Get rid of him. Attach Gavin Morris in a Human Centipede style monstority and feed them to whatever grotesque monster you can find.
Both are as annoying as each other. Like a Cold War of weather-diclhead-come-news-presenter propotions.
Seven could do a lot better. Surely they have someone in one of the metro news rooms that’s itching to do some presenting. Make them the presenter. This is what a good regional TV station does - it develops talent for the metro lot to swoop in after a while.
If Nine suddenly does a U-turn and resurrected a Darwin bulletin (but 9Now exclusive):
News Director/EP: Kathleen Gazzola
News: Paul Taylor (from Brisbane)
Reporters:
Bianca Wylie (moving back to Darwin)
Fill-ins: Ebony Cavallaro (News), Zarisha Bradley (news), Jonathan Uptin (news)
I think it would be more likely that Jonathan Uptin presents, given he is a familiar face to the older Darwin viewers.
Seven News Perth once Rick and Sue retire
Weeknights
Tim McMillan and Tracy Vo (news)
Ryan Daniels (sport)
Samantha Jolly (weather)
Weekends
Michael Genovese and Angela Tsun (news)
Anna Hay (sport)
I’ve got Seven poaching Tracy Vo and Michael Genovese from Nine, and Anna Hay succeeding Adrian Barich in presenting sport on weekends.
With Matt Carmichael leaving Seven following 24 years, my dream New South Wales Presenter Lineup:
Sunday to Thursday
News: Michael Usher and Angela Cox
Sport: Jo Healy*
Weather: Amber Laidler
Friday and Saturday
News: Mark Ferguson
Sport: Jelisa Apps
Weather: Angie Asimus
Victoria
Weeknights
Blake Johnson (4PM News)
Peter Mitchell and Laura Turner (6PM News)
Jim Wilson (Sport)
Melina Sarris (Weather)
Weekends
Mike Amor and Karina Carvalho (6PM News)
Rebecca Maddern or Tom Morris (Sport)
Sara Jones (Weather)
These are based on my predictions of Theo Doropolous replacing Basil Zempilas at Seven News Western Australia and Kate Massey replacing Matthew Pavlich at Nine News Western Australia with Tyra Stowers also returning to WA to either ABC or Nine.
Ben Cousins has radio commitments on Mix 94.5
Now.. with the news of Ferguson getting a $100k cut off his paycheck & loosing either the Sunday or Thursday duties. Here’s what I theorise for 7NEWS Sydney in 2026:
Option A:
Sun - Wed: Mark Ferguson & Angela Cox (News), Mel McLaughlin (Sport), Amber Laidler (Weather)
Thu - Sat: Michael Usher, Angie Asimus (News), Tom Sacre (Sport) & Paul Kadam (Weather)
Option B:
Mon - Thu: Mark Ferguson (News), Tom Sacre (Sport), Angie Asimus (Weather)
Fri - Sun: Michael Usher (News), Mel McLaughlin (Sport), Amber Laidler (Weather)
Option C:
Mon - Thu: Michael Usher & Angela Cox (News), Jelisa Apps (Sport), Amber Laidler (Weather)
Fri - Sun: Mark Ferguson (News), Tom Sacre (Sport), Angelique Opie (Weather)
Theory on Option A: Mark & Ange continue the 6pm dual presenter format, Mel keeps her weeknight sport role, but due to the rescheduling of the days.. Amber Laidler takes on the 6pm Weather gig for weekdays
Theory on Option B: Due to increasing issues with ratings, Seven returns to a single presenter format with Fergo at the helm on weeknights. Tom Sacre & Mel McLaughlin swap roles due to Mel’s 7 Sport commitments, and Angie & Amber remain in their roles for Weather
Theory on Option C: In this situation.. due to continuous losses to Nine, Seven moves Ferguson to weekends, with Michael Usher & Angela Cox to present weeknights. Also in this situation, Mel McLaughlin returns to Fox Sports with Jelisa Apps taking her place, Tom Sacre remains at the helm of the weekend sport. Another change with the weather, In this version; Angie Asimus returns to 7NEWS Queensland & Amber Laider succeeds her on Weeknight weather, With Angelique Opie taking on the weekend weather
You might be thinking with Option B where does Angela Cox go?.. Well due to the success of 9NEWS: Late & 10 Late News. Seven launches a new Late news bulletin at 9.30, fronted by Angela Cox from Mon-Thu, with Hugh Whitfeld on the Friday edition
Now, any opinions about these 3 Alternative timelines for 7NEWS Sydney
In 2026, if Rick and Sue were to retire then the proposed Seven News Perth line-up would be as follows:
Weekdays (at 4pm - Seven Afternoon News)
Angela Tsun (news)
Ryan Daniels (sport)
Samantha Jolly (weather)
Weeknights (at 6pm - Seven News Perth)
Tim McMillan (news)
Ryan Daniels (sport)
Samantha Jolly (weather)
Weekends (at 6pm - Seven News Perth: Weekend)
Michael Tetlow (news)
Adrian Barch (sport)
Charlotte Goodlet (weather)
Even though this is hypothetical, Michael Tetlow joins the Seven News Perth team from the ABC and serves as the main fill-in anchor if Tim McMillan (who, in real life, is co-anchoring the weekend edition of Seven News Perth with Angela Tsun) is unavailable.
Angela Tsun moves to Seven Afternoon News on weekdays and serves as a fill-in for Michael Tetlow on weekends.
For Seven Afternoon News and Seven News Perth on weekdays, Adrian Barch and Charlotte Goodlet serve as fill-ins for Ryan Daniels (sport) and Samantha Jolly (weather) if they are unavailable. Other fill-ins include Jerrie Demasi (news), Anna Hay (sport) and Amelia Broun (weather).
Any opinions?
This would be the better option with Mel McLaughlin being replaced by by Jo Healy (Mon-Thur) and Tom Sacre/Jelisa Apps (Fri and Sat).
Rick and Sue aren’t retiring anytime soon. I would however pair Tim with Tina Altieri if/when it eventually happens