Channel 10’s Have You Been Paying Attention? is suiting up to celebrate its 250th episode on August 1.
Joining host Tom Gleisner to celebrate will be Amanda Keller, Kitty Flanagan, Aaron Chen, Sam Pang and Ed Kavalee.
It’s been two years since radio queen Amanda Keller landed behind the buzzer, and it’s a warm welcome back to Kitty Flanagan and Aaron Chen, fresh from filming the new season of Fisk.
The 10th season of Have You Been Paying Attention? launched in May this year.
In May, quizmaster Tom Gleisner said: “To reach ten seasons is a true TV milestone. For a start, it’s nine more than Pooch Perfect.”
Gleisner asked regular contestant Ed Kavalee why he thought audiences enjoyed the show so much. His answer was simple: “Because we refuse to go away. Every season is like a new variant.”
According to fellow regular contestant Sam Pang, there is another reason why people love the show: “Because by the time our show starts, they’re drunk.”
Last year, Mediaweek caught up with Tom Gleisner ahead of the 2021 launch and asked about whether the Have You Been Paying Attention? format could work as a daily show rather than a weekly one.
“I guess you could do a daily version of HYBPA? but the show would struggle if it was a slow news week. I think a weekly hit-out suits us best. It also gives you that feeling of being asked about a story that happened several days ago where you might remember the basics but have forgotten the precise details. That’s part of our show’s challenge – and you wouldn’t get it within a 24 hour cycle,” he said.
When asked what the key to retaining an audience and keeping the content fresh is, Gleisner said, Our biggest asset is the fact that the news cycle refreshes itself every week – so we never feel that our subject matter is getting stale. Having guest quizmasters is another way of maintaining freshness.
Watch Have You Been Paying Attention?’s 250th episode on 10 and 10 Play On Demand on Monday August 1 at 8:40pm.