ABC2 tribute to Joan Rivers

ABC2 is also paying respect to Joan Rivers.

Two will play tonight, including a replay of her long overdue return to The Tonight Show, while her doco A Piece of Work (which airs on STV tonight) gets a FTA replay on Sunday.

Friday Sept 5

8.30pm: Joan Rivers: The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (replacing ‘The Undateables’.)
Joan Rivers comedian, author, actress and television host, made a cameo on the premiere episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon before joining Jimmy for a celebrity chat at the famous Tonight Show desk in a later episode. Tonight is the encore of Jimmy talking to guests Joan Rivers, Aussie actor Russell Crowe and the indie rock band The National

9.15pm: Joan Rivers: Don’t Start with Me (replacing ‘The Daters’/ ‘Prostitution: What’s the Harm’.)
Check your sensitivity at the door and feel the comedic wrath of entertainment icon Joan Rivers. In this live stand-up event, shot in 2012, Joan goes to great lengths to take on everyone with her trademark wit. With her infectious energy Joan owns the stage from start to finish, as everything and everybody who’s somebody are fair game.

Sunday, September 7

9.15pm: Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work (replacing Sunday Best: Facing Ali’.)
Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work takes the audience on a year-long ride with legendary comedian Joan Rivers in her 76th year of life, peeling away the mask of an iconic comedian and exposing the struggles, sacrifices and joy of living life as a ground breaking female performer. The film is an emotionally surprising and revealing portrait of one the most hilarious and long-standing career women ever in the business.