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''Newstopia'' is an Australian half-hour satirical comedy programme hosted by Shaun Micallef. The first series premiered at on SBS TV on 10 October 2007 and concluded on 3 December 2007. A second season began on 27 February 2008〔.〕 and concluded on 30 April 2008. A third season of the show screened from 1 October to 3 December 2008.〔.〕 The show was developed by Micallef, Gary McCaffrie, Michael Ward and Jason Stephens, with McCaffrie and Ward working as writers on the programme. A fourth series in 2009 was planned, but cancelled due to production clashes with ''Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation. The show's contributors include Matt Cameron, Doug MacLeod, Dave O'Neil, Tony Moclair and Richard Marsland. ==Format== The show is presented in the style of a news bulletin, with Shaun Micallef acting as anchor. The programme begins with a statement by Micallef about history and/or news and their relation to the show. The rest of the programme features segments detailing often factual events, but told from a humorous or satirical angle. Like much of Micallef's earlier work, the humor depicted is mostly surrealism and some social satire. The programme also has several fictional commercial advertisements placed throughout the real commercial breaks, dressed up to appear as authentic SBS commercials; for example, ''Inspektor Herring'' is a parody of ''Inspector Rex''. Because these commercials are fictional creations of ''Newstopia'', for the first two seasons, SBS broadcast them with the SBS watermark in the bottom right corner, whereas genuine commercials did not show the watermark. Starting in the third season, the show removed the SBS watermark during the fictional commercial advertisements. The show also features subliminal parodies of Australian politicians and a vampire-like character, where still images are flashed on screen for a fraction of a second — long enough to be noticed, but not long enough for the viewer to have a concrete idea of what they had just seen. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Newstopia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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