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| In 1997, McManus began hosting '']'', which was produced by ]'s student television company ], on the community television station, ] where he was gven a budget of AU$50.00 a week. It was there where he met his now long-time co-host, ]. {{Fact|date=May 2009}} He subsequently landed a contract for ten late night episodes of his own variety show, '']'' for the ] in 1999, but Nine cancelled the series at the end of its run. In 2000, McManus was offered the opportunity to produce a new version of the ''Rove'' show for ]. The resulting '']'' was almost identical to Nine's ''Rove''. ''Rove Live'' has become a flagship show for Network Ten, and it is also broadcast on ] in ]. The show follows a ] format and showcases weekly ] guests, comedy acts, variety segments, local and international ]s and ]. | |||
| McManus started his own production company, ] in 2000 and has co-produced his show since ''Rove Live'' began on Network Ten. The company has also produced a number of other programs, including the ] program '']'', the ] show '']'' and ] comedy program '']''. Since 2002, Roving Enterprises has produced the ], which, until 2004, was also hosted by McManus. | |||
| In 2005 (and 2008), McManus undertook a live solo ] show, touring Australian capital cities as well as ] and ] in New Zealand. During the tour, he returned to Melbourne each Tuesday to film ''Rove Live''. During the ] and ] federal elections, McManus unsuccessfully campaigned to have ] ] appear on his program. While Howard did not appear, then-opposition leaders ] appeared on the show in 2005 and ] in 2007. After being elected Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd appeared on the show again in 2008. | |||
| When ] fell ill in early 2004, McManus was one of many guest presenters who hosted Newton's show '']''. McManus hosted the episodes on 24 April and 12 October, 2004. <ref> credit listing. </ref> The following year, McManus and Newton co-hosted a Roving Enterprises television special ''Ten Seriously 40'', a look at the history of the Ten Network. | |||
| In November 2006, when his wife ] died after fighting ] for eight years, McManus took indefinite leave and ''Rove Live'' did not screen its last two planned episodes of the year. At the time there were unfounded rumours circulating in the industry that he might quit television for good, however, he returned in the competitive Sunday 8.30pm timeslot. The new show commenced 1 April 2007 with a major format overhaul, including renaming the show to simply ''Rove''.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,21343387-661,00.html |title = Rove back in harness |accessdate = 2007-09-07 |author = Darren Devlyn and Marcus Casey |date = ] |publisher = ] }}</ref> ''Rove'' scored its highest ever audience of 1.69 million viewers.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=94668 |title = Kate Ritchie wins gold at Logies |accessdate = 2007-09-07 |date = ] |publisher = ] }}</ref> In September 2007, McManus made his debut as a game show host in the Australian version of the ] '']''.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=275056 |title = Second half TV line-ups revealed |accessdate = 2007-09-07 |date = ] |publisher = ] }}</ref> | |||
| ===Radio=== | ===Radio=== | ||
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| Born | John McManus II (1974-01-21) 21 January 1974 (age 50) Perth, WA, Australia |
| Occupation(s) | Television presenter Comedian Radio host Producer |
| Known for | TV variety show Rove |
| Spouse(s) | Belinda Emmett (Deceased) (2005–2006) |
| Website | www.rovedaily.com.au |
Rove McManus (born John McManus II on 21 January 1974) is a three time Gold Logie Award winning Australian media personality. He is the host of the variety show Rove and owner of the production company Roving Enterprises.
Rove is kewl FULL STOP. :)
Career
Rove is kewl FULL STOP. :)
Radio
In 1999 McManus was a regular host on Triple J radio. He had a segment on the breakfast show (starring Wil Anderson and Adam Spencer) on Friday mornings, Know Your Millennium, a quiz show that looked into the past. In 2000 he filled in on 2MMM's Andrew Denton Breakfast Show with co-host Amanda Keller and Mike Fitzpatrick. In 2002 the Austereo radio network commissioned Roving Enterprises to create a weekly radio program. Starring McManus alongside regular Rove colleagues Peter Helliar and Corinne Grant, the show was originally called Saturday Morning Rove. Broadcast from Fox FM every Saturday from 10am to midday, it was pre-recorded the day before to allow the performers to have a full weekend of other media commitments. In 2004 the program moved to Friday mornings allowing live phone callers, and was re-titled Rove Live Radio. It was discontinued at the end of 2004. McManus has been a guest co-host on the Triple M radio program Get This. In 2006, McManus and Helliar filled in for Merrick and Rosso while they were on holiday. In the first week of their three week stint Meshel Laurie of Nova 106.9 co-hosted the show as well.
Other
On 8 June, 2007, he appeared as the presenter of a secondary school discussion with Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama at Rod Laver Arena.
Overseas Appearances
McManus had a cameo voicing a poo-eatingcrab in Pixar's 2003 animated film, Finding Nemo. McManus appeared as himself on the New Zealand cartoon bro'Town, and has also made intermittent appearances on TV3's satirical Pulp Sport series, usually performing menial tasks for "Bill and Ben", the hosts.
In 2004 McManus appeared in comedian John Safrans Tv-show John Safran vs God in a segment where Safran convinced the controversial UK Muslim cleric Omar Bakri Muhammad to put a fatwa on McManus. The fatwa was later pulled off when Omar Bakri found out that the pictures showing McManus mocking Islam were falsified.
On 2 May, 2007, 25 July, 2007, and 29 October, 2008 he appeared as a guest on NBC's Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Jay Leno also made a small pre-recorded appearance at the beginning of Rove's shows in LA gving Rove tips for the nights show.
On Tuesday, December 23 Rove made his debut as host on American television as the host of an ABC special "The List"..
Awards
In 2002, McManus was nominated for the Gold Logie Award and Rove Live won the Logie for "Most Popular Light Entertainment Program". In 2003, he won three Logies: "Most Popular TV Presenter"david, "Most Popular Light Entertainment/Comedy Program" and the "Gold Logie Award for Most Popular Personality on Australian Television". In 2004 and 2005 he repeated his 2003 award haul, and in 2006 he won "Most Popular TV Presenter". In 2007 McManus won "Most Popular TV Presenter" and "Most Popular Light Entertainment Program" for Rove Live. He won the "Most popular TV presenter" logie in 2009 for the 7th time in a row. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
References
- "Rove in Leno's hot seat". The Daily Telegraph. 2007-04-28. Retrieved 2007-09-07.
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| Awards and achievements | ||
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| Preceded byGeorgie Parker for All Saints |
Gold Logie Award Most Popular Personality on Australian Television 2003, 2004, 2005 for Rove Live |
Succeeded byJohn Wood for Blue Heelers |
| Preceded byN/A | Logie Award Most Popular TV Presenter 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 for Rove Live/Rove (2003–2009) and Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (2008–2009) |
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- 1974 births
- Living people
- Australian comedians
- Australian radio personalities
- Australian stand-up comedians
- Australian television presenters
- Australian television personalities
- Australian voice actors
- Gold Logie winners
- Australians of Irish descent
- People from Perth, Western Australia
- Australian game show hosts