In a development that induces horrible flashbacks to Kath & Kim being plucked from the ABC by Seven's flying monkeys, the commercial network sharks have started circling the blokes from The Chaser, evidently seeing a cash cow in the political satire show. Whether or not the boys actually take the offer is another question, considering Chas Licciardello's, er, unusual bargaining requests:

"At the moment the commercial networks aren't offering us the right carrots," Licciardello told AAP.

"We've been offered money, we've been offered better conditions but I'm yet to be offered an affair with Kerri-Anne Kennerley," Licciardello joked.

"When they start offering the real stuff then we'll start thinking of going but until then they're just not trying."

Chas you rogue! The bitter irony of all this is that, knowing Channel Nine's solid morals, one can actually imagine a lackey being dispatched to Kennerly's dressing room with a memo saying, "Look, Kerri-Anne, you've done a lot of great things for Nine, but we have a new project for you..." if they thought that the Chaser boys were going to be the answer to all the network's problems. Run, Kerri-Anne, run as far away as you can!

 

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