Country of origin Australia No. of seasons 3 Original network Sky News Australia Number of seasons 3 Language English | Original language(s) English No. of episodes 35 First episode date 6 February 2016 Number of episodes 35 | |
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Running time 30 minutes (inc. adverts) Presented by Christopher Pyne, Richard Marles Genres Current affairs, Political criticism Similar The Last Word, The B Team with Peter Ber, Speers Tonight, The Latest with Laura Jayes, PVO NewsDay | ||
Pyne & Marles is an Australian television political commentary program broadcast weekly on Sky News Live. The program is co-hosted by two serving frontbench MPs; Liberal minister Christopher Pyne and Labor shadow minister Richard Marles, without a journalist or moderator. It covers the political issues of the week.
The series premiered on 6 February 2016 on Sky News Live at 8:30am AEDT, replacing Saturday Agenda and continuing weekly. The program will be broadcast live each week. Both hosts have been given editorial control over the program, and neither will be paid by Sky News for presenting the format.
The program moved to Friday afternoons for its second season, in the timeslot To The Point holds on other weekdays. The program will return for a third season on 17 February 2017.
Reception
The program has been lampooned for the "awkward" presenting style of the presenters.