Channel Nine axes Footy Show after 25 years amid ratings slump

  • 11-time Logie winner has been on air since 1994
  • Andrew Johns quit program midyear citing budget cuts

Channel Nine has announced the end of its rugby league entertainment program The Footy Show after 25 years.

In a statement, Nine’s director of sport, Tom Malone, said: “It’s been an incredible ride for The Footy Show. A quarter of a century of laughs, controversy and first-class footy analysis. I want to thank everyone who has contributed to this amazing era of live sports-entertainment television.

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