Mesmerised (TV series)
Mesmerised is an Australian television series involving hypnotist Peter Powers traveling around Australia with actors and volunteers willing to be hypnotised by Powers and made to perform amusing and often embarrassing acts. The series was produced for the Seven Network by Endemol Australia.[3]
| Mesmerised | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Genre | Comedy/Hypnotism |
| Presented by | Peter Powers |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 6 (5 unaired)[1] |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Paul Melville[2] |
| Running time | 30 minutes (inc. adverts) |
| Production company(s) | Endemol Australia |
| Release | |
| Original network | Seven Network |
| Picture format | 576i (SDTV) |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | 15 October 2015 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | The Power of One |
| External links | |
| Website | |
The series premiered in Australia on 15 October 2015 on the Seven Network.[2] Although six episodes[3] were produced, the program was pulled from the broadcast schedule after low ratings for its debut episode. As of now, the Seven Network has plans to air the remaining episodes weekly on 7flix on Sunday afternoons at 5:00pm.[1] Episode 3 in the series, in which Powers convinced two heterosexual women they were lesbian lovers and legally married them, attracted criticism from Australian media watchdogs.
Episodes
Season 1 (2015)
| No. in series |
Title | Original air date | Australian viewers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Episode 1" | 15 October 2015 | 411,000[4] | |
| Hypnotist Peter Powers is unleashed on the unsuspecting Australian public, using his hypnosis skills to make a man marry an alpaca and cause mayhem during a speed dating event.[5] | ||||
| 2 | "Episode 2" | 24 November 2019 | N/A | |
| 3 | "Episode 3" | 1 December 2019 | N/A | |
| Peter convinces two heterosexual female friends, Louise and Kat, that they're long-term lesbian lovers and the pair legally marry, before they're awoken in their honeymoon bed.[6] | ||||
| 4 | "Episode 4" | 8 December 2019 | N/A | |
| 5 | "Episode 5" | N/A | TBD | |
| 6 | "Episode 6" | N/A | TBD | |
References
- Knox, David (16 October 2015). "Gone: Mesmerised. Returning: Dog Patrol". TV Tonight. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
- Knox, David (6 October 2015). "Airdate: Mesmerised". TV Tonight. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
- "Mesmerised". Yahoo! TV. 18 May 2015. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- Knox, David (16 October 2015). "Bachelorette, Gogglebox win for TEN as The Verdict pushes Nine to third place". TV Tonight. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
- "Mesmerised: Thu 15 Oct, season 1 episode 1". Yahoo!7. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
- https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mesmerised/dp/B07NHTGY62