Sky News revives Andrew Bolt’s The Bolt Report, moving it to five nights a week
Pay-TV channel Sky News has revived conservative commentator Andrew Bolt’s political talk show The Bolt Report, announcing it will now be five nights a week.
The future of the TV Show was in the air earlier this year after Ten failed to bring back the News Corp-produced talk show.
“The Bolt Report is an exciting addition to our 2016 primetime schedule and we are delighted to welcome Andrew to the Sky News team,” said Angelos Frangopoulos, CEO of Australian News Channel which operates Sky News.
“Andrew is one of Australia’s most influential political commentators whose analysis and views will undoubtedly add context and stimulate discussion during this important election year.”
The Bolt Report will return from May and will be broadcast from Sky’s Melbourne studios each weeknight at 7:00pm AEST on Sky News’ main channel (Channel 601).
Bolt will also continue to write his columns for News Corp tabloids the Herald Sun, The Daily Telegraph, The Courier Mail and The Advertiser.
“Sky News beats all the networks in its commitment to news and true debate, and I am proud to be joining it,” said Bolt in a statement.
“My brief: to unspin the usual spin and inform viewers without fear or favour on the issues that matter most.”
Nic Christensen
Thats another great reason not to watch foxtel that and Paul Murray . Time to cancel my subscription if al you present is biased right wing rubbish.Netflix is cheaper and so is a NRL online subscription .The rest of yr channells are repeared garbage
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Finally!
There’s been way too much left wing commentary on Sky – it’ll be good to have a committed centrist to balance out the debate
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Finally, SKY News launches a nightly comedy program!. About time SKY News started branching out into new program genres! Producing just news and news commentary was rather restricting to the growth of SKY News.
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Exactly what we need.
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Well done Sky, a great move.
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Yet another reason not to get Foxtel.
Bolt and Paul Murray are truly the prime idiots of the media. Not a critical thought between them. They do provide great examples though of how not to approach an intellectual debate.
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Coals to Newcastle?
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Geez, it’s easy to see who the bolted-on leftoids are, isn’t it? Mark Foster and Loller, for example. Play the man, not the ball!
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Ummm.
The reason the Bolt Report failed to reappear was because Bolt was tired of working 7-days a week. Assuming Nic Christensen is not a big Bolt fan? Can’t even get balance on Mumbrella. Not as bad as #theirABC so there’s that I guess.
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This actually made me laugh out loud. I literally laughed out loud. Who in their right mind would want to watch this five nights per week? It would be pretty easy to programme though: climate change isn’t real, the ABC is out of control, safe schools is dangerous, the refugees are coming to get us, Pell is the real victim and intellectual commentary with someone from the Australian. Stick a fork in my eye now!
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Five more reasons not to watch Sky News.
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Hey Mike Ryan – take a seat, in fact take several. Seven days a week he works – poor diddums. Nic C is completely fair and balanced in his reporting – so get your facts straight. The ABC isn’t bad either. I’m gathering you only get your news from The Australian, because of how balanced it is in its coverage of Australia. #takeaseatmike
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5 nights a week? Surely denying climate change once a week is enough!
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Cue the people that don’t understand the definition of the word “balance”.
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@Rrrosco I’m hardly a rusted on leftoid. But maybe I am if you think anyone left of Bolt is a lefty.
So play the ball hey… maybe his denial of climate change, or his attacks on indigenous Australians. There’s a start. Or maybe the way he revs up the racists – just look at the comments on his blog. It’s like every stupid idea finds its way into his head. But I’m sure he’s a really good, rational, intelligent person.
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Sad how the Left cry babies cant cope with the very few conservative commentaries. They have just about every bloody newspaper and the ABC….. cant we have our small share. But then again….. its the increasing left “shut down any alternatives” that we see more frequently on the streets and campuses all around Australia.
I dont have a subscription but I will now.
Thank You
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Hopefully Foxtel dies a lot sooner than expected so this can be buried with it
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I just LOVE Bolt’s statement to the effect he is “proud” to be joining a channel which has a reputation of truth, honesty, integrity and balance.
