- Rove McManus
] but "
Saturday Night Live " comedianJimmy Fallon was later confirmed as the next host.Radio
In 1999 McManus was a regular host on
Triple J radio. He had a segment on the breakfast show (starringWil Anderson andAdam Spencer ) on Friday mornings, "Know Your Millennium", a quiz show that looked into the past. In 2000 he filled in on2MMM 'sAndrew Denton Breakfast Show with co-hostAmanda Keller and Mike Fitzpatrick. In 2002 theAustereo radio network commissioned Roving Enterprises to create a weekly radio program. Starring McManus alongside regular "Rove" colleaguesPeter Helliar andCorinne Grant , the show was originally called "Saturday Morning Rove". Broadcast fromFox 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 theTriple M radio program "Get This ". In 2006, McManus and Helliar filled in forMerrick and Rosso while they were holidays. In the first week of their three week stintMeshel Laurie ofNova 106.9 co-hosted the show as well.Other
McManus had a cameo voicing a
crab inPixar 's 2003 animated film, "Finding Nemo ". On 8 June, 2007, he appeared as the presenter of a secondary school discussion withTenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama atRod Laver Arena . [cite web |url = http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,21631990-5006002,00.html |title = Rove in Leno's hot seat |accessdate = 2007-09-07 |date =2007-04-28 |publisher =The Daily Telegraph ]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", "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". In 2008 he won thoNickelodeon Australians Kids' Choice Awards Blimps for the Biggest Burper and The Greatest Aussie.References
External links
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* [http://www.rovedaily.com.au/ "Rove" Website]
* [http://www.ten.com.au/ten/rove-cast.html#rove-mcmanus Rove's official biography]
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