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On 7 July 1965, IMT featured a then-innovative interstate live split-screen link with The Tonight Show on TCN-9 Sydney, via the recently completed co-axial cable linking Melbourne and Sydney. Kennedy signed off from In Melbourne Tonight on 23 December 1969 after 12 years. On his final program, he was given a crown—made by the GTV-9 props ...
Presented by Australian lawyer turned comedian and writer Steve Vizard, the show's format was an eclectic mix of a traditional late night talk show, in the vein of US programs The Tonight Show or The Late Show, with more off-beat, often deconstructionist elements, such as broadcasting a rehearsal of the show, a rained out show, a parallel ...
[citation needed] In 1957, GTV-9's first large-scale production was the nightly variety show In Melbourne Tonight ("IMT"), hosted by Graham Kennedy. Kennedy was a radio announcer at 3UZ in Melbourne before being 'discovered' by GTV-9 producer Norm Spencer, when appearing on a GTV-9 telethon. Bert Newton moved from HSV-7 to join Kennedy.
Vizard has written for and produced various Logie and AFI award-winning television shows – from Fast Forward to Kangaroo Palace; he has hosted his own five night a week national tonight show, Tonight Live With Steve Vizard for which he was three times nominated for and won a Gold Logie in 1991.
The Graham Kennedy Show was an Australian variety and comedy tonight show which debuted on 19 September 1972 on the Nine Network. On 23 December 1969, host Graham Kennedy quit as host of In Melbourne Tonight (IMT) due to exhaustion and rested for two years. In spite of his fame and fortune, he later described that period as "years of misery".
Local mid-morning programming from 1967 included Morning Magazine, Roundabout, The Roy Hampson Show, In Melbourne Today, Everyday (1979–1980) and Good Morning Melbourne (1981–1988) - the latter replaced by the Sydney-based Til Ten (1989–1991). In 1992, ATV-10 produced The Morning Show for the Network Ten, hosted by Bert Newton.
The Late Show (1992 TV series) The Librarians (2007 TV series) Lie with Me (2021 TV series) Lift Off (Australian TV series) Little Lunch (TV series) Live on Bowen; Logie Awards; Love Me (Australian TV series)
Under Melbourne Tonight was a weekly live variety hour television program produced by RMITV that broadcast on C31 Melbourne. Reaching a weekly viewership of 55,000 people each week, the show was reviewed in The Age ' s Green Guide by Jim Schembri on 22 December 1994 as "Sometimes funnier than Letterman".