Viewpoint (Australian TV program)
Viewpoint is an Australian television commentary program broadcast on Sky News Australia.[1] The program is hosted by conservative journalist and commentator Chris Kenny. The program, similar to Paul Murray Live, sees Kenny and his rotating panel of usually conservative pundits discuss political news of the week.[2]
| Viewpoint | |
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 Title card of Viewpoint | |
| Genre | Current affairs, commentary |
| Presented by | Chris Kenny |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Production location(s) | Sydney, NSW |
| Running time | 1 hour (inc. adverts) |
| Release | |
| Original network | Sky News Australia |
| Picture format | 576i (SDTV) |
| Original release | 2012 – 2017 |
The program is broadcast from the Sky News centre in the Sydney suburb of Macquarie Park. Initially broadcast on Sunday nights, the program was expanded to twice weekly in 2015 airing also on Friday nights, replacing Friday Live which Kenny also hosted.[2] A third weekly show was added to Monday nights from 25 April 2016.[3][4]
The series has been on air in its current format since at least 2012.[5] Sky News has previously aired a program titled Viewpoint which was broadcast between at least 2003 and 2004.[6][7]
Speculation over the future of the program began when it was omitted from Sky News programming announcements for 2017.[8] It was confirmed that Kenny will move to a new late night format Heads Up in 2017.[9]
References
- Knox, David (5 August 2013). "SKY News: 2013 Election coverage". TV Tonight. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
- Davidson, Darren (17 December 2014). "Chris Kenny, Paul Murray in Sky News revamp". The Australian. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
- "ChrisKKenny on Twitter". Twitter. 24 April 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- Mitchell, Chris (20 June 2016). "Federal election 2016: Sky has front-running over ABC News 24". The Australian. Retrieved 20 June 2016.(subscription required)
- "Transcript: Sky News, Viewpoint with Chris Kenny". Office of Julie Bishop. 14 November 2012. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
- "Submission by Australian News Channel Pty Ltd - Media Coverage of Parliamentary Proceedings" (PDF). Australian News Channel. June 2004. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
- "Critics lash out at 'Forbidden Love' author". The 7.30 Report. 28 July 2004. Archived from the original on 22 April 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
- Meade, Amanda (20 January 2017). "When the music's over at Radio National, artists turn up the heat". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
- Davidson, Darren (23 January 2017). "Sky introduces late-night new show with Chris Kenny". The Australian. Retrieved 23 January 2017.(subscription required)