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Country of origin
  
Australia

Original network
  
Sky News Australia

First episode date
  
28 January 2016

Language
  
English

Original language(s)
  
English

Picture format
  
576i (SDTV)

Presented by
  
David Speers

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Running time
  
60 minutes (inc. adverts)

Original release
  
28 January 2016 (2016-01-28)

Nominations
  
AACTA Subscription Television Award For Best Male Presenter

Genres
  
Current affairs, Criticism

Similar
  
The Last Word, The B Team with Peter Ber, The Latest with Laura Jayes, Richo, Pyne & Marles

Speers Tonight is an Australian television program on Sky News Australia. The program sees host David Speers interview a prominent guest, followed by a discussion of political issues from the week with journalists Paul Kelly and Peter Hartcher. The weekly program replaced similar format The Nation with David Speers on Thursday nights and is one of two programs hosted by Speers, the other being the four-times weekly PM Agenda.

The program debuted on 28 January 2016 with Anthony Albanese as the inaugural guest.

As of November 2016, episode 42 is the highest rated regular episode of Speers Tonight, when it was watched by 49,000 viewers, making it the third most viewed Sky News program and sixth most watched program on the Foxtel platform for that day. A special post-American election episode was watched by 89,000 viewers, ranked as the sixth most watched program on both Sky News and Foxtel for that day.

Notes

  • Note A Episode 16 was hosted by Peter van Onselen while Speers was on parental leave.
  • Note B Episode 25 was hosted by Kristina Keneally while Speers was on holidays. Additionally, neither Hartcher or Kelly appeared.
  • Note C Episode 36 was hosted by Kieran Gilbert while Speers was on holidays. Additionally, neither Hartcher or Kelly appeared.
  • Note D Episode 41 aired on a Wednesday as a special episode following coverage of the 2016 United States presidential election.
  • References

    Speers Tonight Wikipedia