Melina Wicks
Director
Reputation Rehab (2020)
Season 1
A show that believes people don't deserve to be consigned to the cultural scrapheap, that most people are more than a punchline, and everyone deserves a second chance.
Released Oct. 28, 2020
Episode 27 min
None+
Keywords: imdb.reputation, imdb.pop-culture
Production Companies: Cordell Jigsaw Zapruder
Network: ABC TV
S1E1 - Nick Kyrgios
If you're labelled a "bad boy", can you ever shake it? We find out by confronting journalists, training with sport industry experts and finally meeting the real person behind the headlines: Nick Kyrgios.
Oct. 28, 2020, midnight
S1E2 - Reality TV Villains
When Kirsten and Zoe meet The Bachelor's Abbie Chatfield, will they be able to help her rebuild real life from the reality rubble?
Nov. 4, 2020, midnight
S1E3 - COVID Shame
We are living in unprecedented times... for public shaming. We get our (thoroughly sanitised) hands dirty rehabbing the real faces behind the Covid outrage headlines: beach-goers, cough-shamers, toilet seat lickers and bats.
Nov. 11, 2020, midnight
S1E4 - Tabloid Shame
Tabloids love shaming, but what does it mean for targets like Karl Stefanovic and Osher Gunsberg? Kirsten explores the dark arts of the paparazzi and Zoe learns the hard way how it feels to be on the wrong side of their lens.
Nov. 18, 2020, midnight
S1E5 - Boomers
Boomers don't just have a reputation crisis - the whole generation is a punchline. We smash generational cliches and avocados, meet the NZ MP who put 'OK Boomer' into the spotlight and try to heal the divide once and for all.
Nov. 25, 2020, midnight
S1E6 - Losing Control of the Narrative
When a photo of Todd Carney doing "the bubbler" was leaked on the internet he became the second most googled person in Australia. But should his reputation be flushed down the toilet forever?
Dec. 2, 2020, midnight
S1E7 - OK Karen
Once upon a time, Karen was just a woman from HR and the OK sign was... OK. But what happens when you're on the wrong side of change? Real Karens, Texan Peter Dutton and the CEO of Australia's most problematic lolly weigh in.
Dec. 9, 2020, midnight
S1E8 - One Bad Joke
One bad joke can turn comedians from beloved entertainers into the most hated people in the country. Can we rehabilitate people on the wrong side of a LOL like Yumi Stynes and The Chaser, or even Comedy itself?
Dec. 16, 2020, midnight
Network: ABC TV
Episode Runtime: 27 min.
Season Runtime: 222 min.
Released: Oct. 28, 2020
Last Air Date: Dec. 16, 2020, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: NR
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