Bolt-outta-Hell will soon fix THAT!!!
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Didn’t take long for the right-wing loonies to poke their heads out of their boltholes saying Murdoch-controlled Foxtel is left-wing.
I suppose Trump is to the left of Attila the Hun from your lofty point of view.
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“it has been said…”
“an unnamed source revealed…”
“it is well-known that…”
One of Bolt’s kids snatched toy from another at playschool.
The Teacher said “don’t snatch toys, Little Johnny Bolt, it is better to share”
Whereupon Andrew Bolt said to the Teacher “don’t give me that left-wing interventionist nanny-state crap! Kids have a right to act as individuals without some Authority interfering. Sharing is just a left-wing concept”
And he said to the kid “well done Little Johnny, you take what you can. Smack her in the eye while you’re at it.”
Sharing – it only works for the weak.
The preceding story may or may not be true. The same journalistic standards are applied as for any Bolt story.
falsus in unum, falsus in omnibus.
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This show will be called “The fiction” report. Sky news is increasingly becoming Fox news (lite).
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Two more days and we can call it ‘The Daily Dump’
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It will be interesting to see how Bolt copes with the workload of writing for News Corp while appearing on TV five nights a week. But then as he appears to just make stuff up as he goes along he will probably only be working an hour a day.
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Might be fun to watch just to see his childish tantrums lol!
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Imagine what things could be like if the 2 out 3 rule is abolished. Scary times.
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Cut. The. Cord.
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Interesting. There’s an election coming and Murdoch is still pissed off that they put in a new PM without his permission. First time it’s happened.
I’m guessing Bolt’s been stepped up to get at Turnbull.
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Sky just launched The Latest with Laura Jayes in that timeslot in late January. Does this mean the axe for her?
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Onya Bolta , I thought “their ABC ” would have tried to get Andrew to moderate QandA to get some balance , and follow their charter , as if !
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Agreed with many commenters. Fox. Oops ‘Sky’ is going all Fox…
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Cancelling my Foxtel subscription last year was a very good decision it seems.
I can watch the actual Fox News online if I want to be fed that sort of dross.
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@Dmans5 – that’ll never happen.
Under the ABC charter they employ journalists who have to report facts, rather than commentators with opinion pieces.
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Bolt doesn’t realise that he is becoming over exposed – 2GB, his blog and now TV. He already has a weakness for repeating himself and this habit will catch up with him, thus making him a media bore.
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Well Bolt has already had a win, just by this announcement he has got up the noses of all the lefty brainwashed sheep.
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Carlyle, it might be a good thing if you were to moderate your posts. This is a professional forum, nobody wants a flame war – at least, not us grown-ups.
Mumbrella Moderator: please keep on eye on these sorts of trolls.
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@Carlyle
Just because people question and use reason in their arguments, does not necessarily mean they are ‘lefty’. Julia Gillard is an example of a politician, who is slightly right of centre, yet I am sure you would lable her a ‘lefty’ or even ‘leftist’.
Now, if people sit in front of dear Mr Bolt and believe everything he says, without evidence, nor reason, well you tell me who the sheep are?
Carlyle: Empty vessels make the most noise. “Baaaaaaaaa”
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Anyone that uses the word ‘lefty’or ‘leftist’ can just be ignored. They will have nothing of value to add to any discussion.
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Political, you raise a good point.
But, if you flip your logic, you could say:
(a) this person asks questions, does their background research, and develops a cogent position or argument .. then the chances are they are more likely to be from the left-side of politics, whereas
(b) this person recites simplistic dogma, doesn’t do their own cross-checking, hones in on a single factoid that ‘supports’ their dogma or quite simply ignores the facts altogether, then recites it ad-nauseum while denigrating anyone who dares to disagree, then rejoices that ‘the lefties are up in arms’ as some sort of vindication of their dogma … then the chances are they are more likely to be from the right-side of politics.
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@Dmans5, have you watched Bolt or Jones on QandA? When they are they play to that audience well.
