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Cracking start for This Week Live

Royal baby gags, schongs, Bob Katter, fake ads and genuine chemistry -TEN's new panel show is off and running.

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IMG_0816TEN’s new panel show This Week Live has burst out of the gates with plenty of laughs and chemistry from its panel of four: Tom Gleeson, Meshel Laurie, Dave Thornton and possible new network star Tommy Little.

The show, as first revealed by TV Tonight, may have borrowed some elements from Working Dog’s former The Panel, but it paid off a treat, enhanced by the comedy gift of a Royal Birth the day before.

Tom Gleeson’s rant on the baby prince was priceless stuff, capped off with Tommy Little’s “totes gyno for your vagino” gag. A Gleeson interview with Bob Katter for “I Hate You, Now Change My Mind” was equally wicked.

Little’s invention of a Schong (thong that doubles as shoe) was so popular it may well see him starting a new business on the side.

There were even fake ads screening in the middle of TEN’s ad breaks. Producer Craig Campbell told TV Tonight, “I wanted to mix it up a bit. By putting content in the breaks you kinda never know where the show’s attitude will pop up. I wanted to own the whole hour not just the show content.”

Even Hugh Jackman got in on the fun with a mock interview, pre-recorded from the US.

If Twitter is any gauge of audience reaction -and we know it isn’t always- TEN has a promising new show on its schedule:

I’m all yours #ThisWeekLive. Wednesday nights are booked up. Well done #networkten

#thisweeklive rounded out a very nice night of comedy. Welcome to my viewing schedule @thisweeklivetv

so many of my favourite comedians on one show!!!!

Sketches that go for 20 seconds… excellent! #ThisWeekLive

Flicking between #wednesdaynightfever and #thisweeklive getting a lot of laughs… Go Aussie comedy

Best segment ever “I hate you, change my mind’ #thisweeklive

A spoof ad in an actual ad. Give this show a damn Logie already!

This Week Live is actually quite funny so far. Lots of anti #royalbaby jokes. Good work. #thisweeklive

Dave & Tommy’s reaction to each other is hilarious. #ThisWeekLive

To wrap up the only thing I didnt like bout #thisweeklive is deciding which panellist I like best. Like asking a patent to choose a fave kid

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  2. @Andrew_83 cont…

    Lastly, I think it’s a bit rich of you to be having a go at someone who wrote something supposedly negative about a show when on this article – tvtonight.com.au/2013/01/tv-week-to-monitor-snarky-logies-campaign.html – you called Jordan Raskopoulos a fool, stated without evidence that the Logies are completely rigged, and then told David to get off his high horse when he asked you for some evidence for your allegations.

  3. @Andrew_83 – really, every story on this site? Not even close. I post comments on less than 20% of the articles and when I do, I try to add something to the conversation.

    My comments are far from always negative and, if you bothered to actually check, you would have seen that there is a balance of praise for shows that I think are decent, disapproval for those that aren’t, and more neutral comments for the rest.

    If you had actually read my comment, you would have noted that if I do say something negative about a program, I usually explain my position rather than just shouting “fail”, and will often include positive comments where warranted. Perhaps you didn’t see that I said that “There were some LOL moments and a couple of good chuckles…” or the last line where I hoped that this show would do well?

    Lastly, I think it’s a bit rich of you to be having a go at someone…

  4. @ everyone who is bagging a pilot episode of a comedy program featuring aussie talent, supporting aussie writers… you’re right… TEN should have just stuck with NCIS: LA rpts.. that would have been better.
    Or even better… employed Aussie writers and put them to use on a Formal Wars style show…
    Get a grip trolls

  5. I loved it – I also love the Panel when it was on and the similarities are endless. Comedy and jokes is all in the beholder but I think they did very well. I hope they keep it up and Meshel gets some more airtime. The panel have great chemistry too, and will get better. It is a shame it is on so late but I will be watching each week.

  7. The bits I saw I thought it was ok. I will watch the replays. Hopefully the ratings improve for ten. People tend to forget, the panel was very ordinary and awkward in its first few episodes and grew very popular

  9. I dipped my toe in the water tonight…did not keep it there long…not really for me….like others…I lasted around 15 to 20 minutes…

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