Sunday Night (Australian TV program)

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Sunday Night
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Presented by Melissa Doyle
Country of origin Australia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons11
No. of episodes300+
Production
Production locations Sydney, New South Wales
Running time60 minutes
Original release
Network Seven Network
Release8 February 2009 (2009-02-08) –
19 January 2020 (2020-01-19)

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.

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History

Sunday Night was a newsmagazine show, featuring a mix of feature stories, investigative reports, forums and interviews. Unlike other newsmagazine programs, the show initially featured a live studio audience. Additionally, early episodes of the show were immediately followed by a companion program, The All in Call, a live question and answer session broadcast on Seven HD and online. The separate program was later axed, and the discussion was integrated into the final segment of Sunday Night. [2] The axing of The All In Call also saw the removal of the studio audience, while later seasons dropped the final segment discussion altogether.

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

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Reporters

Guest reporters

Former reporters

Former hosts

Executive producers

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References

  1. ↑ "The Team". 15 May 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
  2. ↑ Axed: The All in Call
  3. ↑ "Seven Network farewells Chris Bath". Yahoo!7. 16 June 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  4. ↑ "Seven axes current affairs program Sunday Night". NewsComAu. 2 October 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  5. ↑ "Sports presenter joins Sunday Night". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 14 April 2010.
  6. ↑ "Derryn Hinch Meet the team". au.news.yahoo.com/sunday-night. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
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