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AFL Footy Show

The Footy Show
Genre AFL program
Directed by Gary Newnham
Presented by Eddie McGuire
Rebecca Maddern
Sam Newman
Starring Billy Brownless
Shane Crawford
Alex Rance
Dave Hughes
Opening theme "More Than a Game" by Chris Doheny
Country of origin Australia
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 23
No. of episodes 681 (as of 29 September 2016) (list of episodes)
Production
Location(s) Docklands Studios Melbourne
Running time 120 minutes (including commercials)
Release
Original network Nine Network
Picture format 576i (SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
Audio format Stereo
Original release 24 March 1994 – present
External links
Website wwos.ninemsn.com.au/afl/footyshow/

The Footy Show is a Logie Award-winning Australian sports and variety entertainment television program. It is shown on the Nine Network and its affiliates. The show, which is dedicated to the Australian Football League (AFL) and Australian rules football, made its debut on 24 March 1994. It will be hosted as of August 2017 by Eddie McGuire with Rebecca Maddern and Sam Newman.

The name The Footy Show derives from the diminutive form of the word football commonly used in Australian English.

From 1994 to 2012, The Footy Show usually aired at 9.30 pm AEST, However, on 28 November 2012, Nine announced that the show would air at 8.30 pm AEST.

In Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia, the show is aired on Thursday nights at 8:30 pm during the AFL season.

In 2008, the AFL version of The Footy Show could be seen live into most New South Wales and Queensland TV markets via the Nine HD channel. However, this was discontinued before the launch of GO! when Nine HD ceased breakaway programming. Since then, the show airs starting at 11.30pm.

A related program, The Sunday Footy Show, airs at 11 am on Sunday mornings. It has previously been scheduled for 11.30 am.

The Footy Show had its origins in 1993 when a special Grand Final edition of The Sunday Footy Show aired on the Thursday night before the AFL Grand Final. The program was then extended and started as a regular program in 1994 hosted by former Network Ten reporter Eddie McGuire, former Geelong player Sam Newman and comedian Trevor Marmalade. They were usually joined by three current and former football players in a panel format.


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