List of Australian Football League television shows

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This is a list of AFL shows which have aired on Australian television, as of 2011.

AFL Game Day

Channel:  Seven Network
Years:  2008–2020
Airs:  Sunday @ 10:00am
Duration:  60 minutes

Current Cast

• Hamish McLachlan  (Host, 2008–present)
• Tom Harley  (Panellist, 2010—present)
• Matthew Richardson
    (Panellist, 2010—present)
• Mark Robinson  (Panellist, ?–Present)

AFL Game Day: Primetime

Seven Network
Hosted by Hamish McLachlan, with Tom Harley, Matthew Richardson, Ben Cousins and Jason Akermanis

AFL Lovematch

Fox Footy Channel

AFL Squadron

Seven Network
Hosted by Garry Lyon

AFL Teams

AFL Today

Seven Network, early 1990s
Hosted by Bruce McAvaney, with Scott Palmer

Any Given Sunday

Channel:  Nine Network
Years:  2005–2006
Aired:  Sunday @ 1:00pm
Duration:  60 minutes

Season 1 Cast

• Garry Lyon  (co-host, 2005)
• James Brayshaw  (co-host, 2005)
• Sam Newman  (co-host, 2005)

Season 2 Cast

• Mick Molloy  (co-host, 2006)
• Nicole Livingstone  (co-host, 2006)
• Dermott Brereton  (co-host, 2006)

Before the Bounce

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Before the Game

Originally named After the Game in 2003

Channel:  

Years:  2003–2013
Airs:  Thursday @ 8:30pm (Originally Saturday @ 6.30pm and 11:30pm)
Duration:  60 minutes / 30 minutes

Current Cast

• Dave Hughes  (Panellist, 2003—2013)
• Samantha Lane  (Panellist, 2003—2012)
• Andrew Maher  (Host, 2005–2013)
• Lehmo
    (Panellist, 2005—2013)
• Mick Molloy  (Panellist, 2008–2013)
• Ryan Fitzgerald  (Live reporter, ?—2012)

Former Cast

• Peter Helliar  (Host/Panellist, 2003–2007)
• Damian Callinan  (Panellist, 2003–2004)
• Eloise Southby  (Panellist, 2003)
• Anthony Hudson  (Host, 2004)

Current Segments

• Tool of the Week
• Player of the Day
• Newspaper Headlines
• Inside 60

Former Segments

• Diary of a Footballer
• Jumping in Hot Water
• "Strauchanie"
• Lehmo's Footy Clinic
• Make a Wish Foundation

Beyond the Boundary

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Hosted by Christi Malthouse

The Big League

Hosted by Peter Landy

The Bounce

(Seven Network)

The Business End

Herald Sun web series
Years:  2011–present
Airs:  Saturday @ 7:00pm
Duration:  21 minutes (3 × 7 minutes)

Current Cast

• Sam Edmund  (Host, 2011—present)
• Paul Roos
    (Panellist, 2011—present)
• Mike Sheahan  (Panellist, 2011–present)
• Mark Robinson  (Panellist, 2011—present)

Classic Quarters

(Fox Footy Channel)

The Club

(Seven Network, 2001)
Hosted by Craig Hutchison, with David Rhys-Jones (as the coach)

The Collectors

(Fox Footy Channel)

Cometti Live

Nine Network, 2002
Hosted by Dennis Cometti, with Ben Allan and Brad Hardie

The Crows Show

Seven Network
Featuring James Brayshaw and Nikki Visser

The Fifth Quarter

, 2004–2011

The Final Siren

Channel:  

Years:  2011
Airs:  Sunday @ 6:00pm
Duration:  60 minutes / 30 minutes

Cast

• Michael Christian  (Host, 2011)
• Chris Grant  (Panellist, 2011)
• Jon Ralph  (News reporter, 2011)

Segments

• Cross to Herald Sun office  (With Jon Ralph)
• Top Ten Plays of the Week
• Performer of the Round  (Presented by Chris Grant)
• Round Rewound

The Final Story

Channel:  Nine Network
Format:  

Years:  2011 (4 episodes)
Aired:  Sunday @ 12:00pm
Duration:  60 minutes

List of Episodes

• 1971: Hawthorn vs. St Kilda
• 1981: Carlton vs. Collingwood
• 1991: Hawthorn vs. West Coast
• 2001: Essendon vs. Brisbane:

Footy Flashbacks

Fox Footy Channel [ {Channel7} Sandy Roberts after AFL gameDay finished in 2015]

Football Inquest

Seven Network, ?–1974
Hosted by Mike Williamson, with Reg Hickey

Footy Classified

Channel:  Nine Network
Years:  2007–present
Airs:  Monday @ 10:30pm
Duration:  60 minutes

Cast

• Garry Lyon  (Host, 2007—present)
• Craig Hutchison  (Panellist, 2007—present)
• Caroline Wilson  (Panellist, 2007—present)
• Grant Thomas  (Panellist, 2009—present)

Fill-in Cast

• James Brayshaw  (Occasional guest host)
• Damian Barrett  (Occasional guest panellist)

Former Cast

• Wayne Carey  (Panellist, 2007)
• Glenn Archer  (Panellist, 2008)

Current Segments

• Power Analyser
• Good Call? Bad Call?
• Caro's Arrow
• The Burning Question
• Tomorrow's Headlines

Former Segments

• Meet the Press

Footy Plus

Seven Network, 1997–2002
Hosted by Bruce Abernethy, with James Brayshaw and Nikki Visser

The Footy Show (AFL)

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Channel:  Nine Network
Years:  1994–2019
Airs:  Thursday, 8:30pm
Duration:  90 minutes

