Eddie McGuire has reportedly been axed from his own show with Channel 9 making a major shake-up.
Code Sports reports the media mogul has been told his time on Nine’s flagship AFL show Footy Classified is up with the network making a call to cut the Tuesday edition of the show.
Nine will continue to run Monday night’s edition of the post-weekend footy panel show, which features a different line-up.
In an awkward twist, McGuire’s media company JAM TV produces the show.
JAM TV also produces Nine’s Footy Furnace, which will reportedly expand to take a more prominent role to help fill the void left by Tuesday’s Footy Classified disappearance.
It comes as rival Channel 7 offering Agenda Setters continues to flex its muscle in the footy content space with the show expanding to three nights a week this season.
According to Code Sports, the Monday night edition of Classified, which features Sam McClure, Matthew Lloyd, Jimmy Bartel and Damian Barrett, will return in 2027.
The popular Sunday Footy Show, featuring Lloyd, Tony Jones, Nathan Brown and Barrett, will also return next year.
McGuire will reportedly continue to have a role at Nine, including hosting the network’s Melbourne Cup Carnival coverage.
He will also continue to be involved in football “special events”.
It is the latest shake up to a footy media landscape that has been on a rollercoaster since Seven’s aggressive push to carve out a larger piece of the pie, spearheaded by Channel 7 sports director Chris Jones.
Footy Classified was launched in 2007 with SEN media mogul Craig Hutchison and veteran news reporter Caroline the faces of the experiment.
Having spent years hosting The Footy Show and serving as Nine Network CEO, McGuire took a featured seat on Footy Classified in 2020 to host the Wednesday night edition of the show.
Footy Classified was moved from Wednesdays to Tuesdays in an attempt to avoid going head to head with Seven’s Front Bar, hosted by Mick Molloy and Sam Pang.
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Originally published as Eddie McGuire show Footy Classified axed by Channel Nine