George Negus Tonight

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George Negus Tonight
Also known asDimensions
Presented by George Negus
Country of origin Australia
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producerIvo Burum
Camera setupVarious
Original release
Network ABC
Release6 August 2001 (2001-08-06) –
25 November 2004 (2004-11-25)

George Negus Tonight (formerly titled Dimensions) was an Australian current affairs television series hosted by George Negus, which ran on ABC Television from 2001 to 2004.

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Dimensions

The program was initially launched in 2001 as Dimensions, pitched as a low-cost stream of tenuously linked programs to run in the 6.30pm timeslot from Monday to Thursday before the ABC News 7pm bulletin. [1] Dimensions had a particular focus for each day of the week: Monday was Media Dimensions, hosted by Annette Shun Wah, which focused on the Australian media; Tuesday was Health Dimensions, hosted by Dr Norman Swan, which concentrated on health matters; Wednesday was People Dimensions, hosted by James O'Loghlin, which profiled prominent Australians and overseas guests; and Thursday was Dimensions on the Move, hosted by Dave Morley, which looked at motor vehicles. [2] Media Dimensions, People Dimensions and Dimensions on the Move were all axed in November [3] [4]

2002 saw the concept coming back with Swan's Health Dimensions, a revamped People Dimensions, now hosted by Jill Singer, Consumer Dimensions, hosted by Susanna Lobez, and a social history series Dimensions in Time, [5] hosted by Guy Noble. [6]

New Dimensions and George Negus Tonight

The program was relaunched in June 2002 as was renamed New Dimensions with George Negus , with the veteran Australian journalist, George Negus, as the sole host, replacing the format of different hosts for each day, which the previous incarnations had used. [7] During the following year, the program was renamed again George Negus Tonight. [8] [9] The program retained the different focus for each day: GNT History on Monday; GNT People on Tuesday; GNT Future on Wednesday and GNT Profiles on Thursday.

Despite high ratings for its timeslot (generally the highest ABC ratings in the 6:30pm slot), George Negus Tonight was axed by the ABC in November 2004, to make way for state-based programming. [10] Negus went on to host Dateline on the SBS network. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ Idato, Michael: Review: George Negus Tonight, The Sydney Morning Herald , 1 April 2004.
  2. ↑ Melloy, Neil (6 August 2001), "Aunty shows off new dimensions", The Courier Mail
  3. ↑ Williamson, Brooke (7 November 2001), "Changing channel - ABC gears up for a post-Shier revamp", The Daily Telegraph
  4. ↑ Idato, Michael (7 November 2001), "Backchat in limbo", The Sydney Morning Herald
  5. ↑ Miller, Kylie (31 January 2002), "New ABC Dimensions", The Age
  6. ↑ Miller, Kylie (31 January 2002), "Dimensions in Time: Crime Special - Monday, 29th April at 6:30 pm on ABC TV", Torres News
  7. ↑ Lee Lewes, Jacqueline (30 May 2002), "Broadcast news", The Daily Telegraph
  8. ↑ Miller, Kylie (28 August 2003), "No Dimensions, just Negus", The Age
  9. ↑ Kalina, Paul: George of the jungle, The Sydney Morning Herald , 2 August 2004.
  10. ↑ Miller, Kylie: Hits and misses, The Age , 8 September 2005.
  11. ↑ Negus joins Dateline, The Sydney Morning Herald , 20 January 2005.
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