- Thank God You're Here
Production and broadcast schedule
The show is filmed at Global Television Studios in Forest Hill (a suburb in the outskirts of
Melbourne ) which are rented byATV-10 .The second series of the show ran from 6 September to 8 November 2006, at a 7:30pm AEST timeslot. The ratings for the second season place the show in the top three shows watched in Australia boosting the ratings of follow-up show "House" on the network and placing the show up with ratings juggernaut "" which broadcasts on the
Seven Network . "Thank God You're Here" received an average of two million viewers every week. [ [http://www.pbl.com.au/media/pdf/2006/2006%20Aust%20Television%20Ratings%20-%20Week%2037.pdf "Australian Television Ratings"] ]For the last episode of 2006 (8 November), had received ratings of 1.85 million viewers nationally. [
Seven Network , [http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/enews/Seven_Network_Ratings_Report_091106.html Seven Network Ratings Report for Wednesday, 8 November 2006] ,Seven Network ,2006-11-09 , URL last accessed on2006-11-18 .]The final episode of Season One, in which the actor
Angus Sampson won, had 2.13 million viewers nationally. [ [http://www.australiantelevision.net/thank_god/series1.html Australian Television: Thank God You're Here: episode guide ] ]The first episode of Series Three was filmed on 21 June 2007. Guests for this episode included
Stephen Curry ,Josh Lawson ,Peter Helliar andCal Wilson . Series Three had begun at the same 7:30pm time slot on Wednesday 11 July 2007.Music
The main theme is "
Come Anytime " (June, 1989) by Sydney based rock band,Hoodoo Gurus . A piece used throughout the interludes of the first Season of the show is "Don't You Know Who I Am", performed bySmall Mercies .In the second season, new music was also used in addition to the main themes:
* "Reminder" byKisschasy
* "Pellet Gun" bySmall Mercies In the third season, more new music was used in addition to the main themes:
* "Everlasting" byHorsell Common ,
* "Beautiful Disguise" byTokenview DVD releases
Seasons 1, 2 and 3 of the show have been released on
DVD inAustralia . There are currently no plans to release the DVDs in other countries. Season 1 was released on 8 November 2006, Season 2 was released on 23 August 2007 and Season 3 was released on 28 November 2007.Awards
* Most Outstanding Comedy Program Logie, 2007
how promotion
Host
Shane Bourne and JudgeTom Gleisner appeared on "Rove Live" on 11 April 2006, to promote the show after the first episode had screened. After an interview withRove McManus , they participated in a game McManus called "Where The Bloody Hell Have You Been", a play on words of the Australian tourism campaign,So Where The Bloody Hell Are You? . In this game they had to perform, without preparation, a situation involving a funeral, and the reading of an improvised eulogy, following exactly the same format as "Thank God You're Here".Distribution
The format has been sold to
FremantleMedia for worldwide distribution and has subsequently been sold for creation in 13 countries includingBelgium ,Canada (Quebec ),Czech Republic ,Denmark ,Germany ,Israel ,Netherlands ,Russia ,Sweden and theUnited States . International versions are required to use the same sketch premises used on the original Australian version and if one wants to alter one of their episodes in some way, such as taping a Christmas-themed episode, they must go throughFremantleMedia for permission to do so.Fact|date=September 2008* The Czech version of the show, "Konečně jsi tady" was first aired on TV Prima on 4 March 2007. [http://www.iprima.cz/primatv/?23790e=24666&666e=957&961e=23788] The show was later put on hold to change it to better suit the Czech viewers. [http://www.iprima.cz/primatv/?23790e=25957&666e=957&961e=23788]
* The Dutch version, "Gelukkig Je Bent Er" broadcast its first episode on
RTL 4 in late September 2006, followed by "Gu' ske lov du kom" on Danish TV3 a few days later.* The German version, "Gott sei Dank... dass Sie da sind!", [ [http://www.prosieben.de/show_comedy/gott_sei_dank_dass_sie_da_sind/ Official homepage of German version "Gott sei Dank ... dass Sie hier sind!"] ] piloted in July 2006, premiered on 30 November 2006, in primetime on German channel
ProSieben , produced by local Fremantle daughter Grundy LE, but managed only to attract a small audience. It was cancelled after 6 episodes. [ [http://www.pro7sat1.com/pressezentrum/prosieben/2006/10/13/23307/ „Knacki“ Deuser auf ProSieben: "Gott sei Dank ... dass Sie hier sind!"] "pro7sat1.com ". Retrieved on 15 October 2006.]* The Russian version of the show, "Slava Bogu, Ty Prishel" was first aired on STS channel on 24 September 2006. [http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=178210 US commissions Thank God You're Here ] ]
* The Swedish version, "Tack gode Gud" was first aired on TV4 on 21 March 2007. [ [http://www.tv4.se/tackgodegud/ Official homepage of Swedish version 'Tack gode Gud'] ] It follows the same format as the Australian version and regularly uses similar scenarios.
* The U.S. version was picked up by
NBC after a pilot was shot on 9 November 2006, overseen byRob Sitch , who flew to Los Angeles. It was hosted by American actor and comedianDavid Alan Grier and judged by Canadian actor and comedianDave Foley . The program premiered on 9 April 2007 [ [http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=20070226nbc02 http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=20070226nbc02] ] with two back-to-back episodes (including the pilot). It followed the Australian format closely, with the additional quirks of the guests swearing they had not seen the sets or costumes at the start of the show, and host Grier appearing in a cameo for one scenario each episode. Though it managed to attract some fairly high-profile guests, includingTom Green ,Fran Drescher andWayne Knight (who appeared twice), NBC announced it had cancelled the show after just seven episodes on 14 May 2007. [cite web |url=http://www.tvseriesfinale.com/2007/05/2007_cancelled_shows_several_nbc_cancellations.php |title=2007 Cancelled Shows: Several NBC Cancellations |accessdate=2007-05-20 |format=HTML |work= [http://www.tvseriesfinale.com tvseriesfinale.com] ]* The UK version premiered on 12 January 2008 on
ITV . The show was made bytalkbackTHAMES , aFremantleMedia company.Paul Merton was both the host and also featured in his own scenes. [cite web | url=http://www.sitcom.co.uk/news/news.php?story=000230 | title=News - Paul Merton plans ITV improv show |accessdate=2007-07-27 |format=HTML |publisher=British Sitcom Guide] [cite web | url=http://www.sitcom.co.uk/news/news.php?story=000329 | title=News - ITV reveals 2008 comedy line-up | date=2007-11-15 | accessdate=2007-11-17 | format=HTML | publishrt=British Sitcom Guide]Hamish Blake has appeared on the first two episodes of Season 1.References
External links
* [http://www.tgyh.com.au/ Official website]
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