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‘Fitzy’ joins Between the Lines

TEN's Ryan Fitzgerald is joining Nine's Between the Lines sports-panel show, hosted by Eddie McGuire.

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Ryan Fitzgerald, known to viewers from Before the Game, The 7PM Project, Big Brother, Friday Night Live and TENs Royal Wedding broadcast has joined Nine’s new sports themed panel show, Between the Lines hosted by Eddie McGuire.

‘Fitzy’ will be a team captain along with Mick Molloy (also from Before the Game amongst other shows).

Each team will features a comedian / celebrity including Giaan Rooney, Kris Smith, Grant Hackett, Cal Wilson, Danny Green, Merrick Watts, Steven Bradbury, Jimeoin, Dermott Brereton, Billy Brownless and international comedians Mark Watson and Reginald D Hunter.

‘Fitzy’ also works in drivetime for NOVA Radio, which is a rival to Triple M radio which has a breakfast show with McGuire and Molloy.

Competitors will take part in Q&A segments with pictures, video clips, guessing games, special guest rounds, performance rounds and sporting challenges.

Each episode will feature guest appearances from sporting identities who will provide anecdotes from their careers. The teams will then be required to say whether the stories they’ve just heard are true or false.

Between The Lines will also include a special segment that gives viewers a rare peek into the locker room to hear never-before-told tales from Australian sporting heroes.

Produced by Southern Star, the series premieres at 8:30pm on Thursday May 12th on Nine.

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  2. The trophy room wasn’t the first comedy sports panel show. There was the Fat and the U.K’s They Think It’s All Over and that SBS one. Sports Comedy is hard to do. A lot of people who like sports just want to hear about sports and a lot of people who like comedy are not sports fans. Witness the spectacular failure of Shane Warne the Musical which appealed to neither fans of musicals or fans of Shane Warne. This will almost definitely flop because panel shows take time to bed in and Nine will shift it if it doesn’t get the numbers. They should put it on at 10.00pm and move it after 3 months if it’s doing well. What’s the number of eps on order David?

  5. Oh my, this is going to be an absolute shocker. Just reading about it is telegraphing ‘epic fail’. I am now really embarrassed for Nine, they are the most cringe provoking entity in Australia.

  6. Fitzy never really made it at channel 10. Say what you like about Brendon Fevola but he is great tv talent. Give him a go and i would definitely watch but with Fitzy on it i will not give it a chance. Look outside the square and you might be surprised.

  9. So Eddie has a problem with ex-Big Brother contestant Chrissie getting nominated for a bunch of Logies, but he’s happy to share a show with ex-Big Brother contestant Fitzy?

    Hmmm, I wonder what the difference between the two could be.

  14. What’s wrong with Channel 9 – they keep producing all this sh&! from Melbourne that nobody, not even Melburnians, want. Is it to justify their lease at Docklands?

  19. I’m surprised that they decided to go with “Fitzy” a former AFL footballer to join the panel with Eddie McGuire (an AFL club president) and Mick Molloy (a well-known AFL fan) particularly as this is going to air nation-wide.

    I reckon this will do great ratings in Melbourne & Adelaide and absolutely flop up north.

  21. I’m with @ Armchair Director. If this isn’t a complete rip-off of The Trophy Room, I don’t know what is. I presume the lawyers for Granada Media Australia are looking at this as we speak.

  22. please tell me Fitzy has signed an exclusive contract with Nine so that I’ll never have to see him on channel 10 again. This man is so idiotic & annoying it’s not funny

  23. Sounds strangely similar to a sports quiz show the ABC had over summer doesn’t it? Nine needs to get some original ideas.

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