The Project
Genre	Current affairs, news, and entertainment
Developed by	Roving Enterprises
Presented by	Carrie Bickmore Charlie Pickering Dave Hughes Peter Helliar Rove McManus Waleed Aly Gorgi Coghlan Hamish Macdonald Tommy Little Lisa Wilkinson Peter van Onselen Georgie Tunny Sarah Harris Sam Taunton Michael Hing Steve Price Rachel Corbett Kate Langbroek Susie Youssef
Country of origin	Australia
Original language	English
No. of series	14
No. of episodes	4009
Production
Executive producer	Chris Bendall
Running time	60 minutes
Production company	Roving Enterprises
Original release
Network	Network 10
Release	20 July 2009 (2009-07-20) – present

The Project (previously The 7PM Project from 2009 to 2011) is an Australian news-current affairs and talk show television panel program, airing weeknights and Sunday across Australia on Network 10, produced by Roving Enterprises. The show is hosted by Waleed Aly, Sarah Harris, Georgie Tunny, Hamish Macdonald, Rove McManus, Sam Taunton and Michael Hing with rotating daily panellists usually appearing once a week.

The one-hour show, formerly half-hour, premiered on 20 July 2009 and airs live in the eastern states with delays in other states (including Queensland during daylight saving). It is broadcast Monday to Friday from Network 10's studio in The Como Centre, South Yarra, Melbourne and Sundays from Network 10's Sydney studios at Pyrmont. The Project draws its content and comedy from recent news stories and offers a sometimes alternative view to mainstream, sponsored news stories. It runs for 51 weeks of the year, taking brief breaks during the Christmas and New Year period.

The Project (as of 2017) has won numerous accolades, 9 Logie Awards, including the Gold Logie won by hosts Carrie Bickmore and Waleed Aly.

Format

The program hosted by Waleed Aly, Sarah Harris, Georgie Tunny, Hamish Macdonald, Rove McManus, Sam Taunton and Michael Hing and features other regular panellists appearing during the week. The most frequently occurring presenters currently included: Steve Price, Susie Youssef, Jan Fran, Nick Cody, Kate Langbroek, Jessie Stephens and Rachel Corbett.^[1][2] The hosts are often joined by several special guests during the course of an episode.

The main content of the show revolves around Aly, Tunny, Macdonald, Harris, McManus, Taunton and Hing at the desk discussing some of the news events of the day. This discussion often involves live crosses to reporters or guests via satellite. Special guests, often of a celebrity nature, also regularly appear in studio, usually during each show's final segments. In addition, the show features pre-recorded interviews with celebrities, conducted by either one of the main cast or US entertainment correspondents Jonathan Hyla or Xavier Brinkman. Feature stories by the main cast, often of a humorous but insightful nature, are also prominent throughout each week.

Hosts

Current

Substitutes

• Waleed Aly: Hamish Macdonald, Georgie Tunny, Liz Ellis, Michael Hing, and Hugh Riminton.
• Sarah Harris: Georgie Tunny, Chrissie Swan, Rachel Corbett and Narelda Jacobs.
• Sam Taunton / Michael Hing: Dave Thornton, Tom Cashman, Nikki Britton, Nazeem Hussain, Dilruk Jayasinha, Susie Youssef and Nick Cody.
• Georgie Tunny: Rachel Corbett, Tara Rushton and Susie Youssef.
• Hamish Macdonald: Michael Hing, Rove McManus, Rachel Corbett, Tara Rushton, Georgie Tunny and Hugh Riminton.
• Rove McManus: Hamish Macdonald, Waleed Aly, Susie Youssef, Michael Hing, Tom Tilley and Hugh Riminton.

Former

On 8 December 2013, it was announced that regular host Dave Hughes was leaving The Project in order to concentrate on his stand-up comedy routine with a national tour in 2014.^[4] For his final appearance on the show on 11 December, Hughes was given an emotional farewell by co-hosts Bickmore and Pickering.^[5]

On 12 March 2014, Pickering announced that he would be leaving the show on 7 April 2014. McManus co-hosted the show from 18 August 2014 until the end of the year, alongside Helliar and Bickmore.^[6] McManus finished on the show on Thursday 4 December 2014.

