This Afternoon (TV program)

This Afternoon (stylised as THIS afternoon^[1]) is a short-lived Australian news and current affairs television program that was broadcast by the Nine Network. It was produced by the network and broadcast live from 4:30pm to 5:30pm weekdays for two-and-half weeks in mid-2009.

This Afternoon
Genre	News and Current Affairs
Presented by	Andrew Daddo Katrina Blowers Mark Ferguson
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	12
Production
Executive producer	Kerri Elstub
Producer	Cathy Murray
Running time	60 minutes (including commercials)
Original release
Network	Nine Network
Release	29 June (2009-06-29) – 14 July 2009 (2009-07-14)
Related
Nine Afternoon News Nine Afternoon News (second run)

The program focused on news, sport, weather and entertainment and featured current affairs reports and interviews.^[2] The program was presented by Andrew Daddo, radio presenter and journalist Katrina Blowers and news presenter Mark Ferguson.^[3] Nine News reporters from around the country and overseas provided reports on news and entertainment.

On 15 July 2009, the Nine Network cancelled This Afternoon after 12 airings due to poor ratings. With the demise of This Afternoon, Nine reinstated Nine Afternoon News (which had been replaced by This Afternoon), followed by Antiques Roadshow at 5.00pm and Hot Seat at 5.30pm.^[4] As a result, Nine News had Mark Ferguson as national presenter until left the Nine Network on 25 September 2009 to join the Seven Network.

See also

• List of programs broadcast by Nine Network
• List of Australian television series