Open Mike (TV series)

Open Mike
Presented by Mike Sheahan
Country of origin Australia
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 6
No. of episodes 151
Production
Running time 30 minutes
Release
Original network Fox Sports (2009-2011)
Fox Footy (2012-present)
Picture format 576i (SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
Original release 21 March 2009 – present

Open Mike is an Australian interview-based talk show hosted by sports journalist and writer Mike Sheahan. Each week during the Australian Football League (AFL) season, Sheahan interviews a figure in the history of Australian football, discussing their involvement in the game, whether on-field or off-field, as well as their lives and contributions away from the game.

History

The series premiered on Australia's Fox Sports network in 2009, before moving to Fox Sports' dedicated AFL channel Fox Footy in 2012. The show regularly aired on Monday nights at 9.30pm until moving to Tuesday nights at 8.30pm in 2016.[1] As of September 20 2016, 151 episodes have aired.

Guests have included former champion players Kevin Bartlett, Leigh Matthews and Bob Skilton; coaching greats Kevin Sheedy, David Parkin and Malcolm Blight, and media personalities Tony Charlton, Eddie McGuire and Sam Newman. Former chief executive officer of the AFL Andrew Demetriou and former Sydney premiership coach Paul Roos are the only people to appear as the major guest in two separate episodes.

List of episodes

Season One (2009–11)

Season Two (2012)

Season Three (2013)

Season Four (2014)

Season Five (2015)

Season Six (2016)

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Result
2014 ASTRA Awards Most Outstanding Sports Entertainment Program Won[2]
2014 Australian Football Media Awards Most Outstanding Television Program Won[3]

Book

Published by The Slattery Media Group in 2013, Open Mike: Conversations with Greats of the AFL Game is a selection of transcripts of Open Mike interviews from the first two seasons.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Knox, David (23 February 2016). "FOX Sports kicks off 2016 season". TV Tonight. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
  2. ↑ 2014 Finalists and Winners
  3. ↑ Australian Football Media Association awards: winners
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