Planet America

Watched the team at The Chaser since the start, shine the light on politicians and issues of the day. Followed on to watch Planet American. It kept and keeps Australians sane with it's 'tell it like it is' approach. It's the only reason we survived the 45 era. It's an unbiased, factual, funny take on the US. Anyone claiming it's politically biased - only serves to expose their own bias.

This is astute comedic political commentary done in a specific style, and is not to everyone's tastes, but it does gives a bipartisan take on the world of American politics (read: Trump's America). If you are a regular on Fox, this won't be your bag - but it also isn't a liberal satire like what Samantha Bee does. This is much more subtle, there's no name calling here. Honestly, the two presenters are ABC Australia regulars and seeing them riffing is a good reason to watch the show alone - however Planet America could be a lot better, but it is a (fairly) young show u can see the show has tried different ideas, to varying degrees of success. But when they stick to astute and observant comedy they are in their best element. Recommended

Best show on the ABC. I watch both the Wednesday and Friday show and would highly recommend the PEP podcast too. Chas and Dave are both highly knowledgeable. In a highly polarised field - this sort of show is desperately needed.

Love the show, however, we must continually must turn the sound level up and then turn the sound level back down several times during each show. This is because Chas tends to swallow some words or lean in or out of the boom microphone range or turn off camera making the volume of his voice vacillate widely. A similar scenario occurs with the clips of some people being interviewed. Their voices also vacillate widely and make it difficult to understand them. It would be nice if all sound bites had a similar sound level. Please edit accordingly so that we can continue to enjoy this delightful show.

I love this show! It is factual and evidence based, and for those who claim it is too "leftist" they interview and talk to a wide range of people!