|
A Current Affair (Australian TV Series)
''A Current Affair'' (or ''ACA'') is an Australian current affairs program airing weeknights and Saturday nights on the Nine Network. The program is currently hosted by Allison Langdon and Deborah Knight (Saturday). History 1970s ''A Current Affair'' was first broadcast on 22 November 1971, with Mike Willesee, screening on the Nine Network weeknights at 9:30pm, shifting to 7:00pm in 1972. For part of its early run, the comedian and actor Paul Hogan had a comic social commentary segment. Under Willesee, ACA was a Transmedia production for the Nine Network. When Willesee left Nine in 1974 to move to the rival 0–10 Network (now known as Network 10), journalist Mike Minehan took over presenting ''ACA''. Other hosts included Sue Smith, Kevin Sanders and Michael Schildberger. The original ''A Current Affair'' was cancelled on 28 April 1978 due to strong competition in the 7:00pm timeslot from ''Willesee at Seven'' on Seven Network and Graham Kennedy's '' Blankety Blanks'' on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Current Affairs (news Format)
Current affairs is a genre of broadcast journalism in which major news stories are discussed at length in a timely manner. This differs from regular News broadcasting, news broadcasts that place emphasis on news reports presented for simple presentation as soon as possible, often with a minimum of analysis. It is also different from the news magazine show format in that events are discussed immediately. The UK's BBC programmes, such as ''This World (TV series), This World'', ''Panorama (TV series), Panorama'', ''Real Story'', ''BBC Scotland Investigates'', ''Spotlight (NI), Spotlight'', ''Week In Week Out'', and ''Inside Out (2002 TV programme), Inside Out'', fit the definition. In Canada, CBC Radio produces a number of current affairs shows both nationally, such as ''The Current (radio program), The Current'' and ''As It Happens'', as well as regionally with morning current affairs shows such as ''Information Morning'' — a focus the radio network developed in the 1970s as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Real Life (TV Series)
''Real Life'' was an Australian current affairs television program that aired on the Seven Network from 20 January 1992 to 1 December 1994. Its format was similar to other tabloid current affairs shows airing at the time, these being ''A Current Affair'' and '' Hinch'', which had recently been axed by the Seven Network and picked up by Network Ten. It was mainly presented by Stan Grant and the reporters included former Network Ten newsreader Eric Walters and Edwina Gatenby. While generally not being as successful as its Nine competitor, it was popular enough for Nine to install Ray Martin as the host of ''A Current Affair'' in 1994 and it did win the Logie Award for Most Popular Current Affairs Program in that year. In 1995, the show was replaced with ''Today Tonight ''Today Tonight'' was an Australian current affairs television program produced by the Seven Network. It aired from January 1995 to November 2019 in Adelaide and Perth. Editions in Brisbane, Sydney ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. Soon after, it spread to other areas of Asia, and COVID-19 pandemic by country and territory, then worldwide in early 2020. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) on 30 January 2020, and assessed the outbreak as having become a pandemic on 11 March. COVID-19 symptoms range from asymptomatic to deadly, but most commonly include fever, sore throat, nocturnal cough, and fatigue. Transmission of COVID-19, Transmission of the virus is often airborne transmission, through airborne particles. Mutations have variants of SARS-CoV-2, produced many strains (variants) with varying degrees of infectivity and virulence. COVID-19 vaccines were developed rapidly and deplo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eddie McGuire
Edward Joseph McGuire (born 29 October 1964) is an Australian television and radio presenter, journalist, Australian Football League commentator and former TV executive. He is also an occasional ''Herald Sun'' newspaper columnist. He hosted Channel Nine's '' Millionaire Hot Seat'' from 2009 to 2023, Wednesday night episodes of '' Footy Classified'', and Network 10's coverage of the Melbourne Cup Carnival (since 2022). McGuire is the former president of the Collingwood Football Club; he stood down in 2021 after criticism of his handling of a report outlining systemic racism and involvement in racism at the club. He has worked in sports journalism, sports broadcasting and as a game show host. McGuire previously hosted Nine Network's '' The Footy Show'' from its first airing in March 1994 until his departure in 2006. He returned for two years in 2017, leaving upon the show's termination in 2018, prior to its short-lived reformat. He hosted Australia's edition of the game show ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Overton
Peter John Overton, (born 5 April 1966) is an Australian television journalist and news presenter. He is currently the presenter for Nine News Sydney from Sunday to Thursday at 6 pm. Early life and family Born in London, England, Overton moved to Australia at age two after his parents returned home to the country. He grew up in Longueville, a suburb on the Lower North Shore of Sydney. He went to Lane Cove Public School and North Sydney Boys High School. He graduated with a Bachelor of Economics from Macquarie University. He also played the tuba whilst at Lane Cove Public School. His father, Dr. John Overton, was an associate professor of anaesthesia at the University of Sydney and worked at The Children's Hospital at Westmead.''Australian Story: The Good Doctor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Stefanovic
Karl Stefanovic ( sr-Cyrl, Карл Стефановић; born 12 August 1974), also spelt Karl Stefanović, is an Australian television presenter and journalist for the Nine Network. Stefanovic is currently a co-host of the Nine Network's breakfast program '' Today'' and presents for ''60 Minutes''. Career Early life Stefanovic studied journalism at university, but after earning his degree, he could not secure a cadetship. At his father's suggestion, he auditioned for NIDA but did not make the final cut despite making it through a few rounds of auditions. Although he was encouraged to re-apply for the following year, he took up a job offer from WIN Television in Rockhampton instead. In 1994, he began working for WIN in Rockhampton and Cairns as a cadet reporter. In 1996, Stefanovic took up a position with TVNZ as a reporter for '' One Network News'' in New Zealand. In 1998, Stefanovic returned to Australia with a job reporting and presenting for ''Ten News'' in Brisbane, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Fordham
