Goodnight Today Tonight?
The future of the Seven network’s Today Tonight is uncertain and it may not return to air, Mumbrella understands.
The show has been sidelined for the past 17 days to make way for a one-hour news bulletin supplemented with content from the Today Tonight team, a formula that sources at Seven say will continue.
Mumbrella has been told by senior Seven executives that the experiment of a one-hour bulletin, to replace the Today Tonight show, has been under discussion for “several” years.
It was the recent bushfire crisis that gave executives a chance to extend 6pm bulletins to 7pm, and then monitor the ratings difference between news and Today Tonight filling the 6pm-7pm hour.
Curiously, Tt has reamined logged into OzTam’s ratings system as a standalone program with its figures still appearing in daily reports.
Typical Tt stories – produced and fronted by the current affairs...
The future of the Seven network’s Today Tonight is uncertain and it may not return to air, Mumbrella understands.
The show has been sidelined for the past 17 days to make way for a one-hour news bulletin supplemented with content from the Today Tonight team, a formula that sources at Seven say will continue.
Mumbrella has been told by senior Seven executives that the experiment of a one-hour bulletin, to replace the Today Tonight show, has been under discussion for “several” years.
It was the recent bushfire crisis that gave executives a chance to extend 6pm bulletins to 7pm, and then monitor the ratings difference between news and Today Tonight filling the 6pm-7pm hour.
Curiously, Tt has reamined logged into OzTam’s ratings system as a standalone program with its figures still appearing in daily reports.
Typical Tt stories – produced and fronted by the current affairs...
- 1/25/2013
- by Robin Hicks
- Encore Magazine
The host of one of Australia’s most popular public affairs shows, Today Tonight, has resigned.
Matt White is to leave after four years fronting the program, saying in a statement from Seven: “It’s time to play somewhere else – so watch this space.”
White spent much of his career at rival Network Ten on Sports Night. He joined Today Tonight in September 2008.
A statement from Today Tonight broadcaster Seven reads:
After four years in the chair of Australia’s number one nightly public affairs programme, Matt White has decided to leave Today Tonight.
“It’s time for me to take on other challenges at Seven and continue pursuing my number one love – live television,” Matt said.
“I’ve always prided myself on being versatile, and hosting Today Tonight allowed me to see a different side of television under the spotlight of 6.30. It’s been a lot of fun, a...
Matt White is to leave after four years fronting the program, saying in a statement from Seven: “It’s time to play somewhere else – so watch this space.”
White spent much of his career at rival Network Ten on Sports Night. He joined Today Tonight in September 2008.
A statement from Today Tonight broadcaster Seven reads:
After four years in the chair of Australia’s number one nightly public affairs programme, Matt White has decided to leave Today Tonight.
“It’s time for me to take on other challenges at Seven and continue pursuing my number one love – live television,” Matt said.
“I’ve always prided myself on being versatile, and hosting Today Tonight allowed me to see a different side of television under the spotlight of 6.30. It’s been a lot of fun, a...
- 11/30/2012
- by Robin Hicks
- Encore Magazine
Sunrise, Today Tonight and The Morning Show are having an overhaul of presenters, according to reports. Various sources have claimed that Melissa Doyle is ready to leave her hosting role on Sunrise to move to current affairs show Today Tonight, while Today Tonight's current host Matthew White has been tipped to present Sunrise with Kylie Gillies. Gillies currently fronts The Morning Show with Larry Emdur, but Samantha Armytage is rumoured to be taking over her role. David Koch is also believed to be in the running for a primetime hosting job next year. Sunrise producer Tim Davies wrote on his Twitter (more)...
- 10/24/2011
- by By Rebecca Davies
- Digital Spy
Country singer Adam Brand has scored an unexpected win on the Australian version of Dancing with the Stars. The 39-year-old beat bookies' favourite Kylie Gillies and Today Tonight anchor Matthew White to take out the title for 2009. Gillies, host of Australian The Morning Show, was widely expected to take the crown, but was the first contestant eliminated in a shock result. Brand dedicated his surprise win to his nephew, who died of cancer at the age of two. "At the start (more)...
- 9/7/2009
- by By Darren Rowe
- Digital Spy
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