Friday Live | |
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Also known as | Friday Night Live |
Genre | Current affairs, commentary |
Presented by | Chris Kenny |
Country of origin | Australia |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
Production | |
Production locations | Sydney, NSW |
Running time | 1 hour (inc. adverts) |
Release | |
Original network | Sky News Australia |
Original release | 5 July 2013 – 12 December 2014 |
Related | |
Saturday Live Sunday Live |
Friday Live (originally titled Friday Night Live) is an Australian television commentary program that was broadcast on Sky News Live. The series premiered on 5 July 2013 as an extension of the Paul Murray Live brand. [1] The program is hosted by conservative journalist and commentator Chris Kenny.
Similar to Paul Murray Live, sees Kenny and his rotating panel of pundits discuss political news of the week. [2] Shortly after its debut, the series was retitled as simply Friday Live. [3]
The program was broadcast live from the Sky News centre in the Sydney suburb of Macquarie Park. The program ended on 12 December 2014 [4] and was replaced by a second weekly edition of Viewpoint , which Kenny also hosts. [2]
A spin-off of the format titled Saturday Live premiered on 10 August 2013, designed as a short-run format in the lead up to the 2013 federal election. The initial season ran for four weeks, wrapping up on 31 August 2013. [5] [3] The show returned on 30 April 2016 ahead of the 2016 election. [6] Additionally, it was joined by another spin-off the following night titled Sunday Live. [7] [8]
However, unlike the original format, both spin-offs are hosted by Janine Perrett. [9]
A segment from Saturday Live was extended to its own program in 2016, titled So You Want To Be A Politician? in which Perrett interviews minor party and independent candidates hoping to be elected. [10] [11]
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