1 week Ago By Thomas Mitchell, Calum Jaspan
Channel Seven is banking on its reputation as the home of AFL and a renewed commitment to news and current affairs as it looks to steady the ship after a tumultuous 12 months. During its annual upfront presentation, the network announced its programming slate for 2025, with sports and news as the prominent focus, alongside a continued investment in reality TV, including a new dating series from the creators of Married At First Sight , and the return of Dancing With The Stars , with ABC comedian Shaun Micallef announced as the first celebrity of the series. Football fans are in for a treat, with Seven presenting AFL content every day during the 2025 season.
In addition to in-season matches, audiences will be treated to the return of The Front Bar and The Agenda Setters , Unfiltered , Extra Time , Sunday Footy Feast , The Wash Up , and Kane’s Call , starring recruit Kane Cornes. Seven has announced AFL content every night of the week and a fresh news bulletin, but there’s not much in the way of original programming. Credit: Seven Seven Network director of sport, Chris Jones, said: “We felt it was time to change it up, to prepare for our new and younger audiences.
” “One of the first things we identified was that if we wanted to be the home of footy, we needed to fill out the offering. From Monday to Friday every night, there will be AFL content to watch or stream on Seven and 7plus Sport.” Seven also announced that the 7plus Sport team is working on an alternative kids’ commentary for selected Sunday afternoon matches to lure in a new audience.
Off the field, Seven will focus on its news offerings in 2025 with a new hour-long noon bulletin. The bulletin will follow The Morning Show , hosted by Gold Logie winner Larry Emdur and Kylie Gillies, which will now run an extra half hour from 9 to 12. According to Anthony De Ceglie, Seven Network director of news and current affairs, the increased output will counter the divisive state of news and current affairs.
“In an increasingly dystopian world of conspiracy theorists, deepfakes and misinformation, our journalism has never been more important,” said De Ceglie. Anthony De Ceglie, Seven Network director of news and current affairs, is overseeing a push to expand the network’s offering. Credit: Seven Away from dystopia-busting journalism, Seven will return to its tried-and-tested suite of reality TV programming with new seasons of Australian Idol , The Voice , Farmer Wants A Wife , Dancing With The Star s, and My Kitchen Rules .
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