Good News Week: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Good News Week is a satirical news based comedy quiz show hosted by former "Doug Anthony All-Stars" member Paul McDermott with co-hosts Mikey Robbins and Julie McCrossin (and later Wendy Hooper). It features the two co-hosts and four guest panelists on opposing teams of three players engaging in comedic games relevant to news stories of the week.

Series details

• Title: Good News Week
• Format: Game Show
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 1996-04-12
• Final broadcast date listed: 2012-04-28
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Network 10
• Network country: Australia
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 17663
• IMDb ID: tt0127998
• TVDB ID: 85357

Cast and credited roles

• Paul McDermott — Paul McDermott
• Mikey Robins — Mikey Robins
• Julie McCrossin — Julie McCrossin
• Claire Hooper — Claire Hooper
• Cal Wilson — Cal Wilson
• Tom Gleeson — Tom Gleeson
• Akmal Saleh — Akmal Saleh

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1996-04-12; final listed air date 1996-10-25; episode order: 29.
• Season 2: premiered 1997-02-14; final listed air date 1997-11-28; episode order: 41.
• Season 3: premiered 1998-03-06; final listed air date 1998-11-20; episode order: 37.
• Season 4: premiered 1999-03-21; final listed air date 1999-11-22; episode order: 33.
• Season 5: premiered 2000-02-26; final listed air date 2000-11-21; episode order: 29.
• Season 6: premiered 2008-02-11; final listed air date 2008-11-24; episode order: 29.
• Season 7: premiered 2009-02-09; final listed air date 2009-11-23; episode order: 36.
• Season 8: premiered 2010-02-01; final listed air date 2010-11-22; episode order: 37.
• Season 9: premiered 2011-02-07; final listed air date 2012-04-28; episode order: 12.

Source and licence

Adapted from Good News Week on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.