| The Footy Show | |
|---|---|
| Genre | AFL Program |
| Presented by | Garry Lyon (2006-present) James Brayshaw (2006-present) Sam Newman (1994-present) Eddie McGuire (1994-2005) Trevor Marmalade (1994-2008) |
| Starring | Matthew Lloyd (2012-present) Damian Barrett (2010–present) Shane Crawford (2009-present) Billy Brownless (2009-present) Craig Hutchison (2007-present) |
| Opening theme | "More Than a Game" by Chris Doheny |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 18 |
| No. of episodes | 525 (as of 29 September 2011) |
| Production | |
| Location(s) | GTV-9 Melbourne, Victoria (1994–2010) Docklands Studios Melbourne (2011–present) |
| Running time | 105 minutes (including commercials) |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Nine Network |
| Picture format | 576i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Audio format | Stereo Dolby Digital 5.1 |
| Original run | 24 March 1994 – present |
| External links | |
| Website | |
The Footy Show is a Logie Award winning Australian sports television program, shown on the Nine Network and its affiliates.
This show, which is dedicated to the AFL and Australian rules football, made its debut on 24 March 1994 at the same time as the other version which relates to the NRL and rugby league. Although both programs are generally broadcast in the same time slot, as both programs are shown in distinct geographical regions according to areas where one or the other sport predominates, there is little room for confusion.
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The AFL version of the show airs twice each week:
In Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia, the AFL version of The Footy Show is aired on Thursday nights during the AFL season, usually after 9:30pm, followed by the NRL version of The Footy Show later that night.
From 2008, the AFL version of The Footy Show could be seen live into most New South Wales and Queensland TV markets via the Nine HD channel. However, this was discontinued before the launch of GO! when Nine HD ceased breakaway programming. Since then, the AFL version airs straight after the NRL version of the show.
A related program, The Sunday Footy Show, airs during the middle of the day on Sunday. No NRL version of this program is shown in the AFL regions.
The Footy Show had its origins in 1993 when a special Grand Final Edition of The Sunday Footy Show aired on the Thursday night before the AFL Grand Final. The program was then extended and started as a regular program in 1994, and was hosted by former Network Ten reporter Eddie McGuire, and joined by former Geelong champion John "Sam" Newman and comedian Trevor Marmalade. They are usually joined by three current and former football players in a panel format.
The show is broadcast live from Melbourne with a large studio audience "warmed-up" each week by popular actor/comedian Jeremy Kewley. From 1994 to 2010 (Seasons 1 to 17) the show was broadcast from Studio 9 at GTV 9 in Richmond. Following GTV 9's relocation to Docklands at the start of 2001, from Season 18, the show was produced from Sound Stage 4 at Docklands Film Studios.
Over the years the show has also broadcast special live episode from locations including Sydney, Perth, Adelaide, Hobart, London (in 2001 and again in 2004) and from Munich (in 2005).
In 2006, after Eddie McGuire's appointment as CEO of the Nine Network, he stepped down as host of the program and was replaced by former Melbourne star Garry Lyon and the North Melbourne Football Club Chairman James Brayshaw as co-hosts. In a bid to resurge the show in 2009, Trevor Marmalade was cut from the program to make way for former footballers Shane Crawford and Billy Brownless.
The panelists discuss any news stories that arise during the week, review the last round of matches, and preview each match for the coming week including showing the lineups. Before 2000 no footage of any AFL games could be aired by the show as the rival Seven Network held the broadcast rights and refused to allow the show to air footage, in an attempt to stall the program's success. From 2001 until 2006, Nine had the rights to AFL broadcasts and footage was used liberally during the show. From 2007, they reverted to not using footage, due to Nine having lost the rights to AFL broadcasting to the Seven Network and Network Ten until the end of the 2011 football season, however some footage of matches has been used briefly since 2006.
The Grand Final edition of the show is broadcast live from the Rod Laver Arena annually on the Thursday night before the AFL Grand Final, in front of a crowd of 15,000. The show includes the AFL Players Revue, where players dress up and dance to themes. It has included performances and cameos from players such as Shane Crawford, Brodie Holland, Brendan Fevola, Aaron Davey and most of The Footy Show family, except for Eddie McGuire.
Sam Newman is the most controversial figure on The Footy Show, and has been the subject of many complaints to the Nine Network. In May 2008, the Nine Network removed Newman from the show indefinitely following a major controversy over allegedly sexist jokes.
Newman has also had a number of well-publicised off-screen incidents that are often brought up during the show.
| Sunday AFL Footy Show | |
|---|---|
| Genre | AFL Wrap up show |
| Presented by | Simon O'Donnell Shane Crawford Nathan Brown Dermott Brereton Damian Barrett Billy Brownless Matthew Lloyd |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 19 |
| No. of episodes | 510 (as of 2 October 2011) |
| Production | |
| Location(s) | GTV-9 Docklands, Victoria, Australia |
| Running time | 60 minutes (including commercials) |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Nine Network |
| Picture format | 576i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original run | 28 March 1993 – present |
| External links | |
| Website | |
On Sunday mornings, the Sunday Footy Show airs, hosted by Simon O'Donnell with his accompanying panel consisting of Damian Barrett, Nathan Brown, Dermott Brereton, Shane Crawford and Billy Brownless.
Melbourne sports presenter Tony Jones formerly hosted the Sunday version from 2002 until the end of the 2008 season when he was replaced by Brayshaw. Mark Bickley and Danny Frawley also left the show at the end of the 2008 season to take up roles in the AFL, being replaced by the recently retired Crawford and Thompson. In 2010, Brian Taylor and long-standing Doctor Peter Larkins left the show to make room for Barrett and Brown. In November 2011, Nine announced that Brayshaw would be stepping down as host due to having many commitments commentating footy games, Olympic coverage and Triple M Melbourne's Rush Hour, Simon O'Donnell was announced has his replacement.
The show discusses the weekend's matches so far, showing scores and highlights, and interviews players from the sides that have played that round. Before the Nine Network obtained the TV rights to AFL matches, it was a lighter look at AFL, with a panel featuring the likes of Max Walker, Ted Whitten and Lou Richards.
Lou Richards was part of the Sunday Footy Show until the end of 2008, where he left due to illness. However, they continue to pay tribute with "Lou's Handball", a segment where players from opposing teams are pitted against each other in a handball target practice, and "Lou's Showcase", which is a showcase of prizes given to special guests.
The Sunday Footy Show was the original Footy Show, and following its success in 1993, it was decided to present a special Grand Final edition from the Rod Laver Arena. The success of this special meant that the Thursday night show was to be instilled as a permanent fixture in the Nine schedule. The Sunday Footy show has had numerous formats over the years, but is currently back to a traditional panel feel.
There was controversy on the Sunday edition of the Footy Show on 12 August 2007, when AFL legend and former North Melbourne Football Club captain and Premiership player Wayne Carey responded to criticisms from Nathan Thompson by mocking Thompson's well-publicised bout with depression. In addition, on returning from a commercial break, he was heard to make references to "necking himself", to the apparent delight of other members of the Footy Show panel. Carey and the Nine Network were quick to issue an apology over the incident, although no mention was officially made of the "necking himself" comment.
In 2009, Brian Taylor made rare appearances, due to his commentary work on Fox Sports, with a guest AFL panelist taking his spot when Taylor was not present.
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