Have Australian audiences been paying attention? Yes!
In fact, they are so attentive to the week’s wittiest news quiz, they’ve made Have You Been Paying Attention? the country’s favourite 8.30pm show.
Each Monday night, Quizmaster extraordinaire, Tom Gleisner, delivers all the questions to a motley crew of comedians alongside regulars Ed Kavalee and Sam Pang.
While the jokes roll in, mostly at Tom’s expense, the contestants put their news knowledge to the test.
Now we wouldn’t necessarily recommend viewers make HYBPA? their primary source of news, but we certainly do suggest you make it your primary source of entertainment.
You’ll always get a giggle with some of this funny bunch on the podium each week such as Melanie Bracewell, Urzila Carlson, Anne Edmonds, Kitty Flanagan, Peter Helliar, Lizzy Hoo, Lloyd Langford, Jason Leong, Bron Lewis, Tim McDonald, Mick Molloy, Guy Montgomery, Julia Morris, Ray O’Leary, Celia Pacquola, Glenn Robbins, Hayley Sproull and Alex Ward.
But the real news is the 2023 ratings success for Have You Been Paying Attention?
- TV’s biggest 8:30pm program.
- 931,000 total national viewers.
- Reached 11.5 million viewers across the series, or 4% of the population.
- #1 in its timeslot.
- #1 in its timeslot in under 50s, 25 to 54s and 16 to 39s.
- #3 entertainment show in 16 to 39s, #4 in 25 to 54s.
- Biggest audiences ever on 10 Play.
- 88,000 viewers on 10 Play, up 10% year-on-year.
And, in 2024 you can get your buzzers ready again to play along at home when Have You Been Paying Attention? returns to test your knowledge on the latest trending topics and tickle your funny bone with the wittiest, but not necessarily the most correct answers, on a week’s worth of news.
Source: OzTAM, Regional TAM, OzTAM National VPM, Total Audiences are 7 Day TV + 7 Day BVOD + Live Stream, Program ranking based on primary channels, 5pm to midnight, minimum 3 episodes, excluding sport, Consolidated 7. Cumulative reach is Virtual Australia 5.0, When Watched, May 1 to Dec 3 2023, including encores.
