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32 unusual facts about Seven Network


1989 Australian Touring Car Championship

Holden's lack of interest in the 1989 ATCC wasn't well received either by the fans or television broadcaster Channel 7.

2006 Super 14 Final

The incident was later parodied by the Australian television network, Seven, in the build up for the 2006 Tri Nations Series, in a television commercial.

2007 V8 Supercar season

This season saw a change of television broadcaster; the Seven Network having picked up the broadcasting rights to V8 Supercars from Network Ten which had broadcast the past nine seasons in succession.

However, the Seven Network does not broadcast the Albert Park race meeting, which is a non-championship event; rather, it is broadcast on Network Ten as a lead-in to the Australian Grand Prix.

2010 Brisbane International

Television coverage of the tournament was on Channel Seven, with live coverage of the day sessions and delayed coverage of the night sessions between 4 and 10 January.

2010 Medibank International Sydney

Coverage of the event was on Channel Seven, with live coverage of the day sessions and delayed coverage of the night sessions.

Ada Nicodemou

Since 2000 - she has played the role of Leah Patterson-Baker in Home and Away, a soap that airs on Channel Seven.

An Audience with John Farnham

Originally this program aired on Australia's Channel Seven Network on 23 October 2002, and was filmed at Channel Seven Studios in Melbourne, Australia.

Australia at the 1996 Summer Paralympics

Media outlets that covered Australia at the Paralympics included Who Weekly, ABC Radio National, Nine Network's Today Show, Channel Seven's AM and Witness programs, and coverage in all the national newspapers.

Bakary Sereme

In 2008, he was appeared as one of the finalists in Seven Network's reality television show series Make Me a Supermodel.

Bernard Curry

In late 2008, Curry had the small role of Vishnu on Packed to the Rafters, on the Seven Network.

Brian Blain

He is best remembered for his role as wealthy businessman Gordon Hamilton in the Seven Network soap opera Sons and Daughters from 1981 to 1987 when the series was cancelled, and his role as Captain Jacob Hilliard in the film sequel Return to the Blue Lagoon (1991).

Catherine Mack-Hancock

In January 2011, Rachel Flaherty of the Caulfield Glen Eira Leader reported Mack-Hancock had filmed a guest role in the Seven Network drama series, Winners & Losers.

Charlton Hill

Upon his arrival at the Seven Network studios, he was presented with scripts for the character of Haydn Ross in their soap opera Home and Away.

Ciaran Gribbin

Ciaran recently announced on The Morning Show on the Seven Network that his new single 'My Killer My King' will be released and available for download on iTunes on Friday, 16 August 2013.

DB Boulevard

In Australia, the song was played frequently on the Seven Network idents.

Demi Harman

Harman was born in Brisbane, Australia in 1993 to an American father and an Australian mother, who formerly worked as a weather girl on the Seven Network.

Doctor Series

Doctor Down Under, produced and first shown by Australian Channel Seven from February to May 1979, with a total of 13 thirty minute episodes.

Exit poll

This method was also successful in the 2007 Australian Federal Election, where the collaboration of Sky News, Channel 7 and Auspoll provided an almost exact 53 percent two party-preferred victory to Labor over the ruling Coalition.

Fabrice Lapierre

In 2011, Lapierre competed in the third season of the Channel Seven television series Australia's Greatest Athlete.

Frank Sartor

Despite this, the Authority was able to deliver urban renewal projects for a number of derelict sites including the former Redfern Public School and a substantial redevelopment of the Australian Technology Park to incorporate headquarters for the Sydney television station Channel Seven.

Frank Sweet

Producers of the Channel 7 hit Dancing with the Stars considered including a "father-son twist" between Frank and Gary in the Season Five lineup, but Frank was ultimately dropped before production.

How Not to Decorate

In Australia, How Not to Decorate airs on the Seven Network's free-to-air digital channel 7Two at 22:30 Friday nights.

Joan Sydney

She remains remains best known for her long-running Logie Award winning television role between 1983-1990 as Margaret "Maggie" Sloan', the matron and patriarch of the fictional Wandin Valley Bush Nursing Hospital, in A Country Practice on the Seven Network.

Never Tear Us Apart: The INXS Story

Never Tear Us Apart: The INXS Story is an Australian telemovie about INXS that commences on 9 February 2014, on the Seven Network.

Rachel Friend

Friend hosted the Seven Network show Saturday Kitchen with her husband Stuart MacGill on Saturday afternoons.

Richard Osborne

In 1997, he was a boundary rider for the Seven Network during the finals series, and continued that role until Seven lost the rights to AFL coverage in 2001.

Steady Eddy

Steady Eddy's career began in 1992 with appearances on Australian TV's Nine Network The Midday Show and, days later, Seven Network's Tonight Live with Steve Vizard

Terry Antonis

He first received media attention in Australia when he was 10 years old when he won a football talent competition on Channel 7 television show, Today Tonight, winning a trip to Madrid to make a training skills DVD with David Beckham.

The Boys Are Back in Town: Live in Australia

The concert was subsequently produced in VHS and DVD format and was originally made for a television special produced by local radio station 2SM and Australia's Seven Network.

Tony Johnston

Tony began his career in 1986, as a presenter on the music video show 'Saturday Jukebox' on the Seven Network in Australia.

