''Studio A'' is an hour-long live variety, comedy and sketch program produced as the

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Flagship production between 2008–2011 and was hosted by

Dave Thornton Dave Thornton (born 13 December 1979) is an Australian stand-up comedian, actor, television and radio presenter. He has performed stand-up comedy throughout Australia, in Edinburgh, Singapore and New York. He has also appeared on Australian tele ...

and then later Tommy Little. Supporting cast included many up and coming comedians and media personalities including Jess Harris ('' Twentysomething''), Alison Bice,

Karl Chandler Karl Chandler is an American former professional football player who was a guard for six seasons with the New York Giants and Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Princeton Tigers The Prince ...

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Tommy Dassalo Tommy Dassalo (born Thomas Howard Alsop) is a stand-up comedian and writer based in Melbourne, Australia. He co-hosted ''The Little Dum Dum Club'', a comedy podcast with Karl Chandler. He now hosts the ''How to do Everything'' podcast and co-hos ...

, Oliver Clarke, Xavier Michaelidies,

Tegan Higginbotham Tegan Marie Higginbotham (born ) is an Australian comedian, writer, and actress. Early life and education Tegan Marie Higginbotham was born in in Dandenong, Victoria. She attended Dandenong Primary School and Dandenong High School (since me ...

, Nick Cody, Nat Harris,

Anne Edmonds Anne Elizabeth Gabrielle Edmonds (born 11 October 1979) is an Australian comedian and actress best known for her stand-up work and for creating and starring in the ABC comedy series ''The Edge of the Bush''. Beginning her career in comedy at 29 ...

, Ted Wilson,

Luke McGregor Luke William McGregor is an Australian comedian, writer and actor, who has performed at various national and international comedy festivals, as himself in many TV shows, and is known for his roles in the ABC TV series ''Utopia'' and '' Rosehav ...

and John Campbell. The show featured weekly celebrity guests and an array of Melbourne's up and coming talent. Guests included

Peter Helliar Pete Jason Matthew Helliar (born 16 June 1975) is an Australian comedian, actor, television, radio presenter, writer, producer and director. He is best known for his work on television as a former regular co-host of '' The Project'' on Network ...

Colin Lane Colin Stuart Lane (born 25 March 1965) is an Australian comedian, actor and TV host, best known for being one-half of comedy duo Lano and Woodley. Lano and Woodley Lane performed with fellow comedian Frank Woodley as part of the duo Lano and W ...

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Rove McManus John Henry Michael 'Rove' McManus (born 21 January 1974) is an Australian comedian, television and radio presenter, producer and media personality who has received three Gold Logie awards. He was the host of the eponymous variety show '' Rove ...

Adam Richard Adam Richard (born Adam Richard Dellamarta, 1 January 1971 in Carlton, Victoria) is an Australian comedian, actor, radio presenter, writer and media personality, best known co-writing and starring in '' Outland,'' an ABC1 comedy series about ...

Awards

''Studio A'' took out two 2009

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for Outstanding Program of the Year and Outstanding Exterior Broadcast Program.

Rebranding of the RMITV Flagship

After Season 6, RMITV stated in a press release that they would be making changes to their Flagship Production in 2012 and announced that ''

Live on Bowen ''Live on Bowen'' was a one-hour Melbourne comedy talk show and variety show produced by RMITV with the support of the RMIT Student Union which aired on C31 Melbourne. The show featured comedic segments, special guest interviews and music acts r ...

'' would be the show's successor. The press release stated that all current cast members of ''Studio A'' cast were welcome to audition but according to an article published on comedy.com.au, when asked if he would consider auditioning Little laughed at the idea.

Cast

References

External links

* * * https://www.rmitv.org/portfolio-view/studio-a/ Television shows set in Victoria (state) Australian community access television shows Australian English-language television shows 2008 Australian television series debuts 2011 Australian television series endings RMITV flagship productions RMITV productions {{Australia-tv-prog-stub