The Cheap Seats

Taking a fun look at the week that was are The Cheap Seats hosts Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald. Joining in on the action are Mel Tracina, comedian Anne Edmonds and broadcaster Abbey Gelmi. Want more? Follow The Cheap Seats On INSTAGRAM | FACEBOOK | TIKTOK Want even more still? The Working Dog YouTube Channel is bursting with new content every day! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mo...

New episode of Cheap Seats is here! Join us as we take a fun, funny look at the week that was with your hosts, Melanie Bracewell & Tim McDonald. Mel Tracina will fill us in on the Met Gala and all things entertainment, and we are lucky enough to be joined in the studio by comedy legend, Glenn Robbins! Check our socials to see! Want more? Follow The Cheap Seats On INSTAGRAM | FACEBOOK | TIKTOK...

The Cheap Seats is BACK for 2026! Join us as we take a fun, funny look at the week that was with your hosts, Melanie Bracewell & Tim McDonald. Mel Tracina will fill us in on all things entertainment, and special guests Celia Pacquola and Josh Jack are here! Want more? Follow The Cheap Seats On INSTAGRAM | FACEBOOK | TIKTOK Want even more still? The Working Dog YouTube Channel is bursting with...

The Cheap Seats is BACK for 2026! Join us as we take a fun, funny look at the week that was with your hosts, Melanie Bracewell & Tim McDonald. Mel Tracina will fill us in on all things entertainment, and special guests Emmanuel Sonubi and Denise Scott are here! Check our socials to see! Want more? Follow The Cheap Seats On INSTAGRAM | FACEBOOK | TIKTOK Want even more still? The Working Dog You...

Let's take a look back at the 2025 that was from The Cheap Seats, with your hosts Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald! Tonight we're joined by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Little Miss Universe Nevaeh-Lea Benton returns, and Mel Tracina braves the weather to join us at the desk for the last time this year! Want more? Follow The Cheap Seats On INSTAGRAM | FACEBOOK | TIKTOK Want even more still? T...

Let's take a look at the week that was from the Cheap Seats, with your hosts Melanie Bracewell, and, filling in for Tim McDonald, our friend Carlo Ritchie (Thank God You're Here). Tonight we're joined by improv wizard Reggie Watts, Abbey Gelmi talks sport, and Mel Tracina crosses in live from the Big Brother diary room! Want more? Follow The Cheap Seats On INSTAGRAM | FACEBOOK | TIKTOK Want even m...

Let's take a look at the week's news from The Cheap Seats, with your hosts Melanie Bracewell, and, filling in for Tim McDonald, Carlo Ritchie (Thank God You're Here). We're joined by Mel Tracina live from the Big Brother control room; Julia Zemiro gives us a preview of Crime Night, and; Adam Rozenbachs talks sport! Want more? Follow The Cheap Seats On INSTAGRAM | FACEBOOK | TIKTOK Want even more s...

Take a look back at the week that was from the Cheap Seats, with your hosts, Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald! Tonight we're joined by UK comedy legend Ben Elton (Blackadder, The Young Ones, We Will Rock You); rock superstar Rob Thomas (Matchbox Twenty), and; Ryan Shelton (The Imperfects). Mel Tracina is also at the desk! Want more? Follow The Cheap Seats On INSTAGRAM | FACEBOOK | TIKTOK Want ev...

Take a look back at the week that was from the Cheap Seats, with your hosts Mel Tracina and Tim McDonald! Tonight's special guest Geraldine Hickey talks birds (both kinds), and Mel Tracina gets cultural! Want more? Follow The Cheap Seats On INSTAGRAM | FACEBOOK | TIKTOK Want even more still? The Working Dog YouTube Channel is bursting with new content every day! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priv...

Take a look at the week that was from The Cheap Seats, with your hosts, Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald! Tonight we're joined by cultural correspondent Mel Tracina, Aussie comedy legend Rove McManus, and motorsport dynasty in the making, Marcos Ambrose and his daughter, Tabitha Ambrose! Want more? Follow The Cheap Seats On INSTAGRAM | FACEBOOK | TIKTOK Want even more still? The Working Dog YouT...

Let's take a look at the week's news, sport, culture and other stuff from The Cheap Seats, with your hosts, Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald! Mel Tracina is here to talk arts and culture, and UK Comedy megastar Rob Beckett joins us at the desk! Want more? Follow The Cheap Seats On INSTAGRAM | FACEBOOK | TIKTOK Want even more still? The Working Dog YouTube Channel is bursting with new content eve...

Take a look back at the week that was from the Cheap Seats, with your hosts Mel Tracina and Tim McDonald! Tonight we chat all things Great Australian Bake Off with one of the hosts, Tom Walker; legendary Tassie weatherman, Peter 'Murph' Murphy drops by with, like, so many puns, and; Mel Tracina drops a new sponsor! Want more? Follow The Cheap Seats On INSTAGRAM | FACEBOOK | TIKTOK Want even more s...

