Best Bits (Australian TV series)

Best Bits is an Australian comedy show, where a panel of comedians comment on video clips taken from television during the week prior. The show is produced by Seven in Australia and is based on the New Zealand show Best Bits.^[1]

Best Bits
Presented by	Sam Mac
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	8
Production
Producer	Josh Thomson
Running time	30 minutes (incl. advertisements)
Production company	The Down Low Concept
Original release
Network	Seven Network
Release	29 March (2016-03-29) – 31 May 2016 (2016-05-31)

The first series premiered on the Seven Network on 29 March 2016.

Format

The show is recorded in front of a live audience. Each week the host, along with a recurring panel of four comedians, share brief video clips taken from television programmes, commercials, and infomercials from both Australian and international broadcasters that were broadcast during the past week. The panelists then make observations and jokes (usually of a satirical nature) about what they have seen.^[2]

Episodes

Series overview

Series		Episodes	Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired
	1	8	29 March 2016 (2016-03-29)	31 May 2016 (2016-05-31)

Season 1 (2016)

Ep #	Airdate	Timeslot	Guests	Viewers
1	29 March 2016 (2016-03-29)	10pm Tuesday	Heath Franklin, Mel Buttle, Harley Breen, Lawrence Mooney	364,000[3]
2	5 April 2016 (2016-04-05)	10pm Tuesday	Heath Franklin, Fiona O'Loughlin, Jesse Mulligan, Lawrence Mooney	368,000[4]
3	19 April 2016 (2016-04-19)	10pm Tuesday	Heath Franklin, Tegan Higganbotham, Sammy J, Jesse Mulligan	311,000[5]
4	3 May 2016 (2016-05-03)	10pm Tuesday	Heath Franklin, Felicity Ward, Stephen K. Amos, Lawrence Mooney	292,000[6]
5	10 May 2016 (2016-05-10)	9.45pm Tuesday	Heath Franklin, Claire Hooper, Daniel Sloss, Joel Creasey	315,000[7]
6	17 May 2016 (2016-05-17)	9.45pm Tuesday	Heath Franklin, Mel Buttle, Lloyd Langford, Matt Okine	332,000[8]
7	24 May 2016 (2016-05-24)	10pm Tuesday	Heath Franklin, Mel Buttle, Matt Okine, Claire Hooper	256,000[9]
8	31 May 2016 (2016-05-31)	10pm Tuesday	Joel Creasey, James Acaster, Nish Kumar, Harley Breen	259,000[10]