''Offsiders'' is an Australian television sport program.
Hosted by Abbey Gelmi, the show airs live on Sunday mornings at 10:00 am on
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History
The show began airing in February 2006 (after ''
Insiders'', its news/politics sister show which airs on ABC TV at 9:00 am on Sunday mornings, and ''
Inside Business'', a business program hosted by
Alan Kohler
Alan Robert Kohler is an Australian financial journalist, television personality, and former newspaper editor. He is known for presenting the finance segment on the news on ABC Television, and as the founder of ''The Constant Investor'', a fo ...
which aired on ABC TV at 10:00 am on Sunday mornings until its axing in 2013).
From 2005 until 2013, the show aired at 10:30 am.
After ''Inside Business axing in September 2013, since 2014, it has been airing at 10:00am.
Episodes are normally 30 minutes in duration.
Hosts
Barrie Cassidy
Barrie Cassidy (born 4 March 1950) is an Australian political journalist as well as a radio and television host and presenter and commentator for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. He was the long-running host of the Sunday morning polit ...
was the inaugural host of the program and hosted from 2005 to 2013.
In 2014,
Gerard Whateley was appointed as host of the program replacing Cassidy.
Whateley remained as host until his resignation in January 2018.
In February 2018,
Kelli Underwood
Kelli Louise Underwood OAM (born 1977) is an Australian radio and television sports journalist and sportscaster specialising in Australian rules football, netball and tennis.She was the first woman to call an Australian Football League match o ...
was appointed as host of the program.
In November 2024, Underwood announced her resignation from the show with her last show on 1 December.
In January 2025, Abbey Gelmi was appointed as host of the program replacing Underwood.
Reception
Paul Connolly of ''
The Age
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'' praised the show, writing, "Offsiders" has a pleasingly understated feel about it, not least because it forwards the radical idea (these days at least) that you don't have to be a big name former player to have something worthwhile to say about sport. If anything, it allows for opinion unfettered by allegiances which, in turn, allows for a few well-aimed barbs and not just a "sport's great, mate" attitude."
In a negative review, ''
The Australian
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''s Lara Sinclair said ''
Outsiders'' is "just a pale imitation of a sports program" and "''Offsiders'' purports to bring the same level of challenging discourse to the sporting arena but there's no doubt ''
Insiders'' packs the heavier punch."
References
External links
''Offsiders'' on ABC website
{{ABC Television programming
Australian sports television series
Australian Broadcasting Corporation original programming
2005 Australian television series debuts
2010s Australian television series
Australian English-language television shows
Television shows set in Melbourne