Gorgi Coghlan co-hosted the show on Friday nights until 2017, she was replaced by Lisa Wilkinson. Coghlan remained on the show as a panellist on Friday nights and as a regular fill-in presenter until May 2021.^[7]

Hamish Macdonald regularly hosted The Sunday Project from 2016 to January 2019 until he was replaced by Peter van Onselen because of his Q+A filming commitments. Macdonald continued to feature as a panellist on the show, amongst his ABC commitments, and in June 2021 he announced that he would return as co-host of The Sunday Project in September 2021, while Peter van Onselen returned to his commitments as Network Ten's political editor.^[8]

On 11 October 2022, Carrie Bickmore announced her resignation from the show after 13 years and that her final appearance the regular host would be on 30 November 2022.^[9] Lisa Wilkinson also announced on 20 November 2022 that the she was leaving her hosting position on the show, effective immediately, after six months of "relentless, targeted toxicity".^[10][11] Peter Helliar announced on 22 November 2022 that he would be leaving the show, the third regular presenter to quit the show within the year. His last day presenting was on 7 December 2022^[12]

Panellists

Current

• Sunday: Rachel Corbett
• Monday: Steve Price
• Tuesday: Kate Langbroek
• Wednesday: Nick Cody
• Thursday: Liz Ellis
• Friday: Susie Youssef

Regular panellists are subject to change.

Former

• Ruby Rose – Entertainment reporter and panellist (2009)
• James Mathison – Reporter and panellist (2009–2010)
• Scott Pape – Money Shot (2009–2010)
• Rove McManus – Roving reporter (2009–2010)
• George Negus – Panellist (2010–2011, 2012)
• Denise Scott – Panellist (2010–2011)
• Andrew Rochford – Panellist and fill-in presenter (2010–2014, 2017)
• Kitty Flanagan – Eye on Tuesday (2009–2014)
• Sam Mac – Roving reporter (2010–2015)
• Natasha Stott Despoja – Panellist (2013–2015, 2017, 2019)
• Mia Freedman – Panellist (2014)
• Todd Sampson – Panellist (2014–2016)
• Jennifer Byrne – Panellist (2011–2016)
• Gretel Killeen – Panellist (2014–2017)
• Meshel Laurie – Panellist (2014–2017)
• Anthony "Lehmo" Lehmann – Panellist (2011–2018)
• Fifi Box – Panellist (2014–2019)
• Ryan Fitzgerald – Panellist (2010–2020)
• Gorgi Coghlan – Panellist (2018–2021)
• Em Rusciano – Panellist (2011–2022)
• Chrissie Swan – Panellist (2012–2015, 2019–2022)
• Julie Goodwin – Panellist (2022)

Correspondents

• Lucy McDonald – UK
• Phoebe Bowden – UK (10 News First Correspondent)
• Eammon Atkinson – US (10 News First Correspondent)
• Jonathan Hyla – US
• Michael Williams – US

History

Series 1: 2009

The program premiered on 20 July 2009^[1] and aired as a live broadcast on weeknights from 7:00 to 7:30 pm.^[1] Roving Enterprises, the production company owned by Rove McManus and Craig Campbell, produces the series.^[13] The promos of the show used musical samples of Hello from The Cat Empire.

The premiere episode featured MasterChef Australia season one winner Julie Goodwin and an interview with Sienna Miller and Rachel Nichols. During the first season Ruby Rose and James Mathison were credited as part of the main cast, though their contributions were often limited to guest appearances and pre-recorded interviews.^[14]

During the 2009 summer, in order to increase the profile of the show, Monday and Friday episodes were extended to an hour and the program was repeated in a late night (11 pm) timeslot to attract late night viewers who may have missed the show earlier in the evening. In addition, from 30 November 2009, the show underwent a small visual revamp. With the lights getting brighter, the set was changed to accommodate a more "summery" feel with the background displaying a blue sky and the foreground featuring more orange and brown lighting, skewing away from the dark, night-time feel from the start of the show. New titles were also added to fit the feel. As of 8 February 2010, Channel 10 cancelled the late-night repeat of the show. Ten's summer late night repeats of 7PM were always a part of its strategy to win more followers for the show.^[15] Zdroj:https://en.wikipedia.org?pojem=The_Project_(Australian_TV_program)
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