Worst New Comedy Winner: Monster House - 45.83% Nominees Bogan Pride - 29.17% The Mansion - 25% Last Year's Winner Summer Heights High

	Voter Comments Was this comedy? - menagers I can understand SBS giving Rebel Wilson a show - but a commercial network thought she was a bankable star? And hyped a vehicle for her to buggery? I seriously thought, a few months later, that the whole thing had just been a dream. A bad, terrible dream. - mixmaster flibble Proof positive that the people in charge of commissioning new comedy have no fucking clue. Was there ANYONE who thought this could be either funny or successful? - Moribunderast

The fact that Nine thought that combining a hidden camera show with a cast full of famous faces (think what you like about Rebel Wilson, chances are you'd recognise her in the street) would create a hit is a sign of how adrift things are at the once-proud former House of Packer. But the rubbish that was a thrown against our screens earlier this year was more than just a network blue sky session gone wrong.

Insulting to the public, offensive to its victims and disrespectful to dirt, this waste of carbon failed on every possible level to such a massive extent that even content-hungry Nine was forced to yank it off the air. Until the end of 2008, that is, as it's recently lurched back into view filling random gaps between phone sex ads: guess they finally ran out of episodes of Comedy Inc.

As for Bogan Pride, did anyone at SBS realise that the word "bogan" on its own doesn't count as a joke? Because "bogan" was about as developed as the comedy on offer here ever got. It was much the same with The Mansion, although you have to admire the way Foxtel took a successful comedy format and turned it into a bland paste. That kind of skill is usually confined to the major networks.

Now, as the host of Media Watch, occasionally I'm sent items that we can't use on the regular show. What with them clearly being made up and all. But that doesn't mean broadcasting them isn't in the public interest. And so, may I present, direct from a nannycam hidden in a Channel Nine boardroom...

	THE CREATION OF MONSTER HOUSE NINE EXEC ONE Next on our to-do list: a comedy show. NINE EXEC TWO Can't we just recomission Comedy Inc? NINE EXEC THREE She said "comedy show". EXEC TWO Right. Got it. On the same page now, guys... Bring back Hey! Hey! It's Saturday? THERE IS A LONG PAUSE. EXEC ONE ...Thank God You're Here is rating gangbusters for Ten, so I'm seeing something with lots of big names, famous faces being put through their paces with loads of improv... EXEC THREE I'm seeing a lot of edgy, unpredictable humour... EXEC TWO I'm seeing us saving a lot of money on writers. EXEC ONE But we need a twist, something to make it even more edgy... EXEC THREE Something even more unpredictable... EXEC TWO Something even cheaper... EXEC ONE I've got it: pranks. EXEC THREE Brilliant. They're unpredictable, they're in your face, the public love them! The time is right to bring back the prank show! EXEC TWO Yeah! Surprise Surprise Gotcha was great! THERE IS A LONG PAUSE. EXEC ONE ...So we'll put together an improv team made up of the nation's best comedians and send them out there to play pranks on the public! The improv guys will have to stay on their toes to keep ahead of the public, the public will have good old-fashioned pranks played on them and the audience will be glued to their sets to see who comes out on top! EXEC THREE Honestly, I can't see how it'll fail. It's got everything a hit show needs. In fact, with improv AND pranks, it's got twice as much as a hit show needs. This will be the biggest hit in the history of television itself. The money we make from selling the rights overseas alone will make us all richer than the guy who invented the alphabet! EXEC TWO If we use the nation's best comedians in the pranks, won't the general public recognise them? THERE IS A LONG PAUSE. EXEC ONE You are so fucking fired.

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