Good News Week
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Overview
Good News Week was an Australian satirical panel game show hosted by Paul McDermott that aired from 19 April 1996 to 27 May 2000, and 11 February 2008 to 28 April 2012. The show's initial run aired on ABC until being bought by Network Ten in 1999. The show was revived for its second run when the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike caused many of Network Ten's imported US programmes to cease production. Good News Week drew its comedy and satire from recent news stories, political figures, media organisations, and often, aspects of the show itself. The show opened with a monologue by McDermott relating to recent headlines, after which two teams of three panellists competed in recurring segments to gain points. The show has spawned three short-lived spin-off series, the ABC's Good News Weekend, Ten's GNW Night Lite and Ten's skit-based Good News World.
Top cast
9 seasons
Season 1
1996 · 30 episodes
Season 1
1996 · 30 episodes
- 1 1. 12 April 1996
- 2 2. 19 April 1996
- 3 3. 26 April 1996
- 4 4. 3 May 1996
- 5 5. 10 May 1996
- 6 6. 17 May 1996
- 7 7. 24 May 1996
- 8 8. 31 May 1996
- 9 9. 7 June 1996
- 10 10. 14 June 1996
- 11 11. 21 June 1996
- 12 12. 28 June 1996
- 13 13. 5 July 1996
- 14 14. 12 July 1996
- 15 15. 19 July 1996
- 16 16. 26 July 1996
- 17 17. 2 August 1996
- 18 18. 9 August 1996
- 19 19. 16 August 1996
- 20 20. 23 August 1996
- 21 21. 30 August 1996
- 22 22. 6 September 1996
- 23 23. 13 September 1996
- 24 24. 20 September 1996
- 25 25. 27 September 1996
- 26 26. 4 October 1996
- 27 27. 11 October 1996
- 28 28. 18 October 1996
- 29 29. 25 October 1996
- 30 30. 1 November 1996
Season 2
1997 · 41 episodes
Season 2
1997 · 41 episodes
- 1 1. 14 February 1997
- 2 2. 21 February 1997
- 3 3. 28 February 1997
- 4 4. 7 March 1997
- 5 5. 14 March 1997
- 6 6. 21 March 1997
- 7 7. 28 March 1997
- 8 8. 4 April 1997
- 9 9. 11 April 1997
- 10 10. 18 April 1997
- 11 11. 25 April 1997
- 12 12. 2 May 1997
- 13 13. 9 May 1997
- 14 14. 16 May 1997
- 15 15. 23 May 1997
- 16 16. 30 May 1997
- 17 17. 13 June 1997
- 18 18. 20 June 1997
- 19 19. 27 June 1997
- 20 20. 4 July 1997
- 21 21. 11 July 1997
- 22 22. 18 July 1997
- 23 23. 25 July 1997
- 24 24. 1 August 1997
- 25 25. 8 August 1997
- 26 26. 15 August 1997
- 27 27. 22 August 1997
- 28 28. 29 August 1997
- 29 29. 5 September 1997
- 30 30. 12 September 1997
- 31 31. 19 September 1997
- 32 32. 26 September 1997
- 33 33. 3 October 1997
- 34 34. 10 October 1997
- 35 35. 17 October 1997
- 36 36. 24 October 1997
- 37 37. 31 October 1997
- 38 38. 7 November 1997
- 39 39. 14 November 1997
- 40 40. 21 November 1997
- 41 41. 28 November 1997
Season 3
1998 · 37 episodes
Season 3
1998 · 37 episodes
- 1 1. 6 March 1998
- 2 2. 13 March 1998
- 3 3. 20 March 1998
- 4 4. 27 March 1998
- 5 5. 3 April 1998
- 6 6. 10 April 1998
- 7 7. 17 April 1998
- 8 8. 24 April 1998
- 9 9. 1 May 1998
- 10 10. 8 May 1998
- 11 11. 15 May 1998
- 12 12. 22 May 1998
- 13 13. 29 May 1998
- 14 14. 5 June 1998
- 15 15. 12 June 1998
- 16 16. 19 June 1998
- 17 17. 26 June 1998
- 18 18. 3 July 1998
- 19 19. 10 July 1998
- 20 20. 17 July 1998
- 21 21. 24 July 1998
- 22 22. 31 July 1998
- 23 23. 7 August 1998
- 24 24. 14 August 1998
- 25 25. 4 September 1998
- 26 26. 11 September 1998
- 27 27. 18 September 1998
- 28 28. 25 September 1998
- 29 29. 2 October 1998
- 30 30. 9 October 1998
- 31 31. 16 October 1998
- 32 32. 23 October 1998
- 33 33. 28 October 1998
- 34 34. 30 October 1998
- 35 35. 6 November 1998
- 36 36. 13 November 1998
- 37 37. 20 November 1998
Season 4
1999 · 33 episodes
Season 4
1999 · 33 episodes
- 1 1. 21 March 1999
- 2 2. 28 March 1999
- 3 3. 4 April 1999
- 4 4. 11 April 1999 (Melbourne Comedy Festival)
- 5 5. 18 April 1999 (Melbourne Comedy Festival)
- 6 6. 25 April 1999 (Melbourne Comedy Festival)
- 7 7. 2 May 1999
- 8 8. 9 May 1999 (Australian Science Festival)
- 9 9. 16 May 1999
- 10 10. 23 May 1999
- 11 11. 30 May 1999
