Your TV has it at 10am this Sunday in Melbourne
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According to my EPG, AFL Game Day will return for 2017 this Sunday March 26 at 10.00am.
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My TV guide said that 10am will be Morning Show (7), 10am Eagles v North [Perth]
Scheduled from Seven in Melbourne and Adelaide has Sunday 10 am. The other markets there are TBAs on 7Mate.
##AFL on Seven in 2017
All the biggest AFL games, finals, Brownlow, AFL Grand Final, EJ Whitten Legends match, AFLW, a Geelong premiership star, a women’s superstar, plus local football.
In 2017, Seven welcomes the fans’ favourite callers back, with Brian Taylor joining Bruce McAvaney on Friday nights, Hamish McLachlan joining McAvaney on Thursday nights. And Basil Zempilas calling Saturday nights with Luke Darcy.
Tim Watson, Leigh Matthews, Cameron Ling, Wayne Carey, and Matthew Richardson all return to the expert comments chair, along with field commentators Nick Maxwell, Jude Bolton, Andrew Welsh, Peter Bell, Mark Soderstrom and Brad Sewell.
Three-time premiership player and Brownlow medallist Jimmy Bartel joins the team as a field commentator, along with Melbourne AFLW team captain Daisy Pearce.
All together the biggest names and best callers in the game bring with them over 3000 matches and 26 premierships.
Sam Lane and Mick Molloy also return in the Saturday night pre-game alongside Darce, Richo, Lingy and Sam McClure with The Kick, a light-hearted hour of fun and footy news from 6.30pm each week.
Seven News chief football reporter Mark Stevens will bring all the latest news to the AFL coverage throughout each weekend.
McClure joins the Seven coverage with Footy Central on Friday and Saturday nights. Sam again joins the panel as the resident news breaker on Talking Footy.
The Front Bar also returns with Andy Maher, Sam Pang and Mick Molloy sharing a laugh about the week in AFL and catching up with stars of yesteryear and today. The Front Bar kicks off with a special live show after the season opener Carlton v Richmond on Thursday night.
After a highly successful inaugural AFLW season, Seven will broadcast the AFLW Grand Final as the Lions take on the Crows live this Saturday afternoon.
Seven will again broadcast VFL, SANFL and WAFL matches live, free and exclusive. VFL will be broadcast live on Channel 7 in Melbourne, as well as the VFL finals and Grand Final. Channel 7 and 7mate will broadcast the SANFL and WAFL match of the round in SA and WA respectively, along with finals and the Grand Final.
Seven’s AFL coverage will again feature:
- Thursday Night Football – back with at least seven games on Seven.
- Talking Footy returns next Monday night with Luke Darcy, Tim Watson, Wayne Carey and Sam McClure.
- Game Day returns this Sunday 10am hosted by Hamish McLachlan with Jude Bolton and Nick Riewoldt. Bulldogs banner writer Danny McGinlay joins the show every week for his take on the footy world.
- LIVE matches every Friday night, Saturday night and Sunday
- 2017 AFL Grand Final LIVE and EXCLUSIVE
- Every AFL Final LIVE and the Brownlow
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##MATCH BROADCAST TIMESLOTS
Thursday Night Football is back with at least seven huge games including the Carlton v Richmond season opener.
Friday Night Football is the big stage, kicking off most rounds and setting the agenda for the weekend’s footy with the game’s biggest stars.
Saturday Night Footy is back again starting with The Kick’s irreverent and edgy take on the footy, including comedian Mick Molloy in the pregame.
Fans enjoy a full preview on Sunday Football from 2.30pm with the Sunday Soapbox, including Leigh Matthews and interviews with the biggest stars.
##AFL PROGRAMS
The Front Bar returns with Andy Maher, Sam Pang and Mick Molloy sharing a laugh about the week in AFL and catching up with stars of yesteryear and today over a drink.
