TV Burp is an Australian television comedy

Television comedy

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 program which premiered on the Seven Network

Seven Network

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 on 23 July 2009 hosted by Ed Kavalee

Ed Kavalee

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The show presents a satirical look at the previous week's television, including extracts from TV shows with added sketches, observational voice-overs, and guest appearances.

The series is based on the British version, BAFTA award

British Academy Television Awards

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-winning series Harry Hill's TV Burp

Harry Hill's TV Burp

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. The first season finished on Thursday 10 September, with Seven

Seven Network

The Seven Network is an Australian television network owned by Seven West Media Limited. It dates back to 4 November 1956, when the first stations on the VHF7 frequency were established in Melbourne and Sydney.It is currently the second largest network in the country in terms of population reach...

 hoping to bring it back some time in the near future, though the second series did not air in 2010.

Format

The show makes fun of TV shows from all Australian television networks, Kavalee will introduce the show and attempt to make fun of the lines that are said on the TV show, or they'll even try to mock the acting on the said TV show. Generally, the TV shows which are mocked are either reality, drama or game shows, such as Home and Away

Home and Away

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and MasterChef Australia

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Reception

The first episode of TV Burp was widely watched, attracting an audience of 1.007 million people. The second episode did not rate as well, below 900,000 viewers. The third ranked even lower, rating under 775,000 viewers.

Episode No.	Airdate	Ratings (in millions)	Nightly Rank	Weekly Rank
1	23 July 2009	1.007	12th	46th
2	30 July 2009	0.846	16th	64th
3	6 August 2009	0.774	19th	-
4	13 August 2009	-	-	-
5	20 August 2009	-	-	-
6	27 August 2009	-	-	-
7	3 September 2009	-	-	-
8	10 September 2009	-	-	-

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