"from Series 1–25) were wiped from the BBC archives. The episodes that survived in the archives are: The ""A Question of Sport"" format has been applied to various other areas of knowledge. The following spin-off series were all made by the BBC: Roslin also hosted a one-off special, ""A Question of EastEnders"", in 2000. Another one-off special, ""A Question of Comedy"" was to have been aired on 16 March 2007 as a part of Comic Relief 2007, but after a scandal involving contestant Jade Goody it was replaced with a special edition of ""Top Gear"". ""A Question of Spit"" was"
"this matter until the conclusion of the investigation."" It was announced on 21 September 2007 that the British Comedy Awards 2007 would not be screened by ITV1; however, it was not confirmed then that the Awards would still take place in December, and it was not ruled out that they could be screened by another channel. The 2007 awards did take place on 5 December 2007, but that show was not televised. In early May 2008 Ofcom announced its fining and sanctioning ITV plc in a press release. On 15 August 2008, it was announced that a similar scandal could"
"with the earlier show ""Armstrong and Miller"") were produced by Hat Trick Productions for BBC One between 2007 and 2010 (no series was produced in 2008). It marked the first return of the comedy duo to TV since their previous sketch show ended in 2001. A fourth series was hinted at by Ben Miller in 2012, but there has been no mention of it since then. A special compilation episode was aired on 26 March 2011. Visitors to British Comedy Guide voted ""The Armstrong and Miller Show"" the ""Best Sketch Show of 2007"". It received a nomination in the 2007"
"fanbase"") welcome her humor on their programs, Griffin said she was banned from appearing on several TV shows including ""The Tonight Show with Jay Leno"" and ""The View"". She got re-banned from ""The View"" because of a joke she made about Barbara Walters. She says ""Ellen""s producers told her they cannot have her on ""trashing celebrities"", but she appeared as a guest on ""The Ellen DeGeneres Show"" on September 11, 2007. One of the most notable controversies occurred when she made a joke during a 2005 E! televised event that the child actress Dakota Fanning, then age 11, had entered"
"quiz being postponed several times, and presenters Nikki Osborne and Amy Parks ad-libbed for the duration of the breakdown. The show was delayed and alternative programming (two episodes of ""The Drew Carey Show"") was shown instead. On 11 January 2007, the show experienced severe technical problems again, resulting in the quiz being postponed several times. Again, Nikki Osborne and the production crew ad-libbed through the breakdown, reminding viewers to not call until the problem was fixed. At one stage when the problem appeared to have been fixed and the competition resumed, one woman who called through and gave a correct"
"from the schedule along with ""Courting Alex"" due to low ratings. Until early June, the CBS Website stated that the unseen episodes would be shown at a later date (presumably during summer 2006), but the website now lacks any mention of the show. It was hinted that the episodes were to be shown online on CBS' Innertube website, as interviews with cast members regarding the show were available there, but that never happened. In early July 2006, it was announced that Channing was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for her work"
"show went to a news broadcast, so that when the show returned, and viewers thought it was still live and thus still phoned the number, the last half-hour was in fact a recording as the vote had already finished, rendering the call-in votes given during the recording pointless and a misuse of the callers' money. ITV announced that they postponed the British Comedy Awards 2007 due to the voting irregularities. In a statement, the company said: ""Pending conclusion of the investigation, broadcast of the British Comedy Awards 2007 will be postponed. ... ITV will not make any further comment regarding"
"garnered a great deal of media attention. The MC Eric Tsang later apologised due to public disapproval over a number of remarks made at the time of the incident, including a request for a replay of the accident in slow motion, though other MCs such as Nancy Sit and Lydia Shum were seen to have laughed uncontrollably in the television broadcast. She again made news on 23 June 2007 while performing as a featured guest for New Talent Singing Awards Toronto Audition, where she exposed part of her bare chest. The material was cut from the delayed broadcast in Vancouver."
