The show combined pre-filmed comedy sketches, pranks and parodies, linked together by segments filmed in front of a small studio audience.

A third presenter, Guy Williams sat in a chair to the right of the stage and provided comic foil for the hosts.

In 2017 the show moved to Thursday nights and started broadcasting live (with prerecorded segments and sketches).

In November 2013, Jono and Ben announced they will have a second co-host, comedian and former children's show presenter, Rose Matafeo.

[3] Jono and Ben at Ten was also nominated for Best Comedy Show in the TV Guide Best On The Box Awards.

Since 2006 Jono has hosted the drive show on The Rock radio station originally alongside Robert Taylor.

On 18 February 2015, it was announced that the fourth series of the show will be renamed Jono and Ben and air at the earlier time of 7:30pm on Fridays.

[7] In September 2015, Jono and Ben sailed a children's bouncy castle across Lake Taupo in Central New Zealand.

[8] On 23 March 2017, the show aired footage of Jono Pryor accidentally crashing the backhoe of an excavator into the front of Ben Boyce's house while digging a pool.

Challenges have ranged from trying to sneakily place items into customers supermarket trolleys, seeing what objects people will hold if distracted by a phone conversation, placing red noses on people during Red Nose Day and trying to race 400 metres around town without touching the ground.

Introduced in the fourth series, Jono and Ben play a prank on The Rock station manager, Brad King.

Each week Jono and Ben compete in a parody sketch competition on a certain topic, for example Medical Dramas, Kids Shows, Blockbuster movies.

Introduced in the second series, Jono and Ben send a celebrity into a store posing as a staff member.

This segment has proven to be one of the most popular, one particular episode featuring Robbie Magasiva reaching over one million views on YouTube.

Each week a celebrity is brought on YouDoTube and shown a popular YouTube clip of a person doing a strange challenge.

The segment has Rose Matafeo conducting interviews in the form of speed dates with New Zealand and international celebrities.

In Straight to the Sauce, Jono and Ben interview actors portraying people that have been involved in the media recently.

The actual Changing Room segment takes place in a Mr Vintage clothing store in Auckland.

A variation of this segment was played out in the second series where a room was set up in front of the opening of a lift in a public car park.

The show's third presenter, Guy Williams, is usually sent out by Jono and Ben to report on a big event from the week.

Each week, Jono and Ben send ten-year-old boy versions of themselves (dubbed "the Man Childs" and played by Nathan Bevan and Frankie O'Halloran) to do the celebrity interviews.

The Man Childs' interviewees have included English singer Natalia Kills, All Black Ali Williams, actress Anna Hutchison, boy band The Wanted and socialites Sally and Jaime Ridge.

[nb 1] The segment normally features a television show or a recent event, cutting between Jono, Ben and Guy each making a comment.