The Week That Wasn't

*The Week That Wasn't*
The Week That Wasn't
Genre	Satirical late night television
Starring	Cyrus Broacha
Country of origin	India
Original language	English
Release
Original network	CNN-News18
Original release	2006
External links
	Website

The Week That Wasn't is an Indian satirical late night television programme hosted by Cyrus Broacha and shown on the CNN-IBN (now CNN News18) channel. Started in 2006, cast includes Kaneez Surka, Gopal Datt, Ambika Vas and Kunal Vijaykar besides Broacha.^[1]^[2]^[3]

In 2013, a defamation case was filed against Broacha and the team by the Tamil Nadu government over his comments during the show regarding Jayalalithaa's letter to the Prime Minister asking Sri Lankan players not to be allowed in the Indian Premier League (IPL).^[4]

References[]

^ "In Good humour". Retrieved 9 September 2015.
^ Aggarwal, Saaz (20 February 2010). "Cyrus unplugged…". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
^ Baym, Geoffrey; Jones, Jeffrey P. (13 September 2013). News Parody and Political Satire Across the Globe. Routledge. ISBN 9781135751647. Retrieved 14 July 2018 – via Google Books.
^ Staff reporter (16 April 2013). "TN govt. files defamation case against Broacha". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 9 September 2015.