Sunday Night (Australian TV program)

Australian news and current affairs program

Sunday Night

Presented by| Melissa Doyle
Country of origin| Australia
Original language| English
No. of seasons| 11
No. of episodes| 300+
Production
Production locations| Sydney, New South Wales
Running time| 60 minutes
Original release
Network| Seven Network
Release| 8 February 2009 (2009-02-08) –
19 January 2020 (2020-01-19)

Sunday Night was an Australian news and current affairs program produced and broadcast by the Seven Network. The program aired on Sunday nights and was hosted by Melissa Doyle.[1] It premiered on Sunday 8 February 2009.

## History

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Sunday Night was a newsmagazine show, featuring a mix of feature stories, investigative reports, forums and interviews. Unlike other newsmagazine programs, the show initially featured a live studio audience. Additionally, early episodes of the show were immediately followed by a companion program, The All in Call, a live question and answer session broadcast on Seven HD and online. The separate program was later axed, and the discussion was integrated into the final segment of Sunday Night.[2] The axing of The All In Call also saw the removal of the studio audience, while later seasons dropped the final segment discussion altogether.

Mike Munro initially co-hosted the show with Chris Bath but stood down as co-host to concentrate on reporting in April 2011. Alex Cullen and Mark Ferguson have been fill-in presenters. Melissa Doyle succeeded Chris Bath as the show's host from August 2015.[3]

In September 2019, the Seven Network announced that the show would be axed due to poor ratings and a changing television landscape.[4] The last new episode aired on 24 November 2019, though repeats continued to be aired into January 2020.

## Correspondents

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### Host

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* Melissa Doyle (2015–2019)

(In addition to reporting)

### Reporters

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* Alex Cullen (2010–2019)[5]
* Steve Pennells (2013–2019)
* Denham Hitchcock (2014–2019)
* Matt Doran (2017–2019)
* Angela Cox (2017–2019)

### Guest reporters

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* Samantha Armytage (2009–2019)
* Molly Meldrum (2009–2019)
* Mike Amor (2009–2019)
* David Koch (2009–2019)
* Mark Riley (2009–2019)
* Tim Watson (2009–2019)
* Edwina Bartholomew (2010–2019)
* Steve Waugh (2010–2019)
* Mark Skaife (2010–2019)
* Kylie Gillies (2011–2019)
* Kerri-Anne Kennerley (2012–2019)
* Derryn Hinch (2012–2019)[6]
* Ben Roberts-Smith (2013–2019)
* Dannii Minogue (2014–2019)
* Andrew Rochford (2014–2019)
* Sarah Murdoch (2014–2019)
* Simon Reeve (2016)

### Former reporters

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* Ross Coulthart (2009–2016)
* Mike Munro (2011)
* Monique Wright (2009–2012)
* Grant Denyer (2009–2013)
* Helen Kapalos (2014)
* Rebecca Maddern (2009–2015)
* Peta-Jane Madam (2012–2016)
* Rahni Sadler (2010–2017)
* Mike Willesee (2012–2018)

### Former hosts

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* Chris Bath (2009–2015)
* Mike Munro (2009–2011)

## Executive producers

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* Adam Boland (2009)
* Mark Llewellyn (2009–2014)
* Steve Taylor (2014–2016)
* Hamish Thomson (2014–2019)

## See also

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* Seven News
* List of Australian television series

## References

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1. ^ "The Team". 15 May 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
2. ^ Axed: The All in Call
3. ^ "Seven Network farewells Chris Bath". Yahoo!7. 16 June 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
4. ^ "Seven axes current affairs program Sunday Night". NewsComAu. 2 October 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
5. ^ "Sports presenter joins Sunday Night". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 14 April 2010.
6. ^ "Derryn Hinch Meet the team". au.news.yahoo.com/sunday-night. Retrieved 1 November 2012.

## External links

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* Sunday Night official website

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