Elwood, Urzila Carlson, Jesse Griffin, Madeleine Sami and Michele A'Court. Special guest comedians appear on some episodes.
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