Weekend Edition (Australian program)

Weekend Edition
GenreNews, Current Affairs, Commentary
Presented byGreg Thomson (2016–2018)
Jaynie Seal (2016–present)
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time3 hours (inc. adverts)
Original release
NetworkSky News Live
Release9 July 2016 (2016-07-09) –
present
Related
Agenda

Weekend Edition is an Australian news and current affairs television program on Sky News Live on Saturdays and Sundays. It is the weekend incarnation of First Edition.

Saturday Edition

Saturday Edition is a weekly Australian news and current affairs television program on Sky News Live.[1] It is hosted by Greg Thomson and Jaynie Seal.

The program was premiered on 9 July 2016 and runs from 7am to 10am (AEST) 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.[2][3] The program replaces the bulk of First Edition as Sky News' breakfast program.

The program was hosted by Paul Murray, along with Paul Murray Live.[4] Coinciding with the launch of Saturday Edition, the Friday episode of Paul Murray Live became a highlights package of scenes from the previous week.[2] In 2016, Seal presented news updates and Jim Callinan presented sport.[5]

In 2017, Caroline Marcus was added as aa co-host of the program and Thomson replaced Callinan as sports presenter, while Seal exited.[6] 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

Weekend Edition
GenreNews, Current Affairs, Commentary
Presented by
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time2 hours (inc. adverts)
Original release
NetworkSky News Live
Release10 July 2016 (2016-07-10) –
present

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.[7]

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 Sunday Agenda .[8] The program replaces the bulk of First Edition as Sky News' breakfast program on Sundays.

In its first season, the program was hosted by Peter van Onselen, and is one of four Sky News formats he presents, alongside Sunday Agenda and his daytime programs PVO NewsDay and To The Point. Coinciding with the launch of Sunday Edition, the flagship Sunday morning talk show, Australian Agenda, was retitled as Sunday Agenda.[8] Seal presents news updates and Thomson presents sport.[9]

In 2017, Kristina Keneally was added as co-host of Sunday Edition. Keneally also co-hosted To The Point with van Onselen.[10]

References

  1. ^ Knox, David (18 July 2016). "New weekend line-up on SKY News". TV Tonight. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Paul Murray and PVO to work weekends too". MediaWeek. 29 June 2016. Archived from the original on 7 July 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  3. ^ "TV Guide: Sky News Live". Foxtel. Archived from the original on 7 July 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  4. ^ "The real budget problem: greed and great expectations". The Daily Telegraph. Sydney. 11 June 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  5. ^ "Jim Callinan on Twitter". 8 July 2016. Archived from the original on 14 July 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2016 – via Twitter.
    - "Jaynie Seal desk job proves Sky's no limit for Weather Channel favourite". The Sunday Telegraph. 17 July 2016. Archived from the original on 17 July 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  6. ^ "Sky News unveils 2017 programming schedule". Mediaweek. 30 January 2017. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  7. ^ Knox, David (18 July 2016). "New weekend line-up on SKY News". TV Tonight. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  8. ^ a b "Paul Murray and PVO to work weekends too". MediaWeek. 29 June 2016. Archived from the original on 7 July 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  9. ^ JAYNIE SEAL [@jaynieseal] (9 July 2016). "Morning! Our very first #sundayedition @vanOnselenP @Thomson_Greg @SkyNewsAust" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 17 July 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2016 – via Twitter.
    - "Jaynie Seal desk job proves Sky's no limit for Weather Channel favourite". The Sunday Telegraph. 17 July 2016. Archived from the original on 17 July 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  10. ^ Knox, David (19 December 2016). "SKY News 2017: highlights". TV Tonight. Retrieved 19 December 2016.


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