Jayne co-hosting with Allison again this weekend,and Mark Burrows reading news.
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I get that they want a male newsreader while Jayne and Ali are hosting, but come on, surely there are better options. Mark doesnât even sound well this morning.
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Oh no, they did the unthinkable. Burrows is hardly appropriate for the Morning News let alone breakfast.
You asked 
:
- Chris Urquhart
- Charles Croucher
- Dougal Beatty
- Tim Davies
- Cameron Williams, Ross Greenwood (would require giving them 2 days off next week).
- Tom Steinfort (not his biggest fan anymore but still better than Mark).
- Jonathan Uptin
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Itâs bad enough when Mark Burrows does fill-in presenting on Sydneyâs 6pm bulletinâŚbut breakfast TV? Good lord his newsreading style has the potential to put viewers back to sleep at 7am!
Again, I donât have a strong dislike for Mark Burrows but do think he should stick to reporting.
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Some of those options are ridiculous.
Steve Jacobs will be back, temporarily, presenting the weather.
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I, for one, hope this isnât the last time we see Mark Burrows on Weekend Today. Burrows and Peter Stefanovic forced to interact on the set would be compelling viewing considering what was said during that Uber conversation. Iâd even abandon my weekend sleep in to see it.
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I think the only reason he is there is because Stefanovic is away.
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The fact that Today used to dominate the Melbourne market, and now is 30000 behind Sunrise and tied with News Breakfast is terrifying.
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I wouldnât be surprised if it is a continuing trend right across the country. I know it sounds harsh, but the whole show is woeful at the moment.
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Point of difference required
Melbourne breakfast showâŚafter all we do watch more tv than Sydney
Would love to see Deb Knight shine but would she move for the gig? She has shown in the last 2 weeks her versatility and dedication to 9 across Today, Today Extra, Morning News, Evening News, breaking news extended political coverage and the telethonâŚtrue professional, class and likeabilty
Fresh start in Melbourne with new/ish blood from 7 & 9
Alicia Loxley, Christine Ahern, Rebecca Maddern - nice launch lead out from tennis.
Blake Johnson, Tim Davies, Dougall Beatty, Clint Stanaway, Brett McLeod, Denham Hitchcock
And given the similar audience for weekday/weekendâŚno set weekday hostsâŚthrow them all in the mix
Weather, build Livinias Nixon profile to national with job share with a guy 3/4 days across the week to lighten the loadâŚ
Stevie Jacobs is filling in for Natalia for a few weeks.
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I donât know if Iâd go as far as saying that there needs to be a local version of Today just for the Melbourne market (although TBH, Iâd personally prefer local breakfast programs if that means an end to the toxicness of both Sunrise & Today), but I definitely think Nine needs to add at least one Victorian presenter to the team.
As itâs been said multiple times before, one of the very few things Sunrise gets right is having a mix of presenters from most states compared to Today which is pretty much a NSW/QLD-centric w**kfest.
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Even then though, the show they are producing is generally just shit.
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GG and Natalia are from Perth but yeah I see your point.
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Lisa, I think, managed to paper over the cracks of Karl as a host. Such a warm personality, who really carried him.
Georgie I donât think has that (sheâs a very very good newsreader), itâs just not her personality and itâs opened up Karlâs weaknesses. (In fact it reminds me a lot of when Jess Rowe took over, she was a newsreader put into that role, although later developed into a good presence on Studio 10).
The format of the show (and set and GFX) are all a mess too, but good hosts can make a show work without that stuff.
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I disagree.
I think itâs about the production (content etc) and presenters of the program and less about where they originated from.
Kyle and Jackie O werenât born in Sydney - but they are No1 here.
Peter Hitcherner was born in QLD but heâs No1 in Melbourne.
Where you are born means nothing to the success of TV and Radio if you ask me.
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Today is down in all markets, it just wasnât as far ahead in Melbourne as Sydney so with a drop across the board itâs now behind in Melbourne. The problem isnât restricted to Melbourne, so a Melbourne-specific solution will have a relatively minor effect, though I donât think it helped spending a week in NSW and QLD taking about drought; that was a real channel-changer. Ditto to where a presenter was born having no bearing on the situation.
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Yeah, I get that although having spent most (if not all) her media career on the East Coast, Georgie Gardner has pretty much become accepted as a Sydneysider over the past couple of decades.
As for Natalia, do they ever mention her links to WA on Today? At least Sunrise makes it well known that Nat is from the West.
I agree.
Of course I canât say for absolute certain about what happens behind the scenes at TCN, but somehow I get the impression that GG doesnât see her role on Today all itâs cracked up to be and that sheâd probably jump at the opportunity to return to her old position as Friday/Saturday presenter of Nine News Sydney if made available at some point in the future.
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