Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell | |
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Also known as | Mad as Hell |
Genre | Satire, news, comedy |
Written by |
Shaun Micallef Gary McCaffrie Michael Ward Tony Moclair |
Directed by | Jon Olb |
Presented by | Shaun Micallef |
Starring |
Francis Greenslade Roz Hammond Veronica Milsom Tosh Greenslade Emily Taheny Stephen Hall Nicholas Bell |
Country of origin | Australia |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 6 |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | Peter Beck Tarni James Shaun Micallef |
Producer(s) | Rachel Millar Richard Kelly |
Location(s) | Gordon Street, Elsternwick, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
Cinematography | Leon De Pettri |
Editor(s) | Nathan Wild |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Production company(s) | Giant Baby Productions ITV Studios Australia |
Release | |
Original network | ABC |
Picture format | 576i (SDTV) |
Original release | 25 May 2012 – present |
External links | |
Website |
Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell is an Australian comedy news television program hosted by Shaun Micallef. The show first aired on ABC at 8:00 pm on Friday, 25 May 2012. Its title is a reference to the 1976 American satirical black comedy-drama film Network.
While Micallef hosts the program, a number of other cast members appear as a variety of characters.
The program was commissioned without a pilot and the first season of 10 episodes originally screened from May to July 2012. The show was renewed for a second series of 12 episodes which aired in 2013. A third was announced in January 2014 and consisted of 10 episodes, shown weekly from 12 February 2014. A fourth series premiered later in the same year on 24 September 2014 and the fifth series premiered on 11 February 2015. A sixth season debuted on 11 May 2016.