These are options that they could go with or just axe this show because frankly its nothing more than a 3 and a half hour infomercial
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Donât be ridiculous. That is exactly what is paying for the show to keep running. If there were no advertorials there would be no show.
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Exactly my point⌠its filled out with advertorials⌠given the amount they show, its lucky to be 90 minutes of content and 2 hours of advertorialsâŚ
To make money, you need to spend money, so if they arenât willing to invest in their asset to improve it, then they have no chance of improving the network performance⌠Yes there are other areas they need to improve first⌠but what I am suggesting would have shared resources, and with cutting back panellists on the original show to 3 and maybe a guest panellist.
I agree with the quote from @Mischievous1 about some days the fifth panellist isnât necessary and if the show was cut down to 2 hours, then even a fourth may not be necessary some days.
Ultimately, a news based themed show has been suggested whether in a section of the show or a separate edition of news by other members of this group, which I donât think is a unreasonable thought. You obviously wouldnât use all of the suggestions I have made, I have just suggested some ideas and at the end of the day, who would actually sit and watch all 3 and a half hours of a show, Even breakfast television back when GMA and Today screened for 2 hours, I think many struggled to sit and watch the whole show.
You expressed your opinion and personally I disagree with it as I feel you need to invest in yourself to improve your results. Sections of the schedule have been neglected for a long time, and whether the extra hour for Studio 10 was needed or not is open to debate, but I think if it is just filled with advertorials, why dont they return The Talk to 11am and screen a repeat of The Project at 6am, then maybe they can sell some more time to infomercial companies after midnight
If something isnât done with the whole schedule as whole, then even with CBS ownership, the network may fade into obscurity.
Ita shut down Joe for âmansplainingâ that a âperson of interestâ in a crime case is the same as a âsuspectâ (around 80 minutes into todayâs show). He looked legitimately annoyed that she reacted in that way. As far as I could tell, Joe was explaining it to the viewers who might not have known. Ita gets so uppity sometimes.
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so there still acting all childish i see morning show for the win! 
Youâre entitled to your opinion but having followed what has been happening to the show and Tenâs schedule, I think I might have a bit of insight as to why these decisions are made.
The reason The Talk was taken out of the schedule was that it was performing badly at 11am. We were told that extending Studio 10 into that slot boosted ratings considerably. There has been a BIG difference.
The advertorials are what are paying for this show to stay on air. Move them to âafter midnightâ and Studio 10 wonât exist. Same goes for The Morning Show and Today Extra. Thatâs why they take up so much time on these shows.
The Project is repeated late at night now, which is closer to the time when the news is still news. It probably isnât necessary to have a third screening at 6am.
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Iâm pretty sure the companies who pay for the advertorials know that more people are watching TV during the 9am to 12pm timeslot than the early hours of the morning.
With no Morning News bulletin on Ten, Having Studio 10 on air until 12pm is fine IMO. Maybe the 8.30am start time for Studio 10 is a little odd, although probably no worse than Sunrise & Today which are on air for 3.5 hours every weekday from 5.30am.
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Iâd probably say that The Morning Show and Today Extra have very similar formats. But Studio 10? For a start they have a panel of 4-5 presenters each day, compared to the Kylie/Larry and Sonia/David presenter parings of the competing programs.
The comedy is seriously lacking at the moment. Thatâs what we were doing a lot more of back in 2016 when Denise first joined the show. There was more games, silly stunts and more importantly, it was punchy and well-paced.
Moving to the newsroom and adding the extra hour was completely the wrong move. Itâs all too serious behind the desk and theyâve added nothing very exciting other than a daily cooking segment and more hot topics so it just drags on.
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Time to spin the wheel! I donât imagine theyâd pull that kind of fun stunt again.
This is by far the most annoying thread on the board. Letâs move on.
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Final word that it think sums it up, From the Inner circle fb group (where nobody is liking any of the changes, and they are the loyal audience). This quote stands out:
âwe want to be supportive, but the Llittle Show That Could has had too many changes! If it ainât broke donât fix it !!â
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Good to see Ita has been kept in the second seat from the left. Makes a little more sense now.
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Itâs a revolving door of presenters lately. Apart from Joe, Ita seems to be on the most even though she cut down her role on the show to spend more time with her grandkids. They even changed her âask Itaâ jingle too. Itâs all very odd, like a new producer is just changing everything Rob worked on.
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Me thinks the new EP & Rob didnt get on, so they are scapping basically everything he did 
which is ruining the show.
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I canât stand the Ask Ita âstingâ, and the random music upon walking in lacks something
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The new Ask ita is rubbish. All it is is a graphic with a snippet of the Ita song And yeah the walk in is terrible (Although apparently thats gone soon too)
What a mess. Rob had the right idea for the show.
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Who is the new EP?
Is Jono on holidays, or is he no longer a live presence? All I seem to see are prerecorded adverorials starting with âhello thereâ
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