Channel Ten’s resident bearded wit offers an amusing if low-concept night of comedy for those who’ve only ever seen him on the teev, with plenty of F-bombs and “riffy jiffy”.

In the whole tawdry Kyle & Jackie O saga, one truth has emerged: only the withholding of financial opportunity will change the commercial radio culture that allows moral bankruptcy to pass for entertainment.

Dave Hughes and Charlie Pickering will skewer the daily news on the new Channel Ten show The 7pm Project. Running opposite the ABC Nightly News, should Kerry O'Brien be trembling?