Ok. I misunderstood previously because you claimed Breaking news made more sense in one of your last posts. But now yes I agree with what you are saying. 
BREAKING NEWS! Woman gives birth 
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The Australian is reporting David Campbell will co-host with Allison Langdon for three days from today while Karl is on paternity leave and is asserting Nine bosses will be taking a keen interest in the performance of the show without Karl.
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Which is a valid assertion as, if you just wanted someone to just ‘fill-in’ for Karl, you’d just bump up Alex Cullen or Richard Wilkins. But they’ve chosen someone who they know has chemistry with Allison and someone who has a different style to who they usually choose to host.
Three days isn’t much time to have an effect though. I suppose the question is if Karl isn’t bringing in additional viewers than a lower profile talent, is the multi-million dollar contract worth it?
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Brooke is sitting at the desk with the rest of the team this morning while presenting entertainment
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I assume he will be doing Today Extra.
Today has to do something about their newsreader. Alex isn’t very interesting. Holding both roles makes it more obvious.
They need to get a Belinda Russell or Sylvia Jeffreys in their quickly to make things more interesting.
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Great to have David in the host chair!
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For anyone interested, this is David’s first time co-hosting since December 2015. You can base that because off the HD Watermark.
Cap is from AusCeleb Forums. Totally not being a creep
However, IIRC the last time DC filled in during survey was in July-August 2015, filling in for Karl for a week. Can’t seem to find a cap for that.
Must say it was a surprise to see David this morning. But a very good one. Why they chose to have some of the awful co-host combinations over summer when David was still doing Today Extra/Weekends was beyond me.
EDIT: Why haven’t they moved back into Studio 22 yet? They can still implement social distancing on the set. Just quietly, I think Today is planning on staying in Studio 23 until they move to North Sydney (which I believe is happening next year).
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I wonder why? I think it was they originally moved to Studio 23 to lessen the people due to strict social distancing but I can’t think of why else they haven’t moved back, power usage?
I’m sure there is a reason, it would be interesting to know.
EDIT: I get the feeling they will be in Studio 23 for a while to come as well.
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I wouldn’t be surprised if they remain in Studio 23 until the move to their new premises where they can talk up their “massive new Today studio” etc.
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Isn’t the issue that Studio 22 requires more staff as it’s less automated?
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I prefer that studio anyway, doesn’t look like a cold barren aircraft hangar.
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Probably so that only one program had any changes. Also because David is a better host than them and would rival the normal hosts, this would mean that some viewers would switch off when Karl/whoever came back.
Good choice as they have proven chemistry and David is a pleasure to watch along with Allison.
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Should be using the 6pm news set. It looked great when Today used the GTV set a couple of years ago.
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Aren’t they using this one because it is auto-controlled? Needs no BTS staff to run the equipment.
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