Seven Sharp

Seven Sharp
Presented by
Country of originNew Zealand
Original languageEnglish
No. of series6
No. of episodes1560
Production
Executive producerPaul Moor[1]
ProducerAndrew Hallberg
Editors
  • Sam Thomas
  • Kirsten Bolam
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time30 minutes (with commercials)
Production companyTVNZ
Original release
NetworkTVNZ 1
Release4 February 2013 (2013-02-04) –
present
Related
Close Up
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Seven Sharp is a half-hour-long New Zealand current affairs programme produced by Television New Zealand. The programme was created after the discontinuation of Close Up. It broadcasts at 7 pm (straight after 1 News at Six) every weekday on TVNZ 1. Seven Sharp typically presents 3 stories within a 30-minute timeslot every weeknight,[2] and is designed to be more integrated with social media and real time opinions than its predecessor.

Seven Sharp also shares its time slot with sister channel TVNZ 2's drama Shortland Street, and Prime's The Crowd Goes Wild.

The show is currently presented by Hilary Barry and Jeremy Wells.[3] Toni Street and Mike Hosking left the show in December 2017. Previous fill-in presenters have included Pippa Wetzell, Melissa Stokes, Sam Wallace, Tim Wilson, Carolyn Robinson, Erin Conroy, Stacey Morrison, Heather du Plessis-Allan, Te Radar, Clarke Gayford, Tāmati Coffey, Matt Gibb, Chris Cairns, Brendon Pongia and Rose Matafeo. On one occasion, American actor Rob Schneider appeared as co-host.

The show's primary sponsor is ASB Bank.[4]

  1. ^ "Seven Sharp – Credits". NZ On Air. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Seven Sharp – out to redefine cutting edge". The New Zealand Herald. 30 January 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
  3. ^ Rutledge, Daniel (31 January 2018). "Jeremy Wells confirmed as Mike Hosking replacement on Seven Sharp". Newshub. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  4. ^ "It's Seven Sharp for ASB". TVNZ. 9 June 2016. Retrieved 10 October 2016.