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Morning news for TEN?

The latest speculation on TEN's plans for its morning schedule tip a one hour News service from 9 - 10am.

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ten news2The latest speculation on TEN’s plans to its morning schedule tip a one hour News service from 9am – 10am followed by an infomercial session from 10am (can’t hardly wait for that one).

Rumours persist that Kim Watkins and producer Sandy Patterson were given notice on Thursday but TEN is yet to make any announcement.

TEN’s style is often to release such information late on a Friday afternoon, when there is less time to have it reported and dissected.

But nothing came through yesterday.

According to TEN guides 9AM with David and Kim continues in the week of December 6th.

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  1. In response to Belinda’s comment about Shannon Watts. I am currenly a Producer for a TV Network in Los Angeles and i from time to time see Shannon Watts and his wife around town. He is building a name for himself here in Hollywood as the next Ryan Seacrest. Over the past 3years Shannon seems to Pop up on all different Shows Hosting and reporting. He is a smooth Host that i would have to agree with belinda, Get him back to Network Ten in Australia. He was being interviewed on The US Today show with Matt Lauer recently about a documentary on Skid Row that he has just finished. The story was Amazing.
    Great work Shannon, your efforts and success in Hollywood is well deserved.

  2. I think they should bring back Shannon Watts that was on GMA with Bert Newton. He was great. I remember when he went to Falls Creek and did a story. He was fantastic and after seeing that segment, my husband and i took our kids there for a week and had the best time. I was in Hollywood recently and i couldn’t believe that when i turned on the TV we saw Shannon Watts Hosting a show on NBC. My husband said, “Isn’t that the aussie guy that was on GMA”? We couldn’t believe it. Channel 10 needs to get him back.

  4. The 9am Show is great as it is with David and Kim. They are let down though by the constant monotonous ads that remind us of our vulnerability and mortality. There is no host team that I know of that can compete with the feeling that these messages give us viewers that need our days brightened by 9am and David and Kim. On the show Kim is warm and intelligent and to sack her would not look good for Ten at all. I think Arianne Sprat and David Kirkpatrick are also great assets they should look after. No morning TV for me if this show goes.

  5. Only One Problem with the Simpsons in the Morning Though and that is except for weekends nearly all of your targetted audience are at school or work/university and the only people who would be home for them are afternoon/evening workers or night shift people that means anyone who starts their work day from Noon onwards.otherwise nobody would be around to watch.

  6. Scott: A better topic is branded entertainment. Those shows that pass themselves off as entertainment yet are paid for by companies and products placed throughout. Weekend arvos are full of this stuff and Foxtel does it too.

  9. David,

    Would you consider doing an article on the legal situation around advertorials/informmericals and whether there are any limits or restrictions on the number of hours of such programming the commercial networks are allowed to broadcast?

    I am sure it would interest your readers as this has become the lowest common denominator of programming (particularly on regional networks and especially in the midnight to dawn timeslots.)

    If a network thought it made business sense could it just screen endless repeats of informercials 24/7?

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