Talkin' 'bout Your Generation

Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation
Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation's logo
Genre	Game show
Written by	Shaun Micallef Stephen Hall Michael Ward Jo Gill Tommy Dassalo Brenna Glazebrook
Directed by	Jon Olb
Presented by	Shaun Micallef
Starring	Amanda Keller Charlie Pickering Josh Thomas
Theme music composer	Yuri Worontschak
Country of origin	Australia
Original language(s)	English
No. of series	4
No. of episodes	72 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Peter Beck
Producer(s)	Lara Hopkins Melinda Zahra
Location(s)	Docklands Studios Melbourne, Docklands, Melbourne, Australia
Editor(s)	Ken Hardie (Series 4)
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	approx. 44 mins (excluding commercials)
Production company(s)	Granada Productions ITV Studios
Release
Original network	Network Ten
Picture format	576i (SDTV)
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	5 May 2009 – 29 March 2012
External links
Production website

Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation was an Australian game show produced by Granada Productions which premiered on Network Ten on 5 May 2009. It was hosted by Shaun Micallef.

The first series ran for 18 episodes, with the original production order extended due to the success of the show. A second series of 26 episodes began airing from 7 February 2010. Series 2 had a planned hiatus after episode 10 on 18 April 2010 and returned to finish its run on 1 August 2010. Series 3 began on 8 February 2011.

On 27 October 2011, Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation was renewed for a fourth series. On 22 January 2012, it was announced that the show would begin airing Series 4 on 1 February 2012 in an 8 pm timeslot.

Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation (also known as TAYG (pronounced tay-g)) is an hour-long quiz show testing the popular culture knowledge of teams from three different cultural generations. The generation team captains are Amanda Keller (Baby Boomers), Charlie Pickering (Generation X) and Josh Thomas (Generation Y). Each team captain is joined by a different guest each episode who is part of, their respective generations. However, on occasion there have been guests not actually part of the generation they represent on the show. (e.g. Ian Smith and George Negus have featured as Baby Boomers but are actually members of the Silent Generation). Generally guests aged up to 30 are placed in the Generation Y team, guests aged 30–40 in the Generation X team and guests aged 40 and over in the Baby Boomer team.

Typically, each episode features six rounds with the three teams competing in various themed games which feature wordplay-based names such as What's A Doodle Doo?, Name That Tee and ¡chronoloco!. One point is awarded for each correct answer, though in practice points can be awarded or deducted at Shaun's own discretion. The first three rounds involve the contestants buzzing in first to give their answer. Games played in these rounds can involve identifying missing television characters from a cast picture, identifying a company name from a partially constructed logo, or identifying a catchphrase and its origin from a T-shirt.