Saturday Night Rove

Saturday Night Rove, also referred to as Saturday Night,^[1] was an Australian television variety show hosted by comedian Rove McManus.^[2] The program premiered on Network 10 on 24 August 2019 and aired on Saturdays at 7:30 pm.^[3][4] It featured a mixture of live and pre-recorded entertainment, including skits, live crosses, guest interviews, pranks, challenges and comedy acts & routines.^[5][4][2]

Saturday Night Rove
The current logo of Saturday Night Rove as of the first season in 2019.
Genre	Variety Comedy Entertainment
Created by	Rove McManus
Written by	Evan Williams Alex Jae Alex Lee Justin Hamilton
Presented by	Rove McManus
Starring	Alex Jae Alex Lee Justin Hamilton
Voices of	Judith Lucy
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	2
Production
Executive producer	Jo Long
Producer	Rove McManus
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	50—52 minutes
Production companies	Roving Enterprises Haven't You Done Well Productions — Aunty Donna skits
Original release
Network	Network 10
Release	25 August 2018 (2018-08-25) – 31 August 2019 (2019-08-31)

The show was produced by Rove McManus' Roving Enterprises and first appeared as a pilot episode screened on 24 August 2018.^[4] A season for 2019, with 6 episodes, was commissioned by Network Ten in October 2018 and premiered on 24 August 2019,^[6] however after only 2 episodes being aired, the show was axed due to disappointing ratings.^[7] Aunty Donna who had created skits for the show that were not aired due to the cancellation would later release these on their YouTube channel in April 2020.^[8]

Cast

• Rove McManus^[4]
• Alex Lee^[4]
• Alex Jae^[4]
• Justin Hamilton^[4]
• Voice of Judith Lucy^[4][9]
• Aunty Donna^[10]

Episodes

No.	Title	Guest(s)	Original air date	Viewers
1	Episode 1	Jessica Mauboy, Ivan Aristeguieta with Anthony Callea, Luke McGregor^[9]	24 August 2019 (2019-08-24)	244,000^[11]
2	Episode 2	Becky Lucas & Cam James, Danielle Walker with Kevin Rudd	31 August 2019 (2019-08-31)	138,000^[12]

Ratings

Series	Episodes	Premiere			Finale			Source
		Premiere date	Premiere viewers	Rank	Finale date	Finale viewers	Rank
1	2	24 August 2019 (2019-08-24)	244,000	14	31 August 2019 (2019-08-31)	138,000		^[11]

See also

•  Television portal
•  Australia portal

• List of Australian television series
• Rove Live
• Hey Hey It's Saturday
• Saturday Night Live
• Chris & Julia's Sunday Night Takeaway
• Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
• The Project
• Aunty Donna

References

1. Idato, Michael (27 August 2018). "Who Won Ten's 'Pilot Week'? The verdict is in". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
2. Rigby, Brittney (7 August 2019). "McManus to return to Ten with Saturday Night Rove". Mumbrella. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
3. Knox, David (7 August 2019). "Airdate: Saturday Night Rove". TV Tonight. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
4. Lynch, Jessica (7 August 2019). "Rove Returns With The LOLs For 'Saturday Night Rove'". 10 Daily. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
5. Knox, David (24 August 2018). "Live, Dangerous and Ready to Prove A Point". TV Tonight. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
6. "The Pilot Week Shows You Voted For — Revealed". 10Play. 1 November 2018. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
7. Knox, David (2 September 2018). "Axed: Saturday Night Rove". TV Tonight. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
8. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyvyhkF8Xr4&list=PLEzN-y0ZMgpsJR0W5KOW12tn_N9n0SVpz&index=1&ab_channel=AuntyDonna
9. Knox, David (18 August 2019). "Saturday Night Rove: Aug 24". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
10. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10876090/
11. Knox, David (25 August 2019). "Saturday 24 August 2019". TV Tonight. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
12. Knox, David (1 September 2019). "Saturday 31 August 2019". TV Tonight. Retrieved 1 September 2019.

External links

• Official website
• Saturday Night Rove on Twitter