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George Negus Tonight

2001–2004 Australian TV series

Summary

2001–2004 Australian TV series

Field	Value
alt_name	Dimensions
presenter	George Negus
country	Australia
language	English
executive_producer	Ivo Burum
camera	Various
network	ABC
first_aired
last_aired

George Negus Tonight (formerly titled Dimensions) was an Australian current affairs television series hosted by George Negus, which ran on ABC Television from 2001 to 2004.

''Dimensions''

The program was initially launched in 2001 as Dimensions, pitched as a low-cost stream of tenuously linked programs to run in the 6.30pm timeslot from Monday to Thursday before the ABC News 7pm bulletin. Dimensions had a particular focus for each day of the week: Monday was Media Dimensions, hosted by Annette Shun Wah, which focused on the Australian media; Tuesday was Health Dimensions, hosted by Dr Norman Swan, which concentrated on health matters; Wednesday was People Dimensions, hosted by James O'Loghlin, which profiled prominent Australians and overseas guests; and Thursday was Dimensions on the Move, hosted by Dave Morley, which looked at motor vehicles. Media Dimensions, People Dimensions and Dimensions on the Move were all axed in November

2002 saw the concept coming back with Swan's Health Dimensions, a revamped People Dimensions, now hosted by Jill Singer, Consumer Dimensions, hosted by Susanna Lobez, and a social history series Dimensions in Time, hosted by Guy Noble.

''New Dimensions'' and ''George Negus Tonight''

The program was relaunched in June 2002 as was renamed New Dimensions with George Negus , with the veteran Australian journalist, George Negus, as the sole host, replacing the format of different hosts for each day, which the previous incarnations had used. During the following year, the program was renamed again George Negus Tonight. The program retained the different focus for each day: GNT History on Monday; GNT People on Tuesday; GNT Future on Wednesday and GNT Profiles on Thursday.

Despite high ratings for its timeslot (generally the highest ABC ratings in the 6:30pm slot), George Negus Tonight was axed by the ABC in November 2004, to make way for state-based programming. Negus went on to host Dateline on the SBS network.

References

Idato, Michael: [http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/03/31/1080544540636.html Review: George Negus Tonight], ''[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]'', 1 April 2004.
Melloy, Neil. (6 August 2001). "Aunty shows off new dimensions".
Williamson, Brooke. (7 November 2001). "Changing channel - ABC gears up for a post-Shier revamp".
Idato, Michael. (7 November 2001). "Backchat in limbo".
Miller, Kylie. (31 January 2002). "New ABC Dimensions".
Miller, Kylie. (31 January 2002). "Dimensions in Time: Crime Special - Monday, 29th April at 6:30 pm on ABC TV".
Lee Lewes, Jacqueline. (30 May 2002). "Broadcast news".
Miller, Kylie. (28 August 2003). "No Dimensions, just Negus".
Kalina, Paul: [http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/08/02/1091412039017.html George of the jungle], ''[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]'', 2 August 2004.
Miller, Kylie: [http://www.theage.com.au/news/tv--radio/hits-and-misses/2005/09/07/1125772583574.html Hits and misses], ''[[The Age]]'', 8 September 2005.
[http://www.smh.com.au/news/TV--Radio/Negus-joins-Dateline/2005/01/20/1106110863460.html Negus joins Dateline], ''[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]'', 20 January 2005.

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