Speers Tonight
| Speers Tonight | |
|---|---|
Title card of Speers Tonight | |
| Genre | Current affairs, Commentary |
| Presented by | David Speers |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 minutes (inc. adverts) |
| Original release | |
| Network | Sky News Australia |
| Release | 28 January 2016 – 22 December 2017 |
| Related | |
| The Nation with David Speers | |
Speers Tonight was an Australian television program on Sky News Australia. The program sees host David Speers interview a prominent guest, followed by a discussion of political issues from the week with journalists Paul Kelly and Peter Hartcher. The weekly program replaced similar format The Nation with David Speers on Thursday nights and was one of two programs hosted by Speers, the other being the four-times weekly PM Agenda.
The program debuted on 28 January 2016 with Anthony Albanese as the inaugural guest.
Episode 42 of the first season is the highest rated regular episode of Speers Tonight, when it was watched by 49,000 viewers, making it the third most viewed Sky News program and sixth most watched program on the Foxtel platform for that day. A special post-American election episode was watched by 89,000 viewers, ranked as the sixth most watched program on both Sky News and Foxtel for that day.