Best Bits (New Zealand TV series)

Best Bits is a New Zealand comedy show, where a panel of comedians comment on video clips taken from television during the week prior. It is produced by The Down Low Concept, and hosted by comedian Te Radar in the first series and ex-Seven Sharp presenter and comedian Jesse Mulligan in the second and third series.

Best Bits
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Country of originNew Zealand
Original languageEnglish
No. of series3
No. of episodes39
Production
Running time30 minutes (incl. advertisements)
Production companyThe Down Low Concept
Release
Original networkTV One
Original release19 July 2013 (2013-07-19) –
21 May 2015 (2015-05-21)
External links
Website

The first series premiered on TV One on 19 July 2013,[1] and ended in October 2013 with "Best Bits of Best Bits", an episode where highlights from the past series were revisited. The second series premiered on 26 March 2014, and ended on 19 June 2014. The third series premiered on 26 February 2015, and ended on 21 May 2015.[2]

Series overview
SeriesHostNo. of episodesBroadcastAir time
1 Te Radar1319 July 2013 (2013-07-19) – 11 October 2013 (2013-10-11)9pm on Fridays
2 Jesse Mulligan1326 March 2014 (2014-03-26) – 19 June 2014 (2014-06-19)9:35pm on Thursdays
3 1326 February 2015 (2015-02-26) – 21 May 2015 (2015-05-21)9:30pm on Thursdays

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 New Zealand 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.

Panelists

Recurring panelists

Guest panelists

International adaptations

An Australian version of the format, Best Bits, will air from 29 March 2016 on the Seven Network.[3]

References
  1. Eley, Tom (19 July 2013). "Te Radar shows his Best Bits". Stuff.co.nz.
  2. "TVNZ unveils its 2015 lineup". 13 November 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  3. Knox, David (21 March 2016). "Airdate:Best Bits". TV Tonight. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
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