Bill & Boz

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Bill & Boz
Bill & Boz Title Card.jpg
GenreSport
Presented by Bill Woods
Mark Bosnich
Country of origin Australia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes576
Production
Camera setup Multiple-camera setup
Running time60 minutes (2017)
90 minutes (2018-2019)
(including commercials)
Original release
Network Fox Sports News (2017-2019)
Release22 January 2017 (2017-01-22) 
18 December 2019 (2019-12-18)

Bill & Boz was an Australian sports television show broadcast on Fox Sports News four nights a week from Sunday to Wednesday. It was hosted by journalist Bill Woods and former Socceroo goalkeeper Mark Bosnich, along with a rotating panel of guests. [1]

Contents

The show featured news and discussion of the day's sporting events with the panelists and home viewer feedback. It covered all major Australian sports as well as international sports.

On 4 February 2020, host Bill Woods announced via Twitter that the show had been axed. [2]

Regular panelists

History

The show debuted on 22 January 2017 at 9.30pm as a 1-hour show. [3] From 2018 the show moved to an earlier 9.00pm time slot and extended the run time to 90 minutes, allowing further discussions among the panelists and more home viewer interaction via Twitter, WhatsApp and SMS.

The show aired its 500th episode on 6 August 2019.

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References

  1. "FOX Sports News announces new line-up". TV Tonight . 24 July 2017. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  2. @bmrwoods (3 February 2020). "1. So, #BillandBoz has been axed. Against the odds, we reached a LOT of people in our 3 years. 550+ eps.We were i…" (Tweet) via Twitter.
  3. "New line-up for FOX Sports News". TV Tonight . 24 January 2017. Retrieved 8 July 2018.