Wide World of Sports (Australian TV program)

Wide World of Sports

Genre	Sports
Presented by	Ken Sutcliffe Michael Slater John Steffensen Richie Callendar Clint Stanaway Grant Hackett Emma Freedman Sally Fitzgibbons
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
No. of seasons	24
Production
Production location	TCN-9 Willoughby, New South Wales
Running time	60 minutes (including commercials)
Original release
Network	Nine Network
Release	23 May 1981 - 1999 16 March 2008 – present

Wide World of Sports is an Australian sports television program. It is broadcast on the Nine Network.

The show originally aired from 23 May 1981, until the end of 1999. After a nine-year hiatus, it returned on 16 March 2008, and has remained since.

Hosts

The show has been nominated at the Logie Awards in the Most Popular Sports Program in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013.

v t e Nine Network local programming (current and upcoming)
Primetime	ARIA Music Awards (2001, 2009, 2011–2013, since 2017) The Block (2003–2004, since 2010) Bondi Vet (since 2019) Carols by Candlelight (since 1952) Emergency (since 2020) Footy Classified (since 2007) Gordon Ramsay's Food Stars (since 2024) The Hundred with Andy Lee (since 2021) Lego Masters (since 2019) Love Island Australia (since 2019) Married at First Sight (since 2015) Paramedics (since 2018) Parental Guidance (since 2021) RBT (since 2010) The Summit (since 2023) Taronga: Who's Who in the Zoo (since 2020) Tipping Point Australia Olympic Specials (since 2024)
Daytime	Earth Science Investigators (since 2023 on 9Go!) The Actually Really Very Difficult Show (since 2023 on 9Go!) Fishing Australia (since 1999) Tipping Point Australia (since 2024)
News	Nine News (since 1956) 60 Minutes (since 1979) A Current Affair (since 1971) Today (since 1982) Today Extra (since 2012) Weekend Today (since 2009)
Sport	100% Footy (since 2018) Cross Court (since 2019) Footy Furnace (since 2024) GolfBarons (since 2020) Sports Sunday (since 2017) Women's Footy (since 2017)
Weekends	Cybershack The Garden Gurus (since 2002) Getaway (since 1992) Postcards (since 1999) The AFL Sunday Footy Show (since 1993) The NRL Sunday Footy Show (since 1993) Wide World of Sports (since 1981)
Upcoming	Olympic Games Paralympic Games