The Rovers Comedy House

The Rovers Comedy House was a Canadian variety television miniseries which aired on CBC Television in 1981.

The Rovers Comedy House
Genrecomedy-variety
Directed byMichael Watt
Country of origin Canada
Original language(s)English
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes7
Production
Producer(s)Ken Gibson
Production location(s)Vancouver
Running time30 minutes
Release
Original networkCBC Television
Original release8 January –
19 February 1981

Premise

The Irish Rovers, who identified as The Rovers in the early 1980s, hosted this Vancouver-produced music and comedy variety series. George Millar of the group likened the series to an "Irish Hee-Haw." The series was backed by CBC Television after The Rovers starred in a highly rated October 1980 broadcast. The series was produced in Vancouver by Ken Gibson and directed by Michael Watt. Irish singer Jimmy Kennedy regularly portrayed a bartender on the series.[1]

Scheduling

This half-hour series was originally broadcast on Thursdays at 10:30 p.m. from 8 January to 19 February 1981. When a NABET strike affected the network that spring, the series was rebroadcast from 9 May to 13 June on Saturdays at 6:30 p.m., It was rebroadcast again in 1982, on Mondays at 7:30 p.m. from 24 May to 31 May.[2]

Episodes and guests

References
  1. "The Rovers plan music-comedy mix". Star-Phoenix. Saskatoon. 2 January 1981. p. Accent 3. Retrieved 25 December 2011.
  2. Corcelli, John (November 2005). "The Rovers Comedy House". Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
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