By Nellie Andreeva
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) -
HBO has acquired the hit
Australian comedy series "Summer Heights High."
The pay cable network will launch the eight-episode
mocumentary series, created, written and performed by comedian
Chris Lilley, in June.
"High" chronicles high school life through three
characters, all played by Lilley: Mr. G, a self-important,
high-strung drama teacher; Ja'mie, a haughty, private-school
female exchange student; and Jonah, a delinquent, break-dancing
obsessed student. The show was shot on location at a real high
school and features real-life students and faculty.
It will run in a late-night Friday comedy block with HBO's
new animated comedy "The Life and Times of Tim" during the
offseason of "Real Time With Bill Maher."
HBO is already tapping into the antipodean comic
sensibility with the cult hit "Flight of the Conchords,"
starring New Zealand actorsBret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement.
Reuters/Hollywood Reporter
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