Regular Cast

• Sam Newman  (Presenter, 1994—present)
• James Brayshaw  (co-host, 2006—present)
• Rebecca Maddern (co-host, 2016—present)

Semi-regular Cast

• Billy Brownless  (Alternating panellist, 2006—present)
• Shane Crawford  (Alternating panellist, 2006—present)
• Craig Hutchinson  (News reporter, 2007—present)
• Damian Barrett  (News reporter, 2007—present)

Former Cast

• Eddie McGuire  (Host, 1994—2006)^{[needs update]}
• Trevor Marmalade  (Presenter, 1994—2008)
• Doug Hawkins  (Occasional panellist, 1994—?)
• Jason Dunstall  (Occasional panellist, ?—?)
• Chris Jones  (News reporter, 2006)
• Garry Lyon (2006–2015)

Current Segments

• Sam's Mailbag  (by Sam Newman, 1994—present)
• Street Talk  (by Sam Newman, 1994—present)
• Almost Football Legends  (Originally by Trevor Marmalade, now by Shane Crawford/Billy Brownless, 1994—present)
• That's What I'm Talkin' About  (By Shane Crawford and Chris Sheedy, 2009—present)
• Charlie Sheen Medal  (2011—present)
• Hot Seat  (2011—present)
• Old Man Crawf  (2015 - present)

Former Segments

• Fyfe's Footy Flicks  (Cartoonist Andrew Fyfe's satiric animations)
• Bill's Wheel  (Billy Brownless travelled to local footy clubs for a competition)
• House of Bulger  (Parody of daytime soap operas starring Shane Crawford)
• Bulger, MD  (The sequel to House of Bulger)
• Hatchet Jobs  (Chopped footage from coach interviews, 2006)
• Marstermind  (Based on
  Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, presented by Eddie McGuire
  )
• Pillow Talk  (James Brayshaw or Garry Lyon interview partners of AFL footballers)
• Under the pump  (A member of the panel is questions by the cast)

Four Quarters

Seven Network, 1995
Hosted by Sandy Roberts

The Fox Footy Archive

Fox Footy Channel

Fox Footy Feature

Fox Footy Channel

Fox League Teams

Fox Footy Channel

From The FOX Footy Vault

Fox Footy Channel

The Game

Seven Network

The Game Plan (AFL)

The Gospel

Fox Footy Channel

Grumpy Old Men

Fox Footy Channel
With Bob Davis, Kevin Bartlett and Tony Shaw / Doug Hawkins

The Hey Jimmy! AFL Variety Hour

Channel:  SBS
Years:  2002 (4 episodes)
Aired:  Wednesday, 10:30pm
Duration:  60 minutes

Cast

• Jim Stynes  (Host, 2002)
• Anthony Eales  (co-host, 2002)
• Chris Hawthorne  (co-host, 2002)
• Jim Krakouer  (Panellist, 2002)
• Bianca Peters  (Panellist, 2002)

Segments

• Jimmy on a Mission
• Scoreboard Pressure
• A Week's a Long Time in Football
• Auskick Future Star
• Hey Jimmy! Sitcom Sketch
• The Lesser Man
• High View in the Stands

Just Footy / Just AFL

Seven Network, 1997
Hosted by Wayne Carey, with Wayne Campbell, Aussie Jones and Anthony Hudson

Kellogg's Junior Supporters' Club

Hosted by Kevin Bartlett

League Teams

Seven Network, early 1960s–1986
Hosted by Bob Davis, with Jack Dyer and Lou Richards

Live and Kicking

Seven Network, 1998–1999 Hosted by Jason Dunstall, with Doug Hawkins and James Hird

Living With Footballers

Fox Footy Channel

On the Couch

Fox Footy Channel

One Week at a Time

Channel:  

Years:  2009–2011
Airs:  Monday 9:30pm
Duration:  60 minutes

Current Cast

• Stephen Quartermain  (Host, 2009—present)
• Robert Walls  (Panellist, 2009—present)
• Luke Darcy  (Panellist, 2009—present)

Former Cast

• Matthew Lloyd  (Occasional panellist, 2009)
• Tom Harley  (Occasional panellist, 2009)
• Matthew Richardson
    (Occasional panellist, 2009)

Current Segments

• Top 10 Plays of the Week
• Mark of the Year
• Goal of the Year
• Hard Questions
• Hero of the Week
• Villain of the Week

Rex Hunt's Footy Panel

Seven Network

Saturday Central

Fox Footy Channel

Seven's Match of the Round

Seven Network, 2002
Hosted by Rex Hunt

The Sunday Footy Show (AFL)

Nine Network Hosted by James Brayshaw, with Shane Crawford, Nathan Brown, Damian Barrett, Billy Brownless and Dr. Peter Larkins

Totally Footy

, 2002

Talking Footy

Seven Network, 1995–2002 Hosted by Bruce McAvaney (1990s) and Tim Lane, with Mike Sheahan, Malcolm Blight, Leigh Matthews, David Parkin, Terry Wallace, Gary Ayres, Robert Walls and Caroline Wilson

Seven Network, 2014–2019 Hosted by Luke Darcy with Tim Watson, Wayne Carey and Sam McClure.

White Line Fever

Fox Footy Channel

The Winners

ABC, 1978–1987 Hosted by Drew Morphett

The Winners (Fox Show)

Fox Footy Channel, 2002–2006 Hosted by Clinton Grybas

Yokayi Footy

, 2020–present

Hosted by Tony Armstrong, Bianca Hunt (2020) and Megan Waters (2021-present), with rotating panellists, former AFL players Darryl White, Andrew Krakouer and Gilbert McAdam.

Much like its predecessor, The Marngrook Footy Show, it focuses on indigenous players and issues.

See also

• Australian rules football culture

References

External links

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