Mick Molloy joins Nine’s Olympic team
It's a case of third time (un)lucky for Mick Molloy, teaming up with Channel Nine for its Winter Olympics broadcast.
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It’s a case of third time (un)lucky for Mick Molloy, teaming up with Channel Nine for its Winter Olympics broadcast.
Twice his shows have been dumped by Nine: The Mick Molloy Show in 1999 and The Nation in 2007. During the former he infamously urinated on the set.
But Molloy will join Eddie McGuire during Nine’s prime-time highlights broadcast, Vancouver Gold.
He is the second member of TEN’s Before the Game to be appearing on a rival network, after Peter Helliar was announced as joining Seven this year.
In 2009 Molloy starred in The Jesters which has a second season approved by Movie Extra.
He has also reportedly explored a new sports panel show format Between the Lines alongside Eddie McGuire and Rachael Finch.
And then there was this golden moment….
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31 Responses
Eddie is bad enough as the host of the winter games. Absolutely terrible. I just bought a new tv. Now his big stupid head is even bigger. He brings more humour as he attepts to show interest in these sports than Mick molloy does in his pathetic 5 minute package.
Did not enjoy his terrible predictal crap humour ( supposed ). At all. Bad move channel nine.
Just correcting a factual error: He didn’t urinate on the set of the Mick Molloy Show. It was simulated as part of a prerecorded sketch in which he is pretending to have been drunk during a rehearsal earlier in the day. The claim that it was real was generated as part of the tabloid media beat up at the time.
Bring back Fatso the Fat-A*sed Wombat and give McGuire and Molloy the big heave-ho.
Oh no, I am a bit behind the news, though I can not beleive Eddie is the main guy what a turn off. Now that confirms my foxtel subscription. That is such a same give the games back to seven.
Why does 9 persist in giving Mick opportunities? He just ain’t funny. Not even remotely. Give me Tony Martin or Wil Anderson any day.
This bloke has never done anything funny…..ever…..
I reckon Molloy will still be part of Before the Game this year.
Ten stated in a press release that both 7pm project and Before The Game would be coming back this year but that is two members of BTG gone?
Surely they can’t think that Matty Johns can talk AFL?
@ dan! freedom of speech!!
if u wanna waste money n pay tv..go right ahead…..
all i say to u is this… dont judge a book by its cover…. yes maybe he wasnt great in the past..so maybe he has changed..who knows….. but by all means please waste your money on foxtel!
thankyou david for letting us know about this because now i will be getting the extra channels on foxtel i cant stand mick and i am sure i am not the only one
@evan
please do that but make sure the snowball is huge
Bogans Rejoice, Nine are your network. MM was a one trick pony who’s no doubt short on cash from the old radio days.
there are very few people that I cant tolerate and reach for the remote the second they appear on TV, Mick Molloy is one of those people however
Oh nine… Where art thou sensiblity…
Mick has to be one of the worst people for almost any show, let alone a 3hr Primetime show with EMcG. Both of them though, is almost enough to make me go watch SBSTwo for entertainment!
Off to the land of Seven/Ten I go!
nine are just full of fresh ideas aren’t they.
Did Before The Game give him the flick or does Mick just want to go for the hat trick? And are Nine insane?
@jellyman. the leader of all dribblers, james brayshaw will be a commentator
How Come None of the Footy Show Casts have Become part of the Winter Olympics Team?
he is not made for tv, everyone knows that. i will be watching more of the foxtel coverage than 9
I just can’t watch anything with Eddie’s DNA on it. I can just see this failing.
ummm why not use him in a Roy & HG type role? Nine are useless seriously!
Just to clarify… yes he will be adding humour to the broadcast.
..and ch9 wanted to be taken seriously on the winter games, with the signing of Mick Molloy this proves they arent!
Sorry, but are they out of their minds? Molloy works, in a super droll kind of way, on Before The Game, but what’s he going to be doing at the Winter Games? Making fun of all the lycra clad bobsledders and skeleton runners?
Remarkable. Presumably he’s there to be funny.
Tell me he isn’t actually going to be in Vancouver!!
I’ll be in Vancouver and Whistler from Feb 18. Any offers for me to throw a snowball at him?