# The Night Watchmen (TV series)

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. 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.
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.

## Presenters

* James "The Professor" Rochford (co-host, 2018–2020)
* Andrew "Barney" Barnett (co-host, 2018–2020)
* Nick Rado (Nick's News, 2019–2020)
* Sam Taunton (Innovation Station, 2018–2019)
* Kath Loughnan ('lady with the news', 2018–2019)

## 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. The show premiered on Friday 21 December 2018 at approximately 10.30pm following the Sydney Thunder vs Melbourne Stars Big Bash League fixture.

## Series overview

| Season | Season | Episodes | Originally aired | Originally aired |
| Season | Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
| | 1 | 9 | 21 December 2018 (2018-12-21) | 15 February 2019 (2019-02-15) |
| | 2 | 8 | 20 December 2019 (2019-12-20) | 6 February 2020 (2020-02-06) |

## Episodes
### Season 1 (2018-19)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original release date | Australian overnight viewers |
| 1 | 1 | "Episode 1" | 21 December 2018 (2018-12-21) | 136,000 |
| Guests: Darren Lehmann, Matt Okine |||||
| 2 | 2 | "Episode 2" | 28 December 2018 (2018-12-28) | 195,000 |
| Guest: Shane Warne |||||
| 3 | 3 | "Episode 3" | 4 January 2019 (2019-01-04) | 164,000 |
| Guests: Tim Ludeman, Arj Barker |||||
| 4 | 4 | "Episode 4" | 11 January 2019 (2019-01-11) | 150,000 |
| Guests: Alyssa Healy, Nathan Hindmarsh |||||
| 5 | 5 | "Episode 5" | 19 January 2019 (2019-01-19) | 154,000 |
| Guests: Nathan Lyon, Michael Vaughan |||||
| 6 | 6 | "Episode 6" | 25 January 2019 (2019-01-25) | 51,000 |
| Guests: Ed Cowan, Dilruk Jayasinha |||||
| 7 | 7 | "Episode 7" | 2 February 2019 (2019-02-02) | 155,000 |
| Guest: Ian Botham |||||
| 8 | 8 | "Episode 8" | 9 February 2019 (2019-02-09) | 252,000 |
| Guests: Ian Healy, Brett Lee |||||
| 9 | 9 | "Episode 9" | 15 February 2019 (2019-02-15) | 130,000 |
| Guests: Jason Gillespie, Felicity Ward, Jason Krejza |||||

### Season 2 (2019-20)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original release date | Australian overnight viewers |
| 10 | 1 | "Episode 1" | 20 December 2019 (2019-12-20) | 154,000 |
| Guests: Brett Lee and Morné Morkel |||||
| 11 | 2 | "Episode 2" | 27 December 2019 (2019-12-27) | 181,000 |
| Guest: Shane Warne |||||
| 12 | 3 | "Episode 3" | 3 January 2020 (2020-01-03) | 164,000 |
| Guests: Ian Smith and Callum Ferguson |||||
| 13 | 4 | "Episode 4" | 10 January 2020 (2020-01-10) | 168,000 |
| Guest: Michael Vaughan |||||
| 14 | 5 | "Episode 5" | 18 January 2020 (2020-01-18) | 91,000 |
| Guest: Adam Gilchrist |||||
| 15 | 6 | "Episode 6" | 25 January 2020 (2020-01-25) | 90,000 |
| Guests: Isa Guha and Alyssa Healy |||||
| 16 | 7 | "Episode 7" | 1 February 2020 (2020-02-01) | 166,000 |
| Guest: Steve O'Keefe Note: Barney was absent from this episode, with Nick Rado assuming co-hosting duties. |||||
| 17 | 8 | "Episode 8" | 6 February 2020 (2020-02-06) | 141,000 |
| Guest: David Warner |||||