Sky News Australia has unveiled its 2023 program offering, with a number of shows returning and premiering from January 16 onwards.
A new-look weekday primetime schedule starts at 5 pm with Sharri, hosted by political journalist Sharri Markson who joins the line-up each Monday-Thursday in February to dissect the day’s news.
Popular primetime program Credlin with Peta Credlin returns weeknights at 6:00pm, followed by Andrew Bolt in The Bolt Report each Monday-Thursday at 7 pm.
Following his success steering the 5 pm hour, Chris Kenny debuts in the 8:00pm timeslot Monday-Thursday with the launch of Chris Kenny Tonight, while Sky News Australia’s longest-running opinion program, Paul Murray Live, returns to its heritage Sunday-Thursday 9:00pm timeslot.
New to the primetime schedule in 2023, The Late Debate hosted by new Sky News hosts James Macpherson, Liz Storer and Caleb Bond, kicks off each Monday-Thursday at 10 pm.
Joining the opinion line-up each week, former Queensland senator and Sky News contributor Amanda Stoker will host the discussion program Sunday with Stoker at 7 pm.
Ahead of King Charles III’s coronation in May, Sky News will debut a weekly program, The Royal Report, hosted by SkyNews.com.au contributor Caroline Di Russo Sundays at 10 pm.
International broadcaster Piers Morgan returns to Sky News Australia in 2023 with thought-provoking debate and agenda-setting interviews in Piers Morgan Uncensored each Tuesday-Friday at 11 pm.
The political team will also return in 2023 to deliver live breaking news and national affairs programs.
Weekdays from 5:30am, Peter Stefanovic hosts First Edition with news and live crosses to the FOX SPORTS News team for the latest sporting highlights and Sky News Weather’s meteorologists for extensive forecasts and severe weather updates.
AM Agenda with Laura Jayes at 9 am brings political interviews and a comprehensive look at the day’s top stories. Coverage continues weekdays from 11 am with NewsDay as Tom Connell and Ashleigh Gillon deliver breaking news and analysis.
Chief news anchor Kieran Gilbert and political editor Andrew Clennell lead Afternoon Agenda, live from Parliament House, Canberra each weekday from 2 pm; the duo will also be on air Sundays at 8 am for Sunday Agenda.
Ross Greenwood returns to provide comprehensive business and finance news during Business Now, weekdays at 4.30 pm and Business Weekend, Sundays at 11 am. He will also profile some of Australia's most successful and colourful business leaders in a new series called The Secrets of My Success, premiering in early 2023.
The Sky News team will launch a digital-only program and podcast hosted by Sky News anchor and commentator Rita Panahi. The Rita Panahi Show: Overtime will be available to stream on Flash and as a podcast, with segments reaching all Sky News digital platforms including SkyNews.com.au and Sky News Australia’s YouTube channel. The digital-only program will be available as a podcast each Monday to kick-start the week.
Sky News will further expand its exclusive audio-only offering with the introduction of a podcast by Outsiders host Rowan Dean. Rowan Dean's Outsiders will be a weekly one-on-one with mavericks and game-changers with provocative opinions.
The Sky News Australia mobile app will also be rolled out in early 2023.
Paul Whittaker, CEO of Sky News Australia said: “As we look to the year ahead, we will continue to bring Australians quality public interest journalism and a diverse range of news, opinion and investigative programming across subscription and free-to-air television, digital, social media, and audio platforms.
“As our audience expects, we will strive to tell all sides of the story and will not shy away from the broad spectrum of viewpoints on any number of issues which impact our nation.”
Across broadcast and digital platforms, Sky News has continued to see strong audience growth, ending 2022 as the number one non-sport channel on Foxtel; the most-viewed channel on news streaming service Flash; and the highest-reaching Australian news brand on social media.
SkyNews.com.au is now one of Australia’s most visited news websites with an average monthly audience of more than 5 million unique visitors. Across regional free-to-air channel Sky News Regional, audiences have grown by +17% year-on-year.
Sky News 2023 programming schedule*
· First Edition with Peter Stefanovic, weekdays at 5.30 am, returns 16 January
· AM Agenda with Laura Jayes, weekdays at 9 am, returns 16 January
· NewsDay with Tom Connell, Monday and Friday from 11 0am – 2 pm, Tuesday - Thursday from 11 am – 12 pm, returns January 16
· NewsDay with Ashleigh Gillon, Tuesday – Thursday from 12 pm – 2 pm, returns January 16
· Afternoon Agenda with Kieran Gilbert and featuring Andrew Clennell, weekdays at 2 pm, returns January 16
· Business Now with Ross Greenwood, weekdays at 4.30pm, returns January 16
· Sharri with Sharri Markson, Monday – Thursday at 5:00pm, returns in a new timeslot from 20 February
· Credlin with Peta Credlin, weeknights at 6 pm, returns January 16
· The Bolt Report with Andrew Bolt, Monday – Thursday at 7 pm, returns January 16
· Chris Kenny Tonight with Chris Kenny, Monday - Thursday at 8 pm, premieres January 16
· Paul Murray Live with Paul Murray, Sunday – Thursday at 9 pm, returns to the program’s heritage timeslot from January 16
· The Late Debate, hosted by James Macpherson, Liz Storer and Caleb Bond, Monday – Thursday at 10 pm, premieres January 16
· The Front Page with Jenna Clarke, Monday – Thursday at 10.30pm, returns January 16
· Piers Morgan Uncensored with Piers Morgan, Tuesday – Friday at 11 pm, returns in a new timeslot January 10
· Erin with Erin Molan, Fridays at 5 pm, returns in a new timeslot January 20
· The Rita Panahi Show with Rita Panahi, Friday at 7 pm, returns in a new timeslot January 20
· The U.S. Report with James Morrow, Friday at 8 pm, returns as a one-hour program January 20
· The Media Show with Jack Houghton, Friday at 9 pm, returns in a new timeslot January 20
· Weekend Edition with Jaynie Seal and Tim Gilbert, Saturday and Sunday from 6 am, returns January 21
· Sunday Agenda with Kieran Gilbert and Andrew Clennell, Sunday at 8 am, returns January 22
· Outsiders with Rowan Dean, Rita Panahi and James Morrow, Sunday at 9 am, returns January 22
· Business Weekend with Ross Greenwood, Sunday at 11 am, returns January 22
· Sunday with Stoker with Amanda Stoker, Sunday at 7 pm, premieres January 29
· Bernardi with Cory Bernardi, Sunday at 8 pm, returns in a new timeslot from January 22
· The Royal Report with Caroline Di Russo, Sunday at 10 pm, premieres January 22
*All times in AEDT.
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