Viewpoint (Australian TV series)

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Viewpoint

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Title card of Viewpoint
Genre Current affairs, commentary
Presented by Chris Kenny
Country of origin Australia
Original language(s) English
Production
Location(s) Sydney, NSW
Running time 1 hour (inc. adverts)
Release
Original network Sky News Australia
Picture format 576i (SDTV)

Viewpoint is an Australian television commentary program broadcast on Sky News Australia. [1] The program is hosted by conservative journalist and commentator Chris Kenny. The program, similar to Paul Murray Live , sees Kenny and his rotating panel of usually conservative pundits discuss political news of the week. [2]

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The series has been on air in its current format since at least 2012. [5] Sky News has previously aired a program titled Viewpoint which was broadcast between at least 2003 and 2004. [6] [7]

Speculation over the future of the program began when it was omitted from Sky News programming announcements for 2017. [8] It was confirmed that Kenny will move to a new late night format Heads Up in 2017. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ Knox, David (5 August 2013). "SKY News: 2013 Election coverage". TV Tonight . Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  2. 1 2 Davidson, Darren (17 December 2014). "Chris Kenny, Paul Murray in Sky News revamp". The Australian . Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  3. ↑ "ChrisKKenny on Twitter". Twitter . 24 April 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  4. ↑ Mitchell, Chris (20 June 2016). "Federal election 2016: Sky has front-running over ABC News 24". The Australian. Retrieved 20 June 2016.(subscription required)
  5. ↑ "Transcript: Sky News, Viewpoint with Chris Kenny". Office of Julie Bishop. 14 November 2012. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  6. ↑ "Submission by Australian News Channel Pty Ltd - Media Coverage of Parliamentary Proceedings" (PDF). Australian News Channel. June 2004. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  7. ↑ "Critics lash out at 'Forbidden Love' author". The 7.30 Report . 28 July 2004. Archived from the original on 22 April 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  8. ↑ Meade, Amanda (20 January 2017). "When the music's over at Radio National, artists turn up the heat". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  9. ↑ Davidson, Darren (23 January 2017). "Sky introduces late-night new show with Chris Kenny". The Australian. Retrieved 23 January 2017.(subscription required)
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