Sunday Night (Australian TV program)
| Sunday Night | |
|---|---|
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| Presented by | Melissa Doyle |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 11 |
| No. of episodes | 300+ |
| Production | |
| Production locations | Sydney, New South Wales |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | Seven Network |
| Release | 8 February 2009 – 19 January 2020 |
Sunday Night was an Australian news and current affairs program produced and broadcast by the Seven Network. The program aired on Sunday nights and was hosted by Melissa Doyle.[1] It premiered on Sunday 8 February 2009.
History
Sunday Night was a
Mike Munro initially co-hosted the show with Chris Bath but stood down as co-host to concentrate on reporting in April 2011. Alex Cullen and Mark Ferguson have been fill-in presenters. Melissa Doyle succeeded Chris Bath as the show's host from August 2015.[3]
In September 2019, the Seven Network announced that the show would be axed due to poor ratings and a changing television landscape.[4] The last new episode aired on 24 November 2019, though repeats continued to be aired into January 2020.
Correspondents
Host
- Melissa Doyle (2015–2019)
(In addition to reporting)
Reporters
- Alex Cullen (2010–2019)[5]
- Steve Pennells (2013–2019)
- Denham Hitchcock (2014–2019)
- Matt Doran (2017–2019)
- Angela Cox (2017–2019)
Guest reporters
- Samantha Armytage (2009–2019)
- Molly Meldrum (2009–2019)
- Mike Amor (2009–2019)
- David Koch (2009–2019)
- Mark Riley (2009–2019)
- Tim Watson (2009–2019)
- Edwina Bartholomew (2010–2019)
- Steve Waugh (2010–2019)
- Mark Skaife (2010–2019)
- Kylie Gillies (2011–2019)
- Kerri-Anne Kennerley (2012–2019)
- Derryn Hinch (2012–2019)[6]
- Ben Roberts-Smith (2013–2019)
- Dannii Minogue (2014–2019)
- Andrew Rochford (2014–2019)
- Sarah Murdoch (2014–2019)
- Simon Reeve (2016)
Former reporters
- Ross Coulthart (2009–2016)
- Mike Munro (2011)
- Monique Wright (2009–2012)
- Grant Denyer (2009–2013)
- Helen Kapalos (2014)
- Rebecca Maddern (2009–2015)
- Peta-Jane Madam (2012–2016)
- Rahni Sadler (2010–2017)
- Mike Willesee (2012–2018)
Former hosts
- Chris Bath (2009–2015)
- Mike Munro (2009–2011)
Executive producers
- Adam Boland (2009)
- Mark Llewellyn (2009–2014)
- Steve Taylor (2014–2016)
- Hamish Thomson (2014–2019)
See also
References
- ^ "The Team". 15 May 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
- ^ Axed: The All in Call
- ^ "Seven Network farewells Chris Bath". Yahoo!7. 16 June 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
- ^ "Seven axes current affairs program Sunday Night". NewsComAu. 2 October 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
- ^ "Sports presenter joins Sunday Night". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 14 April 2010.
- ^ "Derryn Hinch Meet the team". au.news.yahoo.com/sunday-night. Retrieved 1 November 2012.