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Watch Bolts ratings SOAR! Well done Sky, at last a conservative commentator who has more gravitas than all the others put together.
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At last we going to have a true and honest opinion from Andrew Bolt, I never missed watching him on channel 10, I was sick of the left leaning ABC tv and every program on other channels were all the leftie luvvies.. thank goodness Sky News is giving us back a little bit of democracy and a fair crack of the whip.
Looking forward to the Bolt Report .
The only comedy we have had is the Rudd and Gillard show and its going the same way with the Turnbull saga..not happy……. you see that you can look at things with two eyes and not one.
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Hi Andrew
After reading your article in Thursday’s Courier today my son Andrew (deceased June 2017) would be cheering from above as he was always placing comments on the green’s website and arguing with them in the street where he lived in New Farm. They constantly accost people and try to force their views upon others. He was eventually banned from placing comments on their website. This says it all. Cheers Helen.
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Well Mark Foster it appears to me that you make your comment from the position of left wing biased garbage.
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Good to see a show with honesty and balls to show people the truth instead of all these left and green loonies. Go Andrew Murray and Dean. Love your show
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I consider myself right wing and have been watching The Bolt Report for some time. But, due to the dropkicks he has as guests on his ‘Panel’ segment (Steven Conroy for example) I have been switching off.
But after last night’s segment on the Richmond Football Club and Dustin Martin, Andrew Bolt has lost two viewers of his show…………..full time.
Bolt was pathetically condescending and grovelling towards Matin and my wife and I couldn’t bear to watch the segment through to the end. I am aware that Bolt is a Richmond supporter and last night he carried on just like the YES voters of SSM have been performing.
Goodbye Bolt.
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I wish we could get a Prime Minister with Andrew Bolts decency. I don’t know how anyone can watch these snarling rabid sickos attacking police at the Milo meetings and call the mild mannered Andrew Bolt right wing. I also don’t get why the police have to let things get so out of hand before moving in. Surely when they’re mingling and carrying their signs shows intent. Also police are on a wage so I don’t know how Milo should pay Melbourne police wouldn’t that constitute soliciting for a bribe?
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Like that subjective comment, LOLLER
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After wading through so many mud slingers, its nice to read yours ANDREW
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It was disappointing to see Mr. Bolt talking about the tragic murder of a young woman who decided to walk through a deserted park during the early hours of the morning. So many other media outlets had covered the story….ad nauseum. I am in my late 70’s and would never ever had considered walking through a park on my own after dark, let alone after midnight!
Women these days are constantly reminded of the dangers of walking out on their own after dark and in particular late at night. Having a mobile phone is no guarantee that you will not be attacked.
What is of a major concern is the number of car accidents which occur every day, and which receives little attention in the media. Hundreds of people are killed and seriously injured every day……..all of absolutely no fault of their own. Where are the flowers and outpouring of grief for them?!
It would be refreshing if Mr. Bolt addressed so many of the other problems and issues facing our world today instead of just reporting on the stories from the popular press.
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i want to know why when watching sky free to air news channel 53 any right wing programs have total interference & pixilation whilst there is no interference on the lefty programs.. I have just watched Bolt with nearly the full hour of interference & pixilation..now watching Richardson for 24mins & not one interference & totally clear picture–are the loopy left ensuring we don’t see the right point of view-again… interesting..anyone else have the same issue????????
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Andrew
Having just updated to an HD TV my wife and I now enjoy getting Sky News on the far sth coast of NSW. We appreciate your calm and balanced views and questions raised that the Left would prefer ignored. Keep up the great work and thanks to Sky for presenting sensible commentators such as AJ & Peta, Paul M and others.
Regards
Cam Stewart
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Hi Andrew,
I’m glad to find you as an intelligent counter to the proliferation of fanatical climate change guru’s who have recently emerged. I came across a video which they should be made to watch before running off at the mouth. https://www.youtube/watch?V=Yze1YAz_LYM
Put’s it in a much different time frame.
Bill
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