Samuel Johnson the star of the show as Seven Perth launches 2016 line-up in the Spiegeltent

Guests enjoyed drinks in The Perth Urban Orchard before moving into the Fringe Festival Spiegeltent for Channel 7’s 2016 launch last night.The presentation started with a Rio theme, with the Rio Olympics being such a big part of Seven’s line-up this year.

The star of forthcoming mini series Molly, Samuel Johnson (pictured left with MC Mark Gibson), was very entertaining with an ‘off-the-record’ account of his first encounter with Molly Meldrum 15 years ago and a practical demonstration of how he got into character as the man in the hat. My Kitchen Rules judge Colin Fassnidge and WA contestants Anna & Jordan and Nev & Kel were also introduced, with MKR set to be a ratings powerhouse again.

Seven Perth managing director Mario D’Orazio and Seven West Media WA CEO Chris Wharton finished by outlining some of the changes that had occurred with the integration of Channel Seven and The West Australian over the past year and their outlook for an even stronger 2016 led by Molly, MKR, the AFL, Olympics and the news hour of Seven News and Today Tonight.