Hughesy, We Have a Problem

Hughesy, We Have a Problem was an Australian comedy panel television series which premiered on Network 10 on 30 January 2018. The program was hosted by Dave Hughes, who along with a panel of comedians, attempted to solve problems of viewers, guests, panellists or the host.^[1] The show was filmed at Network 10 Studios in Pyrmont, a suburb in Sydney's inner city.

Hughesy, We Have a Problem
Genre	Panel show Comedy
Created by	Dave Hughes
Presented by	Dave Hughes
Starring	Becky Lucas (2021) Nazeem Hussain (2021)
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
No. of seasons	5
No. of episodes	52
Production
Producer	Paul Leadon
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	42—44 minutes
Production company	Screentime
Original release
Network	Network 10
Release	30 January 2018 (2018-01-30) – 29 March 2021 (2021-03-29)

Production

The program was announced in October 2017, with Hughes defecting from his previous contract with the Nine Network as a co-host of The Footy Show to host the new Network Ten format, which was commissioned for 8 episodes and filmed in late 2017.^[2][3] The series is produced by Screentime.^[4] Due to positive social media feedback, Network Ten renewed the show for a second season, which aired from the week following the season one finale.^[5]

In May 2018, the series was renewed for a third season.^[6]

On Monday 23 December 2019, Hughesy, We Have a Problem aired its Christmas special episode.^[7]

In October 2021, Network 10 officially announced that the show had been cancelled after five seasons.^[8]

Episodes

Season		Episodes	Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired
	1	8	30 January 2018 (2018-01-30)	20 March 2018 (2018-03-20)
	2	8	27 March 2018 (2018-03-27)	9 May 2018 (2018-05-09)
	3	15	29 January 2019 (2019-01-29)	23 December 2019 (2019-12-23)
	4	13	20 January 2020 (2020-01-20)	20 April 2020 (2020-04-20)
	5	8	8 February 2021 (2021-02-08)	29 March 2021 (2021-03-29)

Season 1 (2018)

No. overall	No. in season	Guests	Celebrities	Timeslot	Original release date	Viewers
1	1	Harley Breen, Anne Edmonds, Nazeem Hussain, Julia Morris	Ricki-Lee Coulter	8:40 pm Tuesday	30 January 2018 (2018-01-30)	660,000[9]
2	2	Lawrence Mooney, Rachel Corbett, Nick Cody, Urzila Carlson	Brendan Jones	8:40 pm Tuesday	6 February 2018 (2018-02-06)	551,000[10]
3	3	Anne Edmonds, Merrick Watts, Kate Langbroek, Sam Simmons	Brooke Satchwell	9:00 pm Tuesday	13 February 2018 (2018-02-13)	482,000[11]
4	4	Dave Thornton, Susie Youssef, Lehmo, Fiona O'Loughlin	Matty Johnson	8:45 pm Tuesday	20 February 2018 (2018-02-20)	504,000[12]
5	5	Kate Langbroek, Joel Creasey, Denise Scott, Dave O'Neil	Ita Buttrose	8:40 pm Tuesday	27 February 2018 (2018-02-27)	480,000[13]
6	6	Meshel Laurie, Luke McGregor, Sarah Harris, Merrick Watts	Natarsha Belling	8:40 pm Tuesday	6 March 2018 (2018-03-06)	479,000[14]
7	7	Dave O'Neil, Susie Youssef, Tommy Little, Denise Scott	Michala Banas	8:40 pm Tuesday	13 March 2018 (2018-03-13)	445,000[15]
8	8	Judith Lucy, Rhys Nicholson, Jo Stanley, Peter Berner	Sam Wood	8:40 pm Tuesday	20 March 2018 (2018-03-20)	363,000[16]

Season 2 (2018)

