Comments on: Nine News drops Grant Hackett

By: Sharron

Sharron — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:01:31 +0000

Iwould like to know where Vossie has gone from the Today Show. Surely 9 hasn’t dumped him too.

By: George

George — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:00:33 +0000

About time, now i am not forced to change channel for the sports report

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:44:17 +0000

l totally agree with your comments Craig well said,when Grant was hired sports reporter Christine Ahern was over looked for the job,she was not happy according too gossip she ended up leaving the newsroom after a few months.She is now Today shows melbourne reporter.

By: FJ

FJ — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:55:21 +0000

Why use a Queenslander for Melbourne sport anyway?

I don’t know why Ten use that dreadful Brad bloke who is a Victorian for their Sydney sport.

By: sam

sam — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:22:27 +0000

did some say overton?…..send overton with hacket to read the news in mt isa then we wouldnt have to see either of them…(im from sydney so never have seen hackett)…but surely he can be a creepy as ovelteen?????

By: KFed

KFed — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:34:11 +0000

He is possibly the worst newsreader I have ever seen. How did he last almost a year? (I know the answer is percieved celebrity) Seriously, networks, it’s not the ’80s anymore. If athletes don’t have any presenting talent, please don’t sign them.

By: Edu

Edu — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:29:12 +0000

I hope Nine also dumps Slater from Weekend Today.

By: Todd

Todd — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:06:55 +0000

Good… he was a terrible presenter.

By: Jerome

Jerome — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:21:18 +0000

i wonder if overton is worried? i don’t live in sydney, but he sure does get a lot of negative comments on this site i don’t think i’ve heard any positive about him.

i know that melb and syd are run by a total different bunch, but surely if melb dumps someone because no one liked him there, and looks like this decision has public support, sydney would have the decision in their cards.

By: Brett

Brett — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:51:01 +0000

Nine, I hope you’re paying attention, and also checking the ratio of comments for and against Hackett.

Shouldn’t haven taken you anywhere near this long to get rid of him.

now let’s talk about Richard Wilkins….

By: Brodie

Brodie — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:36:18 +0000

Maybe he should have just done Dancing with the Stars…

By: Dr TV

Dr TV — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:22:10 +0000

Good decision, he just looked goofy as a newsreader.

By: Craig H

Craig H — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:58:06 +0000

I like Grant Hackett but my lord, hes a bloody awful presenter, glad to see that common sense has prevailed. I always think its a shame when high profile sports people get these roles just for being high profile sports people, theres a number of sports journos that would have worked their guts out for years who have the credentials and would love the opportunity but got overlooked for Grant.

By: Koolah

Koolah — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:45:49 +0000

Good! Sack him, he was absolutely pathetic at his job. I immediately changed the channel when his creeppy, unwelcome presence in my lounge at dinner time would occur. I can’t stand swimmers who go into the media. Can’t stand ‘em. I also cringe when I see my state government, Victoria, has paid this guy taxpayer’s money to front a pro exercise and eating healthy ad…. ‘go for your life’ it is called. Who does he think he is telling me how to live? If I wanted to be a boring, vanilla, no personality ‘fit guy swimmer’… I would have done the unimaginative thing at let my parents decide the course and outcome of my life since I was five years old by putting me in the pool…. I think he’s got to be the lamest mistake channel nine has made in some time. Let’s hope to a higher power he doesn’t end up on channel seven in a more prominent role. Sorry Grant, you’re a Hack.

By: Zambora

Zambora — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:09:27 +0000

Great comment Kyall.
Shame though as Mr Wobbly Head never improved and many TV watchers saw all his faults early on.
Hackett was more well known in Melbourne for getting his photo in the paper at”events” than anything else.
It will still take a lot for me to watch Nine on weekends though – they need the right professional people.

By: expert at tv

expert at tv — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:02:30 +0000

I agree with one of the comments below about Tim Watson at Seven, he needs to go as well. He ruins the news and sevens football shows. Maybe he is the reason seven cannot make a high budget prime-time afl football show to challenge nine.