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Good News Week is a Logie Award-nominated satirical news-based comedy quiz show on Australian television. It originally ran from 1996 to 2000, and returned to Network Ten in 2008. It currently airs on Mondays at 8:30pm on Network Ten. Hosted by former Doug Anthony All Stars member Paul McDermott, the show has a similar format to the British show Have I Got News For You. Comedians Mikey Robins and Claire Hooper captain two opposing teams consisting of four other guest panellists, engaging in comedic games in which they are required to answer questions about the news stories of the week to score points. The name of the show is derived from the song "It"s Good News Week" by Hedgehoppers Anonymous, which is also used as the show"s theme music. The show aired first on ABC TV before it was bought by Network Ten in 1999. The show has spawned two short-lived spin-off series, the ABC"s Good News Weekend (1998) and Ten"s GNW Night Lite (1999).

On 17 January 2008, it was announced that the programme would be renewed for a new run on Network Ten and Ten HD starting with a sixth season after the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike caused many of Ten"s imported US programmes to cease production. Good News Week has since been renewed for a seventh and eighth season, the latter of which is currently on air.