''Saturday Night Rove'', also referred to as ''Saturday Night'', was an Australian television variety show hosted by comedian

Rove McManus John Henry Michael 'Rove' McManus (born 21 January 1974) is an Australian comedian, television and radio presenter, producer and media personality who has received three Gold Logie awards. He was the host of the eponymous variety show '' Rove ...

. The program premiered on

Network 10 Network 10 (commonly known as the 10 Network, Channel 10 or simply 10) is an Australian commercial television network. It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Paramount Global's UK & Australia division and is one of the five national free-to-a ...

on 24 August 2019 and aired on Saturdays at 7:30 pm. It featured a mixture of live and pre-recorded entertainment, including

skits Sketch comedy comprises a series of short, amusing scenes or vignettes, called "sketches" or, "skits", commonly between one and ten minutes long, performed by a group of comic actors or comedians. While the form developed and became popular in ...

, live crosses, guest interviews, pranks, challenges and comedy acts & routines. The show was produced by

Roving Enterprises Roving Enterprises Pty Ltd is an Australian television production company, owned by television presenter, producer and comedian Rove McManus and his business partner Craig Campbell and managed by General Manager Kevin Whyte. The company is respon ...

and first appeared as a

pilot An aircraft pilot or aviator is a person who controls the flight of an aircraft by operating its Aircraft flight control system, directional flight controls. Some other aircrew, aircrew members, such as navigators or flight engineers, are al ...

episode screened on 24 August 2018. A season for 2019, with 6 episodes, was commissioned by

Network Ten Network 10 (commonly known as the 10 Network, Channel 10 or simply 10) is an Australian commercial television network. It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Paramount Global's Paramount Networks UK & Australia, UK & Australia division and is o ...

in October 2018 and premiered on 24 August 2019, however after only 2 episodes being aired, the show was axed due to disappointing ratings.

Aunty Donna Aunty Donna is an Australian surrealist comedy group formed in Melbourne in 2011. The group currently consists of performers and writers Mark Bonanno, Broden Kelly and Zachary Ruane, alongside writer and director Sam Lingham, director Max Mill ...

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.

Cast

* Alex Lee * Alex Jae * Justin Hamilton * Voice of

Judith Lucy Judith Mary Lucy (born 25 March 1968) is an Australian comedian and actress, known primarily for her stand-up comedy. Lucy joined the team of the ABC's ''The Weekly with Charlie Pickering'' in 2019. Early life Lucy's adoptive parents emigrate ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Saturday Night Rove Network 10 original programming Australian variety television shows 2010s Australian comedy television series 2019 Australian television series debuts 2019 Australian television series endings Television shows set in Sydney Television shows set in Melbourne Australian English-language television shows

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