''George Negus Tonight'' (formerly titled ''Dimensions'') was an Australian current affairs television series hosted by

George Negus George Edward Negus AM (born 13 March 1942) is an Australian journalist, author, television and radio presenter specialising in international affairs. He was a pioneer of Australian TV journalism, first appearing on the ABC’s groundbreaking T ...

, which ran on ABC Television from 2001 to 2004.

''Dimensions''

The program was initially launched in 2001 as ''Dimensions'', pitched as a low-cost stream of tenuously linked programs to run in the 6.30pm timeslot from Monday to Thursday before the ''ABC News'' 7pm bulletin. ''Dimensions'' had a particular focus for each day of the week: Monday was ''Media Dimensions'' which focused on the Australian media; Tuesday was ''Health Dimensions'' which concentrated on health matters; Wednesday was ''People Dimensions'' which profiled prominent Australians and overseas guests; and Thursday was ''On The Move Dimensions'' which looked at how 21st-century Australian society was "on the move".

''New Dimensions'' and ''George Negus Tonight''

The program was relaunched in 2002 as ''New Dimensions'', with the veteran Australian journalist,

, as the sole host, replacing the format of different hosts for each day, which the previous incarnation had used. During the following year, the program was renamed ''New Dimensions with George Negus'' and finally, ''George Negus Tonight''. The program retained the different focus for each day: ''GNT History'' on Monday; ''GNT People'' on Tuesday; ''GNT Future'' on Wednesday and ''GNT Profiles'' on Thursday. Despite high ratings for its timeslot (generally the highest ABC ratings in the 6:30pm slot), ''George Negus Tonight'' was axed by the ABC in November 2004, to make way for state-based programming. Negus went on to host ''

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'' on the SBS network.Negus joins Dateline
''

The Sydney Morning Herald ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' (''SMH'') is a daily compact newspaper published in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and owned by Nine. Founded in 1831 as the ''Sydney Herald'', the ''Herald'' is the oldest continuously published newspaper ...

'', 20 January 2005.

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External links

''George Negus Tonight'' home page (ABC TV)''Media Dimensions'' home page (ABC TV)
Australian Broadcasting Corporation original programming Australian non-fiction television series 2001 Australian television series debuts 2004 Australian television series endings