The 8TV Quickie

The 8TV Quickie
Genre Interactive
Created by Ahmad Izham Omar
Country of origin  Malaysia
Original language(s) English
Production
Producer(s) Primeworks Studios (since August 2008)
Location(s) Studio Mini, Sri Pentas, Bandar Utama, Petaling Jaya, Selangor
Running time 15 minutes with one commercial break (11:30 pm or 12:00 am editions)
1 minute (9:30 pm and 10:30 pm)
Broadcast
Original channel 8TV
Picture format 4:3 576i
Original airing January 8, 2004
External links
Website

The 8TV Quickie is a both 15-minute and 1 minute short variety show that airs every night at 9:30pm, 10:30pm (or 10:00 pm on certain days) and 11:30pm (or 12:00 am on certain days), on 8TV, where the first two airs for one minute while the last one is the regular edition which last for 15 minutes with a single commercial break.

The current hosts are Brandon Ho, Mark O’Dea, Nadia Nash, and Megan Tan.

History

The 8TV Quickie premiered on January 8, 2004, the first day 8TV started its transmission at 9.30pm. The programme originally aired twice every night for 15 minutes, which is weeknights at 9:30 pm and 11:45 pm and weekends at 10.30pm and 11.45 pm. In 2005, 8TV shortened its 9:30 pm edition to a one-minute slot while the 11:30 pm edition continues in its 15-minute slot.

Hosts

Originally, the hosts were Soo Kui Jien and Marion Caunter. Soo Kui Jien, better known as just Jien, left the show in February 2004, only a month after its launch. He was replaced by Adam Carruthers who began hosting the 8TV Quickie in March 2004.

In May 2006, Aishah Sinclair became a regular replacement host for Marion Caunter who became increasingly busy with 8TV's new reality show at the time, One In A Million. In September 2006, Adam left the show with Aishah and newcomer Keshminder Sadhu (Kesh) taking over as permanent hosts. Later that year, Marion Caunter similarly announced her departure from the 8TV Quickie eventually landing herself a job as a VJ on Channel [V].

In January 2007, the Quickie welcomed another new addition in former newscaster Edleen Ismail. However his residence on the show along with Kesh turned out to be "short lived" as both hosts announced their departures in February and April respectively. With that, Razif Hashim, joined the show in April of that year.

May 1, 2007 saw Belinda Chee of Teman join the Quickie family with Aishah and Razif announcing their departures from the show the following year. Aishah Sinclair left to join ntv7's Venus and Razif Hashim decided to further his studies in the UK. They were replaced by Phat Fabes and Rina Omar with Henry Golding eventually joining.

For the year 2009, Phat Fabes and Rina Omar signed off for the last time, with Fly FM announcer Prem Shankar and newcomer Zher Peen taking over the reigns. Hunny Madu, also of Fly FM, joined the crew soon after.

Current

Former Hosts

External links