TV Burp Australia

TV Burp is an Australian television comedy program which premiered on the Seven Network on 23 July 2009 hosted by Ed Kavalee, and later David McCormack & David Hughes.

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 show was based on the original British award-winning TV series Harry Hill's TV Burp. The first season finished on Thursday 10 September 2009, with Seven hoping to bring it back some time in the near future, though the second series did not air in 2010. A revived series hosted by Australian musician David McCormack launched on 23rd March, 2016.

Pre-launch
In 2008, after seeing how successful it was worldwide, boss of Seven Network TBA announced it would launch an Australian version of British award-winning TV series Harry Hill's TV Burp in 2009.

Kavalee era (2009)
The original series, hosted by Ed Kavalee, premiered on the Seven Network on 23 July 2009.

McCormack era (2016-2020)
David McCormack announced in March 2019 that he would quit TV Burp to focus on voicing Bandit in the ABC series Bluey. His last episode was on 5 September 2019.

Hughes era (2020-present)
David Hughes' series of TV Burp began airing on 5 May 2020. It received positive reviews.

Repeats
Repeats of the 2016 version have aired on 7Two, 7Mate and 7Flix.

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