The Matty Johns Show
| The Matty Johns Show | |
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| Genre | Variety/Sports |
| Presented by |
Matthew Johns Shane Webcke Chloe Maxwell Jason Stevens |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| Production | |
| Location(s) | Eveleigh, Sydney |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 60 minutes (including commercials) |
| Release | |
| Original network | Seven Network |
| Picture format |
4:3 576i (analogue SDTV) 16:9 576i (digital SDTV), 16:9 1080i (digital HDTV) |
| Original release | 25 March – 23 September 2010 (spin off show Matty Johns' Controversy Corner last aired 26 September 2010) |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows |
The Footy Show The Bounce |
| External links | |
| Website | |
The Matty Johns Show was an Australian variety television show largely focused on the National Rugby League (NRL) competition, starring former rugby league player Matthew "Matty" Johns. It first aired in 2010 on Thursdays at 7.30 pm in New South Wales and Queensland, on the Seven Network. The show usually ran for 1 hour. It was produced by Matty Johns and John Singleton.
The show's rugby league content was directly comparable to The Footy Show, produced by the Nine Network, which has been on air since 1994. The Matty Johns Show was described as a "smut-free", more family-friendly version of it. The Matty Johns Show also featured interviews, music and character-based skits. Portions of it were co-hosted by Shane Webcke, Jason Stevens and Chloe Maxwell. The house band, Aston, gained attention for their arrangements of popular music, using classical instruments.
The show's first season in 2010 rated strongly, and was compared favorably to The Footy Show by critics. It had been criticised for lacking serious football analysis, but had also been praised for its typically Australian character-based sketches. The Controversy Corner segment of the show was briefly spun off as a standalone Sunday morning program during the 2010 NRL finals.
The Matty Johns Show did not return in 2011.
Matty Johns was a professional rugby league player from 1991 to 2002. He played for nine seasons with the Newcastle Knights, during which he and the Knights won the 1997 ARL season. He then played one season each with the Wigan Warriors and the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks. During his career, he played in the State of Origin series for New South Wales four times, played international tests for Australia eight times, and was part of the Australian squad that won the 1995 Rugby League World Cup.
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