White Line Fever

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White Line Fever
Genre	Talk show
Starring	Clinton Grybas
Country of origin	Australia
No. of episodes	Around 860
Production
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	48 mins plus advertising breaks, totalling one hour
Broadcast
Original channel	Foxtel on the Fox Footy Channel
Picture format	16:9 SDTV
Original run	10 March 2002 – 29 September 2006
Links
Official website

White Line Fever was an Australian Football League-related television show, airing from 2002 to 2006 during the regular football season. It was based on 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 allowed 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 was unique for its viewer interaction and comprehensive analysis of Australian rules football.

The programme made 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 programme has ceased following Foxtel's failure to secure AFL broadcasting rights beyond 2006, although it has been suggested that a return on one of Foxtel's Fox Sports channels may be considered despite this.

[edit] External links

• Official site