Laws also often worked a television host and panellist. His early 1960s show "Startime" is notable for assisting in introducing mainstream Australia to Edna Everage at which time Laws claimed Everage was "a very close friend of mine". Laws told columnist Valda Marshall in 1970 that he was 'not basically a TV star' and didn't 'feel altogether happy with the medium'. He was a judge on "Australia's New Faces" in 1969 and took over as host from Noel Ferrier on the panel advice show, "Beauty and the Beast" in 1970. Laws quit in 1971; a spokesman for the station which produced the show, Channel 7, claimed Laws had asked for too high a salary. He also appeared on television in 1970 in an acting role in the children's drama "Skippy". In May 1971, he began hosting a daytime show called "His and Hers". In 1982, he hosted a revived "Beauty and the Beast" for Network 10. In 1998, "John Laws – In One Lifetime" premiered on Network Ten and "LAWS" on Foxtel. While "LAWS" continued until 2000, "John Laws – In One Lifetime" was dropped after two episodes – although the remaining five episodes that were commissioned by Network 10 were aired later that year.