Hughesy's new prime time project

By Alex Sinnott
Updated November 7 2012 - 1:19pm, first published June 14 2009 - 10:02am
Former Warrnambool man Dave Hughes is moving to television's prime time. Picture: FAIRFAX
Former Warrnambool man Dave Hughes is moving to television's prime time. Picture: FAIRFAX

COMEDIAN and former Warrnambool man Dave Hughes will take on small screen heavyweights Home and Away and ABC News in an ambitious new television concept.Hughes and fellow comedian Charlie Pickering will co-host Channel Ten's The 7PM Project, which is set to hit screens across the country next month. The live-to-air news analysis show will screen weeknights and also feature former Australian Idol host James Mathieson, radio personality Carrie Bickmore and MTV presenter Ruby Rose. The show will have a team of correspondents based around Australia, with Rose bringing viewers the latest in music and Bickmore reading the news.Channel 10 said in a statement that The 7PM Project would combine current affairs and humour but not in a satirical format similar to American comedian Jon Stewart."While it's not afraid to be serious, The 7PM Project can guarantee that there will be no miracle diets, no stories that no parent can afford to miss, and virtually no dodgy plumbers," it read.Channel Ten has enjoyed success in the 7pm timeslot this year with programs such as MasterChef Australia rating well. Hughes, 39, has been a recurring face on Channel 10 for the past few years as a panellist for football show Before the Game and variety program Rove.

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