Axed Marngrook Footy Show finds new home
The trailblazing Marngrook Footy Show has been picked up by a new station after being axed last year, with the show’s creator revealing his thoughts on the show’s NITV replacement.
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The Marngrook Footy Show, axed by NITV last year, is returning to the small screen on Channel 31.
Marngrook creator and host, Grant Hansen, and co-host Leila Guruwiwi, will be back on air next Wednesday, with panellists including Phil Krakouer, Doug Hawkins, Kevin Bartlett, Shaun Burgoyne, Warwick Capper, Abbey Holmes, Kaitlyn Ashmore and Alicia Newman.
“I’ve been working frantically since NITV dropped the bomb on me last year,” Hansen told Confidential.
“We’ll operating on a low, low, low budget, but I’m doing everything to survive and keep the show on air. Like a phoenix rising up from the ashes, they haven’t killed us off. We will rebuild and bring it back to its former glory.”
This month, NITV announced two indigenous football shows, Yokayi and The Colour Of Your Jumper, which will feature former Marngrook co-hosts Gilbert McAdam and Shelley Ware, respectively.
“I’m really disappointed in NITV,” Hansen said. “We had no idea our show was going to be scotched. They left us high and dry, basically.
“The two new shows are basically spin-offs of the Marngrook Footy Show, but as they say, the original is always the best.”
Hansen hopes sponsors get on board Marngrook “so this other mob don’t pitch our ideas and live off our backs. They’re already promoting it as the new shows taking over from Marngrook. Like f--- they are!”
To date, Marngrook has shot 299 episodes over 13 seasons, with two Logies nominations for best sports program in its resume.
The Marngrook Footy Show will premiere on Channel 31 at 7pm next Wednesday, and be replayed on Foxtel channel, Aurora, the following day.
Hansen, Guruwiwi, Krakouer and Mark Harvey will also host the Marngrook Rock N Roll Footy Show live event at St Kilda’s Memo Music Hall on Friday.
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