‘I only did it for money’: Kyle Sandilands ‘unhappy’ after his TV show picked up for full season

CONTROVERSIAL media personality Kyle Sandilands is not happy today after being told his Channel Ten Pilot Week show Trial By Kyle has been picked up for a full season. He groaned on air complaining how “tough” it will be to juggle radio and filming.

CONTROVERSIAL media personality Kyle Sandilands refuses to play by the rules.

Sandilands went rogue, announcing he had signed up for a full season of Trial By Kyle. Channel 10 would not say if the show had been locked in.

“A final decision on the shows picked up from Pilot Week is yet to be made,” a network representative said. “We will have some exciting announcements to share in the coming weeks.” Ten is expected to reveal its 2019 program line-up on October 31.

Kyle Sandilands was not happy this morning after learning his TV show had been picked up for a full season. Picture: KIIS FM

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Trial By Kyle was one of eight new shows that aired in Ten’s Pilot Week experiment in August. The KIIS FM radio star said his was the only show that would be seen again.

“Channel Ten did that Pilot Week s..t and then I was the only one that got picked up,” Sandilands said on radio during an interview with Rebecca Gibney on Monday morning.

“So now I’ve actually got to do something.”

Sensing Sandilands’ lack of enthusiasm, Gibney told him it was a good thing.

On the show he acts as a judge for celebrity and everyday disputes. Picture: Supplied

“Not really,” he replied. “I don’t know why I did it.

“I did it thinking, ‘I’ll do this and take the money and that’ll be the end of it.’ And they’re like, ‘Good news, Kyle. Yours is the only show we’re picking up. Goes to air in February next year.’ I was like, ‘Ohhh’,” he groaned.

“Doing this job and then having to go in there and film all that bulls..t — it’s tough,” he said.

“I like to lay around resting. I get no rest.”

The show was the second most watched for Channel Ten’s pilot week. Picture: Supplied

Trial By Kyle was the second-highest rating show during Pilot Week, pulling in almost 520,000 viewers nationally.

It is understood Anna Heinrich, legal adviser to Sandilands in the pilot, will return for the show.