It was announced today the popular Indigenous show The Marngrook Footy Show has been axed by NTV.
NITV channel manager Tanya Ormon labelled the decision as "difficult."
“The media landscape has changed significantly over that time, and we have to make tough choices about how we spend our limited budgets across our programming,” Orman said.
“While it was a difficult decision to make after such a long run, NITV remains committed to delivering quality AFL coverage from a uniquely Indigenous perspective.
The show's founder and host, Grant Hansen told Fox Sports today they are hopeful of continuing on another network.
Hansen told the Herald Sun on Wednesday he was dumbfounded by the decision of the network as he called the program the channel's "most popular show."
“I can’t understand their reasoning, it was the most popular show on the network and brought people to NITV,” Hansen said.
“People are just stunned. They were lining up to be on it, musicians used to call us to get on the show, players and their managers would want to come on.
“It’s a really crazy decision. Hopefully someone will come to their senses at SBS.”
Football writer, Rohan Connolly shared his thoughts via a tweet today which read, "Really enjoyed my time with @marngrook in 2017-18, sad if it's the end for the show. All the best to everyone involved."
The program was aired across Channel 31, ABC and SBS since its conception in 2007.
It was nominated for best sports program at the Logies in 2015 and 2016.
