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Wide World of Sports (Australian TV series)

Wide World of Sports
Nine's Wide World of Sports logo.svg
Genre Sports
Presented by Michael Slater
Emma Freedman
John Steffensen
Clint Stanaway
Sally Fitzgibbons
Country of origin Australia
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 24
Production
Location(s) TCN-9 Willoughby, New South Wales
Running time 60 minutes
(including commercials)
Release
Original network Nine Network
Picture format 576i (SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
Audio format Stereo (1981-present)
Dolby Digital 5.1 (2008-2009)
Original release 23 May 1981 - 1999
16 March 2008 – 2016
Chronology
Followed by Sports Sunday
External links
[wwos.nine.com.au Website]

Wide World of Sports was an Australian sports television program. It is broadcast on the Nine Network.

The show originally aired from 23 May 1981, until the end of 1999. After a nine-year hiatus, it returned on 16 March 2008 and had its last episode in 2016 following Ken Sutcliffe's retirement. It was replaced by a new sport talk show Sports Sunday airing its first episode on 5 March 2017.

The show has been nominated at the Logie Awards in the Most Popular Sports Program in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013.


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