Open Mike (TV series)

Open Mike
Presented by	Mike Sheahan
Country of origin	Australia
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	7
No. of episodes	177
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Release
Original network	Fox Sports (2009-2011) Fox Footy (2012-present)
Picture format	576i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV)
Original release	21 March 2009 – present

Open Mike is an Australian interview-based talk show hosted by sports journalist and writer Mike Sheahan. Each week during the Australian Football League (AFL) season, Sheahan interviews a figure in the history of Australian football, discussing their involvement in the game, whether on-field or off-field, as well as their lives and contributions away from the game.

The series premiered on Australia's Fox Sports network in 2009, before moving to Fox Sports' dedicated AFL channel Fox Footy in 2012. The show regularly aired on Monday nights at 9.30pm until moving to Tuesday nights at 8.30pm in 2016. As of September 5 2017, 174 episodes have aired.

Guests have included former champion players Kevin Bartlett, Leigh Matthews and Bob Skilton; coaching greats Kevin Sheedy, David Parkin and Malcolm Blight, and media personalities Tony Charlton, Eddie McGuire and Sam Newman. Former chief executive officer of the AFL Andrew Demetriou, former Sydney premiership coach Paul Roos, and Kevin Sheedy have also appeared twice in two separate episodes.

Published by The Slattery Media Group in 2013, Open Mike: Conversations with Greats of the AFL Game is a selection of transcripts of Open Mike interviews from the first two seasons.

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