The Night Watchmen (TV series)

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The Night Watchmen
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GenreSport
Starring James Rochford
Andrew Barnett
Country of origin Australia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes17 (list of episodes)
Production
Camera setup Multiple-camera setup
Running time45 minutes approx.
(including commercials)
Original release
Network Fox Sports
Release2018 (2018) 
2020 (2020)
Related
Narrow World of Sports

The Night Watchmen was an Australian sports television show broadcast on Fox Cricket on Friday or Saturday nights at the conclusion of the nights Big Bash League fixture. [1] The show was co-hosted by James "The Professor" Rochford and Andrew "Barney" Barnett, who were each week joined by a cricket personality. The show took a satirical look at controversies and issues in cricket.

Contents

The show was a spin-off of the Fox League program Narrow World of Sports that aired throughout the NRL season.

In an Instagram post published on 11 December 2020, host James Rochford confirmed that the show wouldn't air as planned for the 2020-21 season, as COVID-19 restrictions prevented studio audiences attending the recordings. [2]

Presenters

History

The show was officially announced as part of the 2018-19 Fox Cricket line-up of programming at the launch of the channel on 9 October 2018. [3] The show premiered on Friday 21 December 2018 at approximately 10.30pm following the Sydney Thunder vs Melbourne Stars Big Bash League fixture. [4]

Series overview

SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
1 921 December 201815 February 2019
2 820 December 20196 February 2020

Episodes

Season 1 (2018-19)

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleOriginal air dateAustralian overnight viewers
11"Episode 1"21 December 2018 (2018-12-21)136,000 [5]
Guests: Darren Lehmann, Matt Okine
22"Episode 2"28 December 2018 (2018-12-28)195,000 [6]
Guest: Shane Warne
33"Episode 3"4 January 2019 (2019-01-04)164,000 [7]
Guests: Tim Ludeman, Arj Barker
44"Episode 4"11 January 2019 (2019-01-11)150,000 [8]
Guests: Alyssa Healy, Nathan Hindmarsh
55"Episode 5"19 January 2019 (2019-01-19)154,000 [9]
Guests: Nathan Lyon, Michael Vaughan
66"Episode 6"25 January 2019 (2019-01-25)51,000 [10]
Guests: Ed Cowan, Dilruk Jayasinha
77"Episode 7"2 February 2019 (2019-02-02)155,000 [11]
Guest: Ian Botham
88"Episode 8"9 February 2019 (2019-02-09)252,000 [12]
Guests: Ian Healy, Brett Lee
99"Episode 9"15 February 2019 (2019-02-15)130,000 [13]
Guests: Jason Gillespie, Felicity Ward, Jason Krejza

Season 2 (2019-20)

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleOriginal air dateAustralian overnight viewers
101"Episode 1"20 December 2019 (2019-12-20)154,000 [14]
Guests: Brett Lee and Morné Morkel
112"Episode 2"27 December 2019 (2019-12-27)181,000 [15]
Guest: Shane Warne
123"Episode 3"3 January 2020 (2020-01-03)164,000 [16]
Guests: Ian Smith and Callum Ferguson
134"Episode 4"10 January 2020 (2020-01-10)168,000 [17]
Guest: Michael Vaughan
145"Episode 5"18 January 2020 (2020-01-18)91,000 [18]
Guest: Adam Gilchrist
156"Episode 6"25 January 2020 (2020-01-25)90,000 [19]
Guests: Isa Guha and Alyssa Healy
167"Episode 7"1 February 2020 (2020-02-01)166,000 [20]
Guest: Steve O'Keefe
Note: Barney was absent from this episode, with Nick Rado assuming co-hosting duties.
178"Episode 8"6 February 2020 (2020-02-06)141,000 [21]
Guest: David Warner

See also

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