Taboo (Australian TV series)

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Taboo is an Australian comedy factual television series which premiered on Network 10 on 30 January 2018. The program is hosted by comedian Harley Breen, who tackles sensitive subjects and concludes with a comedy routine. The host spends time with people who are disabled, terminally ill, victims of racism and those living with mental illness, turning their misfortunate, unique situations into a comedy routine experience which he performs before them and a crowd of family, friends and the public.^[1]

Taboo
Genre	Documentary Comedy
Based on	Taboo (Belgium TV series) by Philippe Geubels
Presented by	Harley Breen
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	4
Production
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Production company	Lune Media
Original release
Network	Network Ten
Release	21 August 2018 (2018-08-21) – 3 July 2019 (2019-07-03)

Taboo is produced by Lune Media and is based on a Belgian format. The pilot episode screened on 21 August 2018 and a season with three further episodes premiered on Thursday, 13 June 2019.^[2][3]

Episodes and ratings

No.	Title	Air date	Timeslot	Overnight ratings		Consolidated ratings		Total viewers	Ref(s)
				Viewers	Rank	Viewers	Rank
1	"Terminal Illness"	June 13, 2019 (2019-06-13)	Thursday 8:45 pm	309,000	19	68,000	16	376,000	[4][5]
2	"Extreme Bigotry & Racism"	June 20, 2019 (2019-06-20)	Thursday 8:40 pm	330,000	20	45,000	19	375,000	[6][7][8]
3	"Mental Health"	June 27, 2019 (2019-06-27)	Thursday 8:40 pm	326,000	18	—	—	326,000	[9]
4	"Physical Disability"	August 21, 2018 (2018-08-21) July 3, 2019 (2019-07-03)	Thursday 8:40 pm	280,000	21	—	—	280,000	[10][11]