Seven’s iconic AFL chat show Talking Footy returns in 2017 at 7.30pm Monday on 7mate with host Luke Darcy. Hall of Fame greats Tim Watson and Wayne Carey are joined by news breaker Sam McClure to dissect all the AFL news and issues, on and off the football field.
Darce, Richo, Lingy, Sam Lane, Mick Molloy and Sam McClure return with The Kick, a light-hearted look at the footy each week in the lead up to Saturday Night Footy from 6.30pm AEDT.
Hamish McLachlan and the current stars of the AFL sit alongside the heavyweights of Seven’s commentary team every Sunday morning at 10am to review and preview all the weekend games.
Footy Flashbacks, hosted by Dennis Cometti, takes fans on a trip down memory lane each week, looking back at some of the most memorable matches and moments in the history of the game.
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##THE SEVEN AFL TEAM
BRUCE MCAVANEY
HOST AND COMMENTATOR
With a much deserved place in the Sport Australia Hall of Fame, Bruce McAvaney is widely renowned as Australia’s pre-eminent sports broadcaster, with an unbridled passion for AFL.
BRIAN TAYLOR COMMENTATOR
The rousing and colourful Brian Taylor steps into the Friday Night Footy and Sunday Footy callers’ chair in 2017. BT began his playing career at Richmond before moving to Collingwood where the full forward kicked 100 goals in 1986 to win the Coleman Medal.
TIM WATSON EXPERT COMMENTS
Tim Watson is truly one of the AFL greats, an Australian Football Hall of Fame player and triple premiership star with Essendon, renowned for his skill and explosive bursts of pace. An articulate and insightful observer of the game, Tim also presents sport for 7 News Melbourne each weeknight.
CAMERON LING EXPERT COMMENTS
A Geelong premiership captain, Cameron Ling was one of the most respected players in the game with three flags to his name. Lingy has proven to be a natural in the commentary box and highly popular with fans, players and coaches.
WAYNE CAREY EXPERT COMMENTS
Arguably the greatest player of all time, two-time North Melbourne premiership captain Wayne Carey will again deliver his insights and opinions on Friday Night Football and Talking Footy.
LEIGH MATTHEWS EXPERT COMMENTS
An Australian Football Hall of Fame Legend, Leigh is a winner of four premierships as a player and coach, a captain of Victoria and eight-time Hawthorn Best & Fairest. When Leigh speaks, in his forthright and pragmatic manner, he sets the footy agenda.
MATTHEW RICHARDSON EXPERT COMMENTS
Richmond champion and crowd favourite Matthew Richardson is back on Friday and Saturday nights on Seven’s AFL coverage. One of Tasmania’s favourite sons, Richo amassed 800 goals in an acclaimed playing career, including the most ever at the MCG with 464.
LUKE DARCY EXPERT COMMENTS
The highly respected former Bulldogs star is regarded as one of the most successful ruck-forwards of the modern era. A winner of the Leigh Matthews Trophy as the AFL Player’s Association’s MVP, the father of four has carved out a burgeoning career as a radio and TV personality.
HAMISH MCLACHLAN COMMENTATOR
Hamish McLachlan is one of Seven’s most versatile sports broadcasters, hosting and presenting at Seven’s horseracing and tennis coverage, as well as calling AFL. In 2017 Hamish will call Thursday nights and Sunday Football, as well as hosting Game Day and Friday Night Countdown.
BASIL ZEMPILAS COMMENTATOR
Basil Zempilas will lead the Saturday Night Footy call in 2017 as well as several Perth prime time matches. Basil is an acclaimed TV host, reporter and commentator, having covered AFL in Perth for over 20 years, as well as calling at six Olympic Games.
JASON BENNETT COMMENTATOR
Award-winning sports broadcaster Jason Bennett, an AFL commentator from 2002-2006 before embarking on an international posting with ESPN and their popular program Aussies Abroad, has been back calling footy on Seven since 2015.
