This has been discussed on Media Spy many times over the years, but…
From the very little I’ve seen of The NRL Footy Show in recent years, it’s a pretty ordinary program. Fatty used to be somewhat funny back in the 1990s and the 1st half of the 2000s when paired with decent quality co-presenters/regular panellists, but now he’s just embarrassing to watch.
Erin Molan is a decent sports presenter on the Friday/Saturday night editions of Nine News Sydney or on other WWOS programs, but she doesn’t really suit this show IMO. Personally I do think a program like The Footy Show needs a female presenter to break up the blokiness a bit, but I’m not quite sure if Erin Molan (or on the AFL version, Rebecca Maddern) is the right female presenter for this type of show.
Beau Ryan…well where do I begin? And while Darryl “The Big Marn” Brohman seems like a decent enough bloke, I’m fairly indifferent about his role on the show.
I think The NRL Footy Show has been steadily declining in popularity and ratings since around the mid-2000s.
To give you an idea of how popular The NRL Footy Show used to be during the 1990s and even the 1st half of the 2000s, the highlights were made into annual end of year shows and DVD releases. I couldn’t imagine Nine doing something like this with the program as it is now!
I completely agree. Both versions of The Footy Show need to be completely relaunched (including the replacement of all presenters - yes, even Fatty & Sam) or axed entirely.
And by that, obviously I’m only referring to the Thursday night versions. At least The Sunday Footy Show (well, the NRL version anyway) actually seems to talk about football!