Sports Sunday

Australian TV series or program

Sports Sunday

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 (2017-03-05) – 12 November 2023 (2023-11-12)
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]

History

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

Mark Bosnich
Casey Dellacqua
Craig Foster
Sam Groth
Sean Maloney
Mark Taylor
Todd Woodbridge
Gus Worland

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)

References

^ Manning, James (2 February 2017). "Emma Freedman hosting new Sports Sunday program on Nine". Media Week. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
^ ^a ^b Knox, David (3 March 2024). "Returning: Wide World of Sports". TV Tonight. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
^ Knox, David (2 February 2017). "Airdate: Sports Sunday". TV Tonight. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
^ Honeysett, Stuart (9 February 2018). "Emma Freedman to depart Nine and Wide World of Sports". Wide World of Sports. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
^ "Nine announce exciting plans for NRL and rugby league coverage in 2018". Wide World of Sports. 1 March 2018. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
^ Perry, Kevin (7 May 2022). "Refresh for 9 NEWS SYDNEY as JAMES BRACEY and ROZ KELLY join the team". TV Blackbox. Retrieved 7 May 2022.