''Weekend Edition'' is an Australian news and current affairs television program on

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on Saturdays and Sundays. It is the weekend incarnation of ''

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''.

Saturday Edition

''Saturday Edition'' is a weekly Australian news and current affairs television program on Sky News Live. It is hosted by

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and

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. The program was premiered on 9 July 2016 and runs from 7am to 10am (

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) on Saturdays. It was originally planned to have the show break out for 30 minutes to allow '' Pyne & Marles'' to appear, but that program was moved to Friday afternoons after ''Saturday Edition'' began. The program replaces the bulk of ''First Edition'' as Sky News' breakfast program. The program was hosted by Paul Murray, along with ''

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''. Coinciding with the launch of ''Saturday Edition'', the Friday episode of ''Paul Murray Live'' became a highlights package of scenes from the previous week. In 2016, Seal presented news updates and Jim Callinan presented sport. In 2017, Caroline Marcus was added as aa co-host of the program and Thomson replaced Callinan as sports presenter, while Seal exited. From 4 March 2017, Seal and Thomson became main anchors of the program, with both Murray and Marcus exiting without notice. The pair also host Sunday Edition from 7am AEDT, but the program is 60 minutes in duration, prior to Speers on Sunday.

Sunday Edition

''Sunday Edition'' (also known as ''Sunday Edition with Peter van Onselen'') is a weekly Australian news and current affairs television program on Sky News Live. The program was premiered on 10 July 2016 and runs from 7am to 10am (AEST) on Sunday mornings, breaking out for one hour at 8:30am AEST for ''

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'' . The program replaces the bulk of ''First Edition'' as Sky News' breakfast program on Sundays. In its first season, the program was hosted by

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, and is one of four Sky News formats he presents, alongside ''Sunday Agenda'' and his daytime programs '' PVO NewsDay'' and ''

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''. Coinciding with the launch of ''Sunday Edition'', the flagship

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, ''Australian Agenda'', was retitled as ''Sunday Agenda''. Seal presents news updates and Thomson presents sport. In 2017,

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was added as co-host of ''Sunday Edition''. Keneally also co-hosted ''To The Point'' with van Onselen.

References

External links

Sky News Australia official web site
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