In Conversation with Alex Malley

In Conversation with Alex Malley is an Australian television interview show on the Nine Network.

In Conversation with Alex Malley
Genre	Talk show
Presented by	Alex Malley
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	24
Production
Running time	30 Minutes
Original release
Network	Nine Network
Release	7 February 2016 (2016-02-07) – April 2017 (2017-04)

The program was funded by CPA Australia^[1] and featured its controversial then-CEO Alex Malley^[2] interviewing leaders from the world of politics, business and entertainment.^[3]

Cancellation

The TV show was abruptly cancelled in 2017 when Malley was fired as CPA Australia's CEO and stripped of his lifetime membership.

Malley's termination followed a dispute with CPA members over his $1.7m salary^[4] as well as the use of CPA funds to produce and promote In Conversation with Alex Malley and otherwise build Malley's personal profile.^[5]

A report published following Malley's departure revealed that CPA paid Channel Nine $4.16 million to broadcast the program as well as spending another $1.2 million to advertise the program on billboards.^[6]

All mentions of the TV show were removed from CPA's website within days of Malley's termination.^[7]

Season One

Episode	Airdate	Guest
1	7 February 2016	Laurie Oakes
2	14 February 2016	Alpha Cheng
3	21 February 2016	Gillian Triggs
4	28 February 2016	Nolan Bushnell
5	6 March 2016	Deborah Knight
6	13 March 2016	Tim Costello
7	20 March 2016	Bill Shorten
8	27 March 2016	Charlie Teo

Season Two

Episode	Airdate	Guest
1	9 October 2016	Andre Rieu
2	16 October 2016	Neale Daniher
3	30 October 2016	Peter Overton
4	6 November 2016	Germaine Greer
5	20 November 2016	Layne Beachley
6	27 November 2016	John Frost
7	4 December 2016	Alexander Downer
8	11 December 2016	Fiona Wood

Season Three

Episode	Airdate	Guest
1	19 February 2017	Michael Clarke
2	26 February 2017	Rudy Giuliani
3	5 March 2017	Nadia Comaneci
4	12 March 2017	Derryn Hinch
5	19 March 2017	Henry Winkler
6	26 March 2017	Andy Thomas
7	2 April 2017	Gai Waterhouse
8	9 April 2017	Don Meij

Reception

Kylie Northover of The Sydney Morning Herald wrote of the interview with the violinist and conductor André Rieu, "It's a non-threatening half-hour chat with the world's most successful classical musician ... It's a pleasant enough half-hour, but don't expect any deep revelations.^[8] Justin Burke praised the show in The Weekend Australian, stating, "This might not be the most revolutionary TV format: seated interviewer facing seated interviewee. Readers, particularly of the business pages, will have their views about the host Alex Malley. (Mine are that he does a solid job here.) But there can be no debate that an interview with Andy Thomas, the only Australian-born professional astronaut, is anything other than unmissable TV."^[9]