Shaun Micallef
Is your favourite TV show back next year? Here’s everything on our screens in 2026
All the local broadcasters have bet big on their areas of expertise – aka ratings winners – while the ABC is doing the heavy lifting in scripted drama.
- Louise Rugendyke
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‘Just weird to kneel in front of another adult’: Turns out the notion of royalty is quite funny
There’s just so much that is weird about the rituals that lend the royals glamour but keep us humble.
- Esther Anatolitis
‘There’s nothing that I’ve made that will last’: Shaun Micallef refuses to be sentimental
As one of the nation’s best political satirists, he used to be mad as hell, but now the comedian is ready to listen.
- Louise Rugendyke
If you haven’t been paying attention, Sam Pang’s here to rescue the talk show
The popular comedian is preparing to take on one of the most recently cursed formats on Australian television.
- Louise Rugendyke
5 TV shows guaranteed to lift your spirits
Two weeks into 2025 and the year getting the jump on you? We dive into five TV shows which will lighten the mood.
- Debi Enker
‘I think I am without purpose’: The career twilight of Shaun Micallef
After recent controversies about giving the younger generation a go, the comedian, writer and presenter does not want to outstay his welcome. But he knows he will.
- Stephen Brook
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- ABC
It’s all change at the ABC and not everyone is happy about it
In the latest shake-up, Fran Kelly is back, Sarah Macdonald is out and there’s a new Media Watch host.
- Thomas Mitchell
‘Sashimi leftovers from last night’: Does a dietitian approve of Shaun Micallef’s lunch?
The comedian and TV presenter shares his day on a plate.
- Nicole Economos
- Opinion
- ABC
Familiar as hell? Shaun Micallef’s new chat show not what the ABC needs
Promoting his return to the ABC, Shaun Micallef quips that he stepped aside two years ago to make way for young talent, but there “wasn’t any”.
- Thomas Mitchell
‘It’s been nice to offer something a bit brutal’: Shaun Micallef on the end of Mad as Hell
The announcement of the show’s end came as a shock to its fans, but the comedian insists it’s best to leave before “audience starts readying the rotting fruit”.
- Bridget McManus