Paul Burt returned to Queensland weather last night after Laura Dymock presented for 4 weeks whilst Burt was on leave.
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He was seen during the week on Sunrise talking about Mick Fanningâs shark encounter too I believe
As far as Iâm aware Paul does GC weather Tuesday - Saturday, so he would have actually returned from leave this week, just the state bulletin on Thursday night.
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Happy 65th Birthday (21 July) to Perthâs Susannah Carr what a legend and one would think Susannah will be around as long as she wants to continue to present 7 News
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Melina Sarris presented weather in Melbourne tonight, Jane returns tomorrow night.
David Brown was back presenting weather in Sydney tonight.
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Edwina Bartholomew presenting Early News again this week.
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Melbourne got these style of promos with the new gfx last week!
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Brisbane and regional Qld have also had the style for a while; I hadnât seen this weather-only one.
I can see where they were going with the graphics update, but geometric shapes have been & gone and it just doesnât look right for a news service. Itâs all very nderwhelming just like their news package overhaul last year
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A little reminiscent of their package that was based around the slant. Maybe 2010ish?
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Iâd like to see Kylie Gilles back on the sport front, was watching some old clips today she is brilliant on sport, it was actually where she started and seems wasted on these fluff morning shows.
Kylie would have been a good pick for Seven News Sydney Sport. More viewers than fluffy morning shows watching, I would consider it a stepup. Brings authority to the bulletin.
She did well on the Olympics.
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I totally agree. Itâs not as if there isnât anyone who could succeed Kylie. If they donât have the balls to bring Jim back then Kylie is my preference. Would also like to see someone âusheredâ into weeknights, although we all know what the chances of that areâŚ
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Theyâve tried everyone else. They may as well go back through the list of those that have tried and failed in the role in the past.
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All would be better than Mel McLaughlin imo.
I think TMS would still maintain its current share if they put someone like Sarah Cumming etc as host, the audience isnât enormous and the ratings have held for a good 10 years now with no sign of movement. Itâs got to the point on these morning shows that you never see the hosts, thereâs always those shopping ads on or what appears to be never ending normal commercials!
Seven News needs to bring authority to its Sydney Bulletin lineup. Kylie would tick the sport box.
She was brilliant on the Rio Lineup. You can tell when someone lives and breathes sport.
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Seven News Sydney have made plenty of terrible decisions when it comes to presenters/reporters in recent years. But one of the biggest (aside from letting Chris Bath go) would surely have to be the failure to get Cameron Williams returning to Seven at a time he was off contract with Nine and with Ken Sutcliffeâs retirement not far off the horizon.
Nine spent a decade or so building Williamsâ profile up and it was quite a shock when he decided to (temporarily, as we know know) leave the network around the start of last year - that was a disruption Seven News Sydney probably shouldâve taken advantage of. But since Cam returned to Nine as âthe successor to Sutcliffeâ at the end of last year, theyâve now got a news/sport presenting partnership which has the potential to become the next big thing in Sydney TV news. And by that, yes Iâm talking about potentially becoming a modern equivalent to Hendo & Kenny.
Iâm certainly not in the know when it comes to network politics, but part of me thinks itâs quite possible that Nine were working on the Sutcliffe > Williams transition for a year or more with the departure/return of Cam being part of the plan all along. But if it wasnât, Sevenâs failure to get Roger Climpsonâs last sports presenter (I think) back to the network was a massive blunder!
I think Seven shouldâve, but Seven obviously wouldnât have the balls to ditch Ferguson for Doyle early last year so thatâs why they hired Mel McLaughlin.
Iâve always been pretty critical of Seven employing network defects for big roles, but IMO Cam was an original Seven person and therefore it wouldnât seem awkward at all to see him on Seven compared to Mel McLaughlin and the likes.
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Chris Reason still presenting Friday morning and national afternoon news