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12:57PM Jess McGuire | A massive congratulations to The Chaser who have earned themselves the enviable title of Most Complained About Program On The ABC… for the second year running! If that last series was anything to go by, this is obviously the outcome they were hoping for. More »
And The Winner Of The Coveted ‘Most Complained About Program On The ABC’ Award Is…
12:57PM Jess McGuire | A massive congratulations to The Chaser who have earned themselves the enviable title of Most Complained About Program On The ABC… for the second year running! If that last series was anything to go by, this is obviously the outcome they were hoping for. More » 
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2:13PM Jess McGuire | Just a quick follow up from this morning’s little piece regarding The Chaser – on the off chance you’re not a Crikey subscriber, you would have missed yesterday’s brilliantly cutting assessment of the current furore in their daily newsletter. You need to read it. More »
Crikey’s Summary Of The Recent Chaser Outrage
2:13PM Jess McGuire | Just a quick follow up from this morning’s little piece regarding The Chaser – on the off chance you’re not a Crikey subscriber, you would have missed yesterday’s brilliantly cutting assessment of the current furore in their daily newsletter. You need to read it. More »
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7:54AM Jess McGuire | Honestly, what hope did Jackie Kelly’s idiot husband have of tickling funny bones with his version of “a Chaser style prank” during the 2007 election when even the lads from The Chaser can’t get away with making mischief on the telly without copping an earful from the Prime Minister? More »
The Chaser Anger The Public With Their “Chaser Style Prank”
7:54AM Jess McGuire | Honestly, what hope did Jackie Kelly’s idiot husband have of tickling funny bones with his version of “a Chaser style prank” during the 2007 election when even the lads from The Chaser can’t get away with making mischief on the telly without copping an earful from the Prime Minister? More »
If You Thought You Wanted To Marry The Lads From The Chaser Before, Just Wait Until You Hear How Rich They’re About To Become!
11:55AM Jess McGuire | If you’re a lady (or, you know, a comedy loving man) who has had a hankering for a slice of Chaser pie ever since you first laid eyes on that adorably motley crew of chuckle-musterers, then you may be about to feel your desire for the ABC golden boys increasing at an alarming rate. Sit down, get a glass of water, and hold on tight.
The Chaser boys are close to signing a $6million deal with the ABC that will see them return to screens next year.
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“Let Me Shag Kerri-Anne And We’ll Consider Your Offer”: Chaser Wooed By Networks
9:13AM Clem Bastow | In a development that induces horrible flashbacks to Kath & Kim being plucked from the ABC by Seven’s flying monkeys, the commercial network sharks have started circling the blokes from The Chaser, evidently seeing a cash cow in the political satire show. Whether or not the boys actually take the offer is another question, considering Chas Licciardello’s, er, unusual bargaining requests:
“At the moment the commercial networks aren’t offering us the right carrots,” Licciardello told AAP.
“We’ve been offered money, we’ve been offered better conditions but I’m yet to be offered an affair with Kerri-Anne Kennerley,” Licciardello joked.
“When they start offering the real stuff then we’ll start thinking of going but until then they’re just not trying.”
Chas you rogue! The bitter irony of all this is that, knowing Channel Nine’s solid morals, one can actually imagine a lackey being dispatched to Kennerly’s dressing room with a memo saying, “Look, Kerri-Anne, you’ve done a lot of great things for Nine, but we have a new project for you…” if they thought that the Chaser boys were going to be the answer to all the network’s problems. Run, Kerri-Anne, run as far away as you can! More » Well, That Certainly Wasn’t A Waste Of Time And Money
1:47PM Jess McGuire | The Chaser team come out on top!
The NSW Department of Public Prosecutions has dropped charges against the ABC’s Chaser team arising from a TV stunt at last year’s APEC Summit.
During the stunt, a fake motorcade was waved through two APEC security checkpoints in Sydney. Giles Hardie, a video producer who was one of the extras running alongside the Chaser limousine, said he was relieved at the news.
He was charged with entering an exclusion zone under laws enacted specifically for the summit in Sydney. Ten men – including two of the show’s stars, Julian Morrow and Chas Licciardello – and one woman were charged.
“I think relief is a word that springs to mind,” Hardie said.
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“This is just a great relief, it’s a great weight off our shoulders that’s been hanging over us,” Chaser cast member Chris Taylor said.
The dropping of the charges would allow the comedy team to better focus on upcoming projects.
“We’ll now be in a position to block out the rest of diaries knowing a couple of us won’t be serving time in a jail cell,” he said. “We’d been treading water until this matter has gone away. We’re looking at returning to the ABC in some form either by late this year or early next year.”
Huzzah, bravo, etc! More » 
New Years Eve With The Chaser? Well, Probably Better Than Going Out And Having Fun With Actual Friends, We Suppose.
