Newstopia
| Newstopia | |
|---|---|
Newstopia intertitle | |
| Created by | Shaun Micallef |
| Directed by | Kevin Carlin Bradley J Howard |
| Starring | Shaun Micallef Kat Stewart Ben Anderson Nicholas Bell Peter Houghton Julie Eckersley |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 30 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes per episode (including commercials) |
| Production company | Crackerjack Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | SBS One |
| Release | 10 October 2007 – 3 December 2008 |
| Related | |
| Micallef Tonight (2003) The Micallef P(r)ogram(me) (1998) Welcher & Welcher (2003) | |
Newstopia (stylised as NEWStopiä) is an Australian half-hour satirical comedy programme hosted by Shaun Micallef. The first season premiered at 10:00 pm on SBS TV on 10 October 2007 and concluded on 3 December 2007. A second season began on 27 February 2008 and concluded on 30 April 2008. A third season of the show screened from 1 October to 3 December 2008. The show was developed by Micallef, Gary McCaffrie, Michael Ward and Jason Stephens, with McCaffrie and Ward working as writers on the programme. A fourth season in 2009 was planned, but cancelled due to production clashes with Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation.
The show's contributors include Matt Cameron, Doug MacLeod, Dave O'Neil, Tony Moclair and Richard Marsland.