Offsiders

The show began airing in February 2006 (after Insiders, its news/politics sister show which airs on ABC TV at 9:00 am on Sunday mornings, and Inside Business, a business program hosted by Alan Kohler which aired on ABC TV at 10:00 am on Sunday mornings until its axing in 2013). From 2005 until 2013, the show aired at 10:30 am.{{Cite news |last=Kalina |first=Paul |date=2006-02-16 |title=Beyond the boundary |language=en |newspaper=The Age |url=https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/beyond-the-boundary-20060216-ge1rgr.html |access-date=2023-10-20}} After Inside Business' axing in September 2013, since 2014, it has been airing at 10:00am. Episodes are normally 30 minutes in duration.

Barrie Cassidy was the inaugural host of the program and hosted from 2005 to 2013.{{Cite web |last=Knott |first=Matthew |date=2013-10-09 |title=Sunday morning shake-up: Cassidy mulls Offsiders retirement |url=https://www.crikey.com.au/2013/10/09/sunday-morning-shake-up-cassidy-mulls-offsiders-retirement/ |access-date=2023-10-20 |website=Crikey |language=en-US}}

In 2014, Gerard Whateley was appointed as host of the program replacing Cassidy. Whateley remained as host until his resignation in January 2018.{{Cite news |last=Hinchliffe |first=Joe |date=2018-01-01 |title=Gerard Whateley leaves ABC to host SEN morning show |url=https://www.theage.com.au/sport/gerard-whateley-leaves-abc-radio-to-host-sen-morning-show-20180101-h0c5za.html |access-date=2023-10-20 |work=The Age |language=en}}

In February 2018, Kelli Underwood was appointed as host of the program.{{Cite news |last=Carmody |first=Broede |date=2018-01-30 |title=Kelli Underwood replaces Gerard Whateley on ABC's Offsiders |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/kelli-underwood-replaces-gerard-whateley-on-abcs-offsiders-20180130-h0qd32.html |access-date=2023-10-20 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}} In November 2024, Underwood announced her resignation from the show with her last show on 1 December.

In January 2025, Abbey Gelmi was appointed as host of the program replacing Underwood.{{Cite web |date=19 January 2025 |title=Channel 7 presenter Abbey Gelmi joins ABC Offsiders as host |url=https://7news.com.au/sport/channel-7-star-abbey-gelmi-announces-new-role-as-host-of-abc-offsiders-c-17435374 |access-date=25 March 2025 |website=7 News}}

Paul Connolly of The Age praised the show, writing, "Offsiders" has a pleasingly understated feel about it, not least because it forwards the radical idea (these days at least) that you don't have to be a big name former player to have something worthwhile to say about sport. If anything, it allows for opinion unfettered by allegiances which, in turn, allows for a few well-aimed barbs and not just a "sport's great, mate" attitude."{{cite news |last=Connolly |first=Paul |date=2007-02-26 |title=The ABC of cheap |url=https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/the-abc-of-cheap-20060226-ge1tkq.html |newspaper=The Age |accessdate=2023-10-17 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20231017072742/https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/the-abc-of-cheap-20060226-ge1tkq.html |archivedate=2023-10-17 }} In a negative review, The Australian{{'}}s Lara Sinclair said Outsiders is "just a pale imitation of a sports program" and "Offsiders purports to bring the same level of challenging discourse to the sporting arena but there's no doubt Insiders packs the heavier punch."{{cite news |last=Sinclair |first=Lara |date=2006-07-29 |title=Television Guide - Sunday July, 20 |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/11328C54F2EB4F10&f=basic |newspaper=The Australian |accessdate=2023-10-17 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20231017072728/https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/11328C54F2EB4F10&f=basic |archivedate=2023-10-17 }}

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