MICK MOLLOY
SATURDAY NIGHT FOOTY PREGAME
Comedian and self-confessed Tigers’ tragic Mick Molloy returns with his ‘voice from the outer’ taking aim at everything in the game.
MARK STEVENS
7 NEWS CHIEF FOOTBALL REPORTER
An award-winning AFL news-breaker and analyst, Stevens will work across Seven News, Seven’s AFL broadcast and online platforms. He is a past winner of the AFL Media Association’s award for best news- breaker and best feature writer.
SAM LANE
SATURDAY NIGHT FOOTY
Sam Lane is again back on the pregame panel asking all of the searching questions of the players, coaches and administrators, as well as enjoying the lighter side of the game. Sam is a past winner of a Melbourne Press Club Quill award as well as the AFL Players’ Association and AFL Coaches Association football writer of the year awards.
SAM McCLURE
FOOTY CENTRAL & TALKING FOOTY
In 2017 award-winning journalist Sam McClure joins Seven’s AFL coverage from Footy Central, as well as resuming his news-breaking role on Talking Footy.
JIMMY BARTEL
FIELD COMMENTATOR
The 2007 Brownlow medallist joins Seven as a field commentator to impart his knowledge on the game. A three-time premiership player and 2011 Norm Smith medallist, Jimmy’s finals record is the envy of many and he stands alongside the greats in our game.
MARK SODERSTROM
FIELD COMMENTATOR
Mark played a total of 121 SANFL games for North Adelaide, Glenelg and Sturt. A 7 News sports presenter in Adelaide, Mark again takes to field commentary in Seven’s 2017 AFL coverage.
NICK MAXWELL
FIELD COMMENTATOR
Collingwood premiership captain Nick Maxwell joined Seven’s AFL commentary team full time in 2015, having previously worked as a guest match analyst and AFL Game Day panelist with Seven for four years. Fans can look forward to more of his honest and forthright assessments.
DAISY PEARCE
FIELD COMMENTATOR
The captain and marquee star of Melbourne’s AFLW team, Daisy has also made an impressive start in the AFLW commentary box with articulate insight into the game. Daisy is also a regular panelist on Game Day.
JUDE BOLTON
FIELD COMMENTATOR
Swans dual premiership hero and 325-AFL game veteran takes up a field commentary role again on Seven’s AFL team. Known for his undying determination and brutal attack on the football, Jude shares the AFL record for the most number of tackles ever in a single game with 19 and recently joined the Sydney Swans Hall of Fame.
ANDREW WELSH FIELD COMMENTATOR
The former Essendon defender and vice captain is a polished TV performer. Welshy is a Game Day regular who brings a fun and affable approach to his Seven commentary.
BRAD SEWELL
FIELD COMMENTATOR
Two-time Hawthorn premiership player and 2007 best and fairest continues with Seven in a field commentary role. Brad was widely respected in the AFL as a tough inside midfielder and viewers know his commentary as thoughtful and incisive.
PETER BELL
FIELD COMMENTATOR
Australian Football hall of Famer, dual North Melbourne premiership player and Fremantle captain, Peter Bell returns for his field commentary role out of Western Australia.
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Looks like Jimmy Bartel has taken over Nick Riewoldt’s place in special comments.
Note that Brad Sewell and Peter Bell will work for ABC Radio and Seven during their AFL coverage.
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Sam McClure’s taking over from Basil Zempilas in the Footy Central studio on Saturday Night Footy.
Interesting choice.
Wonder if someone like Michael Felgate or Sean Sowerby (who’s at BCM on weekends anyway) were offered first?
Reading between the lines, the big change is that the long time institution of Saturday Arvo Footy is gone (on Free To Air, anyway).
There will be no Channel Seven coverage of any Saturday afternoon game in Melbourne during the Home & Away season, with Live VFL taking the timeslot. Telecast VFL games are scheduled to commence at 2.40pm (first 3 rounds) or 2.10pm on Saturday afternoons.
