White Line Fever

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White Line Fever
Genre	Talk show
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Picture format	16:9 SDTV
Running time	48 mins plus advertising breaks
Starring	Clinton Grybas
Country of origin	Australia
Original channel	Foxtel on the Fox Footy Channel
Original run	10 March 2000–Present
No. of episodes	Over 858
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White Line Fever is an Australian Football League-related television show, airing since 2002. The programme is based in a talkback radio format, airing live weeknightly at 7.30pm AEST on the Fox Footy Channel on the Foxtel, Austar and (since 2003) Optus pay television networks.

Hosted by Clinton Grybas, it allows fans and viewers to call into the live shows and share their thoughts with panelists including Tony Shaw, Terry Wallace, Rodney Eade, Derek Humphrey-Smith and Mike Sheehan, along with guest players from AFL teams. The show is unique for its viewer interaction and comprehensive analysis of Australian rules football.

The programme makes frequent use of live crosses to notable events such as press conferences and AFL Tribunal hearings.

The programme commenced in 2002 in a half-hour format from 8pm AEST following the half-hour Fox Footy News, but was expanded to a full hour from 7.30pm AEST the following year, subsuming the news programme as a ten-minute introductory segment presented by Tiffany Cherry. In 2005 the Friday night edition moved to a non-live format, allowing Grybas to front the programme without intruding on his football calling duties with radio station 3AW. This edition of the programme is rebadged as Friday Night Fever, although still appears as White Line Fever in listings.

The show will end following the cessation of Fox Footy's AFL broadcasting rights on 30 September 2006.