"she contacted Channel 7 where they told her that she never registered to claim her prize. The day after the final, Tanveer Ahmed appeared on Channel Seven's ""Today Tonight"" to defend the rigging claims. The story ended with Ahmed, in a reference to the show's catchphrase, saying: On 18 March 2008, the hosts of Seven's ""Sunrise"" were ambushed by protesters chanting and carrying placards that claimed ""Channel 7 doesn't pay"", a reference to the non-payment of winnings to winning ""National Bingo Night"" audience members and home viewers, live on air. Host David Koch blamed the incident on ""A Current Affair"","
"regular weekly appearances on the program. In a March 2008 episode Koch and Doyle were ambushed by a group of protesters chanting and carrying placards that claimed ""Channel 7 doesn't pay"", a reference to controversy surrounding the reported non-payment of winnings to ""National Bingo Night"" audience members and home viewers. The group, posing as fans of guest Keith Urban, were moved away by security. Koch later blamed the incident on the Nine Network's ""A Current Affair"", a theory that was lent credence when the same protesters appeared on that night's episode of the program. Both Koch and co-host Melissa Doyle"
"The third series was particularly notable for this, and gained much media coverage from a sketch that never made it to air. The sketch was supposed to show Shaun introducing a segment in which war hero Weary Dunlop would be shown as a transsexual and a few seconds into the sketch it would cut to the ABC switchboard lighting up with complaints. However, the sketch got complaints before it was even shown and subsequently never went to air - the irony of the situation lost on many of those who complained. Micallef made light of this by putting several sketches"
"was shown on the following Monday, thus one less episode was filmed this series. That Antony Cotton Show That Antony Cotton Show was a British comedy chat show that was broadcast on ITV & STV for one series in 2007. It was presented by ""Coronation Street"" actor Antony Cotton, and aired on weekdays at 5pm. The show was not broadcast in Northern Ireland, due to UTV's news programme beginning at 5.30pm. The show was filmed in front of a live audience at the ITV Granada studios in Manchester. Preview tapes of the pilot circulated before the series began, mainly on"
"episode. DeGeneres, a member of the Writers Guild of America, supported the 2007 writers' strike. However, on November 9, 2007, DeGeneres crossed the picket line to tape more episodes of her TV show stating: DeGeneres decided to abstain from doing a monologue on her show (which is typically written by WGA writers) during the strike. Her show continued production as normal with the exception of her monologue being omitted. The WGAE issued a statement condemning DeGeneres, stating she was ""not welcome in NY."" DeGeneres's representatives asserted that she did not violate the WGA's agreement, arguing that she is competing with"
"of ""Deal or No Deal"", an episode aired January 15, 2007, in which the banker's offer was $64,000. Host Howie Mandel said, ""This is the $64,000 question."" Three years after exploding into a nation's consciousness, ""Question"" and ""Challenge"" were both gone from the airwaves. Having faded in popularity in the wake of the hugely popular ""Twenty-One"" championship of Charles Van Doren, ""Question"" and ""Challenge"" were pulled off the air within three months of the quiz show scandal's outbreak. ""Challenge"" ended first on September 14, 1958 with ""Question"" taking its Sunday-night timeslot after a three-month hiatus until it was canceled in"
"Comedy Central execs, it was planned that Jennings would co-host and participate. The series was planned to premiere late in 2005 or in the first quarter of 2006; as of April 2006, development had stalled, and the show's future remained uncertain. Jennings explained on his website that ""Stephen Colbert's show was doing so well in its post-""Daily Show"" spot that Comedy Central decided they weren't in the market for a quiz show anymore."" However, as of mid-2006, he was still shopping a potential game show titled, ""Ken Jennings vs. the Rest of the World"". Jennings appeared on ""The Colbert Report"""
"TV sketches caused controversy, especially the sketch in which they pretended to have microwaved a cat. This clip got them onto the top 50 on ""50 most shocking comedy moments"" and they believe that the sketch gave them the notoriety that kept them in work for all the successive series. They went one-up on this sketch in the first episode of the second series where Norman holds a baby and they both move aside to show the microwave behind them. Gareth flips a coin, then the baby upstages them (assumedly unscripted) by vomiting over Norman's arm. Other sketches were heavily"
