Summary
Get Krack!n is an Australian comedy series which was created by and stars comedians Kate McCartney and Kate McLennan.[1] The series is a satire of breakfast television and features McCartney and McLennan playing versions of themselves hosting Get Krack!n, a low-budget early-morning television programme.
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| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 16 (list of episodes) |
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| Production locations | Melbourne, Victoria |
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| Release | 30 August 2017 – 27 March 2019 |
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| The Katering Show | |
Premise edit
Get Krack!n is a satirical comedy show that pokes fun at breakfast television shows. Kate McCartney and Kate McLennan play fictional versions of themselves hosting early-morning television show "Get Krack!n". McLennan is upbeat to the point of being irritating and unprofessional while McCartney is more realistic, but frequently tactless and socially awkward. The show is run on a shoestring budget, funded by commercial sponsors who manufacture and market questionable products. The production crew are either under-trained or employed as part of a prison work release programme, the show is constantly beset by technical problems, and the guests are unqualified "experts". McCartney and McLennan attempt to remain enthusiastic, but inadvertently reveal dysfunctional and sociopathic behaviour as things go wrong.
Reception edit
The last episode of the second series of Get Krack!n, featuring Miranda Tapsell and Nakkiah Lui and co-written by Lui, trended on Twitter, and was widely lauded as hilarious, ground-breaking, hard-hitting satire. It drew an angry response from right-wing commentator Andrew Bolt.[2][3][4]
Episodes edit
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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| 1 | 8 | August 30, 2017 | October 18, 2017 | |
| 2 | 8 | February 6, 2019 | March 27, 2019 | |
Series 1 (2017) edit
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Guest stars | Original air date | AUS. viewers (millions) |
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| 1 | 1 | "Episode 1" | Sam Neill & Emily Taheny | 30 August 2017 | 0.616[5] |
| 2 | 2 | "Episode 2" | Anne Edmonds, Emily Taylor & Adam Briggs | 6 September 2017 | 0.413[6] |
| 3 | 3 | "Episode 3" | Rove McManus & Beth Stelling | 13 September 2017 | 0.521[7] |
| 4 | 4 | "Episode 4" | N/A | 20 September 2017 | 0.453[8] |
| 5 | 5 | "Episode 5" | N/A | 27 September 2017 | 0.447[9] |
| 6 | 6 | "Episode 6" | N/A | 4 October 2017 | 0.354[10] |
| 7 | 7 | "Episode 7" | Nakkiah Lui & Miranda Tapsell | 11 October 2017 | 0.348[11] |
| 8 | 8 | "Episode 8" | N/A | 18 October 2017 | 0.388[12] |
Series 2 (2019) edit
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Guest stars | Original air date | AUS. viewers (millions) |
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| 9 | 1 | "Episode 1" | Justine Clarke, Isaiah Firebrace, Anne Edmonds & Fiona O'Loughlin | 6 February 2019 | 0.261[13] |
| 10 | 2 | "Episode 2" | Paul Kelly, Merrick Watts, Denis Moore & Genevieve Morris | 13 February 2019 | N/A |
| 11 | 3 | "Episode 3" | Adam Hills, Christie Dawes & Sisters Of Invention | 20 February 2019 | N/A |
| 12 | 4 | "Episode 4" | Anne Edmonds & Judith Lucy | 27 February 2019 | N/A |
| 13 | 5 | "Episode 5" | John Howard, Debra Lawrance & Darren Gilshenan | 6 March 2019 | N/A |
| 14 | 6 | "Episode 6" | Matt Day, Dave Thornton & Lehmo | 13 March 2019 | N/A |
| 15 | 7 | "Episode 7" | Anne Edmonds & Frank Woodley | 20 March 2019 | N/A |
| 16 | 8 | "Episode 8" | Miranda Tapsell & Nakkiah Lui | 27 March 2019 | N/A |
See also edit
- The Katering Show, an earlier series by the pair.
References edit
- ^ "ABC comedy rises for the early, early, early show". TV Tonight. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
- ^ "Small screen highlights: THAT episode of Get Krack!n". Screenhub Australia. 2 April 2019. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- ^ Bond, Nick (28 March 2019). "'Flawless fury': Viewers praise 'genius' breakfast TV take-down". NewsComAu. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- ^ Moran, Robert (27 March 2019). "ABC's Get Krack!n bows out with a bang in its last episode ever". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
- ^ Knox, David (31 August 2017). "Wednesday 30 August 2017". TV Tonight. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
- ^ Knox, David (7 September 2017). "Wednesday 6 September 2017". TV Tonight. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
- ^ Knox, David (14 September 2017). "Wednesday 13 September 2017". TV Tonight. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
- ^ Knox, David (21 September 2017). "Wednesday 20 September 2017". TV Tonight. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
- ^ Knox, David (28 September 2017). "Wednesday 27 September 2017". TV Tonight. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
- ^ Knox, David (5 October 2017). "Block, Bachelorette leave Border Security in crossfire". TV Tonight. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
- ^ Knox, David (12 October 2017). "Seven still caught in reno, dating crossfire". TV Tonight. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
- ^ Knox, David (19 October 2017). "Gruen beats 3-way drama battle". TV Tonight. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
- ^ Knox, David. "Wednesday 6 February 2019". TV Tonight. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
External links edit
- Get Krack!n Official Homepage
- Get Krack!n at IMDb
