:Adam Hills Tonight
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{{Use Australian English|date=September 2013}}
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| presenter = Adam Hills
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| country = Australia
| language = English
| num_series = 3
| num_episodes = 36
| list_episodes = List of Adam Hills Tonight episodes
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| location = Gordon Street, Elsternwick, Melbourne, Australia
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| runtime = 60 minutes
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| network = ABC1
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Adam Hills Tonight, formerly known as Adam Hills in Gordon Street Tonight, is a comedic Australian television interview show that ran from February 2011 to July 2013 on ABC1. It was hosted by comedian Adam Hills and co-starred Hannah Gadsby and Dave O'Neil. The show featured celebrity guests, comedy, and live music.
History and production
The first series went to air as Adam Hills in Gordon Street Tonight from 9 February 2011.{{cite web|publisher=TV Tonight|first=David|last=Knox|title=Airdate: Adam Hills in Gordon Street Tonight|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2011/01/airdate-adam-hills-in-gordon-street-tonight.html|date=15 January 2011|accessdate=28 April 2011}}
The series was co-written by Hills, Gadsby, Michael Chamberlin, Stephen Hall, Justin Kennedy and others.{{IMDb title|1838775}}
The program was filmed at ABC TV's Melbourne studios in Gordon Street, Elsternwick and involved significant audience participation based on a questionnaire that audience members filled in prior to the show,{{cite web|publisher=TV Tonight|first=David|last=Knox|title=Gordon St Tonight: behind the scenes|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2011/04/gordon-st-tonight-behind-the-scenes.html|date=6 April 2011|accessdate=28 April 2011}} focusing on unusual traits, habits or belongings of audience members. These have included membership in "The Church of the Latter Day Geek"{{cite news|last=Vickery|first=Colin|title=Impressive debut for Adam Hills in Gordon Street Tonight|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/tv-radio/impressive-debut-for-adam-hills-in-gordon-street-tonight/story-e6frf9ho-1226003433782|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121230134352/http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/tv-radio/impressive-debut-for-adam-hills-in-gordon-street-tonight/story-e6frf9ho-1226003433782|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 December 2012|accessdate=28 April 2011|newspaper=Herald Sun|date=10 February 2011}} and "Mousey", the bedtime companion of an adult audience member. Popular audience members were invited to return; for example Mousey's adventures became an ongoing theme in the first series, culminating in a hit single about the toy released on iTunes by Hills.{{cite news|author=Coster, Alice|author2=McMahon, Kate|title=Adam Hills' mate Mousey storms charts|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/confidential/hills-mate-mousey-storms-charts/story-e6frf96x-1226044661702|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120903162142/http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/confidential/hills-mate-mousey-storms-charts/story-e6frf96x-1226044661702|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 September 2012|accessdate=28 April 2011|newspaper=Herald Sun|date=26 April 2011}}
The second series premiered on 8 February 2012.{{cite web|publisher=TV Tonight|first=David|last=Knox|title=Adam Hills in Gordon St Tonight: Feb 8|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2012/01/adam-hills-in-gordon-st-tonight-feb-8.html|date=25 January 2012|accessdate=25 January 2012}}
The title of the show in the third series, which ran from 15 May 2013, was changed to Adam Hills Tonight, with the Gordon St set being removed from the studio. The removal of the Gordon St theme was only explained satirically during an ABC advertisement for the show, in which Adam Hills was told that the set was too high and was removed, instead of simply making it lower.{{citation needed|date=April 2019}}
On 28 November 2013, Adam Hills announced that the show was ending as he feared "running out of funny" and that trying to combine careers in Australia and the UK at the same time was proving to be impractical.{{cite news|agency=Australian Associated Press|author=Staff writer|title=Adam Hills calls it quits from ABC series Adam Hills Tonight|url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/adam-hills-calls-it-quits-from-abc-series-adam-hills-tonight-20131128-2yb2n.html#ixzz2ltZguWfy|accessdate=28 November 2013|newspaper=The Age|date=28 November 2013}}
Episodes
{{Main|List of Adam Hills Tonight episodes}}
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See also
References
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External links
- {{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/tv/adamhillsIGST/about/default.htm |title=Adam Hills Tonight |website= Australian Broadcasting Corporation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130604012519/http://www.abc.net.au/tv/adamhillsIGST/about/default.htm |archive-date=4 June 2013|url-status=dead }}
- {{IMDb title|1838775|Adam Hills in Gordon St Tonight}}
Category:Australian television talk shows
Category:Australian Broadcasting Corporation original programming
Category:2011 Australian television series debuts