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NZ On Air has allocated funding to four locally produced comedy shows, two of which are new.
The Jaquie Brown Diaries is described as a hybrid comedy/factual satire series that follows the trials and tribulations of an almost famous TV presenter and her search for self discovery.
NZOA is also funding a new sketch comedy series called A Thousand Apologies, which addresses the diversity of the Asian experience in New Zealand.
Satirical political comedy The Pretender and Moon TV also pick up cash.
- NEWSTALK ZB