"Show number 24 (""Pistol Whipped America"") was taped but never aired, after one unsuspecting guest named James March threatened to sue Comedy Central. Crossballs: The Debate Show Crossballs: The Debate Show is a Comedy Central television show which poked fun at cable news networks' political debate shows, especially CNN's ""Crossfire"" and MSNBC's ""Hardball with Chris Matthews"". In each episode, comedians posing as experts on a particular subject would debate two real commentators. The true experts were unaware that the show was a sham. Topics ranged from reality television to religion to violence in video games. It debuted on July 6,"
"not considered a creditable foundation for investigation"""" The findings of recent episodes are disputed by skeptics and police, who do not officially believe in psychic detection and are in most cases not willing to follow up investigations conducted by private investigators on behalf of the show's producers. The show was exposed on a 2007 episode of Eating Media Lunch, in a section called ""Sensing Bullshit"", which showed footage from the Australian TV show ""Caught on Hidden Camera"" where Deb Webber answered questions about a presenter's fictional sister. It was further satirized in the season finale, where host Jeremy Wells humorously"
"performances, such as one in Olympia, Washington, neo-Nazis threatened the performance while the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) issued fliers condemning their use of ethnic slurs. Despite the reviews in major newspapers praising the show, mainstream newspapers as well as radio stations have refused to run advertisements for the show due to the controversial title. The show went on hiatus, after four years, in March 2008. It began performing once again in 2010 with a change in its performers. Both Gregley and Agustin are still performing but the ""chink"" is now played by a new person"
"the show did not debut. When she was interviewed by Erin Whitehead in 2009, it was reported her new show would be back on in the fall of that year. In April 2007 a Washington, DC alternative weekly newspaper called the ""Washington City Paper"" featured an article on Austin under their ""Cheap Seats"" column, where she was questioned about how some of her exercise shows on YouTube are like pornography to some people. Austin said that she was totally unaware. She also reportedly said, with a giggle, that she was worried about it. Denise Austin Denise Austin (née Katnich; born"
"the show was the responsibility of the ITV Compliance Unit of ITV Network Limited (consisting of members from ITV plc, STV Group, UTV Media, and Channel Television Ltd). In June 2010, it was announced that awards were to be broadcast on Channel 4 for three years, which was later extended for one more year. Shortly afterwards, the 2010 ceremony was postponed until the 2010 ceremony finally aired in January 2011. In June 2015 Channel 4 announced they would be dropping the ceremony. At the 2005 British Comedy Awards show, the wrong show received the People's Choice Award. The award was"
"was substituted since ""To Mend And Defend"" received 19 complaints from viewers who claimed ""the violence was unacceptable and the characters were inappropriate in a children's programme shown at this time"" on its original airing in July 1997. It was not specified, however, why the following episode, ""Between a Raccoon and a Hard Place"", was omitted from the run. The run was abruptly stopped without warning after the episode 'Return of the Crimson Binome', and the remainder of the series wasn't aired due to ITV deeming the content unsuitable. After the abrupt end of the run, several UK fans contacted"
"Kielty, as co-host Cat Deeley was attempting to introduce the next act. The BBC received over 400 complaints, although Kielty joked about the incident in a subsequent episode. A spokeswoman for the programme said: ""Richard Park did not realise he was on camera at the time. It is a live show and tensions were running high but we are really sorry if any offence was caused."" The feud between Kielty and Park spilled over into the press after the show had ended. Park claimed that Kielty's presenting skills had been ""sub-standard"" and speculated that he would never be seen on"
"Opera Interactive also denied any wrongdoing. The BBC suspended all phone-in competitions indefinitely on 18 July 2007, after further revelations about faked competition winners, including incidents during the charity broadcasts Comic Relief and Children in Need. British tabloid newspapers reported on 26 July 2007 that ITV's broadcast of the 2005 British Comedy Awards had also been conning viewers. According to a report in ""The Sun"", viewers telephoned a premium-rate number to vote for the People's Choice Award during what was claimed to be a live broadcast; yet, at 22:30, the show went to a news broadcast, so that when the"
"pointing out someone else's misfortune"". In December 2013 a BBC Panorama programme pointed out that between 2007 and 2009 millions of pounds donated to Comic Relief had been invested in funds which appeared ""to contradict several of its core aims"", with shares in tobacco, alcohol and arms firms. The 2017 event was negatively received by viewers with many criticising it for its various technical problems, poor sound, unfunny sketches and inappropriate jokes such as comedian Russell Brand yelling 'Fucking Hell' after the broadcast cut off due to a technical fault, two sketches shown before the 9pm watershed; one in which"
