Footy Show revamp: For & Against
On a day when the biggest news in AFL was Tayla Harris, Nine's revamped show went for laughs. A lot.
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It pitched for laughs. A lot.
But on a day when the biggest breaking news in football was Tayla Harris, the issue only registered a few minutes discussion on Nine’s new-look AFL Footy Show.Â
If it wanted to demonstrate it means business, the show really should have had Harris on set (radio managed it yesterday morning). It would have drawn a line in the sand between two eras.
Instead this was more Before the Game than the traditional AFL Footy Show with Anthony ‘Lehmo’ Lehmann, Neroli Meadows, Brendan Fevola and Dylan “I’m a tennis player on a footy show” Alcott (his words).
While Lehmo kept things moving, and the studio audience was on side, team sheets had been discarded for gags and comedy. There were AFL coaches talking Married at First Sight, Shane Crawford in pre-recorded segments with players, plus guests Mason Cox, Shaun Burgoyne, Matthew Lloyd, Nathan Brown and Billy Slater. ‘Supergroup’ Arc closed the show, running 10 minutes overtime despite being pre-recorded.
Ironically Sam Newman had caused offence on Twitter on the very same day, taking aim not at the show, but at the accent of NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. I guess we were lucky he wasn’t around to discuss Tayla Harris after all….
On social media the weight of the comments was far more negative than positive, targeting everything from casting to expertise to Neroli Meadows’ laugh.
But it will be OzTAM ratings where it counts most.
FOR:
Awesome seeing an inspirational sports star in @DylanAlcott. Welcome Aboard. #9AFLFootyShow
— Judy Kelly (@Kelly1Judy) March 20, 2019
Haven't watched the Footy Show in years, a few mins in @lehmo23 proving already to be a great host @DylanAlcott @Neroli_M_FOX great fit on the panel, and good ol @BrendanFevola25 got to love him. @Channel9 #footyshow
— 🇲🇹 Grace Vassallo 🇦🇺 (@GraceVassall0) March 20, 2019
I can’t tell you what it means to see a disabled person on a panel show not there to talk about disability. This is what inclusion looks like, a person talking about their passion who just happens to be disabled. Go @DylanAlcott! Thank you @AFLFootyShow #AFLFootyShow
— Julia (@starrybryte) March 20, 2019
Loving the new Footy show format!! The cast works so well together! #aflfootyshow
— ☾madeleine (@idgimaddy) March 20, 2019
Haven’t watched @AFLFootyShow in years because it got so awful.
Tonight is the first time I’ve sat down and genuinely enjoyed it thanks to great presenters like @DylanAlcott.
More interested in footy than I have been in ages. #aflfootyshow
— Nicca Grant, MD (@PenelopeTurnip) March 20, 2019
Wasn't going to watch the #aflfootyshow. So glad I did, @DylanAlcott Is hilarious.
— Micheal Anderson (@mjanderson79) March 20, 2019
#TheFootyShow is a great improvement. Well done
— Ash Brown (Person/Human) (@RealFreeBrowny) March 20, 2019
#footyshow I'm liking this new format and I haven't watch for yrs. Let's see how it goes
— Cheryl Hutchinson (@stormkiddo) March 20, 2019
AGAINST:
https://twitter.com/AyalTusia/status/1108308535895449600
#footyshow Okay gave the new footy show a chance. Still awful. Back to the #frontbar
— Proud OLD Soldier (@GrumpyOLSoldier) March 20, 2019
https://twitter.com/WhyOhBeE/status/1108308962305146881
Someone please explain why Dylan Alcott is on the footy show! Absolute disgrace. 10 mins in an ita a flop. #itsanofromme @AFL #footyshow #afl
— Liam Scott (@LiamFScott) March 20, 2019
They had six months to come up with something new and fresh and this is the best they come up with. Can't wait for it to be axed. #aflfootyshow
— Loz (@djlozza66) March 20, 2019
This isn’t the footy show I’m watching the project afl version.
What a joke bring back Sam Newman #aflfootyshow— bdstratton (@bdstratton) March 20, 2019
When’s @thefrontbar7 on?#AFLfootyshow
— Trent Ball (@RealTrentBall) March 20, 2019
Dylan Alcott is a legend but I’m not sure why he is on a footy show. There is zero chemistry between the panel members #aflfootyshow
— Rohanc (@rohancct) March 20, 2019
Truly is a sad moment for Australian T.V #aflfootyshow #footyshow
— Elden Scrub Lord Syphon (@Syph0nX) March 20, 2019
All new AFL footy show is a poor imitation of the front bar, all that’s missing is the beer. Only people laughing at the bad jokes are the panel.Lost me already.#aflfootyshow #thefrontbar
— Rick Cole (@Tricki_ricki) March 20, 2019
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8 Responses
If People don’t like The Footy Show.Change stations.
I Hope they show the teams when we get back to Thursday nights.
The worst part was Neroli laughing at everything, was the main complaint on social media.
I gave it five minutes and went back to The Front Bar!
Oh my god thank god Sam was not on. Could only imagine what he said about the photo. Look it was there first show together. When the show gets back to Thursdays they will be able to talk about the teams and games a bit more. I saw bits of it flicking over the front bar. I chose to watch the front bar just because it flows and is funny.
Sadly before the footy show went to air I knew when I checked social media that Nez would be the one copping it. Yes people had opinions on the others but she was the one that was getting the negative comments. Anyway you can’t judge it after a week.
Really? She was arguably the best.
Bring back Sam, Garry and James!
“…team sheets had been discarded for gags and comedy…”
To be fair, there’s only usually a single match they can show team sheets for in the first week, given there’s a Thursday game…the rest of the team sheets don’t even come out until 6pm tonight…
I’m going to it’s recording next Wednesday… but after watching the show last night I’m not as enthused as I was when I scored the audience tix.
I thought it ran smoothly, but that’s the problem in a sense… it ran so smoothly that there was no standout moments or any memorable points to it. It was just a one note show. No highs or any particular lows.
I thought it needed a few segments to break things up. And I’m not liking the guests coming in and sitting on couches whilst the panel remain behind the desk, it looked awkward.
I don’t know… bottom line is I think it’s well and truly lost its identity. They still need to include some variety on the show imo… like having the guests compete in a challenge of some sort against a panel member… stuff like that.