Outside Victoria, Saturday afternoon games will only be telecast on Seven as Foxtel-produced games that fall under the home state teams arrangement.
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I’m surprised Seven didn’t take over Footyology (with Rohan Connolly and Mark Fine) and the footy panel show “That’s Good For Footy” from C31 (seeing though C31 is closing its over the air signal later in the year, and Seven is already screening several former C31 shows on its sub channels, for example Vasili’s Garden on 7two and Your 4x4 on 7mate), they would be perfect for 7mate on Tuesday and Wednesday nights.
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Disappointing to see no new graphics package (or so it looks)
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It changed last time, at the the commencement of the rights agreement (2012 - 2016). I’ve been hoping for the past couple of years that the boring and dull graphics package would be updated but as you said Luke, no, looks like we’ll have to wait for at least another year.
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Reading between the lines, the big change is that the long time institution of Saturday Arvo Footy is gone (on Free To Air, anyway).
There will be no Channel Seven coverage of any Saturday afternoon game in Melbourne during the Home & Away season, with Live VFL taking the timeslot. Telecast VFL games are scheduled to commence at 2.40pm (first 3 rounds) or 2.10pm on Saturday afternoons.
Outside Victoria, Saturday afternoon games will only be telecast on Seven as Foxtel-produced games that fall under the home state teams arrangement.
[/quote]I wonder what SCTV will air in place for the majority of the Saturday afternoons during the AFL season now that those games are gone? They’ve never taken the VFL coverage from Seven in Victoria so that’s out, so I’m guessing they’ll just air encores of the past week of the reality “tentpole” shows like MKR etc during the timeslots.
Probably whatever daytime programing Seven Sydney usually airs on Saturday afternoons would be my guess.
So The Front Bar is a 7 production now? Or they are just airing it?
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##Round 1
Three prime time AFL clashes and the AFLW Grand Final; The Front Bar, Game Day and Talking Footy return on Channel 7 and 7mate
After a long off-season wait for fans, the footy’s finally back on Seven tomorrow with the traditional Carlton v Richmond season opener, in front of an expected bumper crowd of 70,000 plus at the MCG.
At half time we catch up with Tigers sharp shooter Jack Riewoldt as he talks about leadership and his 2017 on-field role.
Reigning premiers the Western Bulldogs are set to light up Friday Night Football against the Magpies. Collingwood will be aiming to exact revenge on the Dogs after their heart-breaking three-point loss in Round 21 last year. Bruce McAvaney and Brian Taylor lead the call, while the game’s greatest centre half forward ever Wayne Carey will be keeping a close eye on new Bulldog forward Travis Cloke throughout the night.
Essendon welcomes back their star-studded line-up after serving controversial suspensions to take on the Hawks on Saturday Night Footy at the MCG. The Hawks will unveil their new line- up after the departure of some of the club’s biggest names ever.
In the pre-game build up The Kick speaks with new Hawks skipper Jarryd Roughead about his return to footy. Coaching great Kevin Sheedy joins us LIVE fresh from the Bombers march to the ‘G and we cross to the AFLW Grand Final celebrations.
The inaugural AFLW Grand Final comes LIVE from Metricon Stadium Saturday afternoon as minor premiers Brisbane host the Crows for the right to be crowned AFLW premiers, an event marking a spectacular milestone in sporting equality and history.
All eyes will be on Adelaide stars Sarah Perkins and Erin Phillips to power the Crows to success, while the Lions will be counting on Kate McCarthy and Sabrina Frederick-Traub to bring home the flag.
Sunday Football sees the Adelaide Crows host premiership favourites GWS Giants at Adelaide Oval. Footy satirist Titus O’Reily has some fun with Giants skipper Callan Ward in the pre- game build-up. While we also catch up with star forward Josh Jenkins about why he stayed loyal to the Crows.
Fan favourite AFL Game Day returns on Sunday morning hosted by Hamish McLachlan with a cracking first show including Nick Riewoldt, Daisy Pearce and Jude Bolton on the panel and special guest Jordan Lewis.
