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Tim McDonald
NationalityAustralian
Alma materUniversity of Melbourne
EmployerWorking Dog Productions
Comedy career
Medium
  • Television
  • Radio
  • Podcasts
Years active2016 - present

Tim McDonald is an Australian comedian and media personality. He is best known for his regular guest appearances on the Australian comedy news quiz shows Have You Been Paying Attention? and more recently as co-host of The Cheap Seats with comedian and actress Melanie Bracewell.[1][2] Both of these series are produced by Working Dog Productions and are a mix of news and comedy.[2][3] McDonald was named among Radio Today's Top New Talent to Watch in 2019.[4]

Television

Since 2019, McDonald has been a regular guest on Network 10's show Have You Been Paying Attention?, in which the host Tom Gleisner quizzes guests on the top news stories of the week. Have You Been Paying Attention? has won a number of Logie Awards.[5]

McDonald also co-hosts and writes a show by Network 10 and Working Dog Productions, The Cheap Seats, alongside New Zealand comedian Melanie Bracewell.[1][2] The Cheap Seats debuted in 2021 and takes a comedic look over the week's news, entertainment and sport.[6][7] In the ratings, The Cheap Seats is sitting in the top 20 among the 25-54 year-old age group.[8]

McDonald has also worked behind the scenes in a number of Working Dog Productions. He was the social media producer for Utopia, a Logie Award-winning Australian television comedy series on the ABC.[9]

Podcasts

McDonald co-hosts two podcasts:

  • The Reserve Drivers is hosted alongside comedian Luke Rocca. It is a comedic Formula 1 racing podcast, which has over 12,000 YouTube subscribers[10] and over 39,000 Instagram followers.[11] The Reserve Drivers was also mentioned on Netflix's popular series Formula 1: Drive to Survive.[12]
  • Tim & Sammy is hosted alongside comedian and radio presenter Sam Garlepp. Tim & Sammy has a social media following of over 6000 people on Facebook, where they also post regular comedic content. They have had multiple videos with over 10,000 views and a parody video of Bachelor in Paradise received a over 500,000 views.[13]

Radio

McDonald and Sam Garlepp hosted a Triple M show entitled The Smoko in 2019, running on Wednesdays from 12–2pm. This opportunity arose through the SCA Hubble program, following the success of the Tim & Sammy podcast and their social media following.[13] Radio Today described The Smoko as "the perfect mix of satire, observational humour and fake callers".[4]

McDonald and Garlepp also hosted The Sunday Experiment, in 2019, running on Sundays from 8–10pm on Australia's Hit Network.[14]

In 2019, McDonald and Garlepp were named in Radio Today's Top New Talent to Watch.[4]

McDonald has also been a regular guest on the Marty Sheargold Show, an Australian breakfast radio show on Triple M throughout 2021.[15][16]

References

  1. ^ a b "FIRST LOOK | Ten announce brand new show, THE CHEAP SEATS, hosted by MELANIE BRACEWELL and TIM McDONALD". TV Blackbox. 2021-07-13. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
  2. ^ a b c Zanda Wilson (2021-07-13). "Ten announces new Working Dog show The Cheap Seats". Mumbrella. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
  3. ^ "TV". Working Dog. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
  4. ^ a b c "Revealed: Radio Today's Top New Talent to Watch in 2019". Radio Today. 2019-03-19. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
  5. ^ Vnuk, Helen. "Have You Been Paying Attention? survived an uncertain start to become a fun favourite". Now To Love. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
  6. ^ "The Cheap Seats on acast". acast. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
  7. ^ "TV Review: The Cheap Seats has decent jokes and lots of them". ScreenHub Australia. 2021-07-29. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
  8. ^ Rugendyke, Louise (2021-08-14). "How Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald got their own show". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2021-08-15.
  9. ^ "Logies 2015: full list of award winners". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2015-05-03. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
  10. ^ "The Reserve Drivers - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
  11. ^ "@thereservedrivers". Instagram. 2021-07-29. Retrieved 2021-07-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. ^ Rugendyke, Louise (2021-08-14). "How Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald got their own show". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 2021-08-15.
  13. ^ a b "Podcast comedians Tim & Sammy picked up by Triple M DAB+". Radio Today. 2018-06-05. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
  14. ^ "Tim & Sammy take the piss out of every radio show trailer". Radio Today. 2019-08-06. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
  15. ^ podcasters, Omny Studio is the complete audio management solution for; Stations, Radio. "Lehmo, Tim McDonald & Loren's Little Quiz - The Marty Sheargold Show - Triple M Melbourne - Omny.fm". omny.fm. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
  16. ^ Footballer or pasta? 🍝, retrieved 2021-07-29
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