Returning: NEWStopia

Great to hear Shaun Micallef is back to our screens soon with his third series of NEWStopia.

It returns Wednesday October 1st at 10:05pm.

The show has been bubbling along nicely under SBS’ watch, allowed to become something of a sleeper satire, whereas it might have been axed on a commercial network with soft numbers. The show is a much-needed antidote to straight news. And those ad breaks with on-air promos for non-existent programs are priceless.

Press Release:
Shaun Micallef returns to SBS Television for a third series of NEWStopia on Wednesday, October 1 at 10.05pm.

NEWStopia is the half hour news program with one eye on Australia and the other on itself, watching the rest of the world. It is anchored by Shaun Micallef, Australia’s premier high-brow comedian and slapstick intellectual.

The first series premiered in October 2007, with the second series launching in February this year.

In NEWStopia, Micallef delivers the news with a mostly straight face – tempered with the odd raised eyebrow and a rolled eyeball. He crosses to journalists in Australia and overseas, as well as hosting studio debates and discussions that invariably go awry. Ad breaks in NEWStopia are peppered with cultish on-air promos for non-existent programs.

An encore screening of NEWStopia will screen on Saturday nights after S.O.S..

NEWStopia. It’s (still) the news. We think.

NEWStopia is a Crackerjack production for SBS.

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