The Footy Show (AFL)
| The Footy Show | |
|---|---|
| Genre | AFL program |
| Directed by | Gary Newnham |
| Presented by |
Craig Hutchison 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 | |
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 is currently hosted by Craig Hutchison 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.
The show airs twice each week:
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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