A Current Affair
| A Current Affair | |
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A Current Affair logo
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| Also known as | 'ACA' |
| Genre | Current affairs |
| Presented by | Tracy Grimshaw |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 8 (1971–1978) 25 (1988–) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Grant Williams |
| Location(s) |
National: Sydney (18 January 1988 – 13 June 2008) Melbourne (16 June 2008 – 10 January 2012) Sydney (13 January 2012 – present) State-editions: Adelaide (2002 and 27 October 2008 – 27 November 2009), Perth (20 October 2008 – 27 November 2009) |
| Running time | 25 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | Nine Network |
| Picture format |
576i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release |
22 November 1971 – 28 April 1978 18 January 1988 – present |
| External links | |
| Website | |
A Current Affair (or ACA) is an Australian current affairs program airing weeknights on the Nine Network of TV channels. The program is currently presented by Tracy Grimshaw.
A Current Affair was first broadcast on 22 November 1971, with Mike Willesee, screening week nights at 7:00 pm, and was broadcast for GTV-9. For part of its early run, the comedian and actor Paul Hogan had a comic social commentary segment. Under Willesee, ACA was a Transmedia production for the Nine Network.
When Willesee left Nine in 1974 to move to the rival 0–10 Network, journalist Mike Minehan took over presenting ACA. Other presenters included Sue Smith, Kevin Sanders and Michael Schildberger.
The original A Current Affair was cancelled on 28 April 1978, followed by strong competitions in the 7:00 pm timeslot from Willesee at Seven on Seven Network and Graham Kennedy's Blankety Blanks on the 0–10 Network.
In 1984, Willesee returned to the Nine Network to revive the format in a series titled Willesee, screening Monday to Thursday nights at 9:30 pm. The following year, Willesee moved to the earlier 6:30 pm timeslot and extended to five nights a week, running until 1988, when Willesee's production company, Transmedia, sold the rights to the program to the Nine Network.
When Willesee left the presenting role, former 60 Minutes presenter Jana Wendt took over on 18 January 1988 and the show once again became A Current Affair. This was the same week the Seven Network's soap opera Home and Away was introduced.
The Seven Network introduced direct competition with Real Life, which later became Today Tonight. Jana Wendt left the program in November 1992, unhappy with an ACA story showing topless women.
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