Adelaide Tonight

{{Short description|1959 Australian TV variety show}} {{More citations needed|date=June 2007}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2013}} {{Infobox television | runtime = 30 minutes | creator = Lionel Williams | starring = {{ubl|Lionel Williams|Kevin Crease|Ernie Sigley|Ian Fairweather|Gerry Gibson|Roger Cardwell|Anne Wills}} | country = Australia | network = Nine Network | first_aired = {{start date|1959}} | last_aired = {{end date|1973}} }} '''''Adelaide Tonight''''' was a nightly variety show, running four days a week {{citation needed|date=January 2016}}at 9.30 pm on Nine Network, NWS-9 Adelaide. The show was broadcast live from Studio 1 between 1959 and 1973. The show was similar to ''In Melbourne Tonight'' with Graham Kennedy.

The comperes and presenters on the show were Lionel Williams, Kevin Crease, Ernie Sigley, Ian Fairweather, Gerry Gibson, Roger Cardwell and Anne Wills. Creator and host Lionel Williams who won a Logie award for the program died in 2016, aged 87.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Iannella |first=Antimo |date=2016-01-07 |title=Lionel Williams SA TV pioneer, dies at 87 |work=The Advertiser|location=Adelaide |url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/lionel-williams-sa-tv-pioneer-dies-at-87/news-story/1ce1c5dd0d685ef75697908e2c32eb3b |access-date=2016-01-08}}</ref>

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Category:Mass media in Adelaide Category:Australian variety television shows Category:Television shows set in Adelaide Category:Black-and-white Australian television shows Category:Nine Network original programming Category:1959 Australian television series debuts Category:1973 Australian television series endings Category:1960s Australian television series