EXCLUSIVE:
It’s the comedy the last CEO didn’t want to screen, but Seven has finally committed to screening Aussie sitcom Fam Time, after 5 years of it languishing on the programming shelf.
The comedy stars Michala Banas (Winners & Losers, Always Greener), Benson Jack Anthony (800 Words), Karina Banno (Barons) and Duncan Fellows (We Interrupt This Broadcast, The Let Down) and features showbiz doyenne Rhonda Burchmore (I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here).
They star as a family addicted to mummy blogs, social media, internet fame, gaming, and screens…. (yikes, how much has that dated?).
It was announced in 2019 when Tim Worner was CEO at Seven and creator Michael Horrocks was Head of Comedy, produced by Seven Studios.
But when management changed and Horrocks departed, new boss James Warburton was not a fan of the comedy he inherited, with chatter he would not let it screen.
For five years the series sat on the shelf, leaving the cast bamboozled by the reluctance to run it.
Rhonda Burchmore recently told TV Tonight, “I have no idea. I was so excited to do that with the lovely Michala Banas and it was all set to go. It’s like the biggest mystery in the world. Whatever happened to it? I don’t know.”
Now under new CEO Jeff Howard, and Angus Ross Group MD, Seven Television, viewers will be able to judge for themselves.
Self-described ‘Mumpreneur’, Belinda Box, loves her blended family – but she also loves getting virtual love from her online tribe. Each week she uploads videos to Belinda’s Blended Blog with tips and tricks for being a modern mum in a busy blended family. With a mantra that “everything is content” this dysfunctional digital Brady Bunch, post and hashtag their way through 21st century family dilemmas while occasionally catching a glimmer of the truth – that the best type of like / love is the offline type they share with each other.
Thursday, 11 July on 7plus.