Hungry Beast

Hungry Beast
Hungry Beast
Format News & entertainment show
Created by Andrew Denton
Jon Casimir
Andy Nehl
Directed by Aaron Smith
Ali Russell
Presented by Hosts
Dan Ilic
Kirsten Drysdale
Nicholas Hayden
Monique Schafter
Current Reporters
Marc Fennell
Veronica Milsom
Kirk Docker
Elmo Keep
Ali Russell
Lewis Hobba
Scott Mitchell
Nicholas McDougall
Season 1-2 Only
Chris Leben
Jessicah Mendes
Kieran Ricketts
Daniel Keogh
Nathan Earl (Director)
Country of origin Australia
Language(s) English
No. of seasons 3
No. of episodes 32
Production
Executive producer(s) Andrew Denton
Anita Jacoby
Producer(s) Zapruder's other films http://zof.com.au/
Editor(s) Nicholas Hayden
Nicholas McDougall
Andrew Glover
Cinematography Aaron Smith
Ali Russell
Susan Lumsdon
Broadcast
Original channel ABC1
Original run 30 September 2009 (2009-09-30) – present
External links
Website

Hungry Beast (originally Projext NEXT [1]) is an Australian television program, that is broadcast on Wednesday nights on ABC1 and repeated on Thursday night on ABC2. It is produced by Andrew Denton's production company, Zapruder's Other Films. Auditions were held in January 2009,[2] with the presenting team announced in September.[3]

The third season of Hungry Beast began on ABC1 on Wednesday 23 March 2011 at 9:30pm with a smaller, more streamlined production team. The 12 week season has each episode themed around specific issues (e.g. Secrets, Waste, Captivity, Faking It, Download, Perfection and Wealth). Regular segments include Vox pops, "Follow The Money" and "The Beast File".[4]

Contents

Format

The show is a half-hour program and is structured as a hybrid between a current affairs program and a satire/comedy show. The presenters were initially given a single editorial instruction: "Tell me something I don't know".[5] Rather than having a strict format, the show was started without a clear format in mind, with the final shape evolving alongside the presentation team that had been assembled.[6] As a result, prior to the show's debut executive producer Andrew Denton described it as "unclassifiable" due to the chaotic nature of the work, likening the show's format to the Internet.[7]

Originally 19 presenters were used, but the second season saw the hosts pared down to just four, Kirsten Drysdale, Nicholas Hayden, Dan Ilic and Monique Schafter, although some of the other presenters continue to report onscreen.[8][9] During the second season of Hungry Beast reporters Ali Russell and Kirk Docker were nominated for a Walkley Award for Coverage of Indigenous Affairs[10] for their story on the "Gang of 49". Hungry Beast also was nominated for an ATOM Award in the Best Multimedia category, and an AFI Award for Best Light Entertainment.[11]

Pre-broadcast marketing

Prior to the debut of the first series, Hungry Beast's pre-broadcast publicity incorporated perpetrating a hoax upon several Australian news agencies, in which they constructed a media release by the fictitious Levitt Institute.[12] The release discussed a report called "Deception Detection Across Australian Populations", which looked at the comparative gullibility of people in different Australian states, and the release used a website and altered Wikipedia articles to provide support for the document.[13] The hoax was successful, with a number of Australian media groups, including the AAP, running stories based on the material.[14] When revealed, the hoax was criticised by the AAP who stated that they were "... disappointed that an individual, or organisation, would go to such lengths to take advantage of the Australian media and ultimately the Australian public."[15]

References

  1. ^ Knox, David (20 August 2009). "Denton's ABC Project retitled". tvtonight.com.au. http://tvtonight.com.au/2009/08/dentons-abc-project-retitled.html. Retrieved 1 September 2009. 
  2. ^ Knox, David (27 January 2009). "Auditions: Project NEXT". tvtonight.com.au. http://tvtonight.com.au/2009/01/auditions-project-next.html. Retrieved 27 January 2009. 
  3. ^ Knox, David (10 September 2009). "Hungry Beast team revealed". tvtonight.com.au. http://tvtonight.com.au/2009/09/hungry-beast-team-revealed.html. Retrieved 20 September 2009. 
  4. ^ Knox, David (20 February 2011). "Returning: Hungry Beast". http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2011/02/returning-hungry-beast-2.html. 
  5. ^ "Hungry Beast (9:00pm Wednesday, 30 Sep 2009)". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. http://abc.net.au/tv/guide/netw/200909/programs/LE0823H001D30092009T210000.htm. Retrieved 23 November 2009. 
  6. ^ Coleman, Adam (17 September 2009). "Creating a monster". inside film. http://if.com.au/2009/09/17/article/Creating-a-monster/BHUGRIXSGN.html. Retrieved 12 March 2010. 
  7. ^ Kalina, Paul (28 September 2009). "Appetite for a fresh take on the world". The Age (Melbourne, Australia). http://www.theage.com.au/news/entertainment/tv--radio/fresh-take-on-the-world/2009/09/22/1253384998717.html. Retrieved 12 March 2010. 
  8. ^ Vashti, Lorelei (4 March 2010). "Less frantic much improved". The Age (Melbourne, Australia). http://www.theage.com.au/news/entertainment/tv-radio/articles/2010/03/03/1267291888915.html. Retrieved 12 March 2010. 
  9. ^ Molitorisz, Sacha (11 February 2010). "Food for thought". The Age (Melbourne, Australia): p. 13. 
  10. ^ "Metro Screen graduate Ali Russell nominated for a Walkley Award". http://www.metroscreen.com.au/_blog/eNews_Congratulations/post/Metro_Screen_graduate_Ali_Russell_nominated_for_a_Walkley_Award/. 8 November 2010. 
  11. ^ Knox, David (27 October 2010). "2010 AFI Awards: Nominees". http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2010/10/2010-afi-awards-nominees.html. 
  12. ^ Natasha Robinson (29 September 2009). "Scam within a scam". The Australian (News Limited). http://theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26137070-25090,00.html. 
  13. ^ "Deception Detection Deficiency". Media Watch. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 28 September 2009. http://abc.net.au/mediawatch/transcripts/s2698835.htm. Retrieved 29 September 2009. 
  14. ^ "Denton show owns up to media hoax". NineMSN (NineMSN). 28 September 2009. http://news.ninemsn.com.au/entertainment/868763/denton-show-owns-up-to-media-hoax. 
  15. ^ "AAP Response to hoax". Media Watch. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 28 September 2009. http://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/transcripts/0934_aap.pdf. Retrieved 29 September 2009. 

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