# Adelaide Tonight

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{{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](/source/Kevin_Crease)|[Ernie Sigley](/source/Ernie_Sigley)|Ian Fairweather|Gerry Gibson|Roger Cardwell|[Anne Wills](/source/Anne_Wills)}}
  | country = [Australia](/source/Australia)
  | network = [Nine Network](/source/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](/source/Nine_Network), [NWS-9](/source/NWS-9) [Adelaide](/source/Adelaide). The show was broadcast live from Studio 1 between 1959 and 1973. The show was similar to ''[In Melbourne Tonight](/source/In_Melbourne_Tonight)'' with [Graham Kennedy](/source/Graham_Kennedy).

The comperes and presenters on the show were [Lionel Williams](/source/Lionel_Williams_(TV_presenter)), [Kevin Crease](/source/Kevin_Crease), [Ernie Sigley](/source/Ernie_Sigley), Ian Fairweather, Gerry Gibson, [Roger Cardwell](/source/Roger_Cardwell) and [Anne Wills](/source/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>

==References==
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==External links==
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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

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