8:45AM Jess McGuire | Let’s just presume – for one unholy minute – that you’ve decided to see the New Year in by staying at home and watching the television.
Yes.
In which case, LUCKY YOU – ABC wunderkinds of mischief The Chaser are going to be programming Rage!
After a year in which their trouble-making antics got them in strife with the law, the Chaser boys say they’re planning to see in 2008 quietly.
On New Year’s Eve, the team of Andrew Hansen, Chas Licciardello, Julian Morrow, Craig Reucassel and Chris Taylor will take over ABC television’s Rage program, with a selection of their favourite songs.
They say nobody’s invited them to any parties, so they’re doing television instead.
Uh-huh. So no pre-record then.
What can we expect them to pop onto the video jukebox?
Their playlist will run from The Beatles to The Violent Femmes, Sonic Youth and Hilltop Hoods.
So no Bindi Irwin then? Disappointing. More » Chaser Team Treated “Like Boy Band”; Does Not Mean They Were Fiddled With By Sleazy Impresario And Later Treated For Compensatory Alcohol Addiction
10:58AM Clem Bastow | Well, we would’ve never picked it, but it looks as though the blokes from The Chaser are the new thinking-girl’s crumpet.
The dudes have been doing the seasonal book-signing circuit this past week or so, and have been treated to screaming fans and even a few hearts a-flutter:
From the welcome they got from hundreds of teenage girls, you could have thought they were the Backstreet Boys.
The ABC TV show The Chaser’s War on Everything funnymen Chris Taylor, Chas Licciardello and Dominic Knight were in Melbourne to sign copies of their latest book.
Writer Knight said he was thrilled so many people showed up.
‘It’s very flattering, it’s great people are so into what we do,” he said. “We feel like we’re in a boy band with all this attention.”
…One fan at a signing this week got rather hot under the collar when meeting The Chaser crew and fainted.
The young woman was soon made to feel better after she was consoled by the boys.
Yes, that’s right, fainted. Let’s just remind ourselves of something:
Easy, ladies! More » 
Channel Seven Calls Noooooo Bingo On Chaser’s Election Special
9:06AM Clem Bastow | Despite their having liberally sprinkled National Bingo Night “Bingo Commissioner” Tanveer Ahmed through their shows since his “Nooooo bingo!” cry first caught their attention, The Chaser team will have to go without the plucky ump appearing on their Chaser Decides special.
Those fun-killers over at Stokes HQ have said Ahmed is contracted to Seven and can thus not appear on any other networks – and The Chaser team are understandably miffed after the network sought an injunction to spoil another of their gags (involving Today Tonight).
Seven’s deadpan decision to block Ahmed’s appearance was met with a big thumbs down from both the actor and the Chaser camp yesterday.
“It’s really disappointing the Bingo Commissioner won’t be making an appearance in the tally room on The Chaser Decides tonight – The Nation has been robbed,” an ABC TV spokesperson said.
Gee, Channel Seven are really kicking goals at the moment, aren’t they? Contempt of court convictions, calling Anna Coren a “performer”, and now this?
NOOOOOOOO, BINGO, Seven! More » 
Seven Confirms: Anna Coren Not Actually Serious Journalist After All
10:37AM Clem Bastow | It could be our medication, but we’re starting to feel a teeny bit of sympathy for Anna Coren. Installed in the wake of the popular Miss Today Tonight, Naomi Robson, ridiculed constantly, criticised from all angles – and now, even from within her own network.
You may have noticed that over the past few days, those wacky Chaser boys have been locked in battle with Seven, as the network tried to gain an injunction to finally stop the satirical show from having digs at Today Tonight. Well, far from shielding Coren from further humiliation, it’s opened her up to more:
The credibility of Today Tonight host Anna Coren has been officially declared a joke, after her own management this week successfully argued in court that she’s regarded as just a “performer.”
The demeaning job description for the former US correspondent, which emerged in legal documents yesterday, was the backhanded way Channel 7 was able to block The Chaser’s War on Everything from airing a stunt involving the star during last night’s show.
In an expensive bid to stop the skit via a Supreme Court injunction, Seven’s lawyer Dauid Sibtain stated Coren’s involvement as a “performer” meant the ABC would be breaking copyright laws if they reproduced her image without her employer’s consent.
Hang on, though. Did anyone ever think she was actually a real, live journalist? All she really does is spout dribble at the start of each show/segment, and then nod her head and say things like, “Mmm… I wouldn’t want to live there.”
Even her own TT bio is vague about her actual journalistic experience beyond presenting news updates (which, let’s face it, is about on par with the weather girl and the traffic helicopter).
At least now that she’s a confirmed “performer” we can look forward to seeing her on Dancing With The Stars and It Takes Two, because no one with a serious career ever shows up on those two! More » 