Yahoo!Xtra

In December 2006, Telecom made a new agreement, founding a joint venture with Australia's Yahoo!7 – itself a joint company between the Seven Network and Yahoo! – to form Yahoo!Xtra.


Alf Stewart

--In Episode 576 his name is stated as "Alfred James Stewart"--> "Alf" Stewart is a fictional character from the Australian Channel Seven soap opera Home and Away, played by Ray Meagher.

Cameron Ling

He is now a commentator on AFL football for the Seven Network and a special comments commentator on AFL football for radio station 3AW.

Caroline af Ugglas

Af Ugglas created the format for a televised choir contest, which was picked up by NBC in the United States as the show Clash of the Choirs, and by the Seven Network in Australia as Battle of the Choirs.

Craig Willis

Craig Willis (born 1954) is an Australian announcer who has appeared as the voice of many of Network Ten / One HD & Seven Network's AFL Grand Final, Anzac Day, Dreamtime At The 'G and major Finals Broadcasts/Telecasts. He is known to many as the 'voice of the AFL'

Doug Mulray

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Doug was part of the Channel Seven Australian Touring Car Championship and Bathurst 1000 commentary team headed up by Mike Raymond and Neil Crompton until Seven lost the rights in 1997.

Eltham High School

The school has produced Tour de France winning cyclist Cadel Evans, footballer Peter Moore, Victorian cricketer Lloyd Mash, Seven Network newsreader Jennifer Adams, actor and musician Ben Mendelsohn, actress Emily Browning, Australian actress and cinema icon Kerry Armstrong, and Australian comedian and radio / television personality Merrick Watts of Merrick & Rosso.

Escape to the Country

In Australia, Escape to the Country airs on the HOW TO Channel, Sunday nights at 6:30pm and Seven Network's free-to-air older-oriented digital channel targeting people aged 55+, 7Two at 8.30pm Friday and Sunday nights.

Fifi Box

Box is perhaps best-known on television for her standout performance on Dancing with the Stars on the Seven Network in 2007 and regular guest appearances on Sunrise and Thank God You're Here.

Graeme Hughes

He also had a stint as Channel 7 commentator for Australian Tests in 1992-93 against Great Britain and New Zealand, before moving to New Zealand to call the Auckland Warriors matches in 1995 for Sky NZ, He hosted Ten Network's coverage of the Seoul Olympics.

Heath O'Loughlin

At the end of 2006, O'Loughlin moved from the Seven Network to the Nine Network to replace Leith Mulligan as weekend sport presenter, with Mulligan moving to Fox Sports News.

India with Sanjeev Bhaskar

In Australia, this series is currently being broadcast on the Seven Network's free-to-air digital channel 7Two at 7.30pm Saturday nights.

Last Chance Learners

Last Chance Learners premiered on Wednesday 18 April 2007 at 7:30pm on Channel Seven and is hosted by former test cricketer and Who Dares Wins host Mike Whitney.

Natalie Garonzi

She has also presented Wedding Switch as well as the Australian version of the US series of Playing It Straight on the Seven Network.

Nick Etchells

In December 2011, Etchells returned to the Seven Network and replaced his girlfriend Nuala Hafner as Melbourne Correspondent on Sunrise as Hafner returned to University to complete her Psychology degree.

Paul Kadak

Some of the biggest stories he has reported on include the 2000 Olympic Games, Russell Crowe's wedding, 2003 Rugby World Cup, Ansett Australia's last flight, exclusive reports on the 2004 CityRail crisis, Waterfall train disaster and produced state election coverage for the Seven Network.

Sandy Gandhi

On 4 February 2009 she appeared on the Australian Channel Seven Network's "Australia's Got Talent" program.

Shane Porteous

Shane Porteous is best known for playing original character Dr Terence Elliott in the television drama series A Country Practice during its twelve-year run on the Seven Network 1981-93, a role for which he won the coveted Silver Logie in 1992.

Taryn Onofaro

However, before this show began airing on 9, Taryn was poached by the Seven Network for the The Great South East, Creek to Coast and Queensland Weekender.

Television Sydney

The channel has a small team of paid employees and volunteers (many of them media students) and was initially headed up by former Seven Network executive Laurie Patton as CEO, Henri de Gorter as Program Manager and Adrian Alback (later Ian Sneddon) as Operations Manager.

Terasa Livingstone

She began her career as a roving reporter for Agro's Cartoon Connection on the Seven Network, eventually taking over the role of co-host from Ann-Maree Biggar in 1996.

The Book Place

The Book Place is an Australian preschool television series all about storybooks aired on the Seven Network on 30 December 1991 until 2002, It is presented by Lynn Weston, Brenton Whittle, Andy Armstrong, Nuala Hafner, Peter Michell, Amelia McFarlane and Michael Scheld at the bookworm.

The Comedy Company

Many of the stars of The Comedy Company came from a 1985 Seven Network show called The Eleventh Hour, which starred Mary-Anne Fahey, Ian McFadyen, Mark Mitchell, Glenn Robbins, Peter Moon and Steve Vizard.

Tigerair Australia

The Air Ways TV series created by the Seven Network follows the day-to-day operations of the airline.