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.
“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.
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.
