''At Seven'', commonly stylised as ''@Seven'', was a
New Zealand
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comedy show where
Petra Bagust and other comedians present the "real news" from the last 24 hours from
New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 List of islands of New Zealand, smaller islands. It is the ...
and the rest of the world. The show replaced ''
Campbell Live
''Campbell Live'' is a half-hour-long New Zealand current affairs programme that aired at 7pm (following 3 News) on TV3 and was hosted by John Campbell. ''Campbell Live'' conducted interviews of various notable personalities, including Al Go ...
'', a
New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 List of islands of New Zealand, smaller islands. It is the ...
current-affairs program for the Summer Holidays in 2009/2010 whilst ''
Campbell Live
''Campbell Live'' is a half-hour-long New Zealand current affairs programme that aired at 7pm (following 3 News) on TV3 and was hosted by John Campbell. ''Campbell Live'' conducted interviews of various notable personalities, including Al Go ...
'' took a break. ''@Seven'' finished for the 2009/2010 summer holiday break on 22 January 2010 and was replaced with the normal
TV3 7pm show, ''
Campbell Live
''Campbell Live'' is a half-hour-long New Zealand current affairs programme that aired at 7pm (following 3 News) on TV3 and was hosted by John Campbell. ''Campbell Live'' conducted interviews of various notable personalities, including Al Go ...
''. ''@Seven'' did not return the following summer break instead TV3 screened re-runs of ''
Modern Family
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''.
Notable presenters
*
Ben Hurley (co-host)
*Steve Wrigley (fill in)
*
Dai Henwood
Dafydd Morgan "Dai" Henwood (born 7 February 1978) is a New Zealand comedian. He is best known for his hosting of several television shows found on Three but also performs stand-up comedy.
Life and career
Henwood was born in 1978 to father R ...
(reporter)
Auckland reporters
*Steve Wrigley
Australia reporters
*
Charlie Pickering
Charlie Pickering (born 29 August 1977) is an Australian comedian, television and radio presenter, author and producer.
Pickering currently hosts ''The Weekly with Charlie Pickering'', a weekly news satire television show on the ABC, as wel ...
Public response
''@Seven'' received mostly bad reviews after the first episode.
Revival
In 2013
TVNZ
, type = Crown entity
, industry = Broadcast television
, num_locations = New Zealand
, location = Auckland, New Zealand
, area_served = Nationally (New Zealand) and some Pacific Island nations such as the Cook Islands, Fiji, and the ...
released a new show with a similar format and name. The new show titled ''
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 is broadcast live from the TVNZ studio it shares with ''1 New ...
'' is screened on
TV One weeknights at 7pm replacing long-running current affairs show ''
Close Up''. The main difference between ''@Seven'' and ''Seven Sharp'' is that ''Seven Sharp'' is a permanent show screened all year round.
Ratings
''@Seven''s premiere ratings were lower than the 2008/2009 summer replacement of ''
Campbell Live
''Campbell Live'' is a half-hour-long New Zealand current affairs programme that aired at 7pm (following 3 News) on TV3 and was hosted by John Campbell. ''Campbell Live'' conducted interviews of various notable personalities, including Al Go ...
'', ''
The Simpsons
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''.
References
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2000s New Zealand television series
2010s New Zealand television series
2009 New Zealand television series debuts
2010 New Zealand television series endings
English-language television shows
New Zealand comedy television series
Three (TV channel) original programming