Rove McManus

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John Henry Michael McManus (born 21 January 1974), better known as Rove McManus on stage, is an Australian triple Gold Logie award-winning comedian, television and radio host, writer, and media star.

He appeared on eponymous variety show Rove and was also the host of the comedy talk show Rove Los Angeles.

He and partner Craig Campbell are co-owners of Roving Enterprises, which is also owned by Craig Campbell.

He hosts Show Me the Movie!

Early life

McManus was born in Perth, Western Australia, to John and Coralie McManus. McManus attended Orana Catholic Primary School before transferring to Corpus Christi College in grades 8-12. As a boy, he took the name "Rove" from his sister.

Personal life

Belinda Emmett, a famous actress and singer from Melbourne, married McManus in 2005 at the Mary Immaculate Church in Waverley, an eastern suburb of Sydney. Emmett died of metastatic breast cancer at St Vincent's Hospital in Sydney on November 11, 2006.

In October 2007, McManus began dating actress Tasma Walton. They married on June 16, 2009, in a private ceremony on a beach in Broome, Western Australia. They have a daughter who was born in 2013.

He is a supporter of Fremantle Football Club, which is his first cousin Shaun McManus' 228 games. Rove McManus was the club's number one ticket holder for three seasons, beginning in 2003 (a prestigious yet largely symbolic position often given to leading Australians). McManus has been a lifelong fan of professional wrestling, having consulted Ric Flair and John Cena on his talk show and has consulted wrestlers as part of the former WWA promotion.

He appeared as the host of a secondary school debate at Rod Laver Arena on June 8, 2007 with Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama, in attendance.

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Performing career

McManus is a long-established promoter of stand-up comedy, touring nationally and also appearing at major festivals, including the 2010 International Comedy Festival in Montreal and as the host of the 2013 International Comedy Festival.

McManus performed live stand-up comedy shows in 2005 and 2008, as well as Wellington and Auckland in New Zealand. He returned to Melbourne on Tuesday to film Rove Live.

Have you been paying attention to New Zealand? McManus has appeared on Good Morning Australia, John Safran vs. God, Pulp Sport, The Living Room, The Project, Studio 10. We have a problem, and Hughesy has a hint.

In an episode called "Marty Makes A Move," McManus' first television appearance as a youth appeared in ABC television series 'Marty', as a child.

McManus appeared on Li'l Elvis and the Truckstoppers in 1997. He spent some time as a jack-of-all trades helping to produce Li'l Elvis and the Truckstoppers. McManus began hosting The Loft Live, a RMIT University student television station RMITV's Student television station RMITV's Student television station RMITV's Community Television station Channel 31, where Rove said he was given a budget of $50 per week. It was there where he first co-host Peter Helliar appeared. Rove began working on Foxtel as a roaming reporter on a show called In Fashion, which was hosted by Hugh Jackman. In 1999, Rove, his own variety show, was on the Nine Network for ten late-night episodes, but Nine decided against it. In 2000, McManus was given the opportunity to produce a new version of the Rove show for Network Ten. The final Rove Live version was almost identical to Nine's Rove. Rove Live, a flagship show for Network Ten, was also shown on TV3 in New Zealand. The show featured a variety of show styles and showcased weekly celebrity celebrities; comedy acts; variety segments; local and international comedians; and live bands.

McManus unsuccessfully campaigned to have Australian Prime Minister John Howard appear on his show during the 2004 and 2007 federal elections. Although Howard did not appear, then-opposition figures Mark Latham and Kevin Rudd appeared on the program in 2005 and 2007. Rudd appeared on the show in 2008 and again on June 28, 2009, after being elected prime minister.

McManus, one of many guest presenters on Newton's Good Morning Australia show, was when Bert Newton fell ill in early 2004. The episodes were broadcast on April 24th and October 12, 2004. McManus was a television presenter for the series. McManus and Newton co-hosted a Roving Enterprises television special Ten Seriously 40, an examination of the Ten Network's history.

In 2004, McManus appeared in comedian John Safran's television show John Safran's John Safran's John Safran's film "Japan" a segment in which Safran begged Omar Bakri Muhammad to place a fatwa on McManus. The fatwa was later removed after Omar Bakri discovered that the photographs depicting McManus' mocking Islam were falsified.

McManus co-hosted the historic tri-network tsunami appeal Reach Out, with fellow broadcasters Eddie McGuire and Andrew O'Keefe on three commercial networks Seven, Nine, and Ten in 2005. The appeal raised more than $20 million for tsunami relief in Asia. The festival was such a success that the three three girls joined up just a few months later to host the Logie awards.

