October 22nd, 2009 7:18 am
A late start to ‘Rove’ next year
Rove McManus has decided to hold back the return of his show next year, leaving the network without its regular Sunday nightcap.

Rove McManus
According to the Herald Sun, Rove McManus has decided to delay the return of his show next year.
The reason behind this delay is unclear, however it has been speculated that the Logie award winner will not return until the second half of the year, so he can focus on improving the struggling panel show, ‘The 7PM Project’.
This year, ‘Rove’ will air a total of 36 episodes, with the final episode airing on November 15.
Next year, the total number of episodes will likely be far less.
‘Rove’ has struggled in the ratings ever since cooking comp ‘MasterChef’ went off the air. The show dipped to a mere 851,000 viewers this past Sunday, well below the favoured one million viewer mark.
Surprisingly, ‘Australian Idol’, which has also struggled in the ratings, finally managed to crack one million viewers on Sunday, when Kim Cooper was sent packing.
Source: Herald Sun













