| Genre: | Comedy |
| Director: | Theodore Saidden |
| Country: | Australia |
| Language: | English |
| Num Seasons: | 3 |
| Num Episodes: | 18 |
| Producer: | Paul Walton |
| Runtime: | 21–24 minutes |
| Company: | Princess Pictures, Film Victoria, Screen Australia |
| Last Aired: | [1] |
| Related: | Superwog miniseries |
| superwog1 | |
| Years Active: | 2008–present |
| Genre: | Comedy |
| Birth Name: | Sydney, Australia |
| Location: | Australia |
| Subscribers: | 3.5 million |
| Views: | 499,756,277 |
| Network: | Century Entertainment |
| Language: | English |
| Silver Button: | yes |
| Gold Button: | yes |
| Gold Year: | 2018 |
| Channel Direct Url: | @superwog |
| Stats Update: | 1 April 2024 |
Superwog1 or just simply Superwog, is a YouTube duo consisting of two Australian brothers, Theodore and Nathan Saidden. The channel consists of various videos including comedies and skits. They have gained over 3 million subscribers and 483 million video views. They have produced a television comedy series based on their YouTube sketch comedies. The series follows Theo, aka "Superwog", his family, and his friend Johnny, getting into all kinds of trouble throughout the Australian suburbia.
Produced by Princess Pictures with production support from Film Victoria, the original series was developed in association with Screen Australia and YouTube through the "Skip Ahead" initiative. The six part series was the first Australian long-form series to be released on YouTube, followed by ABC linear channel, and at its conclusion had reached 13.5 million people across YouTube alone, with another 1 million plus reached across ABC. ABC Comedy.[2]
The series premiered on 9 October 2018, following a successful pilot aired in 2017. On 11 November 2020, a second season was announced, and all 6 episodes finally aired on 13 June 2021 on ABC iview.[3] [4] [5]
On 24 August 2022, both long form seasons of the series were released worldwide on Netflix.[6] However, due to the term wog being considered an ethnic slur to people from the Mediterranean and Middle Eastern regions, Superwog is displayed as Superbro on versions of Netflix outside of Australia. On 2 September of that same year, a short sketch titled Meeting with Netflix was uploaded to the official Superwog YouTube channel, as a way to promote the series' arrival to the streaming site.
The Superwog series is based on characters from the YouTube channel of the same name, created by brothers Theodore and Nathan Saidden. The brothers were born in Sydney to a Greek-Egyptian mother and Egyptian father. Growing up, they attended the Trinity Grammar School in the Inner West suburbs of Sydney.[7] [8]
The series depicts humorous situations involving the titular character, an archetypal wog. The two cited Sacha Baron Cohen, Chris Lilley and Fat Pizza as influences for the series,[9] and drew inspiration from their childhoods, noting they would "re-enact scenes of [their] mum and dad fighting" and "derive a lot of observational comedy from their arguments".[10] The Saidden brothers began filming and uploading Superwog videos to their YouTube channel in 2008, while Theo was studying law at university.[11]
The YouTube series gained notable popularity, and has been adapted into stage shows.[12] The series launched for Adult Swim in 2013,[13] and in 2017, formed part of The Slot sketch comedy series.[14] In 2019, the Saidden brothers began performing Superwog as a live show in Australia and New Zealand.[15]
The Superwog pilot was produced by Paul Walton at Princess Pictures and supported by Screen Australia and Google, funded through Skip Ahead. It was written and created by Theodore and Nathan Saidden. Uploaded to YouTube on 16 July 2017, it quickly rose to #1 on the trending page on Australian YouTube in 2017, with over 14 million views.[16]
The pilot follows Superwog (Theodore Saidden) and his friend Johnny (Nathan Saidden), who work at a fast-food store.[17]