McManus took indefinite leave in November 2006, the year's first two planned episodes. Belinda Emmett died after fighting breast cancer for eight years. There were unverified rumors in the industry that he might leave television for good. He returned to the competitive Sunday 8.30 p.m. timeslot on April 1, 2007, but with a dramatic design upgrade that included renaming the show to simply Rove. Rove also attracted its largest audience of 1.69 million viewers, the most ever. In September 2007, McManus made his debut as a game show host in Australia's version of the US game show Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?

McManus appeared as a guest on NBC's The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on May 27, 2007, and as a result, he had a regular slot on the program. On The Tonight Show in 2011, he hosted "Rove Across America." In Los Angeles, Jay Leno and Ed McMahon also made a brief pre-recorded appearance at McManus' shows, giving him tips for the night's performance.

McManus made his appearance on American television as the host of an American Broadcasting Company special The List on December 23, 2008.

McManus announced live on the show that Rove's final will be ending on November 15 after several weeks of rumors that the show was going to end. "It's purely my decision," the singer said. It's not one I've made lightly or casually. The time was perfect to stop, sit back, and see what comes next."

McManus relocated to Los Angeles, California, in May 2011, where he won a hosting role on a new talk show called Rove LA. The show premiered on FOX8 on September 19, 2011 on FOX8, with catch-up on The Comedy Channel airing. The show was revived for a two-year run after being a success.

In the Australian version of the series Who Do You Think You Are?, McManus appeared as a character.

On the E, McManus has also appeared as a "round table" guest. Chelsea Lately, a late-night talk show on television, is late. He has also appeared on television3's satirical Pulp Sport series on occasion, often doing menial duties for the hosts, "Bill and Ben."

In 2014, McManus hosted Riot, the French light entertainment improv show Vendredi Tout est Permis (Friday Anything Goes). Two teams compete on a tilted floor at a 22.5-degree angle during the show. Steve Carell, the executive producer, was on FOX for one season.

McManus appeared on Comedy Central's American comedy show @midnight on May 1, 2014. He emerged as the winner after Hardwick declared him to have won the internet and being the funniest person in the world for the next 23 and a half hours.

The Game Show Network in the United States premiered Lie Detectors, a McManus-produced show in which audience members determine which of three comedians is telling the truth in April 2015.

Whovians, McManus' new Australian Broadcasting Corporation panel show, to coincide with their broadcast of the tenth series of Doctor Who; the program aired on ABC2. On October 8, 2018, ABC Comedy as a companion to the first episode of the eleventh season of Doctor Who, and there was no Doctor Who show in 2019, so the third series of Doctor Who premiered on February 10, 2020.

Show Me the Movie, McManus' return to Network Ten in 2018 to host a new panel show. He also appeared on King Tubby, Cheeta, and Last Chance in the kids TV series Kitty Is Not a Cat.

After airing a pilot during Network Ten's pilot week, McManus was given permission to air Bring Back...Saturday Night. Saturday Night Rove, the series premiered on August 24, 2019. Since viewers fell from 244,000 to 138,000, below the network's target of 200,000 viewers, it was canceled for two episodes before being axed.

McManus, a regular host on Triple J radio, appeared on the breakfast show (starring Wil Anderson and Adam Spencer) on Friday mornings' Know Your Millennium, a quiz show that looked back in 1999.

In 2000, he appeared on Triple M Sydney's Andrew Denton Breakfast Show with co-host Amanda Keller and Mike Fitzpatrick.

Austereo hired Roving Enterprises in 2002 to produce a weekly radio show starring McManus, Peter Helliar and Corinne Grant; the show was broadcast on Fox FM from 10 a.m. to midday, allowing the performers to have a full weekend of other media commitments. The service expanded to Friday mornings, allowing live phone calls, and was renamed Rove Live Radio, which was discontinued at the end of 2004.

While on holiday in 2006, McManus and Helliar filled in for Merrick & Rosso. Meshel Laurie of Nova 106.9 co-hosted the show in the first week of their three-week stint.

Southern Cross Austereo announced in October 2015 that McManus and Sam Frost would host breakfast on 2Day FM, replacing the ailing The Dan & Maz Show. McManus was on a three-year contract that began with remuneration of shares worth $350,000 every six months.

In Pixar's 2003 animated film Finding Nemo, McManus had a cameo voicing a crab. In Cartoon Network's Exchange Student Zero, he appeared as himself on the New Zealand cartoon bro'Town and voices a number of characters.

In Norm of the North, McManus appeared as additional characters.

McManus appeared on Yahoo Serious' Cookies From Outer Space in 2014.

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