Eddie McGuire

Edward Joseph McGuire AM (born 29 October 1964) is an Australian television presenter, journalist and Australian Football League commentator.

He is also an occasional Herald Sun newspaper columnist.

He hosts Channel Nine’s Millionaire Hot Seat (until the end of 2023), Wednesday night episodes of Footy Classified, and Network 10’s coverage of the Melbourne Cup Carnival (since 2022).

McGuire is the former president of the Collingwood Football Club; he stood down in 2021 after criticism of his handling of a report outlining systemic racism and involvement in racism at the club.

He has worked in sports journalism, sports broadcasting and as a game show host.

Frank McGuire, who worked as a newspaper sports reporter, helped McGuire to get his first job in the media as an Australian Rules Football statistician and cricket reporter for The Herald (1978–1982).

Later he became a cadet sports reporter for Network Ten and then transferred, in 1993, to the Nine Network, where he became the host of a sports variety program.

McGuire previously hosted Nine Network's The Footy Show from its first airing in March 1994 until his departure in 2006.

In 1994, McGuire became one of the hosts of the AFL version of The Footy Show.

McGuire's role at Nine was further expanded in 1999 when he became the host of the Australian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, a franchise of the globally exported television quiz show.

In the same year he also hosted the Sydney New Year's Eve 1999–2000 telecast.

He hosted Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? from its première on 18 April 1999 until 3 April 2006.

McGuire hosted the annual Australian Logie Awards show in 2003 and 2004 and co-hosted in 2005.

He was initially on the show until 2005, later returning several times.

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He is a former Nine Network CEO, resigning on 30 June 2007.

He returned to commentating Friday night football in August 2007 contractually with Melbourne radio station SEN 1116, commentating one match a round.

He is a director at the Victorian Major Events Company.

He formerly hosted Triple M Melbourne's breakfast show The Hot Breakfast.

McGuire was born and grew up in the Melbourne suburb of Broadmeadows.

He and his older brother Frank McGuire both won scholarships to Christian Brothers' College, St Kilda.

He briefly returned to the show after an 18-month hiatus in 2007 and has occasionally hosted a number of special episodes since then.

In January 2007, McGuire returned to regular hosting on the Australian version of the 1 vs. 100 quiz show.

On 9 June 2008, McGuire temporarily hosted A Current Affair while regular host Tracy Grimshaw was on leave.

This saw the ratings of the show increase, with 1.42 million viewers tuning in to watch on his first night of hosting.

Rival program Today Tonight still eclipsed ACA with 1.470 million viewers.

However, the ratings for ACA slumped to 1.217 million viewers the following Tuesday, while Today Tonight achieved 1.549 million viewers.

In February 2009, McGuire hosted a telethon for the victims of the Victorian bushfires.

Since April 2009, McGuire has hosted the teatime game show Millionaire Hot Seat program, which airs at 5:00 pm.

He also hosted a fundraising telethon from Brisbane on 9 January 2011 for victims of the 2010–2011 Queensland floods alongside Leila McKinnon and Karl Stefanovic at Suncorp Piazza.

In early 2011, McGuire hosted another prime time quiz show, The Million Dollar Drop, lasting for only six episodes.

He then became the host of the sports-themed quiz show Between the Lines.

His return was short-lived when the show quickly failed in the ratings, being axed by Nine after only three episodes had been aired.

The fourth and final episode was broadcast on 2 June 2011.

During 2011, he hosted This is Your Life; however, the show did not return in 2012.

in 2012, McGuire joined Fox Footy in an AFL commentary and program panellist role, while still remaining at the Nine Network to host Millionaire Hot Seat and the station's Olympic coverage.

He returned for two years in 2017, leaving upon the show's termination in 2018, prior to its short-lived reformat.

He hosts Australia's edition of the game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? and, previously, 1 vs. 100.

In July 2017, amid poor ratings, McGuire returned to The Footy Show, replacing Craig Hutchison, alongside long-time co-host Sam Newman and Rebecca Maddern.

His company, JAM TV, produced the show.