ABC keeps Chris Lilley project a secret
I don't think I've ever received a Press Release about a new show that tells me nothing about the new show....
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What’s the name of the new show is Chris Lilley making?
He won’t say.
What’s it about?
ABC won’t tell us.
Chris Lilley has done a lot of “firsts” before but I don’t think I’ve ever received a Press Release about a new show that tells me nothing about the new show.
So here it is in its entirety:
ABC TV is pleased to announce production has begun on the latest comedic offering from Australian writer and performer Chris Lilley.
The six-part half-hour comedy series will air in 2013.
The series is being produced by Princess Pictures and Chris Lilley, the team who brought to life the critically-acclaimed and much-loved series We Can Be Heroes, Summer Heights High and Angry Boys. The show is a co-production between the ABC in Australia and HBO in the US, with a pre-sale to BBC Three in the UK.
All three of Chris Lilley’s previous series have been enjoyed by audiences around the world, selling over a million DVDs internationally, and broadcast on networks on every continent.
The series have received dozens of awards for outstanding comedy, including lifetime achievement awards for Chris, honouring his skill as an actor and writer/creator. Lilley’s most recent show, Angry Boys, also enjoyed great success on ABC’s iview time-shift platform with 1.4 million1 plays, the highest ever amount of program plays on iview recorded to date.
ABC1 Channel Controller, Brendan Dahill, says: “Chris and the Princess Pictures team have consistently proved that they know how to deliver quality content. ABC1 is proud to once again bring a new Chris Lilley series to air in a new era of TV where audiences consume television in so many different ways, as was demonstrated by the outstanding success Angry Boys enjoyed across multiple platforms.”
Series creator and performer Chris Lilley says: “I’ve never been more excited about shooting a show. I really like this one. Can’t wait for fans to see it.”
Princess Pictures producer Laura Waters says: “It’s always a privilege to be able to make these special productions with Chris. Everyone working on the series is thrilled and excited about the vision we are about to bring to life.”
Zai Bennett, Controller, BBC Three, says: “BBC Three audiences absolutely love Chris’s comedies. Both Summer Heights High and Angry Boys were incredibly well received and we can’t wait to see what he has in store for us next.”
12 Responses
The only thing secret about Lilley is his appeal. There isn’t any. Please ABC, no more “comedy”. Your comedy department jumped the shark with the Chasers’ Make A Wish sketch and the public no longer wants their money wasted on this crap.
He needs to revisit summer heights high. that show is worthy of a follow up and that would bring back the masses after the relative failure of angry boys. Bring back Jonah and Mr G but keep j’amie well away this time !
Hope it’s more Summer Heights High than Angry Boys. Couldn’t last more than a few episodes of Angry Boys but watched SHH twice. He’s a great talent but when he aims at audiences in two different countries he misses-with me anyway.
I think he lucked it out on his first two series being popular. His third series Angry Boys was dreadful which disproves the ABC statement that Chris and Princess Pictures “consistently” deliver quality content. Do these people really think that viewers memories are that short?
Was Angry Boys really an “outstanding success” and “incredibly well received”? I found it extremely dull and unfunny and stopped watching it early in its run.
WCBH and SHH were the exact opposite – outstanding. Hope the new one’s a return to form.
Are we going to see another mockumentary?
Great. Another waste of tax payer funds. Surely the ABC has better ways to spend the funds allocated than on this clown.
This isn’t a JJ Abrams mystery show, it’s a comedy series. What next? “Untitled Chris Lilley Show” in the guides and only when you watch the show will you get the title and the plot? This sort of deep seeded mystery doesn’t work for a comedy series and is just a disservice to the show.
He obviously still has clout at the ABC. I don’t know why after Angry Boys
Even though we don’t know the name or what it’s about, it is sure to be good.
Lets just hope its not as bad as Angry Boys…wow that was shocking.
I think the more accurate headline would be:
“Chris Lilley keeps project a secret from the ABC”
Oh, David – clues abound with every paragraph as to what it’s going to be about.
Most of his characters give everyone else the bird, and his last show was Angry Boys.
Obviously, the new show will be called Angry Birds.
Maybe he could create an arcade game to cash in on the series?