Australia’s ABC TV Adds New Sports Quiz Show

SYDNEY: ABC1 is to launch a new weekly sports quiz show, The Trophy Room, debuting December 8.

The half-hour prime-time series will feature a range of celebrity sports heroes, comedians and performers. The show features sports chat and trivia, combined with games and challenges. The Trophy Room will air starting December 8 at 8:30 p.m. on ABC1. The show will be co-produced from an original concept by Granada Media Australia.

ABC1’s controller, Brendan Dahill, said, “Combining sports chat and trivia with parlor games and physical sporting challenges, The Trophy Room is an ideal opportunity to frame a fiercely contested match between two star-studded teams each led by celebrity team captains.
 
“The Trophy Room will be good clean fun the whole family can enjoy, while giving viewers a chance to hone their sports trivia knowledge over the summer break,” he added.