If they stay in the newsroom then I’m guessing they will rotate everything 90-degrees so that the audience is sitting right in front of the set again (or at least either side of the cameras).
Or maybe some of the audience will sit behind the desk and form part of the backdrop?
I hope whatever they do with the new set in the newsroom is that none of the newsroom is exposed. It just doesn’t feel right for a morning show. Hopefully they’ll have something sorted so that the area where reporters and co are sitting are covered up completely, though I wouldn’t mind the foyer of the 10 building be used though.
I think they need their own studio. I liked their old one in studio 1 (I believe it’s called). I don’t think it has ever looked good in the newsroom and I don’t think a morning show/entertainment show looks good coming from a newsroom, nor does it suit it. Given what Sarah has said about the audience seating, the new Studio 10 set could look something like this…
Unless there’s been a delay, I agree we’ll probably see the new set in use on Sydney’s 5pm news tomorrow since news services traditionally launch new branding elements on Mondays.