- 12 12. 6 June 1999
- 13 13. 13 June 1999
- 14 14. 20 June 1999
- 15 15. 27 June 1999
- 16 16. 4 July 1999
- 17 17. 11 July 1999
- 18 18. 18 July 1999
- 19 19. 25 July 1999
- 20 20. 1 August 1999
- 21 21. 8 August 1999
- 22 22. 15 August 1999
- 23 23. 30 August 1999
- 24 24. 17 September 1999
- 25 25. 27 September 1999
- 26 26. 4 October 1999
- 27 27. 11 October 1999
- 28 28. 18 October 1999 (Brisbane Writers Festival)
- 29 29. 25 October 1999 (Brisbane Writers Festival)
- 30 30. 1 November 1999
- 31 31. 8 November 1999
- 32 32. 15 November 1999
- 33 33. 22 November 1999
Season 5
2000 · 29 episodes
Season 5
2000 · 29 episodes
- 1 1. 26 February 2000
- 2 2. 4 March 2000
- 3 3. 11 March 2000
- 4 4. 18 March 2000
- 5 5. 25 March 2000
- 6 6. 1 April 2000
- 7 7. 8 April 2000
- 8 8. 15 April 2000 (Melbourne Comedy Festival)
- 9 9. 29 April 2000
- 10 10. 6 May 2000 (Australian Science Festival)
- 11 11. 13 May 2000
- 12 12. 20 May 2000
- 13 13. 27 May 2000
- 14 14. 3 June 2000
- 15 15. 10 June 2000
- 16 16. 17 June 2000
- 17 17. 24 June 2000
- 18 18. 1 July 2000
- 19 19. 8 July 2000
- 20 20. 15 July 2000
- 21 21. 22 July 2000
- 22 22. 29 July 2000
- 23 23. 5 August 2000
- 24 24. 12 August 2000
- 25 25. 19 August 2000
- 26 26. 26 August 2000
- 27 27. 2 September 2000
- 28 28. 9 September 2000
- 29 29. 21 November 2000 (The Closing Ceremony)
Season 6
2008 · 29 episodes
Season 6
2008 · 29 episodes
- 1 1. 11 February 2008
- 2 2. 18 February 2008
- 3 3. 25 February 2008
- 4 4. 3 March 2008
- 5 5. 10 March 2008
- 6 6. 17 March 2008
- 7 7. 7 April 2008
- 8 8. 14 April 2008
- 9 9. 21 April 2008
- 10 10. 28 April 2008
- 11 11. 5 May 2008
- 12 12. 12 May 2008
- 13 13. 26 May 2008
- 14 14. 2 June 2008
- 15 15. 9 June 2008
- 16 16. 16 June 2008
- 17 17. 23 June 2008
- 18 18. 30 June 2008
- 19 19. 7 July 2008
- 20 20. 14 July 2008
- 21 21. 28 July 2008
- 22 22. 4 August 2008
- 23 23. 13 October 2008
- 24 24. 20 October 2008
- 25 25. 27 October 2008
- 26 26. 3 November 2008
- 27 27. 10 November 2008
- 28 28. 17 November 2008
- 29 29. 24 November 2008
Season 7
2009 · 36 episodes
Season 7
2009 · 36 episodes
- 1 1. 9 February 2009
- 2 2. 16 February 2009
- 3 3. 23 February 2009
- 4 4. 2 March 2009
- 5 5. 9 March 2009
- 6 6. 16 March 2009
- 7 7. 23 March 2009
- 8 8. 19 April 2009
- 9 9. 4 May 2009
- 10 10. 11 May 2009
- 11 11. 18 May 2009
- 12 12. 25 May 2009
- 13 13. 1 June 2009
- 14 14. 8 June 2009
- 15 15. 15 June 2009
- 16 16. 22 June 2009
- 17 17. 29 June 2009
- 18 18. 6 July 2009
- 19 19. 27 July 2009
- 20 20. 3 August 2009
- 21 21. 10 August 2009
- 22 22. 17 August 2009
- 23 23. 24 August 2009
- 24 24. 31 August 2009
- 25 25. 7 September 2009
- 26 26. 14 September 2009
- 27 27. 21 September 2009
- 28 28. 28 September 2009
- 29 29. 5 October 2009
- 30 30. 12 October 2009
- 31 31. 19 October 2009
- 32 32. 26 October 2009
- 33 33. 2 November 2009
- 34 34. 9 November 2009
- 35 35. 16 November 2009
- 36 36. Finale 23 November 2009
Season 8
2010 · 38 episodes
Season 8
2010 · 38 episodes
- 1 1. 1 February 2010
- 2 2. 8 February 2010
- 3 3. 15 February 2010
- 4 4. 22 February 2010
- 5 5. 1 March 2010
- 6 6. 8 March 2010
- 7 7. 15 March 2010
- 8 8. 12 April 2010 (Melbourne Comedy Festival)
- 9 9. 19 April 2010 (Melbourne Comedy Festival)
- 10 10. 26 April 2010
- 11 11. 3 May 2010
- 12 12. 10 May 2010
- 13 13. 17 May 2010
- 14 14. 24 May 2010
- 15 15. 31 May 2010
- 16 16. 7 June 2010
- 17 17. 14 June 2010
- 18 18. 21 June 2010
- 19 19. 28 June 2010
- 20 20. 5 July 2010
- 21 21. 26 July 2010
- 22 22. 2 August 2010
- 23 23. 9 August 2010
- 24 24. 16 August 2010
- 25 25. 23 August 2010
- 26 26. 30 August 2010
- 27 27. 6 September 2010
- 28 28. 13 September 2010
- 29 29. 21 September 2010
- 30 30. 27 September 2010
- 31 31. 3 October 2010
- 32 32. 18 October 2010
- 33 33. 25 October 2010
- 34 34. 1 November 2010
- 35 35. 8 November 2010
- 36 36. 16 November 2010
- 37 37. 22 November 2010
- 38 38. 13 December 2010 - Best Of Special
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