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==Overview== The program was presented as a "live" feed from a fictional 24-hour news channel, anchored by [[Craig Reucassel]] and [[Chris Taylor (comedian)|Chris Taylor]]. Each episode had a theme which carried through the episode, examples (from the DVD) included: *Lunchgate: A businessman accidentally leaves his lunch at home and is pursued by police and the media in an [[O. J. Simpson]] style chase and becomes a suspected terrorist. *Cadman for PM: ''CNNNN'' beats up a comment by minor Australian politician [[Alan Cadman]] as a leadership challenge against Prime Minister [[John Howard]]. *Shush For Bush: US President [[George W. Bush]] is visiting Australia for 20 hours, and is believed to want to sleep the entire visit. ''CNNNN'' exhorts Australia to be quiet so the President can sleep properly. *Animal Farm: The Chaser "reality show" ''Animal Farm'' is a send-up of ''[[Big Brother (Australian TV series)|Big Brother]]''. ''CNNNN'' covers the controversy when one of the contestants dies, but is not removed from the house. *Packer Health Crisis: Live updates on the health of Australian businessman [[Kerry Packer]]. *Tilt Australia: ''CNNNN'' aims to reduce the water-shortage crisis in inland Australia by tilting the entire continent to drain the water from the Eastern seaboard. Radio announcer [[Alan Jones (talkback host)|Alan Jones]] was duped by the Chaser team live on air for believing this concept.
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