Editing Midday (Australian TV program) (section)

=== Kerri-Anne Kennerley (1996–1998) ===
In 1996, [[Kerri-Anne Kennerley]] was appointed to the new incarnation of the show, with the title becoming ''Midday with Kerri-Anne''.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> |title=New host for Midday|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/133920684|work=The Canberra Times|date=18 December 1995}}</ref> Geoff Harvey re-joined the show from a period of semi-retirement, albeit with a streamlined, six-piece band and not the full orchestra the show had had in previous days.<ref name=kak>{{cite book|last=Kennerley|first=Kerri-Anne|author-link=Kerri-Anne Kennerley|date=2017|title=A Bold Life|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3QIxDwAAQBAJ&q=A+Bold+Life+Kerri-Anne+Kennerley|publisher=[[Pan Macmillan Australia]]|isbn=9781760550424}}</ref> Initially, Kerri-Anne caused a resurgence in ratings, with her enthusiasm and her tendency to physically interact with guests (i.e. doing dance steps with dancers, attempting to play the respective sports of sporting personalities) rather than confining herself to sit-down interviews.<ref name=kak/> She gained three consecutive [[Gold Logie]] nominations for her work on the show, and was widely praised for "bringing the magic back to ''Midday''".<ref name=kak/> However, the show was eventually not able to compete with better rating, imported programs on other networks, and the general decline of locally produced daytime talk shows and budget concerns that prompted the 1994 axing caused the show to again be axed at the end of 1998.<ref name=kak/>

The final ''Midday'' program aired on 27 November 1998, running for a length of 150 minutes and featuring an array of guests including [[Maggie Tabberer]], [[Brian Bury]], [[Doug Mulray]], Derryn Hinch, [[Don Lane]], Ron Casey, [[Barry Crocker]] and [[Dame Edna]].<ref name=half/>