Here Come the Habibs

Here Come the Habibs
Title card for Here Come the Habibs
Genre Comedy
Created by
Written by
  • Phil Lloyd
Directed by Darren Ashton
Starring
Composer(s) Kyls Burtland
Country of origin Australia
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 6 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)
Producer(s) Chloe Rickard
Cinematography Dan Maxwell
Running time 25 minutes
Production company(s)
Release
Original network Nine Network
Picture format
Audio format Stereophonic
Original release 9 February 2016 (2016-02-09) – present
External links
Official website

Here Come the Habibs is an Australian television comedy series produced by Jungle. It premiered on the Nine Network in Australia on 9 February 2016.[1] On 7 March 2016 the series was renewed for a second season.[2] Pre-production began in June.[3] Production will commence later in the year.[2]

Production

The six-part series was created by Rob Shehadie, Tahir Bilgic, Matt Ryan-Garnsey,[4] Phil Lloyd and Ben Davies. It was written by Phil Lloyd, Gary Eck, Sam Meikle, Trent Roberts, Steve Walsh. It is directed by Darren Ashton and produced by Chloe Rickard.[4]

Cast

Episodes

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateAus. viewers
(millions)
1"Here Come the Habibs"Darren AshtonPhil Lloyd9 February 2016 (2016-02-09)1.25[5]
After winning the lottery, the Habib family move into one of Sydney's richest suburbs to live the Australian dream, but their poshy next door neighbours are not all too happy about it.
2"Member's Only"Darren AshtonPhil Lloyd16 February 2016 (2016-02-16)0.94[6]
When news of their lottery win goes viral, the Habibs are invaded by relatives from the old neighbourhood. Olivia resorts to dirty tricks to prevent Mariam joining her exclusive yacht club. Toufic’s latest scheme to impress his father lands him in hot water.
3"Civil War"Darren AshtonGary Eck23 February 2016 (2016-02-23)0.90[7]
Fou Fou takes drastic measures when his in-laws visit from Lebanon and decide they want to stay permanently. Olivia’s attempts to get rid of the Habibs backfire when she is arrested for terrorism offences and Toufic finally hits upon a business idea.
4"The Anzaclava"Darren AshtonPhil Lloyd1 March 2016 (2016-03-01)0.80[8]
Toufic is threatened by the local kebab mafia when he launches the Cababab, a combined taxi/kebab shop. Elias decides to move out of home to impress Madison, but his mother has other ideas and Jack and Mariam cook up a revolutionary new business idea.
5"Party Habibs Style"Darren AshtonSam Meikle8 March 2016 (2016-03-08)0.66[9]
Layla and Touffic take over control of Madison's 21st birthday party. Elias’s romance with Madison is going well until her rich ex-boyfriend arrives back from London and Jack’s plans for the future of Anzaclava Biscuits are left destroyed.
6"The Brangelina of Bayview Road"Darren AshtonTrent Roberts15 March 2016 (2016-03-15)[10]0.68[11]
The O’Neill family are forced to sell their house when the Anzaclava empire fails to launch. Mariam finds out who is behind the O’Neill’s financial problems and is shocked by who it is and Touffic is forced to change his future when he is kidnapped by business rivals.

Ratings

No. Title Air date Overnight ratings Consolidated ratings Total
viewers		 Ref(s)
Viewers Rank Viewers Rank
1 Episode 1 9 February 2016 1,258,000 #2 223,000 #2 1,481,000 [12]
2 Episode 2 16 February 2016 944,000 #8 178,000 #3 1,122,000 [13]
3 Episode 3 23 February 2016 893,000 #8 165,000 #5 1,058,000 [14]
4 Episode 4 1 March 2016 796,000 #10 137,000 #7 934,000 [15]
5 Episode 5 8 March 2016 669,000 #16 163,000 #11 833,000 [16]
6 Episode 6 8 March 2016 692,000 #12 147,000 #10 840,000 [17]

References

  1. ↑ Knox, David (29 January 2016). "Airdate: Here Come the Habibs!". TV Tonight. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  2. 1 2 Knox, David (7 March 2016). "Renewed: Here Come the Habibs!". TV Tonight. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
  3. ↑ Knox, David (5 June 2016). "Viewers waiting for local drama backlog to be cleared". TV Tonight. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  4. 1 2 "Nine 2016 Upfront: Content is king on Nine in 2016". MediaWeek. 28 October 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  5. ↑ Knox, David (10 February 2016). "Tuesday 9 February 2016". TV Tonight. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
  6. ↑ Knox, David (17 February 2016). "Tuesday 16 February 2016". TV Tonight. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
  7. ↑ Knox, David (24 February 2016). "Tuesday 23 February 2016". TV Tonight. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
  8. ↑ Knox, David (2 March 2016). "Tuesday 1 March 2016". TV Tonight. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
  9. ↑ Knox, David (9 March 2016). "Tuesday 8 March 2016". TV Tonight. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  10. ↑ "Search Results for "Here Come The Habibs"". Foxtel. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
  11. ↑ Knox, David (16 March 2016). "Tuesday 15 March 2016". TV Tonight. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  12. ↑ Knox, David (17 February 2016). "Timeshifted: Tuesday 9 February 2016". TV Tonight. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
  13. ↑ Knox, David (25 February 2016). "Timeshifted: Tuesday 16 February 2016". TV Tonight. Retrieved 25 February 2016.
  14. ↑ Knox, David (7 March 2016). "Timeshifted: Tuesday 23 February 2016". TV Tonight. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
  15. ↑ Knox, David (10 March 2016). "Timeshifted: Tuesday 1 March 2016". TV Tonight. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  16. ↑ Knox, David (17 March 2016). "Timeshifted: Tuesday 8 March 2016". TV Tonight. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
  17. ↑ Knox, David (26 March 2016). "Timeshifted: Tuesday 15 March 2016". TV Tonight. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
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