Saturday Edition

Saturday Edition is a weekly Australian news and current affairs television program airing on Sky News Live.[1] It is hosted by Greg Thomson and Jaynie Seal.

Saturday Edition
GenreNews, Current Affairs, Commentary
Presented byGreg Thomson (2016-)
Jaynie Seal (2016-)
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
Production
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time3 hours (inc. adverts)
Release
Original networkSky News Live
Picture format576i (SDTV)
Original release9 July 2016 (2016-07-09) –
present

The program premiered on 9 July 2016 and runs from 7am to 10am (AEST) on Saturday mornings. It was originally planned to have the show break out for 30 minutes to allow Pyne & Marles to air, however that program was moved to Friday afternoons after Saturday Edition premiered.[2][3] The program replaces the bulk of First Edition as Sky News' breakfast program.

The program was hosted by Paul Murray, along with Paul Murray Live.[4] Coinciding with the launch of Saturday Edition, the Friday episode of Paul Murray Live became a highlights package of scenes from the previous week.[2] In 2016, Jaynie Seal presented news updates and Jim Callinan presented sport.[5][6]

In 2017, Caroline Marcus was added as co-host of the program and Greg Thomson replaced Callinan as sports presenter, while Seal exited.[7] From 4 March 2017, Seal and Thomson became main anchors of the program, with both Murray and Marcus exiting without notice. The pair also host Sunday Edition from 7am AEDT, but the program is 60 minutes in duration, prior to Speers On Sunday.

References
  1. Knox, David (18 July 2016). "New weekend line-up on SKY News". TV Tonight. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  2. "Paul Murray and PVO to work weekends too". MediaWeek. 29 June 2016. Archived from the original on 7 July 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  3. "TV Guide: Sky News Live". Foxtel. Archived from the original on 7 July 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  4. "The real budget problem: greed and great expectations". The Daily Telegraph. 11 June 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  5. "Jim Callinan on Twitter". Twitter. 8 July 2016. Archived from the original on 14 July 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  6. "Jaynie Seal desk job proves Sky's no limit for Weather Channel favourite". The Sunday Telegraph. 17 July 2016. Archived from the original on 17 July 2016. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  7. "Sky News unveils 2017 programming schedule". Mediaweek. 30 January 2017. Retrieved 2 February 2017.


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