Peter Overton
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Overton in 2012
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5 April 1966 England |
| Occupation | Nine News presenter |
| Spouse(s) | Jessica Rowe |
| Children | Allegra & Giselle |
Peter Overton (born 5 April 1966 in England) is an Australian television journalist and news presenter.
Overton joined the Nine Network as a reporter for National Nine News and later was appointed weekend sports presenter on National Nine News in Sydney and fill in presenter for Ken Sutcliffe. Peter also filed weekday news updates from the newsroom during Brian Henderson's tenure as presenter of National Nine News in Sydney.
Peter occasionally presented weekend news bulletins, and substituted on National Nine Early News and Today news for Sharyn Ghidella. He also co-hosted Nine's coverage of the Thredbo disaster with Tracy Grimshaw, and co-hosted Today with Grimshaw on at least one occasion.
Overton's recognition within the newsroom led to his most prominent appointment as a reporter for 60 Minutes. Peter has held positions at 2UE, Sky News Australia and the Seven Network in Adelaide Peter is also well-known to appear to be leaning over in his chair when reading the news bulletin.
As well as holding previous positions in radio he can still be heard updating the days news ahead of the nightly bulletin with Christian McEwan on C91.3 and several other stations.
In January 2009, Overton was appointed presenter of Nine News Sydney replacing Mark Ferguson following poor ratings. Ratings did not improve in his first week, with Nine dropping to fourth behind then-leader Seven, Ten and the ABC, however, since then, he has turned Nine's fortunes around to the point that it has regained the ratings lead in the Sydney market as of 2011.
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