The Night Watchmen (TV series)
The Night Watchmen | |
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Genre | Sport |
Starring | James Rochford Andrew Barnett |
Country of origin | Australia |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 17 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Camera setup | Multiple-camera setup |
Running time | 45 minutes approx. (including commercials) |
Original release | |
Network | Fox Sports |
Release | 2018 – present |
Related | |
The Professor's Late Hit |
The Night Watchmen is an Australian sports television show broadcast on Fox Cricket on Friday or Saturday nights at the conclusion of the nights Big Bash League fixture.[1] The show is co-hosted by James "The Professor" Rochford and Andrew "Barney" Barnett, who are each week joined by a cricket personality. The show takes a satirical look at controversies and issues in cricket.
The show is a spin-off of the Fox League program The Professor's Late Hit that airs throughout the NRL season.
The second season premiered on 20 December 2019.
Presenters
Current
- James "The Professor" Rochford (co-host, 2018–present)
- Andrew "Barney" Barnett (co-host, 2018–present)
- Nick Rado (Nick's News, 2019–present)
Past
- Sam Taunton (Innovation Station, 2018–2019)
- Kath Loughnan (news reporter, 2018–2019)
History
The show was officially announced as part of the 2018-19 Fox Cricket line-up of programming at the launch of the channel on 9 October 2018.[2] The show premiered on Friday 21 December 2018 at approximately 10.30pm following the Sydney Thunder vs Melbourne Stars Big Bash League fixture.[3]
Series overview
Season | Episodes | Originally aired | |||
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First aired | Last aired | ||||
1 | 9 | 21 December 2018 | 15 February 2019 | ||
2 | 8 | 20 December 2019 | 6 February 2020 |
Episodes
Season 1 (2018-19)
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | Australian overnight viewers | |
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1 | 1 | "Episode 1" | 21 December 2018 | 136,000[4] | |
Guests: Darren Lehmann, Matt Okine | |||||
2 | 2 | "Episode 2" | 28 December 2018 | 195,000[5] | |
Guest: Shane Warne | |||||
3 | 3 | "Episode 3" | 4 January 2019 | 164,000[6] | |
Guests: Tim Ludeman, Arj Barker | |||||
4 | 4 | "Episode 4" | 11 January 2019 | 150,000[7] | |
Guests: Alyssa Healy, Nathan Hindmarsh | |||||
5 | 5 | "Episode 5" | 19 January 2019 | 154,000[8] | |
Guests: Nathan Lyon, Michael Vaughan | |||||
6 | 6 | "Episode 6" | 25 January 2019 | 51,000[9] | |
Guests: Ed Cowan, Dilruk Jayasinha | |||||
7 | 7 | "Episode 7" | 2 February 2019 | 155,000[10] | |
Guest: Ian Botham | |||||
8 | 8 | "Episode 8" | 9 February 2019 | 252,000[11] | |
9 | 9 | "Episode 9" | 15 February 2019 | 130,000[12] | |
Season 2 (2019-20)
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | Australian overnight viewers | |
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10 | 1 | "Episode 1" | 20 December 2019 | 154,000[13] | |
Guests: Brett Lee and Morné Morkel | |||||
11 | 2 | "Episode 2" | 27 December 2019 | 181,000[14] | |
Guest: Shane Warne | |||||
12 | 3 | "Episode 3" | 3 January 2020 | 164,000[15] | |
Guests: Ian Smith and Callum Ferguson | |||||
13 | 4 | "Episode 4" | 10 January 2020 | 168,000[16] | |
Guest: Michael Vaughan | |||||
14 | 5 | "Episode 5" | 18 January 2020 | 91,000[17] | |
Guest: Adam Gilchrist | |||||
15 | 6 | "Episode 6" | 25 January 2020 | 90,000[18] | |
Guests: Isa Guha and Alyssa Healy | |||||
16 | 7 | "Episode 7" | 1 February 2020 | 166,000[19] | |
Guest: Steve O'Keefe Note: Barney was absent from this episode, with Nick Rado assuming co-hosting duties. | |||||
17 | 8 | "Episode 8" | 6 February 2020 | 141,000[20] | |
Guest: David Warner |
See also
References
- ^ Rothfield, Phil (7 October 2018). "What's the Buzz: Saint, Sinner, Shoosh". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
- ^ Knox, David (10 October 2018). "FOX Cricket nods to the past as it heralds new era". TV Tonight. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
- ^ "KFC Big Bash League 08 On Fox Cricket Is GO". foxsports.com.au. 18 December 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
- ^ Knox, David (22 December 2018). "Friday 21 December 2018". TV Tonight. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
- ^ Knox, David (29 December 2018). "Friday 28 December 2018". TV Tonight. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
- ^ Knox, David (5 January 2019). "Friday 4 January 2019". TV Tonight. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
- ^ Knox, David (12 January 2019). "Friday 11 January 2019". TV Tonight. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
- ^ Knox, David (20 January 2019). "Saturday 19 January 2019". TV Tonight. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
- ^ Knox, David (26 January 2019). "Friday 25 January 2019". TV Tonight. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
- ^ Knox, David (3 February 2019). "Saturday 2 February 2019". TV Tonight. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
- ^ Knox, David (10 February 2019). "Saturday 9 February 2019". TV Tonight. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
- ^ Knox, David (16 February 2019). "Friday 15 February 2019". TV Tonight. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
- ^ Knox, David (21 December 2019). "Friday 20 December 2019". TV Tonight. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
- ^ Knox, David (28 December 2019). "Friday 27 December 2019". TV Tonight. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- ^ Knox, David (4 January 2020). "Friday 3 January 2020". TV Tonight. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- ^ Knox, David (15 January 2020). "Friday 10 January 2020". TV Tonight. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
- ^ Knox, David (19 January 2020). "Saturday 18 January 2020". TV Tonight. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
- ^ Knox, David (26 January 2020). "Saturday 25 January 2020". TV Tonight. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
- ^ Knox, David (2 February 2020). "Saturday 1 February 2020". TV Tonight. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
- ^ Knox, David (7 February 2020). "Thursday 6 February 2020". TV Tonight. Retrieved 7 February 2020.