{"id":594860,"date":"2026-04-09T04:10:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T04:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/594860\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T04:10:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T04:10:08","slug":"returning-the-cheap-seats-tv-tonight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/594860\/","title":{"rendered":"Returning: The Cheap Seats | TV Tonight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tThe Cheap Seats wins best promo of the week with this video.\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Full marks to The Cheap Seats for a promo which riffs on a very earnest <a href=\"https:\/\/tvtonight.com.au\/2025\/08\/seven-news-promo.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Seven News promo<\/a> about \u201cthe need to connect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Oh and the show with Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald is back later this month, for S6 (yes really).<\/p>\n<p>In these unprecedented times, it\u2019s important to turn to trusted voices to bring you the stories that really matter. For everything else, there\u2019s The Cheap Seats!<\/p>\n<p>Back for a sixth season, hosts Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald have been scouring the news to bring you the world\u2019s most unmissable, unbelievable, and unhinged updates.<\/p>\n<p>Not every story needs a hard-hitting headline. Sometimes you just need to know what\u2019s unfolding on the Archipelago of Love Islands \u2013 and that\u2019s where Cultural Correspondent Mel Tracina steps in.<\/p>\n<p>In the past year, The Cheap Seats has delivered standout moments including an exclusive interview with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, beatboxing brilliance from Reggie Watts, and an unforgettable on\u2011air slap from Lynne McGranger. The show even hit the road for The Cheap Seats\u2019 very first World Tour* (*one city, one night only).<\/p>\n<p>In 2026, expect even more special guests, celebrity cameos and red carpet reports. Where are the best seats in the house? Right here on 10.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday April 21 on 10.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Cheap Seats wins best promo of the week with this video. Full marks to The Cheap Seats&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":594861,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[64,63,134,427],"class_list":["post-594860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=594860"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594860\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/594861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=594860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=594860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=594860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}