We Interrupt This Broadcast

Well, I signed up specifically to do a review on this garbage. I've never reviewed anything in my life but felt compelled.

Having watched the better part of 3 episodes, I'M OUT!

Am I the only person that hasn't laughed EVEN ONCE!

I was really looking forward to seeing some sketch comedy with it seeming to be a starved genre,for years. The pseudo comedians aired should get out while they can. This is the most terribly written and performed sketch comedy that you will ever see in your life on any platform. A game of marbles would be far more amusing. Why hasn't this been cancelled yet? Incredible.

I saw the title and decided to give it a try. I'm three episodes in and I really like it. I'm am Yank but I recognize some of the performers and I think the acting is great as is the writing. I do not normally watch "unscripted" TV but I am culturally aware enough to know the premise of each of the shows.

They do a great job of identifying and mocking the ingredients of each of the show types, for example on a cooking show to claim a recipe was from your grandmother.

All the skits I've seen deserved a chance, and most succeed, but the skits are short enough that when the gag isn't working for me, the skit is over soon enough that I don't become irritated. "Lip Island" I'm looking at you.

It's nice to see Oz TV investing in scripted comedy. The production values are high and nicely capture the look and feel of the various crappy tv shows being parodied. (I'm sure the crew work on them at other times)

There are some promising performers doing their best with some basic writing. 90% of each sketch is about faithfully reproducing the source, the rest of giving it a twist. Hopefully the writers find their feet in time and get a bit more creative - each punchline is visible a mile out - I'm sure it takes a while to warm up and it's only fair to remember that this is the first ep. The laugh track is painfully bad.

Update: Yeah it's not getting any better. I honestly dont know if it is a reflection on the sorry state of Oz tv that gives the writers little to work with or if it is that they have utter contempt for the channel 7 audience.

This was something I caught before another show. It was not funny, at all. Bad references, bad thought out jokes that seems like the first thing they thought of and just bad spoof ideas.

The acting seemed fine but wow this show didn't impress. And they showed an ad for the next episode, which should show the best skit and build anticipation. Instead it was an "oh we don't like you" joke. I mean seriously... There is a near endless stream of content to parody and mock and that's all they could come up with? I can do better. I just wish I got the great money those joke writers did to take a day off.

I think the best that can be said for this is that it gave some writers, actors (calling them comedians would be a stretch) and crews some work for a few weeks. I came in at episode six, by which time you'd hope it had settled down. We Interrupt This Broadcast reminds me of some high school skits (with recorded laugh track and rather better sets) and while it takes a welcome pi5s out of "reality" TV, that's it..very repetitive. The ABC and Working Dog teams are safe in their respective production lines. Network 7 is to be congratulated for putting some local content to air, but OMG ...it runs for an hour!