What's New June 12, 2026

Fearless. No filter. The Long Weekend with Karl & Eddie makes its debut

Sarah Patterson

Reporter

The Long Weekend has officially launched, with Karl Stefanovic and Eddie McGuire taking over ARN’s GOLD Network nationally this afternoon for the first time with their brand-new Friday show.

The two hosts played to their strengths, with Eddie incorporating a quiz and Karl talking about his tools.

“It’s a quiz show, not a game show,” Eddie corrected Karl in an exchange that also saw Karl talking about the time he now has to spend doing physical work. “I’m on the tools Eddie, not A tool…”

Designed to launch audiences into the weekend, the first new weekly show delivered an energetic take on tstories across news, sport and entertainment, alongside music and the pair’s their no-filter conversations.

Today’s first show saw Karl and Eddie discuss the World Cup with former Socceroo Robbie Slater. They also chatted with Aussie basketball superstar Josh Giddey about the NBA playoffs, caught up with former footballer Nick Stone and answered live listener questions.

At 2pm, Karl and Eddie rushed from the studio to the iHeart Arena to present the last hour of the show in front of a live audience of clients, media and staff.

They plan to take the show to venues in the cities were they broadcast and have plans to incorporate live music. The first live performance today was Mark Gable from The Choirboys performing an acoustic version of Run to Paradise.

Stefanovic said of the first show “I’m very excited. I’ve got to tell you, I’ve made my way up from the Today Show. I came into the studio to get all the preparation done, and you’ve done all the research. Fantastic. I was half expecting, even though I’ve never done radio before, a gold microphone. No gold microphone.”

McGuire said “Welcome to the show. Welcome everybody. We love to be part of your Friday afternoon. We’ve got plenty of guests coming up on our first show… We are trying to shine light on this show and give people a voice.”