# Saturday Night Rove

**URL:** <https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/saturday-night-rove/10308>\
**Category:** Ten Network\
**Tags:** ratings\
**Created:** [August 7, 2019, 12:45am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/saturday-night-rove/10308 "2019-08-07T00:45:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![killy06](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/killy06/32/366375_2.png) [@killy06](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/killy06)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2019, 5:57am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/saturday-night-rove/10308/21 "2019-08-23T05:57:33Z")

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> The show’s executive producer is **Jo Long**. She comes to the program after working with **Charlie Pickering** on both _The Weekly_ and _The Yearly_ . Long also worked with Rove on his US series for Foxtel, _Rove LA_ .

> “For this season we have The Chaser’s **Chris Taylor** as our head writer. We have never worked together before and collaborating with him has been very good.

> _Saturday Night Rove_ will again feature live crosses as in the pilot, but Rove said there will be less of them. “We won’t rely on them as heavily as we did in the pilot.”

> Rove is hopeful the show will generate enough viewer interest to grow into something regular. “For the moment we are focussing only on these six episodes.” He suggested anything is possible and he noted that with _Hughesy, We Have A Problem_ , the first season of his show at 10 was extended.

> **[Saturday Night Rove: The Chaser’s Chris Taylor joins the team](https://www.mediaweek.com.au/saturday-night-rove-the-chasers-special-agent-joins-the-team/)**
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> In the week Rove McManus has spent spruiking the return of Saturday Night Rove after a pilot last year he has found all people hoping the show would work.

Also from Studio 10 earlier today:

[https://twitter.com/Studio10au/status/1164767084061941761?s=20](https://twitter.com/Studio10au/status/1164767084061941761?s=20)

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**Author:** ![killy06](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/killy06/32/366375_2.png) [@killy06](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/killy06)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2019, 7:44am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/saturday-night-rove/10308/22 "2019-08-23T07:44:56Z")

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> <https://twitter.com/nonstoptom/status/1164405399694397441?s=21>

> <https://twitter.com/charliepick/status/1164784007000707073?s=21>

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**Author:** ![TV\_Addict](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/tv_addict/32/317_2.png) [@TV\_Addict](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TV_Addict)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2019, 9:34am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/saturday-night-rove/10308/23 "2019-08-24T09:34:45Z")

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Is this the same studio where they filmed Rove 10 years ago?

Also seems they streamed the first 10mins on Facebook.

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**Author:** ![TV.Cynic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/tv.cynic/32/316932_2.png) [@TV.Cynic](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TV.Cynic)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2019, 9:42am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/saturday-night-rove/10308/24 "2019-08-24T09:42:38Z")

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![mp4_000166580](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/b/6/b6c3faba4e8f6a3fd72f9a862dad816b25a6e8dc.jpeg) ![mp4_000185980](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/a/5/a53f0effc8c296e024eb0410b14d7a127e7c1614.jpeg) ![mp4_000199500](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/4/c/4c220b5c4ddfef584601321b4831ad6133c162ae.jpeg) ![mp4_000200340](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/6/5/65e3191743de440b84932778944cd1fcc7779e7a.jpeg) ![mp4_000232900](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/a/c/acde62ef6371fe8275ce195eb59be70dcca64298.jpeg) ![mp4_000296180](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/1/b/1b613b1320f2455e6ca3978dffb7bfc75fb2a255.jpeg) ![mp4_000352700](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/b/a/ba9891be0b9502ee6e056b1b31ddfdefde635918.jpeg) ![mp4_000373660](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/b/5/b52a918de9579162ea50aa6fb3b301e1c6adc726.jpeg) ![mp4_000165400](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/2/c/2c79cf10febb04e7165e5ce96cdb368e757034f9.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![TVHead](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/tvhead/32/160_2.png) [@TVHead](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TVHead)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2019, 9:44am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/saturday-night-rove/10308/25 "2019-08-24T09:44:57Z")

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Rove was done in Melbourne, this is the Sydney 10 studio

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**Author:** ![TV\_Addict](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/tv_addict/32/317_2.png) [@TV\_Addict](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TV_Addict)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2019, 9:56am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/saturday-night-rove/10308/26 "2019-08-24T09:56:38Z")

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Interesting how they are going to auction off each celeb item on Ebay. Already over $2000.

