It was a straightforward tonight show, with a comic monologue from the host, pre-recorded skits and guest interviews.

The show featured McManus and three co-hosts he referred to as 'the kids on the couch': Peter Helliar, Corinne Grant and Dave Callan.

Dave Callan left the show after one year, to pursue standup comedy and radio opportunities.

In November 2006, Rove Live was suspended until further notice due to the death of McManus's wife Belinda Emmett.

The comedy duo Hamish & Andy, who had previously collaborated with Roving Enterprises with their television show Real Stories, began appearing every second week.

Dave Hughes, Hamish Blake and Andy Lee began only appearing on a fortnightly basis.

McManus made a comment to the Herald Sun and stated: "This show is my love and my passion and it's always what I've wanted to do."

"[5] However, rumours appeared the day before the 2009 finale of Rove in that "staff on his TV show were told this week to look for alternative work next year."

Ten's publicity department denied these claims by stating: "We have checked with Roving (Enterprises) and no such discussion was had.

McManus was spotted earlier dining with Merrick Watts and Peter Helliar in Sydney, prompting talk that he might return to radio in 2010.

The show starts with Rove performing a comedic monologue about a variety of news events that have occurred during the previous week.

PeteSpace, a parody of social-networking website MySpace, consists of Helliar presenting a selection of celebrities, news-makers and online video clips that make up his top events of the week.

At the end of the interview, Rove would usually spruik the product or event that guest was promoting, and the words The Plug will appear on the screen.

The final segment of the show was What Have We Learnt?, in which each cast member, and usually each guest, give a humourus example of what they have learned during the week.

The show gave away six cars, and had media heavyweights Bert Newton, Jerry Seinfeld and Kath & Kim as guests.

[9] This wasn't intended to be the final episode, but it eventuated as the result of the death of McManus' wife Belinda Emmett.

The first episode of the revamped series, which began 1 April 2007, attracted 1,693,000 viewers nationwide, and was the highest-rated program for the day.

On 28 June 2009, McManus interviewed Sacha Baron Cohen (appearing in character as Brüno Gehard).

During the course of the interview, Brüno joked that "I hear [Cohen's] wife gets less sex than Katie Holmes", a reference to long-time rumours of her then-husband Tom Cruise being gay.

Throughout the interview, Brüno made numerous jokes about other celebrities, especially Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.

[17] Rove, Peter and Corinne hosted a radio program originating from FOX FM in Melbourne for Austereo's Today Network, as well as selected regional stations, until 2004.