- Sports Tonight
infobox television
show_name = Sports Tonight
format = Sports Program
picture_format =576i (SDTV)1080i (HDTV)
runtime = 30 minutes (including commercials)
starring =Brad McEwan (weeknights, except Fridays)Rob Canning (Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays)Neil Cordy (fill-in)
country = Aus
network = Channel Ten
first_aired =1993
last_aired = present
num_episodes =
website = http://www.ten.com.au/ten/tv_sportstonight.html"Sports Tonight" is a sports information program shown on
Network Ten inAustralia . The program is broadcast on Monday-Thursday at 10.30pm (combined with Ten Late News), Friday at 12.00am and Saturday and Sunday at 5.30pm. The program provides up-to-date sports scores and team and player information for all codes of football and different sports across Australia.The show has been running since 1993. From 1993 until 2005, the show ran for half an hour on each weeknight after Ten Late News. The two shows merged in 2006, however there was some criticism by viewers that Sports Tonight was not long enough, and that it should have remained the same.
The show is currently branded as "Toyota Sports Tonight". In late 2006, the show was sponsored by Toyota and its upcoming
Toyota Aurion , although only minor modifications were done to the on-air graphics to match those of the Aurion colours. In early 2007, the graphics were updated with a heavily sponsored on-air look.Sports Tonight is aired on Fridays as a separate program.
Hosts
*Sports Tonight - Ten's Late News with Sports Tonight (Monday-Thursday):
Brad McEwan
*Sports Tonight - Late Edition (Friday):Rob Canning
*Sports Tonight - Weekend Edition:Rob Canning Previous hosts
Previous hosts have included:
*Ryan Phelan (last appeared on Thursday,21 December 2006 )
*Bill Woods (alternative host, 1993-2005. Now presents Ten's Early News (Wednesdays - Fridays) and Weekend News)
*Tim Webster (first host. 1993 - 2004)
* Matthew White (last appeared on Sunday20 June 2004 . Now presents sports onSeven News in Sydney)
*Mark Aiston (had to present on September 8, 2007 due to Brad McEwan, Rob Canning and Neil Cordy being all unavailable)Reporters
Sports Tonight has many around the ground reporters across Australia. Some reporters include:
* Ian Cohen: AFL andAustralian Open (tennis) reporter.
* Andrew Brown: Cycling reporter, horse racing reporter and All sports reporter
* Adam Hawse: NRL reporter
* Andrew Blow: All sports reporter
* Paul Cochrane: All sports reporter - mainly cricket
* Victoria Murphy: NRL reporter
* Kelli Underwood: AFL and all sports reporter
* Leanne West: NRL reporterAwards
"Sports Tonight" has been nominated for the Most Popular Sports Program for the
Logies a total of 9 times. The show was nominated in 1997 - 98, 2000, 2002 - 08.References
External links
* [http://www.ten.com.au/ten/tv_sportstonight.html Official website]
* [http://colsearch.nfsa.afc.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=yes;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=0;parentid=;query=454447;querytype=;rec=0;resCount=10 "Sports Tonight" at the National Film and Sound Archive]
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