Eddie McGuire announced on Triple M this morning that The Footy Show Grand Final Edition will air on the evening of Wednesday 25 September from 8.30pm, in order to avoid a clash with The Front Bar on Thursday.
The live show will start at 7.00pm at Rod Laver Arena, but will air on delay after The Block.
Absolutely pathetic. Fair enough putting it on a Wednesday but air it from 7:30.
Yeah, I think itâs a sign that Nine really donât want to bring The AFL Footy Show back on a fulltime/regular basis next year.
According to Ticketek website, the starting time is 7.30pm. There is also a pre-sale for âFriends of the Footy Showâ today from 1pm to 2pm AEST. Not sure who these âfriendsâ are?
Not sure why they didnât go with Thursday night. Didnât the Grand Final show outrate The Front Bar last year anyway?
Yes it did. I guess Nine execs got nervous and didnât want to take the risk. They will also have a Friday night Grand Final Preview show with the cast of The Sunday Footy Show. Hopefully this doesnât clash with a Melbourne Storm preliminary final though.
It did, largely because most people thought it would be the last ever Footy Show, not realising what was to comeâŚ
Hopefully they manage to get Garry, JB and Trevor all on for a cameo appearance at least.
Donât think Garry will be on the show if Billy is
The Footy Show
Wed 25 Sep at 8:40pm AFL states
Grand Final
The Grand Final Footy Show spectacular returns with Eddie McGuire, Sam Newman, and Rebecca Maddern. Joined by Hawthorn premiership player Shane Crawford, Cats great Billy Brownless, Carlton goal champ Brendan Fevola and Western Bulldogs court jester, Doug Hawkins. Rock group Birds of Tokyo will be ready to lift the roof off Rod Laver Arena, James Reyne will sing a medley of classics going back to the hits from Australian Crawl and Mike Brady will perform his AFL classics. Also the annual the Player Revue promises to be show stopper
Friday 27 Sep at 7:30pm AFL states
Grand Final Eve
The Sunday Footy Show steps up to prime time to deliver the final word on the biggest game of the AFL calendar. Hosted by Tony Jones, alongside Billy Brownless, Matthew Lloyd, Nathan Brown, Kane Cornes and Damian Barrett. The Sunday Footy Show panel will have the latest team news, analysis and irreverent banter on the eve of the Grand Final.
Two AFL Footy Shows in primetime in the same week 
The main difference being the Wednesday one has more live performances.
Is the Sunday Footy Show (GF Eve edition) going to be filmed in front of a studio audience, or just the usual they normally do?
The Footy Show Grand Final airs at 8.40pm in AFL states, while Sydney and Brisbane has it airing at midnight that night
While The Sunday Footy Show Grand Final Eve show airs at 7.30pm in AFL cities, while Sydney and Brisbane has it airing at 10.45pm.
What is Nineâs obsession with airing the Footy Show Grand Finals so late up north. Surely a 10pm-ish start is better than a midnight start.
Midnight is outside of primetime, so the 0 viewers it will get in Sydney and Brisbane wonât impact on their ratings share
There may be increased interest in Sydney if a local team makes the Grand Final
Good point - there could be close to 10 or 15 extra viewers if GWS make the Grand Final
Especially since the AFL is pretty much a niche affair in Sydney & Brisbane anyway.
Even if the Giants make it to September 28, the real footy Grand Final in the eyes of most Sydneysiders (even if itâs Raiders v Storm) will be on October 6.
The actual AFL Grand Final broadcast always rates well in Sydney, but all the peripheral programs featuring people largely unknown in Sydney would always rate poorly.
Yeah, fair point. Any AFL Grand Final game broadcast with the Giants playing would probably rate well in Sydney (especially if the Sydney ratings of past AFL GFs featuring the Swans are any indication), but not really any of the lead-up shows.