No. overall	No. in season	Guests	Celebrities	Timeslot	Original release date	Viewers
9	1	Josh Thomas, Susie Youssef, Charlie Pickering, Meshel Laurie	Osher Günsberg	8:40pm Tuesday	27 March 2018 (2018-03-27)	579,000[17]
10	2	Dave O'Neil, Cal Wilson, Ross Noble, Chrissie Swan	Florence Moerenhout	8:50 pm Tuesday	3 April 2018 (2018-04-03)	553,000[18]
11	3	Nazeem Hussain, Sarah Harris, Sam Simmons, Fiona O'Loughlin	Alex Perry	8:40 pm Tuesday	10 April 2018 (2018-04-10)	465,000[19]
12	4	Anne Edmonds, Matt Okine, Kate Langbroek, Dave Thornton	Ian Smith	8:45 pm Tuesday	17 April 2018 (2018-04-17)	495,000[20]
13	5	Urzila Carlson, Merrick Watts, Em Rusciano, Jason Byrne	Gina Liano	8:40 pm Tuesday	24 April 2018 (2018-04-24)	288,000[21]
14	6	Becky Lucas, Lawrence Mooney, Kate Langbroek, Tommy Little	Merv Hughes	8:50 pm Tuesday	1 May 2018 (2018-05-01)	422,000[22]
15	7	Sarah Harris, Rove McManus, Meshel Laurie, Peter Rowsthorn	Casey Donovan	9:10 pm Tuesday	8 May 2018 (2018-05-08)	460,000[23]
16	8	Susie Youssef, Luke McGregor, Poh Ling Yeow, Peter Helliar	Danny Green	8:45 pm Wednesday	9 May 2018 (2018-05-09)	495,000[24]

Season 3 (2019)

No. overall	No. in season	Guests	Celebrities	Timeslot	Original release date	Viewers
17	1	Celia Pacquola, Tommy Little, Kate Langbroek, Sam Simmons	Beau Ryan	9:00 pm Tuesday	29 January 2019 (2019-01-29)	521,000[25]
18	2	Nazeem Hussain, Ellen Briggs, Tom Ballard, Anne Edmonds	Anthony Callea	9:00 pm Tuesday	5 February 2019 (2019-02-05)	434,000[26]
19	3	Ryan Fitzgerald, Claire Hooper, Luke McGregor, Meshel Laurie	Jacqui Lambie	9:00 pm Tuesday	12 February 2019 (2019-02-12)	373,000[27]
20	4	Amanda Keller, Ivan Aristeguieta, Kate Langbroek, Peter Helliar	Michelle Bridges	8:45 pm Tuesday	19 February 2019 (2019-02-19)	261,000[28]
21	5	Urzila Carlson, Luke McGregor, Nikki Osborne, Kyle Sandilands	Natalie Bassingthwaighte	9:35 pm Sunday	24 February 2019 (2019-02-24)	285,000[29]
22	6	Dave O'Neil, Denise Scott, Charlie Pickering, Em Rusciano	Jessica Rowe	9:05 pm Sunday	3 March 2019 (2019-03-03)	277,000[30]
23	7	Merrick Watts, Mel Buttle, Cal Wilson, Sam Simmons	Grant Denyer	9:05 pm Sunday	10 March 2019 (2019-03-10)	232,000[31]
24	8	Judith Lucy, Harley Breen, Yumi Stynes, Tom Gleeson	Sandra Sully	8:35 pm Sunday	17 March 2019 (2019-03-17)	309,000[32]
25	9	Fiona O'Loughlin, Dilruk Jayasinha, Sarah Harris, Dave Thornton	Gretel Killeen	9:00 pm Sunday	24 March 2019 (2019-03-24)	251,000[33]
26	10	Denise Scott, Nath Valvo, Mel Buttle, Akmal Saleh	Mark Humphries	9:00 pm Sunday	31 March 2019 (2019-03-31)	233,000[34]
27	11	Merrick Watts, Nazeem Hussain, Felicity Ward, Ross Noble	Shannon Noll	9:00 pm Sunday	7 April 2019 (2019-04-07)	198,000[35]
28	12	Susie Youssef, Arj Barker, Kate McLennan, Akmal Saleh	Dylan Alcott	9:05 pm Sunday	14 April 2019 (2019-04-14)	249,000[36]
29	13	Georgie Carroll, Joel Creasey, Anne Edmonds, Tony Martin	Olympia Valance	9:20 pm Sunday	28 April 2019 (2019-04-28)	231,000[37]
30	14	Anne Edmonds, Peter Helliar, Claire Hooper, Rove McManus	Brendan Fevola	9:10 pm Sunday	5 May 2019 (2019-05-05)	311,000[38]
31	15	Kate Langbroek, Charlie Pickering, Nikki Osborne, Ross Noble	Yvie Jones	7.30 pm Monday	23 December 2019 (2019-12-23)	321,000[39]

Season 4 (2020)

