First Edition (Australian TV program) explained

Genre:	News, breakfast television, Current affairs
Runtime:	3 hours (adverts)
Location:	Sydney Canberra
Country:	Australia
Language:	English
Network:	Sky News Australia
Last Aired:	present

First Edition is an Australian breakfast television news program broadcast on Sky News Australia. The program is currently hosted by Peter Stefanovic. The program is one of five breakfast news programs in Australia, competing with Sunrise, Today and News Breakfast, along with sister-station program Sky News Breakfast.^[1] The program airs seven days a week.^[2]

The program is unusual for the fact from 2014^[3] it was broadcast from two locations, with Jayes co-hosting from the Sky News centre in the Sydney suburb of Macquarie Park, and Gilbert hosting from studios in Parliament House, Canberra.^[1] Additionally, the program also transitions into political commentary program AM Agenda at 8:30am AEST, which Gilbert hosted solo until October 2018, after which he was joined by Jayes.

Weekend editions of the program were trimmed with the launch of Saturday Edition and Sunday Edition from 9 July 2016.^[4] Amy Greenbank, Tom Connell and Leanne Jones have served as substitute anchors of the program.^{[5] [6] [7]}

History

The program is one of the longest running formats still broadcast on Sky News, having been on-air since at least 2002.^[8] Previous presenters of the program have included John Gatfield,^[9] Michael Willesee, Jr.,^[10] Vanessa Grimm^[10] (née Trezise), Amber Sherlock,^[11] Leigh Hatcher,^[12] Susanne Latimore,^[12] Nina Stevens^[12] (née May) and Terry Willesee.^[12] Brooke Corte stepped down as host in September 2018 to become primetime anchor of Your Money, and was replaced by Laura Jayes.^[13]

Peter Stefanovic replaced Kieran Gilbert as co-anchor in July 2019.^[14] He now hosts the show solo.

Special editions

On 7 November 2014, the program was broadcast from a Sydney Airport aircraft hangar, following a recent partnership deal between Sky News and Qantas.^[15] As part of the arrangement, Corte presented in-flight news bulletins on Qantas flights.^[1]

External links

• Sky News Official site

Notes and References

1. Web site: New roles for Laura Jayes & Brooke Corte at Sky News. 18 January 2016. MediaWeek. 5 May 2016.
2. Web site: Terry Willesee resigns from SKY News. 12 June 2013. 5 May 2016. David. Knox. TV Tonight.
3. Web site: David. Knox. TV Tonight. Michael Willesee leaves SKY News. 17 March 2016. 5 May 2016.
4. Web site: Paul Murray and PVO to work weekends too. 29 June 2016. MediaWeek. 4 July 2016.
5. Web site: Australia Day on SKY News. 20 January 2017. 20 January 2017. David. Knox. TV Tonight.
6. Web site: SKY News: ANZAC Day. 21 April 2017. 21 April 2017. David. Knox. TV Tonight.
7. Web site: SKY News: Budget 2017. 4 May 2017. 4 May 2017. David. Knox. TV Tonight.
8. Web site: Sky News Australia [On Air Schedule]]. https://web.archive.org/web/20021205162108/http://www.skynews.com.au/schedule/schedule.asp. dead. 2002-12-05. 2002-12-05. 2019-06-02.
9. Web site: Sky News - First Edition 2004. 19 December 2006. YouTube. 5 May 2016.
10. News: Seeing hope in a cloudy Sky. Andrew. Murfett. 22 December 2005. The Age. 5 May 2016. 5 May 2016. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20160505071131/http://www.theage.com.au/news/tv--radio/seeing-hope-in-a-cloudy-sky/2005/12/20/1135032021870.html.
11. Web site: Great Expectations - Media Speakers - Amber Sherlock. Great Expectation. 5 May 2016.
12. Web site: SKY News adds Darwin bureau, national bulletin from Perth. 31 January 2012. David. Knox. TV Tonight.
13. Web site: Laura Jayes joins Kieran Gilbert as co-anchor of Sky News' First Edition and AM Agenda. Josie. Tutty. Mumbrella. 30 September 2018. 30 September 2018.
14. Web site: Former Nine star lands new breakfast show gig. Sarah. Carty. Yahoo Lifestyle. 27 May 2019.
15. Web site: First Edition Live from the hangar. 7 November 2014. 5 May 2016. TV Tonight. David. Knox.