Special Episodes
Since its inception, several special episodes of The 7PM Project have aired. The first of which, The Election Project took a look at the 2010 Federal Election during the count while a second entitled The Games Project, looked at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
A one-hour special entitled The Election Project, airing on Saturday, 21 August 2010, was the first time the show has on a weekend. It aired to cover the 2010 National Election. Guests included Hugh Riminton and George Negus. The show got 459,000 viewers, ranking 11th for the night.
While Channel Ten showed an hour's worth of the show in the majority of states, Adelaide was only shown 30 minutes due to football commitments. This may have altered the overall ratings for the show.
This was the first time since the mid 1990s that Ten devoted coverage to a national election; usually the network opted to air alternative programming.
The Games Project featured guests including Nicole Livingstone and again ran for an hour with a half hour airing in Adelaide with none of the show aired in Perth and Brisbane. The show aired immediately before the Opening Ceremony and garnered 301,000 viewers.
A third special episode, "The Wedding Project", aired on 29 April 2011 as an extension of its regular Friday episode for that night. The show aired for an hour in all metropolitan centres, focussing on that days royal wedding. It was hosted as usual by Hughes and Pickering with guest panellists Angela Bishop and Tracey Curro joining the boys at the desk. Bickmore along with Lucy McDonald, Hamish MacDonald and others were crossed to frequently reporting on events live from the UK.
Regular Guests Hamish Blake and Andy Lee, formerly of Rove Live, have appeared to present segments as a visual connection to the activities that they undertake on their weekly radio program, The Hamish and Andy Show, segments presented have included See No Evil Hear No Evil and Hungry Hungry Heroes.
A special episode, The Project Special: Kony 2012, aired at 8PM, in addition to its regular 6PM edition, on 8 March 2012.
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