The Sarah-Jane Mee Show

The show began in its current format in October 2019 when Kay Burley and Sarah-Jane Mee swapped time slots. Kay took over a shorter self titled breakfast programme whilst Sarah-Jane moved to afternoons at the earlier 2 pm-5 pm slot, with The News Hour with Mark Austin following from 5 pm til 7 pm.[1]

The show is currently broadcast from the "Glass Box", actually Studio 21, Sky Central, Osterley. It has also been broadcast from the UK party conferences.[2]

The Sarah-Jane Mee Show is currently branded in programme guides as Sky News with Sarah Hewson as Mee is currently on maternity leave from Sky News. During this time the typical Friday format is being used each weekday (i.e. the programme title isn't been used and Sarah Hewson is presenting). Isabel Webster is hosting the slot on Fridays during this time.

Until October 2007, the programme ran for two hours, and aired between 12 pm–2 pm, under the name of Lunchtime Live.[3] Thereafter the programme, known as Afternoon Live[4] ran for 4 hours (1 pm–5 pm) until the launch of The Live Desk in September 2008. From October 2016, the programme was moved to run from 3 pm–6:30 pm, as part of a new schedule. On Friday, as a result of no Ian King Live from 6:30 pm–7 pm, the show ran until 7 pm.

On 11 April 2011 the Afternoon Live name was axed as part of a wider refresh at Sky News; the strand was then simply known as Sky News. It was presented by Sarah Hewson on Friday, or Gamal Fahnbulleh when she is unavailable. Afternoon Live is also the name of a news programme on BBC News between 2 pm–5 pm on weekdays since 9 October 2017, usually presented by Simon McCoy.[5]

From September 2018, the afternoon slot on the channel was again rebranded to The Kay Burley Show, broadcast between 2 pm–5 pm, Kay hosted Monday to Thursday, while on Fridays the slot wasn't named The Kay Burley Show as such, but a similar format is used and presented by Sarah Hewson.[6]

In September 2019, Sky News announced changes to their schedule, including Burley moving to present a new breakfast show. As part of the reorganisation, Sunrise presenter Sarah-Jane Mee would move to presenting the afternoon show in Burley's place. The programme was renamed The Sarah-Jane Mee Show on Monday 14 October 2019.[7] Sarah Hewson continues on Friday.