Saturday 21 May -
Peter Hitchener will be presenting in Melbourne.
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Local news both at 4 and 6?
Herald Sun reporting that Eddie McGuire is tipped to fill in for Tony Jones on The Sunday Footy Show whilst Jones hosts Wimbledon coverage from London.
EDIT: McGuire wonât fill in for Jones on Nine News.
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On the Sunday Footy Show that is, doesnât mention anything about Eddie doing the 6pm news.
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Oh god. That will make the bad ratings at Nine Melbourne worse.
Eddie wonât be filling in on the 6pm news. The article is talking about the Sunday Footy Show.
From the article:
Which ego will win out?
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Thatâs the question being asked at Channel 9âs Docklands studio as the jockeying for the coveted Sunday Footy Show host chair starts to ramp up.
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Wonder if Tony Jones will be flying to London to cover Wimbledon, like Ken Sutcliffe did when Nine had the rights pre-2010.
Yes, the Herald Sun article confirms TJ is indeed flying to London.
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And while Nine donât have the rights to the Birmingham Commonwealth Games, I also wonder if TJ will stick around to cover the event for Nine News. Otherwise, they might stick with Carrie-Anne Greenbank and Brett McLeod.
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Between having Hitch present on Fridayâs over the last few weeks and now presenting today, Nine must be really concerned about the recent swing in 6pm ratings momentum to Seven
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Cause they know whatâs coming.
I reckon they shouldnât have let Jones publicly rule himself out of replacing Hitch. Itâs turned people to Seven earlier than they would have when Loxley takes over.
It will be Bath all over again. I guarantee that Alicia wonât be getting the big gig alone. Itâll either be her and a male presenter or a male presenter alone.
Iâm not too familiar with Adelaide but havenât Nine been really competitive since the male presenter left Seven leaving Jane alone on weeknights?
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Agree. I think GTV will get cold feet rather quickly if Loxley canât hold the audience when Hitch leaves. We saw it with Bath in Sydney and even with Waley at Nine when Seven was making inroads with Ian Ross. I wouldnât be surprised to see them try to hurt HSVâs succession planning by trying to lure Amor across. Brett McLeod is another obvious possibility.
Over reaction. Clearly the importance of election night has prompted Pete to lead the broadcast when Alicia is unavailable. If it was any other week, Dougal would fill-in.
Also, isnât Mark Ferguson presenting in Sydney tonight on 7? Same philosophy.
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Didnât Pete present the last election night coverage as well?
It looks like he is presenting at 4pm as well.
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If anyone actually thinks like this, youâre sad.
Honestly donât think that is why Pete is presenting.
No.
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Why is it sad? Itâs literally happened. Viewers turned to Nine once Bath took over.
It also happened on the Gold Coast. They added Steve Titmus in with Amanda Abate not that long after Rod left. She couldnât bring in the viewers alone.
It will happen to Melbourne. Loxley wonât be strong enough long term to hold it. The viewers will turn to Mitchell and Seven.
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Peter Hitchener is presenting Saturdayâs national afternoon news
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Yes
