Nine News Presenters and Reporters

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Monday (23/08/2021)-Tuesday (24/08/2021)

Natalia Cooper presented the National Morning and Sydney Afternoon News.

Paul Taylor presented the Queensland Afternoon News.

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I think Lizzie Pearl is on “vaccination leave”. (Based on her Instagram).

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When’s Davina due to return?

How would we know? She’ll return when she’s ready.

Im assuming no update on Jo Hall Presenting the arvo news? Last I heard she was just filming special reports for Melbourne 6pm.

Will have to wait and see what happens for the rest of this week, however Dougal has been doing every Wed, Thu & Fri since Brett left (as opposed to every fortnight), no sign of Jo on the news desk as yet.

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I am wondering whether Nine have any other changes planned for the 6pm bulletin.
The loss of viewers in the 6.30 half hour is really bad now. They start off with a big audience and it all dwindles away. This is Seven’s advantage where they seem to retain a lot of their audience over the full hour.

Viewers must really like Tim Watson’s and Jane Bunn’s sport and weather segments, respectively.

Perhaps we might see Nine hire a meteorologist to present Melbourne weather?

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I’ve expressed my opinion previously but IMO Tony Jones comes across as quite cold on air.
Clint Stanaway would be a much better option (although that can’t happen given his radio duties).

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I would’ve suggested that Tony be replaced to freshen things up, however I’d imagine that management love him, and they’re clearly trying to build up his profile should he take over from Hitch, or Neil Mitchell on 3AW.

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I’m of the opinion that there is something in his contract which let’s him host a few times per year.

Someone here mentioned a while ago that they could be attempting to lift Brett McLeod’s profile by sending him back overseas, and give Hitch a few more years before sending him back to anchor.

I still reckon Alicia should be next in line however.

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Seven News are winning the second half because of the lead into ‘Home and Away’ which is seeing higher figures due to The Voice (which is almost double The Block in terms of views).

Not really. ACA is still outrating it at 7pm. Clearly something in the latter part of Seven News is resonating with the audience at present time.

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Lizzie Pearl was back today.

Looks like Natalia was filling in for Mark Burrows.

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…with ABC News a close second, Home & Away a distant third (in Sydney & Melbourne at least).

From a Sydney perspective, possibly Matt Shirvington.

Let’s see how the ratings go now that Mel McLaughlin is back.

Audio issues with Peter Overton tonight, sound is fading in and out a lot.

I think we need to start counting when they don’t have any issues.

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The technical issues are probably a big reason why Seven are getting a leg-up on Nine in Sydney at 6:30pm. Any viewer can tell you that nothing is more frustrating from the audience’s point of view than technical problems that affect their experience.

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