Riot, the improvised comedy series from Aussie comedian Rove McManus, has been axed after underwhelming ratings in the Us.
The show, which was co-produced by Rove.s buddy and fellow comedian Steve Carell, has been described as a mix between Whose Line Is It Anyway? and Wipeout and debuted last month on Fox TV to a meagre audience of 1.3 million.
The show was based on the based upon the Australian Slide Show television series, which was actually based on a French program Vendredi tout est permis ("On Fridays, Anything Goes with Arthur".)
Rove acted as host with the contestants comprising of a number of famous actors and comedians, including Carell himself.
Despite pulling some seriously impressive guests (Seinfeld.s George Alexander, Us comedians Andy Dick and Tom Green, to name a few) Riot was officially cancelled by Fox yesterday.
The show, which was co-produced by Rove.s buddy and fellow comedian Steve Carell, has been described as a mix between Whose Line Is It Anyway? and Wipeout and debuted last month on Fox TV to a meagre audience of 1.3 million.
The show was based on the based upon the Australian Slide Show television series, which was actually based on a French program Vendredi tout est permis ("On Fridays, Anything Goes with Arthur".)
Rove acted as host with the contestants comprising of a number of famous actors and comedians, including Carell himself.
Despite pulling some seriously impressive guests (Seinfeld.s George Alexander, Us comedians Andy Dick and Tom Green, to name a few) Riot was officially cancelled by Fox yesterday.
- 6/13/2014
- by Emily Blatchford
- IF.com.au
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