Australia's Naughtiest Home Videos
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| Australia's Naughtiest Home Videos | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Comedy |
| Running time | 0:34 (including commercials) |
| Starring | Doug Mulray |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original channel | Nine Network |
| No. of episodes | 1 |
Australia's Naughtiest Home Videos was an Australian television comedy series which gained notoriety when it was cancelled during its only broadcast on September 4, 1992. The series was a spin-off of Australia's Funniest Home Video Show. Hosted by Doug Mulray, Australia's Naughtiest Home Videos depicted videos of sexual situations and other sexually explicit content.
After being informed by friends at a dinner, Kerry Packer tuned in to watch the show on TCN-9 and was so offended by its content that he phoned the studio operators and ordered them to "Get that shit off the air". The studio operators complied, and the show immediately pulled the plug and went to a black screen saying the network had "technical difficulties" (in Melbourne, the show went to a commercial and never came back), with two reruns of Cheers filling the show's remaining air time. The proceedings in the studio were also halted, and the show's entire staff, including Mulray, were immediately fired and banned for life from the network.
The show ran for just 34 minutes of a 90 minute premiere.
