Main Street Mayhem is a hilarious talk show with an
unusual studio setting – Your nation’s most iconic street.
In this format, the man on the street becomes the
man on TV as ordinary passers-by take centre stage and create the content in
each episode. Locals and tourists can all be found along the nation’s most
renowned street and each has a story to share with our comedic hosting duo.
Neither the hosts nor the viewer knows who will be
next to join the hosts and share their story. In Main Street Mayhem who knows
what direction the conversation will go…
Host of the original series, Erik Solbakken, wins the Best Male Host award at the Norwegian Emmy Gullruten 2014 awards, and is nominated for Best Comedy Show.
Main Street Mayhem has performed consistently above the slot average on NRK3, before its move to NRK1 for summer 2014.
Series 2 increased on the slots average viewership by nearly 20% and both series have surpassed the average share by over 5%.
All series have rated equally well across genders and have performed extremely well with 20 – 39 year olds There was a consolidated increase of 42% between viewership of seasons 1 and 2.
Season 3's move to NRK1 saw an increase in viewership by nearly 600% and had a premiere viewing of 374,000 viewers and a 31% share.