Ben Fordham (born 29 November 1976) is an Australian sports reporter and radio presenter. , Fordham hosts the breakfast radio program ''Ben Fordham Live'' on Sydney radio station 2GB. Early life and education When Ben Fordham was seven years of age, he was diagnosed with epilepsy after suffering a seizure. He did work experience at a radio station as a teenager while a student at Saint Ignatius' College, Riverview, a Catholic college in Lane Cove. Career Fordham began his career on Sydney radio station 2UE, for which he won a Walkley Award for his coverage of the 1997 Thredbo landslide. In 1998, Fordham moved to television and joined Sky News Australia as a reporter and presenter. As of 2008 he was managed by the Fordham Company, which was run by his late father, John. In March 2014, Fordham announced that he would be leaving ''Today'' at the end of the year to concentrate on his radio career. After moving into his radio position, Fordham continued to serve as a fill-i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sylvia Jeffreys
Sylvia Jeffreys (born 23 April 1985) is an Australian journalist and television presenter. Jeffreys is currently co-host of ''Today Extra'' with David Campbell. She has previously been a news presenter on the Nine Network's ''Today,'' reporter and presenter on ''Nine News'' and reporter on ''A Current Affair''. Early life Jeffreys was born in Brisbane, Queensland and grew up in the suburb of Coorparoo. She attended Brisbane State High School where she was the School Captain in 2003. Career Jeffreys began her media career in August 2005 at the Nine Network in Brisbane, working as a script assistant in the newsroom. She completed a Bachelor of Journalism/Bachelor of Arts at the University of Queensland whilst honing her skills in the production office. In 2008, she began filing lifestyle stories on Queensland's ''Extra'' program, before returning to the newsroom in 2009. In 2011, Jeffreys was appointed weekend weather presenter on ''Nine News Queensland''. Sylvia reported o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leila McKinnon
Leila McKinnon (born 28 September 1972) is an Australian journalist and television presenter. She is a reporter and fill-in presenter for ''Nine News'' and '' A Current Affair''. McKinnon has previously been co-host of ''Weekend Today''. In 2022, she co-hosted the sixth season of ''Australian Ninja Warrior.'' Personal life McKinnon was born in Iran to an English mother and a New Zealand father. She grew up in Auckland and moved to Brisbane when she was 15. In 2012, McKinnon gave birth to her first child. McKinnon's second child was born in 2014. Career McKinnon undertook a journalism degree at Queensland University of Technology. In 1993, she accepted a cadetship at WIN Television in Rockhampton, Queensland, before moving to WIN's Cairns bureau. In 1995, she began work with the Nine Network, reporting and presenting for '' Nine Gold Coast News''. After three years she became a reporter for '' A Current Affair'' in Brisbane. A brief stint on a short-lived consumer affa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tracy Grimshaw
Tracy Grimshaw (born 3 June 1960) is an Australian journalist and television presenter. Grimshaw is best known for her work with the Nine Network where she was the host of '' A Current Affair'' from 2006 to 2022 and the co-host of '' Today'' from 1996 until 2005. Grimshaw returned to the network in 2024 to host a new medical program, '' Do You Want to Live Forever?'' Career Grimshaw's career began in 1981 when she joined ''Nine News'' in Melbourne as a reporter. In 1985 she began presenting news bulletins and by 1987 had been appointed the presenter of '' Nine Morning News''. Through the early 1990s, Grimshaw reported on overseas events for the Nine Network, as well as reporting for ''A Current Affair'' and hosting the program over the summer non-ratings period. In 1995, Grimshaw appeared as co-host of '' The Midday Show'' with David Reyne. The following year she was host of '' Today on Saturday'' and ''Animal Hospital''. On 4 November 1996, Grimshaw was appointed the co-h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Nine News
Nine News (stylized as 9News) is a national News agency, news service on the Nine Network in Australia. Its flagship program is an hour-long ''9News'' bulletin at 6:00 pm, with editions produced by Nine's owned-and-operated stations in TCN, Sydney, GTV (Australian TV station), Melbourne, QTQ, Brisbane, NWS (TV station), Adelaide, and STW, Perth. Regional editions for Northern New South Wales and the Gold Coast, Queensland, Gold Coast are broadcast under the NBN Television, NBN News brand and are produced in NBN (TV station), Newcastle. A supplementary regional news program for the Gold Coast, Queensland, Gold Coast in Queensland also airs every weeknight. National bulletins air throughout the day and evening, broadcast from Nine's headquarters in Sydney. Until the mid-2000s, ''Nine News'' was positioned as the highest-rated news service in Australia, but it was overtaken by rival news service ''Seven News'' in 2005 before regaining the top position in 2013. History ''9News, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
This Is Your Life (Australian TV Series)
''This Is Your Life'' is an Australian television documentary and reality show, based on the American show of the same name, which was created, produced and originally hosted by Ralph Edwards, in which the presenter surprises celebrity guests with a show documenting their lives, with audience participation from their friends and family. Original broadcast The original series began broadcasting in Australia in 1975 on the Seven Network, with Bill Lovelock as executive producer and Mike Willesee as host. Subsequent seasons were compered by Digby Wolfe (1976) and Roger Climpson (1977–1980). Nine Network versions In 1995, the Nine Network relaunched the program with a 13-year successful run hosted by journalist Mike Munro. In November 2010, it was announced that the show would return on 28 February 2011 and be hosted by Eddie McGuire; however, it was not as successful, and after just four episodes the show did not return. Seven Network revival On 27 January 2022, a reviv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
