Editing Midday (Australian TV program) (section)

{{Short description|Australian daytime variety TV show}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}
{{Use Australian English|date=March 2012}}
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| alt_name             = ''The Midday Show with Ray Martin'' (1985–1986)<br />''Midday with Ray Martin'' (1986–1992)<br />''Ray Martin at Midday'' (1993)<br />''Midday with Derryn Hinch'' (1994)<br />''Midday with Kerri-Anne'' (1996–1998)
| genre                = Variety
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| presenter            = [[Ray Martin (television presenter)|Ray Martin]] (1985–1993)<br />[[Derryn Hinch]] (1994)<br />[[Tracy Grimshaw]] and [[David Reyne]] (1995)<br />[[Kerri-Anne Kennerley]] (1996–1998)
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| narrated             = [[Ken Sparkes]]
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| country              = Australia
| language             = English
| num_seasons          = 14
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| location             = Sydney, New South Wales
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| runtime              = 90 minutes
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| network              = [[Nine Network]]
| first_aired          = {{start date|1985|2|11|df=y}}
| last_aired           = {{end date|1998|11|27|df=y}}
| related              = {{Plainlist|
* ''[[The Mike Walsh Show]]''
* ''[[Kerri-Anne]]''
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'''''Midday''''' (commonly referred to as '''''The Midday Show''''') is an Australian award-winning daytime television program, based on the variety format that aired on the [[Nine Network]] on 11 February 1985 until 27 November 1998.<ref name=half>{{cite book |last1=Clark|first1=David|last2=Samuelson|first2=Steve|date=2006|title=50 Years: Celebrating a half-century of Australian television|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aE35PQAACAAJ|publisher=[[Random House Australia]]|pages=201, 260|isbn=1-7416-6024-6}}</ref> The show aired, like its title suggests, at [[noon]], on a weekday schedule, and was a 90-minute variety programme with international and local guests.<ref name=half/> It featured interviews, musical performances and comedy spots. The format of the show was similar to that of its predecessor, ''[[The Mike Walsh Show]]'', which it replaced in the lunch time slot.<ref name=half/>