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| The Footy Show | |
|---|---|
| Genre | |
| Opening theme | "More Than a Game" by Chris Doheny |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 26 |
| No. of episodes | 736 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Production locations | Melbourne, Victoria GTV9 |
| Running time | 120 minutes (including commercials) |
| Original release | |
| Network | Nine Network |
| Release | 24 March 1994 – 25 September 2019 |
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The Footy Show was an Australian sports and variety entertainment television program which aired on the Nine Network. The show was dedicated to the Australian Football League (AFL) and Australian rules football. The show featured a panel of hosts and a rotating regular panel of guests.
Under the show's initial format, which ran from 1994 to 2018, The Footy Show was variously hosted by Eddie McGuire, Billy Brownless, Sam Newman, Trevor Marmalade, Garry Lyon, James Brayshaw, Rebecca Maddern and Craig Hutchison, with changes to the line-up throughout, and won eight Logie Awards for Most Popular Sports Program.
In December 2018, McGuire announced that the show would continue as a newly formatted show from 2019 and that he and Newman, the show's original hosts, would host several specials throughout the year.[1] However, on 9 May 2019, seven episodes into the new season and less than an hour after that evening's episode had aired, the Nine Network announced that the show would be cancelled due to poor ratings for the show. The show was hosted by Anthony Lehmann, Neroli Meadows, Brendan Fevola and Dylan Alcott in 2019.[2]
On 21 June 2019, McGuire announced that he, Newman, and Marmalade (the original hosts) plus Maddern would do a farewell Grand Final show 25.5 years after the show's first episode. It was filmed at Rod Laver Arena on 25 September.[3][4]
- ^ "Eddie McGuire announces massive changes for The Footy Show in 2019". Fox Sports (Australia). 7 December 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ De Silva, Chris (16 March 2019). "Revamped AFL Footy Show line-up for 2019 revealed". Nine's Wide World of Sports. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ Sutton, Ben (9 May 2019). "Channel Nine axes The Footy Show amid poor ratings". afl.com.au. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
- ^ Welsh, Sophie; Garlick, Shelby (9 May 2019). "Channel Nine cancel The Footy Show". Herald Sun. Retrieved 9 May 2019.