What happened to the weather ticker today?
I noticed that too. It came back for Today Extra though.
Almost a month after Sunrise Perth News returned, Today Perth News with Louise Momber is back next week according to a promo I just saw. The promo promoted Louise as part of the Today and even had her on the Sydney set with the national team.
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The weekend edition is a great improvement from last year. David is a class act, I can see Nine moving him to the weekday edition in the near future.
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Weekend Today looks much better , a big improvement, but David Campbell is annoying. Overbearing during the cooking segment at the end and annoying during Prue McSweenâs rant. Actually they all wereâŚsitting back laughing at her âŚwhy have her on if youâre going to laugh at her. That said, she wouldnât be missed. Sheâs over-opinionated.
Stevie has been in the studio all week for the weather. I understand that they probably want to do it differently to Sunrise but surely when there were floods in QLD, storms and heatwaves in NSW and VIC and bushfires in Tasmania, Stevie should have been out in the elements?
With Stevie in studio, Lara was on location yesterday for regular live crosses for a giveaway. It is almost like a roving reporter gig:
Live performance yesterday:
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The new promo looks pretty good but the voiceover guy from WWOS doesnât sound right.
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What promo?
For the Today show
This team is not going to cut it. They are going to sink in the direction of ABC News because they come across as too newsy and too serious. No matter how they jazz up the segments and the topics, the presenters - God love them - are too bland and boring. Thereâs no connection. Deb is a nice newsreader but not a big âpersonalityâ for a show. Same for Georgie. On the other hand, Sunrise is full of personality and connection - they are as comfortable as a glove - Sam, Kochie, Nat, Berretts - household names and the team just gels. I donât know what Nine was thinking. This is how you do it:
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I have to agree. I wish them all the best, but I think itâs safe to say this will be the year Today fights off News Breakfast.
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Because sheâs ridiculous?
In hindsight they really shouldâve introduced the changes to the show over time and not all at once.
Yes sheâs ridiculous. Iâd laugh at her too.
A person in a cow suit. Iâll pass on that.
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Whether you like it or not, the f&%$ing cow has contributed to their being #1.
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Just looks like a dilapidated mascot for extinct Gateway computers to me.
Iâm probably going to be a very small minority to say that Nine will eventually need to localise Today to five shows for the five main markets on weekdays (with a national âSummer Todayâ during the holiday period when resources are reduced) at the very least.
The product weâre currently seeing on Nine for 3.5 hours on weekdays isnât a national breakfast show. Itâs a Sydney breakfast show which is broadcast nationally and barely presented as if itâs a national breakfast show. If a Sydneysider can tell you this, people outside of NSW (particularly in the more parochial states) should be continually drilling it into your brain! But enough of that for nowâŚ
I personally think Nine shouldâve only made minor tweaks to keep the existing look fresh and more newsy (eg, changing the design/layout of Todayâs supers so they look a bit more like Nine Newsâ current supers) and saved the really big changes for âa new era of Australian television in the most advanced broadcasting facilities in the Southern Hemisphereâ at North Sydney.
Then again, there were a lot of âthey shouldâve only done minor tweaksâ comments (including some from yours truly) directed to Sunrise when they relaunched in Early 2016 and we all know where they are nowâŚ
I personally wouldâve said that the Sunrise Cash Cow looks like a character from a cheap kids show.
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Iâll be honest, I think some of the criticism leveled at the new team is unjustified. This new on-air team have not even been on-air together for a month , yet people are already calling for their heads. Give them time to gell. Letâs see what the chemistry is like in another three months or so and then judge it from there. Success doesnât come overnight.
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So far I liked the new team especially when Stevie Jacobs came back on Monday