> **[Levi's Denim Jacket Custom Made for Jessica Mauboy - as seen on Rove | eBay](https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Levis-Denim-Jacket-Custom-Made-for-Jessica-Mauboy-as-seen-on-Rove/401855521854?hash=item5d9074a43e%3Ag%3AJDYAAOSwGVRdYLK3&frcectupt=true)**
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> "Jessica Mauboy # We Got Love" stitched onto the back in red stitching. This item has been worn ( by Jess Mauboy ).

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**Author:** ![Kubi](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/kubi/32/61834_2.png) [@Kubi](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Kubi)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2019, 10:03am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/saturday-night-rove/10308/27 "2019-08-24T10:03:53Z")

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Is this live?

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**Author:** ![TVHead](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/tvhead/32/160_2.png) [@TVHead](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TVHead)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2019, 10:12am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/saturday-night-rove/10308/28 "2019-08-24T10:12:16Z")

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This is really poorly produced and barely written.

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**Author:** ![David](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@David](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/David)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2019, 10:13am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/saturday-night-rove/10308/29 "2019-08-24T10:13:08Z")

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The camera moving during Jess’ interview was making me sick. Strange decision to have it swing back and forth like that.

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**Author:** ![David](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@David](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/David)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2019, 10:38am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/saturday-night-rove/10308/30 "2019-08-24T10:38:18Z")

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That Anthony Callea with Alice or Alex or whoever she is “skit” was pure torture.

They’ve literally had a year to prepare and this is what they come up with?

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**Post date:** [August 24, 2019, 10:44am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/saturday-night-rove/10308/31 "2019-08-24T10:44:35Z")

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“fun” can sometimes be mistaken for “funny”. I’ve got an idea, give him a desk back so he isn’t roaming around without a home base. Give him some proper comedians for back-up, drop stupid one note gimmicks like the Luke McGregor torture, and give us some proper comedy. Rove was a decent show in the day, this really wasn’t, and had no reason to go long as it was bereft of content.

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**Author:** ![LFD459](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/lfd459/32/3463_2.png) [@LFD459](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/LFD459)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2019, 10:44am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/saturday-night-rove/10308/32 "2019-08-24T10:44:50Z")

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Mmm. They’re called steady cams for a reason… hopefully they don’t return next week.

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**Author:** ![TheIdiotBoxAU](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/theidiotboxau/32/793_2.png) [@TheIdiotBoxAU](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TheIdiotBoxAU)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2019, 10:48am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/saturday-night-rove/10308/33 "2019-08-24T10:48:04Z")

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It felt like about 30 minutes of good ideas smashed out to 70 minutes.

Ivan was good and probably deserved more time. Jess a complete waste of time.

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**Post date:** [August 24, 2019, 11:43am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/saturday-night-rove/10308/34 "2019-08-24T11:43:27Z")

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Getting rid of the host would be a start!

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**Author:** ![Sully](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/48db29/32.png) [@Sully](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Sully)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2019, 12:08pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/saturday-night-rove/10308/35 "2019-08-24T12:08:38Z")

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This show is trending online, as is Mrs Doubtfire LOL

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**Post date:** [August 25, 2019, 12:05am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/saturday-night-rove/10308/36 "2019-08-25T00:05:16Z")

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Any ratings come through yet?

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**Post date:** [August 25, 2019, 12:24am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/saturday-night-rove/10308/38 "2019-08-25T00:24:18Z")

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Ratings came through this morning. Weren’t too bad for a Saturday night and outrated the NRL on Nine. Mediaweek notes last night’s ratings were higher than last year’s pilot.

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**Author:** ![littlegezzybear](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/littlegezzybear/32/219836_2.png) [@littlegezzybear](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/littlegezzybear)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2019, 12:28am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/saturday-night-rove/10308/39 "2019-08-25T00:28:09Z")

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Here:

> [@](#):
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> [https://twitter.com/MediaweekAUS/status/1165412636487372800?s=19](https://twitter.com/MediaweekAUS/status/1165412636487372800?s=19)

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**Author:** ![David](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@David](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/David)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2019, 12:30am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/saturday-night-rove/10308/40 "2019-08-25T00:30:03Z")

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Pretty sure you can’t post that here?

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**Author:** ![littlegezzybear](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/littlegezzybear/32/219836_2.png) [@littlegezzybear](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/littlegezzybear)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2019, 12:31am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/saturday-night-rove/10308/41 "2019-08-25T00:31:20Z")

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You can post a link, which is what I did. There is no preview of the Twitter post.

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