# Here Come the Habibs

Here Come the Habibs is an Australian television comedy series produced by Jungle Entertainment. A sitcom featuring a Lebanese Australian family who win the lottery and move to the posh eastern suburbs of Sydney, the show premiered on the Nine Network in Australia on 9 February 2016. Despite arousing some controversy as to whether it portrayed racist or stereotyped characters, it was successful, and the series was renewed for a second season, airing from 5 June 2017.
Nine program director Hamish Turner confirmed early in 2018 that the show would not be returning for a third season.

## Production

The six-part series was created by Rob Shehadie, Tahir Bilgic, Matt Ryan-Garnsey, Phil Lloyd and Ben Davies. It was written by Phil Lloyd, Gary Eck, Sam Meikle, Trent Roberts, Steve Walsh. It is directed by Darren Ashton and produced by Chloe Rickard.
The score and theme were written by composer Kyls Burtland. The theme features Matuse, an Australian Muslim rapper, and was nominated for Best Television Theme at the 2016 APRA Screen Music Awards.

## Cast
### Main

* Helen Dallimore as Olivia O'Neill
* Darren Gilshenan as Jack O'Neill
* Georgia Flood as Madison O'Neill
* Michael Denkha as Fou Fou Habib
* Camilla Ah Kin as Mariam Habib
* Sam Alhaje as Toufic Habib
* Tyler De Nawi as Elias Habib
* Kat Hoyos as Layla Habib

### Recurring

* Rob Shehadie as Jahesh
* Tahir Bilgiç as Mustafa
* Pippa Grandison as Anthea

### Guests

* Anna Bamford as Samantha
* Brandon McClelland as Blair
* Phil Lloyd as Commodore
* Dave Eastgate as Officer Kemp
* Felix Williamson as Lawrence
* Geraldine Hakewill as Sally
* Lucy Bell as Magistrate
* Lucy Durack as Judy
* Michael Beckley as Roland
* Nathan Lovejoy as Bobby Peeker
* Nicola Parry as ASIO Officer Karen
* Roy Billing as Alan
* Sandy Gore as Tetta
* Tasneem Roc as UN Woman
* Taya Calder-Mason as Phoebe Priggs
* Tim Gilbert as himself
* Tony Nikolakopoulos as Jiddo
* Tracy Mann as Mrs. Plunge
* Wendy Strehlow as Border Security

## Series overview

| Series | Episodes | Episodes | Originally released | Originally released |
| Series | Episodes | Episodes | First released | Last released |
| 1 | 6 | 6 | 9 February 2016 (2016-2-9) | 15 March 2016 (2016-3-15) |
| 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 June 2017 (2017-6-5) | 24 July 2017 (2017-7-24) |

## Episodes
### Season 1 (2016)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Aus. viewers (millions) |
| 1 | 1 | "Here Come The Habibs!" | Darren Ashton | Phil Lloyd | 9 February 2016 (2016-2-9) | 1.25 |
| 2 | 2 | "Members Only" | Darren Ashton | Phil Lloyd | 16 February 2016 (2016-2-16) | 0.94 |
| 3 | 3 | "Civil War" | Darren Ashton | Gary Eck | 23 February 2016 (2016-2-23) | 0.90 |
| 4 | 4 | "The Anzaclava" | Darren Ashton | Phil Lloyd | 1 March 2016 (2016-3-1) | 0.80 |
| 5 | 5 | "Party Habibs Style" | Darren Ashton | Sam Meikle | 8 March 2016 (2016-3-8) | 0.66 |
| 6 | 6 | "The Brangelina of Bayview Road" | Darren Ashton | Trent Roberts | 15 March 2016 (2016-3-15) | 0.68 |

