Hard Quiz is an Australian television comedy quiz show which premiered on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) on 19 October 2016.[1][2] Hosted by Tom Gleeson, the show is a spin-off of his "Hard Chat" segment on the satirical television news program The Weekly with Charlie Pickering. It is filmed at the ABC Melbourne studios in Southbank in front of a studio audience.
It is routine for Gleeson to mock the contestants or their subject and contestants often will make jokes at Gleeson's expense, all of which is accepted and appears to be encouraged.[3][4][5]
Gleeson has claimed he was surprised by the success of the program, saying he had given up hope of being a star.[6]
On 24 May 2019, Gleeson announced he was stepping down as host and quitting the program via a media release.[7] On 26 May 2019, Gleeson was announced as a nominee for the Gold Logie Award for Most Popular Personality on Australian Television. He later tweeted that he would "un-axe" the show if he wins the Gold Logie.[8] Gleeson subsequently won the Gold Logie and the show was announced to be returning on 31 July 2019.
It was announced by Gleeson on 31 July 2019, in a radio interview with Triple M, that the show's return in 2020 for its fifth series would see it expand to 40 new episodes.[9]
^Knox, David (18 October 2016). "Hard Quiz". TV Tonight. Archived from the original on 26 October 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
^Knox, David (18 October 2016). "Hard Quiz Review". TV Tonight. Archived from the original on 26 October 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
^Connery, Tess (23 March 2021). "Tom Gleeson on Hard Quiz, The Cube, and the Gold Logie". Mediaweek. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
^Yeap, Sue (19 October 2016). "Hard, fast, fun quiz hosted by rude comedian". The West Australian. Archived from the original on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
^ABC TV & iView (25 August 2021). Tom roasts contestant over his notorious lookalike | Hard Quiz (Television extract). YouTube. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
^"How Tom Gleeson became a star". The Courier-Mail. News Corp. Archived from the original on 10 March 2022. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
^Gleeson, Tom [@nonstoptom] (24 May 2019). "I've quit #HardQuiz" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 12 November 2020. Retrieved 24 May 2019 – via Twitter.
^Gleeson, Tom [@nonstoptom] (26 May 2019). "I'M UP FOR THE GOLD LOGIE!" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 12 November 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2019 – via Twitter.
^Perry, Kevin (1 August 2019). "Gold Logie winning TOM GLEESON to go even HARDER with double HARD QUIZ in 2020". TV Blackbox. Archived from the original on 5 August 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
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