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Commercial programmers breathe a sigh of relief.

The Chaser’s War on Everything is taking a mid-season break – a very long one too.

There are only three more eps left to screen before they rest.

Then we are stuck with repeats of edited 2007 eps. The boys aren’t back until September. September! In a no holds barred admission they will dub the eps The Chaser’s War on Repeats.

And The Sideshow will also take a rest after June 23.

Press Release:

A shameless recycling of the highlights from the 2006 series of The Chaser’s War on Everything which no-one watched.

“We went back through all 26 episodes of The Chaser’s War on Everything from 2006 and found 7 shows that almost stand the test of time,” said Julian Morrow, Executive Producer of The Chaser’s War on Everything.
“The other 3 episodes didn’t really work last year, but we needed something to make up the numbers. It was either that or a three part documentary on Creationism which the ABC Board wants us to screen.”

The Chaser’s War on Repeats will include many highlights from the 2006 series including:
* Chris Taylor’s irresponsible campaign to make wearing a stocking on your head socially acceptable;
* testing the Lessons of History by attempting to get a Trojan Horse past the nation’s slackest gate-keepers;
* probing airport security by booking domestic plane tickets in the names Al Kyder and Terry Wrist; and
* the infamous Bulldogs Merchandise stunt which led to Chas Licciardello being arrested for offensive behaviour.

It will also include a raft of typographical errors that made it into the first series.

“We’ve always thought that running repeats mid-season is lazy and an insult to loyal audiences,” said Morrow. “But we’re also hypocrites, so we welcome the ABC’s decision to run repeats.”

The Chaser team hopes its mid-season break will fuel yet more idle media speculation about what other projects they might be doing next.

The Chaser’s War On Everything returns on Wednesday, September 5 at 9pm on ABC TV.

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3 Responses

  1. Uh, actually, the board has shifted to the right since last year.

    Chaser spent more time mocking what would happen if they defected to Channel 9 and 9’s pro-gov bias, when the ABC do the exact same thing. Pot + Kettle = Black.

    The show is notoriously anti-labor ever since Mark Latham biffed one of the guys over the head a few years back.

  2. umm, they DID go after Scientologists…several times.

    And they have mocked the new right wing policies fo the board…in fact they did so last week.

    Seems some people aren’t even watching the show!

  3. Let’s hop they’re back before the next election. They’ve got some work to do.

    It’s funny how they’ll make fun of the ABC board’s new right-wing policies outside the show, but won’t actually mock it on screen (gagged by the network?)

    Nor do they go up against Scientologists.

    Seems thew supposed war on “everything” is still quite limited to what the ABC lets them send up.

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