| Sit Down, Shut Up | |
|---|---|
| Format | Sitcom |
| Starring | Marg Downey Stephen Curry Jacqueline Brennan |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Network Ten |
| Picture format | 576i (SDTV) |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original run | 16 February 2001 – 28 June 2001 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | Sit Down Shut Up (American series) |
Sit Down, Shut Up was a short-lived Australian sitcom broadcast by Network Ten. It ran from 16 February 2001 until 28 June 2001 for a total of 13 episodes.
The series followed the staff and students at a dysfunctional fictional high school called Carpen Heights Secondary College, and focused on the life of the teachers in and out of the staff room.
Michael Reed, a writer for the show, has claimed that Summer Heights High, a more successful show with similar themes that debuted in 2007, had borrowed certain concepts from Sit Down, Shut Up.[1]
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In 2009, an animated remake of the series titled Sit Down, Shut Up aired on Fox, premiering on 19 April 2009 [2]. This American version featured the voices of Henry Winkler, Will Arnett, Jason Bateman, Will Forte, Kenan Thompson, and Cheri Oteri, Nick Kroll, and Kristin Chenoweth. It was developed by Mitchell Hurwitz, the creator of Arrested Development. Former Simpsons writer Josh Weinstein acted as showrunner.[3] The series received lackluster reviews and was pulled from FOX's Sunday night line-up after four episodes. The program aired all of its episodes when FOX put Sit Down Shut Up on late-night Saturday. Sit Down Shut Up now airs on Comedy Central in reruns.