No. overall	No. in season	Guests	Celebrities	Timeslot	Original release date	Viewers
32	1	Arj Barker, Steph Tisdell, Tommy Little, Amanda Keller	Roxy Jacenko	9:00 pm Monday	20 January 2020 (2020-01-20)	411,000[40]
33	2	Harley Breen, Tanya Hennessy, Sam Simmons, Denise Scott	Cassandra Thorburn	9:00 pm Monday	27 January 2020 (2020-01-27)	247,000[41]
34	3	Judith Lucy, Shaun Micallef, Em Rusciano, Tommy Little	Jimmy Rees	9:20 pm Monday	3 February 2020 (2020-02-03)	265,000[42]
35	4	Meshel Laurie, Tom Ballard, Cal Wilson, Nazeem Hussain	Osher Günsberg	9:10 pm Monday	10 February 2020 (2020-02-10)	269,000[43]
36	5	Tom Gleeson, Mel Buttle, Steph Tisdell, Akmal Saleh	Human Nature	9:10 pm Monday	17 February 2020 (2020-02-17)	279,000[44]
37	6	Geraldine Hickey, Tommy Little, Ross Noble, Denise Scott	Pat Cash	9:10pm  Monday	24 February 2020 (2020-02-24)	275,000[45]
38	7	Julia Morris, Hamish Blake, Meshel Laurie, Anne Edmonds	Jack Vidgen	9:05pm  Monday	2 March 2020 (2020-03-02)	335,000[46]
39	8	Peter Helliar, Nikki Britton, Joel Creasey, Em Rusciano	Courtney Act	9:00 pm Monday	9 March 2020 (2020-03-09)	351,000[47]
40	9	Dave O'Neil, Becky Lucas, Stephen K Amos, Claire Hooper	Ben Elton, Tim Robards	9:00 pm Monday	16 March 2020 (2020-03-16)	293,000[48]
41	10	Felicity Ward, Sam Taunton, Fiona O'Loughlin, Luke McGregor	Barry Hall	8:40 pm Monday	23 March 2020 (2020-03-23)	333,000[49]
42	11	Denise Scott, Merrick Watts, Em Rusciano, Akmal Saleh	Rob Mills	8:30 pm Monday	6 April 2020 (2020-04-06)	298,000[50]
43	12	Cal Wilson, Nazeem Hussain, Sarah Harris, Ross Noble	Melissa Leong	9:20 pm Monday	13 April 2020 (2020-04-13)	382,000[51]
44	13	Kate Langbroek, Nath Valvo, Jan Fran, Dave O'Neil	Richard Reid	8:45 pm Monday	20 April 2020 (2020-04-20)	332,000[52]

Season 5 (2021)

Note: Problem Solvers Of The Week are listed in bold

No. overall	No. in season	Guests	Celebrities	Timeslot	Original release date	Viewers
45	1	Becky Lucas, Ross Noble, Kate Langbroek, Nazeem Hussain	Lisa Wilkinson	8:40 pm Monday	8 February 2021 (2021-02-08)	264,000[53]
46	2	Becky Lucas, Em Rusciano, Beau Ryan, Nazeem Hussain	Brooke Stratton	8:40 pm Monday	15 February 2021 (2021-02-15)	280,000[54]
47	3	Becky Lucas, Ryan Fitzgerald, Anne Edmonds, Nazeem Hussain	Dan Ewing	8:40 pm Monday	22 February 2021 (2021-02-22)	219,000[55]
48	4	Becky Lucas, Kate Langbroek, Nath Valvo, Nazeem Hussain	Murray Cook	8:40 pm Monday	1 March 2021 (2021-03-01)	223,000[56]
49	5	Becky Lucas, Josh Thomas, Jess Eva, Nazeem Hussain	Abbie Chatfield, Tom Papley	9:30 pm Monday	8 March 2021 (2021-03-08)	354,000[57]
50	6	Becky Lucas, Craig Reucassel, Denise Scott, Nazeem Hussain	Oli Leimbach	9:00 pm Monday	15 March 2021 (2021-03-15)	211,000[58]
51	7	Becky Lucas, Merrick Watts, Julia Morris, Nazeem Hussain	Amy Shark, Osher Günsberg	9:00 pm Monday	22 March 2021 (2021-03-22)	199,000[59]
52	8	Becky Lucas, Joel Creasey, Kate Langbroek, Nazeem Hussain	Angie Kent	8:30 pm Monday	29 March 2021 (2021-03-29)	191,000[60]