Fran Kelly promises her new ABC show Frankly will feature big name guests
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Radio star Fran Kelly promises her new ABC TV show Frankly will feature A-list celebrity guests and ‘big brains’ that will make viewers think
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Fran Kelly has promised that her new show will bring some new names.
Kelly was announced as the host of a new Friday night TV primetime art and culture talk show, Frankly on the ABC.
The 64-year-old sits down to dinner with guests like Tim Minchin, Richard E. Grant, Adam Goodes, Shaun Micallef and Jimmy Barnes.
Fran Kelly (pictured) has promised that her new show will bring some names. Kelly was announced as the host of a new Friday night TV primetime art and culture talk show, Frankly on the ABC
“There will be entertainers, comedians and musicians. But it will also have astrophysicists, futurists, adventurers and entrepreneurs and changemakers. It will have the whole party’ she said Television tonight.
Kelly says there will be ‘big brains’; on the sow that will challenge viewers to think.
It is not an entertainment program. I mean, I hope it’s an entertaining show, but it’s not an entertaining show,” she said.
The 64-year-old dines with guests such as actor Richard E. Grant (pictured)
Footballer Adam Goodes (pictured) is also an upcoming guest on the show
In August, a media squabbles started in the ABC after veteran radio broadcaster Kelly was named as the host of the company’s new weekly talk show.
The decision caused some younger voices in the media to label it a ‘missed opportunity’.
Under the headline “Fran Kelly is fine and trusted, but she’s not the future of the ABC,” nine culture reporter Thomas Mitchell said he was disappointed to find that Kelly “who is in her 60s would host Frankly.”
“Frankly, I don’t know why I raised hopes,” he bellowed into the… Sydney Morning Herald.
Singer Jimmy Barnes (pictured) will perform in a future episode
Mitchell argued that the show should have gone to an up and coming comedian or a young YouTuber or TikToker, where the ABC could “dig up Australia’s next big TV talent.”
“Instead of playing it safe and dusting Kelly off after six months on the shelf, the ABC should have invested in the future instead of giving in to the past,” Mitchell wrote.
Kelly didn’t weigh in, but said she was “excited” about hosting the new show Frankly.
In August, an ABC media battle began after veteran radio station Kelly was named as the host of the company’s new weekly talk show. The decision left a number of younger voices in the media who labeled it a ‘missed opportunity’
“Since then, people have wondered what the future holds for me,” she said.
“Well, this is it and I can’t wait. More fun conversations, a live audience and my own band… what not to get excited about. It’s such a privilege and it’s going to be so much fun.”
Frankly, it promises to be a ‘glitzy’ show that will talk with actors, musicians and ‘change makers’ for studio audiences and with its own rock band.
Kelly didn’t weigh in, but said she was ‘excited’ about hosting the new show