"comedy act with a popular YouTube channel. Klum used pressed her buzzer for a cyr wheel act named ""Brad Henderson"". However, her golden buzzer was not televised. However, both televised acts were eliminated at Judgment Week. Mel B was not seen to use the golden buzzer to save any act. Either she did not use the buzzer, or she did but the acts audition did not air. A special audition episode aired on Sunday, June 22, 2014 (instead of Tuesday, June 24), showcasing the ""best talent on the show this year so far"". NBC also announced that two acts (who"
"The Sketch Show The Sketch Show is a British television sketch comedy programme, featuring many leading British comedians. It aired on ITV between 2001 and 2004. The show was first commissioned in 2001 and was co-produced by a company owned by Steve Coogan. Despite the first series winning a BAFTA for Best Comedy, the second series was cancelled due to poor viewing figures. Lee Mack states in his autobiography ""Mack The Life"" that the final two episodes have never been broadcast. A spinoff of the same title was produced in the United States. Similarly to the UK version, the final"
"since they thought the public would only vote for children and the final program would become a children's show. Debates in the TV4 Talang 2007 forum about the public's tendency to vote for child acts and whether adults and children should compete in the same show were ongoing throughout the entire season. The host, Peppe Eng, had to rush the jury through their comments for each contestant to keep the show on schedule. Furthermore, TV4 sabotaged the show's climax by showing the name of the winner to the TV audience before the winner was announced; when the card containing the"
"to confront him about his nudity at home, another where he is at a ball game with his son. He is sensitive to people's problems, but denies any connection to complaints about his refusal to put some clothes on, not even to the point in the second sketch where he is arrested for indecent exposure. The sketch was discontinued, arguably because of risk of censorship violations. Rob Schneider was actually naked on set; despite being careful to obscure himself behind counters, et cetera, there were a couple of times that Schneider's naked rear end was in plain view of the"
"Li Yong. Zhou then gave Li Yong an annoyed stare, obviously visible as the camera was focused on her. Zhu Jun then interrupted Li Yong again, only to be interrupted by Zhou Tao before the ten-second countdown began. Host Zhang Zequn has since then apologized on his CCTV blog. The three minutes of mismanagement, along with the general dullness of the programming led some Chinese online forums to criticize the 2007 ""Gala"" as ""the worst in 20 years"", citing Zhao Benshan's skit as the only bright point. Some observers have criticized the ""Gala"" for resisting larger trends in Chinese society,"
"on a Letterman late-night show, but his entire performance was removed from the broadcast: until that point the only occasion where a comedian's entire routine was cut after taping. Hicks' stand-up routine was removed from the show, Hicks said, because Letterman's producers believed the material, which included jokes involving religion and the anti-abortion movement, was unsuitable for broadcast. Producer Robert Morton initially blamed CBS, which denied responsibility; Morton later conceded it was his decision. Although Letterman later expressed regret at the way Hicks had been handled, Hicks did not appear on the show again. Hicks was actively undergoing chemotherapy at"
"on Paramount Comedy. The season finale aired on August 7, 2008 during which Iliza Shlesinger was revealed as the winner, the first and only female to win the title. Marcus was the season 6 runner-up. The seventh season premiered on June 7, 2010, hosted by Craig Robinson. The show was again reworked following a format similar to the one used for Season 3, without a House or Challenges, with voting beginning right after the Semi-Finals. The judges for season 7 were Greg Giraldo, Natasha Leggero, and Andy Kindler. Comedians that have appeared this season include James Adomian, Paula Bel, Claudia"
"British Comedy Awards The British Comedy Awards were an annual awards ceremony in the United Kingdom celebrating notable comedians and entertainment performances of the previous year. The awards were shown live on ITV in December from 1990 to 2006, after which the broadcast of the British Comedy Awards 2007 was suspended by ITV due to allegations of irregularities and deception in the awarding of the 2005 People's Choice Award and then ongoing related investigations about the 2007 British television phone-in scandal resulting in Ofcom's subsequently fining ITV a record £5.675 million for its misuse of premium-rate telephone lines. After Michael"