Wide World of Sports | |
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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 | |
Website | wwos |
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.