Could Frontline ever be revived?
Exclusive: It's a long shot that the classic satire would ever be revived, but Rob Sitch is still attached to Mike Moore.
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EXCLUSIVE: With Utopia currently on ABC for Working Dog, and Rob Sitch last week named on a critics-collated National Living TV Treasures List, could we ever see a revival for Frontline?
Rob Sitch recently told TV Tonight if the team thought they could do something better than the original, anything was possible.
“If people said ‘It’s not as good,’ it probably wouldn’t worry us because on our terms it might be better,” he said.
“But maybe we tend to enjoy doing new projects so much that it rapidly goes into the rear view mirror. The only part of it that we still love, and would love to do something with, is Mike Moore. Over the years we’ve often done a recording for a charity night,a 21st or a conference.
“So periodically I’ve written scripts and had a lot of fun with it, but I doubt we would bring back the actual show.”
Sitch records the occasional Mike Moore clip in front of a green screen in the Working Dog office. He’s clearly still attached to the iconic character.
“I’ve kept the back story going with Mike Moore that he now hosts an Asia-Pacific chat show out of Auckland called Less is Moore,” he joked.
“And the wig is under lock and key.”
Mmmmmmm. I think there’s something in that for all of us.
Utopia airs 8:30pm Wednesday on ABC.
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He could have his own Glren Beck / Andrew Bolt / Sean Hanity type show.
‘The Moore You Know’
Maybe Mike Moore as a host of a Q&A style panel show? Or moving to a 24 hour news channel as their main anchor? Definitely many sources they can draw from since the Frontline days… Collapsing guests (Q&A – when Simon Sheikh fainted and Sophie Mirabella’s equally brilliant reaction)? Career-ending technical faults (ala Helen Kapalos/Today Tonight leadership spill night)?
Ray Martin pops up every now and again, so why can’t Mike Moore?
He should appear on Have You Been Paying Attention, .
He should guest host The Project.
As a plot for a show, or even just as a character for the fun of it.
Watched Utopia for the first time the other night. Very underwhelmed.
The episode when Mike Moore insisted on taking the hostage call live on TV is a clasic.
Only if it was on either 9 or 7; and immediately before or after ACA or TT.
I would like to see Mike Moore as host of a breakfast television show – complete with female cohost, newsreader, hollywood entertainment reporter and Geoffrey Salter as the roving weatherman…
morning TV is crying out to be satirised!
The real reason is networks wont touch any show about behind scenes of television. they say audiences don’t relate and wont watch.
Right now we have a political show boom, dramas and comedies so hopefully TV will come back in fashion.
This would be awesome if it could happen, given its been 21 years.
Please please make this happen 🙂 with the original cast if possible, not enough Martin DiStasio on our TV’s!