Taboo (Australian TV series)
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 | |
| Based on | Taboo (Belgium TV series) by Philippe Geubels |
| Presented by | Harley Breen |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 4 |
| Production | |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Production company(s) | Lune Media |
| Release | |
| Original network | Network Ten |
| Original release | August 21, 2018 June 13, 2019 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
| Production website | |
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 | Thursday 8:45 pm | 309,000 | 19 | 68,000 | 16 | 376,000 | [4][5] |
| 2 | "Extreme Bigotry & Racism" | June 20, 2019 | Thursday 8:40 pm | 330,000 | 20 | 45,000 | 19 | 375,000 | [6][7][8] |
| 3 | "Mental Health" | June 27, 2019 | Thursday 8:40 pm | 326,000 | 18 | N/A | N/A | 326,000 | [9] |
| 4 | "Physical Disability" | August 21, 2018 July 3, 2019 | Thursday 8:40 pm | 280,000 | 21 | N/A | N/A | 280,000 | [10][11] |
References
- Knox, David (21 August 2018). "Taboo". Retrieved 27 May 2019.
- Knox, David (21 May 2019). "Taboo: promo". Retrieved 27 May 2019.
- Knox, David (29 May 2019). "Returning: Taboo". Retrieved 5 June 2019.
- Knox, David (14 June 2019). "Thursday 13 June 2019". TV Tonight. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
- Knox, David (22 June 2019). "Timeshifted: Thursday 13 June 2019". TV Tonight. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
- Knox, David (21 June 2019). "AFL, Cricket Battle It Out on Thursday". TV Tonight. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
- Knox, David (21 June 2019). "Thursday 20 June 2019". TV Tonight. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
- Knox, David (30 June 2019). "Timeshifted: Thursday 20 June 2019". TV Tonight. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
- Knox, David (28 June 2019). "Thursday 27 June 2019". TV Tonight. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
- Knox, David (5 July 2019). "7TWO Share Drives Seven win on Thursday". TV Tonight. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
- Knox, David (5 July 2019). "Thursday 4 July 2019". TV Tonight. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
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