Sports Sunday
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| Sports Sunday | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | Sports |
| Presented by | Roz Kelly |
| Starring | Mark Taylor Gus Worland |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 7 |
| No. of episodes | 264 |
| Production | |
| Production locations | 1 Denison Street, North Sydney, New South Wales |
| Camera setup | Multiple-camera setup |
| Running time | 60 minutes (including commercials) |
| Original release | |
| Network | Nine Network |
| Release | 5 March 2017 – 12 November 2023 |
| Related | |
| Wide World of Sports | |
Sports Sunday was an Australian sports television program that was broadcast on the Nine Network at 10.00am Sunday mornings. The show was hosted by journalist Roz Kelly, with a roster of rotating panelists including former Australian cricket captain Mark Taylor, radio host Gus Worland and journalist Sean Maloney.[1]
The weekly show featured discussions and debates on the previous week's sporting news and events, along with guest interviews and other sporting highlights from both Australia and internationally.
On 3 March 2024, the show was rebranded as a revival of Wide World of Sports.[2]
The show aired its debut episode on 5 March 2017, and was a replacement for the long running Wide World of Sports program after host Ken Sutcliffe's retirement in 2016.[3] The debut season was hosted by television presenter Emma Freedman.
It was announced on 8 February 2018 that host Emma Freedman had left the Nine Network to take up a position at the NRL-based channel Fox League.[4] James Bracey replaced Freedman as host from 2018.[5]
Journalist Roz Kelly took over the hosting role from Bracey in May 2022, following his appointment to sports presenter of Sydney's nightly Nine News bulletin.[6]
Nick McArdle, James Bracey and Emma Lawrence were the primary fill in hosts whenever Roz Kelly is unavailable.
The show was rebranded as Wide World of Sports on 3 March 2024.[2]
Regular panelists
Former hosts and panelists
- Emma Freedman (host, 2017)
- Peter FitzSimons (regular panelist, 2017-2021)
- Neil Breen (regular panelist, 2017-2020)
- Shane Crawford (regular panelist, 2017-2021)
- Michael Slater (regular panelist, 2017-2018)
- Liz Ellis (regular panelist, 2017-2022)
- Richard Freedman
- James Bracey (host, 2018-2022)