Then the pioneering Talking Footy returns Monday night with host Bulldogs great Luke Darcy alongside four-time Essendon best and fairest Tim Watson, dual premiership captain Wayne Carey and news breaker Sam McClure to tackle all the big issues and news in the game.
TV Broadcast times:
##Thursday 23 March
Richmond v Carlton (MCG)
Melbourne 7pm LIVE on Channel 7
Adelaide 6.30pm LIVE on Channel 7
Perth 4pm LIVE on 7mate
Sydney 7pm LIVE on 7mate
Brisbane 6pm LIVE on 7mate
The Front Bar
Melbourne 10.15pm LIVE on Channel 7
Adelaide 9.45pm LIVE on Channel 7
Perth 9.15pm on 7mate
Sydney 10.15pm LIVE on 7mate
Brisbane 9.15pm LIVE on 7mate
##Friday 24 March
Collingwood v Western Bulldogs (MCG)
Melbourne 7pm LIVE on 7mate, 7.30pm LIVE on Channel 7
Adelaide 6.30pm LIVE on Channel 7, 7pm LIVE on Channel 7
Perth 4pm LIVE on 7mate
Sydney 7pm LIVE on 7mate
Brisbane 6pm LIVE on 7mate
##Saturday 25 March
Essendon v Hawthorn (MCG)
Melbourne 6.30pm LIVE on Channel 7
Adelaide 6.50pm LIVE on Channel 7
Perth 3.30pm LIVE on 7mate
Sydney 7.20pm LIVE on 7mate
AFLW Grand Final: Brisbane Lions v Adelaide Crows
Melbourne 12.30pm LIVE on Channel 7
Adelaide 12pm LIVE on Channel 7
Perth 9.30am LIVE on 7mate
Sydney 12.30pm LIVE on 7mate
Brisbane 11.30am LIVE on Channel 7
Sydney Swans v Port Adelaide (SCG)
Sydney 4.30pm LIVE on 7mate
Adelaide 4pm LIVE on Channel 7
Gold Coast Suns v Brisbane Lions (Metricon Stadium)
Brisbane 7pm LIVE on Channel 7
##Sunday 26 March
AFL Game Day
Hosted by Hamish McLachlan with Nick Riewoldt, Daisy Pearce and Jude Bolton
Guest: Jordan Lewis
Melbourne | Adelaide 10am on Channel 7
Sydney | Brisbane 10am on 7mate
Perth 8.30am on 7mate
Adelaide Crows v GWS Giants (Adelaide Oval)
Melbourne 2.30pm LIVE on Channel 7
Adelaide 2pm LIVE on Channel 7
Sydney 2.30pm LIVE on 7mate
Brisbane 1.30pm LIVE on 7mate
Fremantle v Geelong (Domain Stadium)
Perth 4.30pm LIVE on 7mate
North Melbourne v West Coast Eagles (Etihad Stadium)
Perth 10am LIVE on 7mate
Footy Flashbacks: 2016 Preliminary Final GWS Giants v Western Bulldogs
Melbourne 1.30pm on Channel 7
WAFL – West Perth v East Perth
Perth 1.30pm LIVE on 7mate
Eagle Vision
Perth 1pm on 7mate
##Monday 27 March
Talking Footy
Hosted by Luke Darcy, Tim Watson, Wayne Carey and Sam McClure
Melbourne 7.30pm on 7mate
Adelaide 7.30pm on 7mate
Perth 7.30pm on 7mate
Sydney Late night on 7mate
Brisbane Late night on 7mate
Seven is just airing The Front Bar. It is made by Mick Molloy’s production company.
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Does Perth get any games on the main channel these days?
Yes the local games I think. Which are never in HD. only the eastern states. Which I care more about . Could careless about local games at Domain stadium being in HD for West Coast eagles or the purple one eye Dockers 
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