Take a look back at the week that was from the Cheap Seats, with your hosts Mel Tracina and Tim McDonald! With special guests, Olympic Icon Nikki Webster, Comedy Icon Peter Helliar, and Finance Icon Chris Kohler! Want more? Follow The Cheap Seats On INSTAGRAM | FACEBOOK | TIKTOK Want even more still? The Working Dog YouTube Channel is bursting with new content every day! Hosted on Acast. See acast...

Take a look back at the week that was from the Cheap Seats, with your hosts Mel Tracina and Tim McDonald! With special guests, Angela Bishop talking entertainment, Sam Garlepp talking sport, and Tramaroo Craig Maher representing Australia in the Tram Olympics! Want more? Follow The Cheap Seats On INSTAGRAM | FACEBOOK | TIKTOK Want even more still? The Working Dog YouTube Channel is bursting with n...

Take a look back at the week that was from the Cheap Seats, with your hosts Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald! Tonight we talk cycling with 'The Voice Of Cycling', Matt Keenan, Cheek Media CEO Hannah Ferguson applies for the job of Mel Bracewell's best friend, and Mel Tracina gets cultural! Want more? Follow The Cheap Seats On INSTAGRAM | FACEBOOK | TIKTOK Want even more still? The Working Dog Yo...

Take a look at the week that was from The Cheap Seats, with your hosts Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald. This week we ask why Bob Katter's punching blokes in the mouth, what you can get at the mid-winter ball if you cough up enough cash, and what exactly one old lady is protesting about. Out special guests are friend of the show Abbey Gelmi talking sport, and the brilliant Alexei Toliopoulos joi...

Take a look back at the week that was from the Cheap Seats, with your hosts Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald! Tonight we talk sport with Adam Rozenbachs, Little Miss Australia 2025 Nevaeh-Lea Benton drops by, and Mel Tracina auditions for a musical! Want more? Follow The Cheap Seats On INSTAGRAM | FACEBOOK | TIKTOK Want even more still? The Working Dog YouTube Channel is bursting with new conten...

Let's take a look back at the week's news from The Cheap Seats, with your hosts Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald! Tonight's special guests are Ekka correspondent and journalist Andrea Crothers, and Netball Icon Bianca Chatfield, who drops by to get Mel ready for the grand final on the weekend! Mel Tracina also stops by with this week's cultural correspondence, and some translating help from frie...

Tonight we take a look back at the week's weirdest and most wonderful with Melanie Bracewell and our friend Nath Valvo, filling in for Tim. Miguel Maestre 'helps' us cook a meal in 2 minutes, and Georgie Tunny talks sports! Mel Tracina brings the culture, as always. Want more? Follow The Cheap Seats On INSTAGRAM | FACEBOOK | TIKTOK Want even more still? The Working Dog YouTube Channel is bursting...

Take a look at the week's news through the eyes of the hilarious Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald! Tonight's special guests are legendary news reader Sandra Sully; premiership winner Super Netballer Jo Weston, and; Mel Tracina talks Big Brother ahead of her new gig! Want more? Follow The Cheap Seats On INSTAGRAM | FACEBOOK | TIKTOK Want even more still? The Working Dog YouTube Channel is burstin...

Take a look back at the week that was - from US beef, to Scottish unicorns, to a cheating, golfing President! Tim & Mel are joined by iconic Home & Away actor, and Gold Logie nominee Lynne McGranger, and Ben Lomas pops by to talk sport! Want more? Follow The Cheap Seats On INSTAGRAM | FACEBOOK | TIKTOK Want even more still? The Working Dog YouTube Channel is bursting with new content every...

A new week kicks off and a new week of weird and wonderful news from media all over the world are ready for us to pull apart! Join Mel Bracewell & Tim McDonald as they delve into the week that was, with cultural content from Mel Tracina, sports chat from Pete Helliar and a tax deductible appearance from kiwi comedian Lana Walters! Want more? Follow The Cheap Seats On INSTAGRAM | FACEBOOK | TIK...

Let's take a look back at the week that was with Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald! Mel Tracina will take a look at the week's culture, we chat to 10 News journo Steph Baumgartel about her time covering the Erin Patterson Mushroom Trial, Abbey Gelmi wonders about tennis balls, and Ray O'Leary is a Ray of Sunshine, there's no denying it. Want more? Follow The Cheap Seats On INSTAGRAM | FACEBOOK |...

Let's take a look back at the week that was from The Cheap Seats, with your hosts Melanie Bracewell & Tim McDonald. Tonight we're joined by Aunty Donna's Broden Kelly talking sport, and Japanese comedian (and Melbourne local) Takashi Wakasugi talks toilets. Mel Tracina takes us on a poop cruise, and we're going on tour! That's right: You’ve seen them on screen, but now Melanie Bracewell and Ti...

Let's take a look back at the week that was with Melanie Bracewell and Tim McDonald! Mel Tracina will take a look at the week's culture, and special guests Lisa Millar and Dave Thornton drop by the desk! Want more? Follow The Cheap Seats On INSTAGRAM | FACEBOOK | TIKTOK Want even more still? The Working Dog YouTube Channel is bursting with new content every day! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priv...