Seven Sharp
Seven Sharp is a half-hour-long New Zealand current affairs programme produced by Television New Zealand. The programme was created after the discontinuation of Close Up. It broadcasts at 7 pm (straight after 1 News at Six) every weekday on TVNZ 1. Seven Sharp typically presents 3 stories within a 30-minute timeslot every weeknight, and is designed to be more integrated with social media and real time opinions than its predecessor.
| Seven Sharp | |
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| Country of origin | New Zealand |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 6 |
| No. of episodes | 1560 (as of 30 October 2019) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Paul Moor |
| Producer | Andrew Hallberg |
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| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 30 minutes (with commercials) |
| Production company | TVNZ |
| Original release | |
| Network | TVNZ 1 |
| Release | 4 February 2013 – present |
| Related | |
| Close Up | |
Seven Sharp competes mostly with Three's current affairs show The Project; it also shares its time slot with sister channel TVNZ 2's drama Shortland Street, and Prime's The Crowd Goes Wild.
The show is currently presented by Hilary Barry and Jeremy Wells. Toni Street and Mike Hosking left the show in December 2017. Previous fill-in presenters have included Pippa Wetzell, Melissa Stokes, Sam Wallace, Tim Wilson, Carolyn Robinson, Erin Conroy, Stacey Morrison, Heather du Plessis-Allan, Te Radar, Clarke Gayford, Tāmati Coffey, Matt Gibb, Chris Cairns, Brendon Pongia and Rose Matafeo. On one occasion, American actor Rob Schneider appeared as co-host.
The show's primary sponsor is ASB Bank.