Hard Quiz Kids
Saturday, 7.30pm, ABC Family
Finding something to sit down and watch at a family-friendly hour can be a challenge. There’s either the news (nope), reality juggernauts like MAFS (um, no thank you) or your requisite renovation show — there’s only so many times you can force your child to sit down and watch someone caulk a bathroom (I say this from experience).
Enter Hard Quiz Kids! This show, a family-friendly version of the ABC favourite hosted by Tom Gleeson, is custom-made for smaller people, and it’s genuinely entertaining to watch regardless of your age.
The creators have kept everything viewers love about the original, including Gleeson’s trademark grumpiness, the only difference being that the contestants are aged between 10 and 13.
Subjects are just as varied and are picked by the kids themselves. In the two episodes we sighted, they were weighing in on everything from the Leadbeater possum to the musical Hamilton, Minecraft and Caterpillar earthmovers.
As it says in an official release, “this is a show with heart, where cleverness and eccentricity are celebrated” — and it’s an absolute delight.
Yes, all the kids are subjected to Gleeson’s lighthearted ribbing, but they give as good as they get.
Having watched this with my own 10-year-old, I can attest: this is by far the best family-friendly entertainment show on Aussie TV right now.
Do not miss it.
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