Comments on: The last Rove

By: KLFH

KLFH — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:19:40 +0000

This is an opinion piece on Rove. I happen to agree with it.
thingsboganslike.wordpress.com/2009/11/17/27-rove/

By: franz chong

franz chong — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:27:06 +0000

Disappointing to see it go.

But This is what Ten should do and consider putting on some weekly American Type Talkshow similar to what we had back in the late Don Lanes Time even if it is only once a week better that than losing the viewers to whatever 7 or 9 show at that time of night.

By: steph

steph — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:15:07 +0000

the show / format will be missed… it was fun.
pity I missed the last show – would’ve made more of an effort to watch if I’d known it was the last one!

By: Sophie

Sophie — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:04:00 +0000

Rove is the powers that be. He probably has other projects that he wants to focus on. Good on Rove making that decision.

By: BJ

BJ — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:33:55 +0000

Ok Rove is going to be missed very much and I couldn’t imagine tv without him. I think channel ten execs could see him doing a hosting role. I think with the talents of the rove team there could be a chance to give a second life to Big Brother who knows it could very much work

By: Greg

Greg — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:22:55 +0000

Rove doing commercial breakfast radio might work, if he’s willing to move to Sydney and take on Kyle and Jackie O (whom I greatly doubt, he’d succeed at beating). I’d suggest Rove make (occasional only) appearances on either a Sunday night, or even a Saturday night (at 6.30 pm) version of his 7PM Project show.

What I don’t understand, is if Ten have also been bleeding significant viewers from Aus Idol (which I don’t watch, as it’s never been my cup of tea) and now realise they made a big mistake firing Kyle (who they now realise consistently brought in good ratings for it, when he was on), why aren’t they permanently resting Aus Idol and why are they foolishly continuing to go with it next year. The proposal to revive Young Talent Time could work and would be much cheaper for Ten to do, but not while Aus Idol is still airing.

By: mickey

mickey — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:12:54 +0000

should have finished it off 4 years ago…………

By: jmgirl

jmgirl — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:26:59 +0000

I’ll admit to being a bit of a sentimentalist, and though I don’t think I’d ever watched the show through before, I did happen to catch the last 10 mins last night (the sign-off) and was a little sad to see him go.

On the other hand… it does seem clear he went before 10 made some ghastly alternative show suggestion for him for 2010 (hard to see them bringing the show back in its existing form next year), and for that I respect him, even if I never really enjoyed the show or found him funny. He seemed pleasant, likeable, but no more.

Maybe, as others are saying, it will free the slot up for Hamish and Andy or Micallef?

But 10 years is a mighty effort, whatever one thinks of the show itself, which in my case wasn’t much.

By: stevie g

stevie g — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:15:38 +0000

I hapened to catch the tail end of Rove’s farewell speach by accident. There did seem a bit of bitterness. The “saints into sinners” quote was interesting. I guess they may have felt that they already had a big show in the 10th anniversary episode, so it would have been going over old ground to do a big Finale.

By: Harry

Harry — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:55:33 +0000

Idol was great last night. Excellent performances!

By: J-Lev

J-Lev — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:36:26 +0000

What the? was really just Hey’s Hey’s Media Watch Press/Phunny Foto’s rolled into one anyway so if Ten wanted Rove to become more Hey Hey like he would have only been going back to how his early Ten Shows where (like on Hey Hey James Simpson used to do all the whacky stuff that first Rove and then Hamish and Andy did), Corrine Grant as a human nacho … well Jackie and Co did that sort of thing.

Perhaps Darryl Somers has seen the error of his ways when he should of passed the host role of Hey Hey on all those years ago and has offered Rove the torch to carry the show on into the future and Rove has accepted that offer (perhaps Nine Execs forced Somers hand), Ernie Carroll is not getting any younger so perhaps Somers Carroll will become Somers Rove.

Now there is unfounded speculation for you from sources at the centre of my mind.

By: Goonies

Goonies — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:22:32 +0000

I give him full credit for knowing when to fold ‘em.

@ Quentin – I am Gen Y and I can’t really stand him. Might want to clarify your statement a little bit considering there are probably millions of ‘Gen Y’s’ in Australia.

By: KFed

KFed — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:41:06 +0000

I do feel ripped-off by there being no prior warning. But at least I was watching. I can see why Rove wanted to keep it quiet, but it robbed his audience of what could have been a much bigger moment.

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:38:20 +0000

@Ryan, thats what i thought too, they wanted him to host a Hey Hey Style show, now as much as Hey Hey Is great, Rove is not Hey Hey, rove is his own show, and should never change the format, once they said to him, “Put your big boy pants on, and we’ll cram you into south melbourne seven studios where its small, dark and dull, act like Jay Leno.”, he followed that lead, and “Americanised” his own show, that’s why people turned away from it, he wasn’t “Fun” to watch anymore… he became an “Old Man” to say… Remember when he swam in a pool of tiramisu?, remember when he made corrine grant into a human nacho?, remember What The?, All those things should have never changed about rove, he appealed to the young audience (Which was me at the time), and then when the Ten Exec’s decided that he should Grow Up, they changed the show, from a 2 Hour Fun-Packed Variety Show (Which would always go over and i remember that Sandra Sully would always be pi**ed LOL), to a one hour Dull, Boring, Stale Talk Show Jammed into a Sunday Night, it was too quick, and not funny…

But that’s just my opinion… he needed more time on air, but they decided to pull some crap like that.. good onya Ten… You ruined a great show….

By: Gil

Gil — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:09:06 +0000

Rove was getting too childish – his humour appealed to teenage girls. I can’t believe people are saying a poor Idol lead in was his downfall. As much as lead ins are important, you can’t rely on them. When Idol was strong, was that the only reason Rove use to get big ratings??

By: Tony

Tony — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:28:52 +0000

I think Rove would have decided to jump before he was pushed. The ratings don’t justify the show’s return next year.