Any Given Sunday was an Australian television program that aired on the

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between 2005 and 2006. The show was not broadcast in NSW, the ACT or QLD, where ''

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'' screened instead. The theme music used during both seasons was "

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" by

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. One of the hosts was sports personality

James Brayshaw James Antony Brayshaw (born 11 May 1967) is an Australian media personality and retired cricketer working in television for the Seven Network and radio for Triple M. For Seven Sport, he hosts and calls Test cricket during summer and Australian ...

Premise

Season 1

At the start of the 2005

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season, this one-hour panel show was created to air between the '' Sunday Footy Show'' and Nine's Sunday AFL game. The panel consisted of

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and

Sam Newman John Noel William "Sam" Newman (born 22 December 1945) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). A talented and athletic player who served his apprenticeship unde ...

, and in a way it was a sports wrap show in the vein of Wide World of Sports, however the sports results took a back seat to the humour of Sam Newman and James Brayshaw in particular.

Season 2

At the start of 2006, due to

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being appointed

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of the

, circumstances meant that the regular team of Brayshaw, Lyon and Newman would be appearing on the revamped '' Footy Show'', meaning that a Sunday-morning show with a similar lineup would be redundant. The show returned in Round 2 of the 2006 season with a different lineup, consisting of comedian

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, former swimmer and Nine Network commentator

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and a rotating third panel member. The first of which was

Dermott Brereton Dermott Hugh Brereton (born 19 August 1964) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club, Sydney Swans and Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Born to Irish immigrant parents, ...

. Despite the fact that the show discussed all sorts of sports from around the world, its main focus remained

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, as it previewed the Sunday matches. It always crossed to a commentator for a live AFL match on Nine. The show was cancelled soon after the 2006 AFL Season. And all three hosts soon moved on the now popular 'Footy Show' now airing on both Thursday and Sunday nights.

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Premise

Season 1

Season 2

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References

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