### Season 2 (2017)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Aus. viewers (millions) |
| 7 | 1 | "Lockdown" | Darren Ashton | Charlie Garber | 5 June 2017 (2017-6-5) | 0.83 |
| 8 | 2 | "Go Back to Where You Came From" | Darren Ashton | Phil Lloyd | 12 June 2017 (2017-6-12) | 0.66 |
| 9 | 3 | "The Fundertakers" | Darren Ashton | Gary Eck | 19 June 2017 (2017-6-19) | 0.64 |
| 10 | 4 | "Middle East Side Story" | Darren Ashton | Phil Lloyd | 26 June 2017 (2017-6-26) | 0.61 |
| 11 | 5 | "The Kidney" | Peter Templeman | Sam Meikle | 3 July 2017 (2017-7-3) | 0.64 |
| 12 | 6 | "The Beach" | Darren Ashton | Steve Walsh | 10 July 2017 (2017-7-10) | 0.75 |
| 13 | 7 | "The Girl from Lebanon" | Peter Templeman | Romina Accurso | 17 July 2017 (2017-7-17) | 0.72 |
| 14 | 8 | "Leb Wedding" | Darren Ashton & Fadia Abboud | David Witt | 24 July 2017 (2017-7-24) | 0.68 |

## Release
### Broadcast

The series premiered in Australia on 9 February 2016 on the Nine Network.

### Home media

Season one is available on iTunes in Australia. Series one and two were previously available on the 9now streaming platform by Channel Nine.
| Title | Set details | DVD release dates | Features |
| Title | Set details | Region 4 | Features |
| Here Come the Habibs | Discs: 2 Episodes: 6 | 6 April 2016 (2016-04-06) | Toufic's Pick-up Lines Layla's Guide to Doing a Selfie Secrets to the Best Kabab Mustafa on Why West Is Best |

## Ratings

| Season | Season | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number |
| Season | Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| | 1 | 1258 | 944 | 893 | 796 | 669 | 692 | – | – |
| | 2 | 826 | 655 | 638 | 609 | 640 | 749 | 719 | 682 |

### Season 1

| No. | Title | Air date | Overnight ratings | Overnight ratings | Consolidated ratings | Consolidated ratings | Total viewers | Ref(s) |
| No. | Title | Air date | Viewers | Rank | Viewers | Rank | Total viewers | Ref(s) |
| 1 | Episode 1 | 9 February 2016 | 1,258,000 | 2 | 223,000 | 2 | 1,481,000 | |
| 2 | Episode 2 | 16 February 2016 | 944,000 | 8 | 178,000 | 3 | 1,122,000 | |
| 3 | Episode 3 | 23 February 2016 | 893,000 | 8 | 165,000 | 5 | 1,058,000 | |
| 4 | Episode 4 | 1 March 2016 | 796,000 | 10 | 137,000 | 7 | 934,000 | |
| 5 | Episode 5 | 8 March 2016 | 669,000 | 16 | 163,000 | 11 | 833,000 | |
| 6 | Episode 6 | 15 March 2016 | 692,000 | 12 | 147,000 | 10 | 840,000 | |

### Season 2

| No. | Title | Air date | Overnight ratings | Overnight ratings | Consolidated ratings | Consolidated ratings | Total viewers | Ref(s) |
| No. | Title | Air date | Viewers | Rank | Viewers | Rank | Total viewers | Ref(s) |
| 1 | "Lockdown" | 5 June 2017 | 826,000 | 10 | 86,000 | 8 | 912,000 | |
| 2 | "Go Back to Where You Came From" | 12 June 2017 | 655,000 | 15 | 81,000 | 15 | 748,000 | |
| 3 | "The Fundertakers" | 19 June 2017 | 638,000 | 15 | 30,000 | 15 | 668,000 | |
| 4 | "Middle East Side Story" | 26 June 2017 | 609,000 | 19 | 49,000 | 19 | 658,000 | |
| 5 | "The Kidney" | 3 July 2017 | 640,000 | 13 | 37,000 | 14 | 677,000 | |
| 6 | "The Beach" | 10 July 2017 | 749,000 | 9 | 40,000 | 9 | 789,000 | |
| 7 | "The Girl from Lebanon" | 17 July 2017 | 719,000 | 11 | 11,000 | 11 | 730,000 | |
| 8 | "Leb Wedding" | 24 July 2017 | 682,000 | 11 | 19,000 | 12 | 701,000 | |